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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab meeting Venezuela's Opposition leader Juan Guaido at Foreign Office in London
BRITAIN “unequivocally recognises” the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, despite considering his position to be “illegitimate,” the High Court heard today.
The Venezuela Central Bank (BCV) is battling for the release of $1 billion (£800 million) of gold bullion held in the Bank of England (BoE), which it wants to sell to help tackle the country’s coronavirus crisis.
If successful, the BCV will transfer the funds to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in order to buy “healthcare equipment, medicines and basic foodstuffs” to address the Covid-19 emergency.
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