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VENEZUELA has accused Washington of modern piracy after a judge ruled that the sale of US-based Citgo refineries could go ahead.
The company, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA, has been embroiled in a decade-long dispute with former Canadian mining firm Crystallex, which is now set to collect a bumper $1.4 billion (£1.15bn). It is now controlled by New York hedge fund Tenor Capita.
On Friday US judge Leonard P Stark ruled that the sale of shares in the company could go ahead in order to satisfy Venezuelan debts.
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
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