VENEZUELA has demanded that the US identify the agents who spied on national oil firm PDVSA.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Fleming delivered a formal letter of protest to charge d’affaires Lee McClenny, the top diplomat at the US embassy, in Caracas on Thursday.
Wednesday’s revelations by US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden that spies had intercepted emails from Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) prompted Caracas to review its already strained relations with Washington.
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 British government won’t confirm wide reports it has withheld intelligence sharing with the US over fears Trump’s attacks on boats near Venezuela are illegal, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER


