A LEGAL claim against the Bank of England (BoE) for withholding £820 million of gold from Venezuela was began its court proceedings today.
The preliminary hearing considered whether or not there should be a trial and went over planning for what should be covered.
Self-proclaimed leader Juan Guaido’s appointments to the bank asked for the court to determine whether he or the elected leader Nicolas Maduro are president.
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
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
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth


