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Seniors sit next to a basketball court in the 23 de Enero neighbourhood to be vaccinated during a Covid-19 vaccination drive for seniors and those considered high risk for contagion in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 9, 2021
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States of subjecting the country to an “economic massacre,” with no signs of a change in direction under the new administration.
The Bolivarian leader told Bloomberg journalist Erik Schatzker that the economic sanctions that were increased by former US president Donald Trump as part of his “maximum pressure” strategy remain in place — and are a violation of human rights.
“We faced four years of aggressions and cruel sanctions by the Trump administration that caused damage to the Venezuelan economy,” Mr Maduro said, adding that more than 80 per cent of the Venezuelan people reject the measures.
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
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth
