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VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro has urged the armed forces to remain vigilant over “last-minute terrorist threats” from the outgoing Ivan Duque government in Colombia.
He warned the new military commands of the potential for its neighbouring country to be used as a launch pad for operations aimed at destabilising Venezuela in the coming weeks.
Mr Maduro told the police and armed forces they must be ready to counter-attack terrorist plans and defend “these times of recovery and growth that our beloved Venezuela is living.”
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
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
