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REGIONAL bloc Alba urged respect for Venezuelan sovereignty on Monday, following the jailing of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Alba) warned against foreign powers interfering in Venezuela’s judicial processes in response to Mr Lopez’s conviction for inciting anti-government violence last year that left at least 43 people dead.
The Popular Will party leader was sentenced to almost 14 years in prison last week after being convicted of public incitement to violence and criminal association.
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
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa
To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ says the US’s bullying conduct in what it considers its backyard is a bid to reassert imperial primacy over a rising China — but it faces huge resistance