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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a copy of the constitution as he gives a speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of Hugo Chavez's return to power after a failed coup in 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 13, 2022
THE Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) has agreed to build “an alternative” to socialist President Nicolas Maduro in 2024, but ruled out an alliance with those that have undermined the country’s sovereignty.
Party leader Oscar Figueroa rejected an appeal from opposition leader Antonio Ecarri who suggested that communists could join right-wing forces in selecting a joint candidate for the presidential election.
Governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice-president Diosdado Cabello referred to the statement on his weekly TV programme Going at it with the Club to attack the PCV, whose relations with the ruling PSUV have deteriorated in recent months.
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
