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Oppose Trump’s show trial of Venezuela’s President Maduro

By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star Donald Trump’s military assault against Venezuela in January 2026 bombed four cities, killed over 100 people and saw the brutal kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and first lady. President Nicolas Maduro and Celia Flores were taken to the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York, where they were criminally indicted …

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Voices from Venezuela – Solidarity 2 months on from Trump’s attack

Tim Young reports for Labour Outlook on a unique online meeting which heard directly from Venezuela’s progressive movements, organised by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and streamed by Arise – a Festival of Left Ideas, on Tuesday March 3rd. Louise Regan (National Education Union Executive member) as Chair introduced the meeting by recalling the US forces’ …

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Latin America Conference Report – London says hands off Venezuela & Cuba!

On 7th February, campaigners, MPs, trade unionists and academics gathered from across Britain and around the world to discuss Trump’s illegal offensive against Latin America and organise to resist war, sanctions and other acts of US aggression. Solidarity with Venezuela against Trump’s attacks on January 3rd, the ongoing threats against the country and the illegal …

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Hands off Latin America: Trump’s assault on Venezuela signals a new age of US empire

By Lee Brown for The Morning Star Donald Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro were not only a disgraceful assault on a sovereign nation that posed no threat to any other country. They were the first move in Trump’s plan to recolonise Latin America. More than 100 people were killed in …

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MPs, Trade Union Leaders and Social Justice Campaigners Say No to War On Venezuela

With Donald Trump stepping up military aggression against Venezuela, a broad coalition of MPs, trade union general secretaries, writers and journalists, and peace and social justice movement leaders have backed an emergency statement demanding “No to Trump’s War on Venezuela”The statement has been backed by over 40 MPs and Lords, the General Secretaries of nine …

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