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Building solidarity in the era of Trump
Here we publish TONY BURKE, chair of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign’s speech to the organisation’s annual general meeting
Aggressive agenda: Donald Trump

THANK you for attending this important event today against Donald Trump’s aggressive agenda in Latin America.

I’m here to make two key points. Firstly, whatever views people hold on Venezuela, there is no justification for backing US-led regime change, which, if successful, could go the way of the disastrous interventions in the Middle East. It is for Venezuelans alone to solve their difficulties.

Secondly, we shouldn’t repeat in Venezuela what happened in Iraq, when an out-of-control US president caused devastation and the widespread loss of life in pursuit of oil.

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