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VENEZUELA’S right-wing opposition called for a military coup against socialist President Nicolas Maduro ahead of anti-government marches yesterday.
Justice First party leader Henrique Capriles, one of the top dogs in the Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) alliance that now dominates the parliament, told generals to “prepare the tanks and war planes.”
Speaking on Tuesday, he added: “The hour of truth is coming to decide whether you are with the constitution or with Maduro.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET