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A TERRORIST attack on the Venezuelan military base at Fort Paramacay in Valencia was foiled yesterday by the army, military veteran and former president Diosdado Cabello said.
He said there was “absolute normality among military units in the rest of the country.”
A video was posted online by the attackers, who wore military fatigues and carried assault rifles. They declared themselves “in rebellion” and said any troops who didn’t join their uprising would be considered “military targets.” Several have been arrested.
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
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