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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to his supporters from a balcony at Miraflores presidential palace during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday
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VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro warned citizens not to trust “the gringo empire” as tens of thousands poured onto the streets of Caracas to defend the socialist Bolivarian government from a US-led coup.
The democratically elected leader addressed crowds from the Miraflores palace after cutting all diplomatic ties with Washington following its official recognition of right-wing usurper Juan Guaido’s claim to be the country’s interim president.
Mr Guaido’s illegal declaration was immediately recognised by US President Donald Trump along with the undemocratic European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the darling of the liberals worldwide.
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
