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VENEZUELA has given two top US diplomats 48 hours to leave the country after they were accused of plotting a coup.
Newly re-elected President Nicolas Maduro told Todd Robinson and Brian Naranjo they were being expelled as a result of Washington’s interventionist policies, which he said were aimed at undermining Venezuela’s sovereignty.
He said he had evidence of Mr Robinson’s involvement in a “military conspiracy” against Venezuela, with the US embassy being used as a base to interfere in military, economic and political issues in an attempt to destabilise the country.
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
