The UK is trying to meddle in Latin America once more
KEN LIVINGSTONE FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on British complicity in Trumps regime change agenda
The shadows of synthetic macaws are cast on the pavement backdropped by a mural of a macaw as pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk in the Petare neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela, today
RECENT revelations of a Venezuela Reconstruction Unit in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office show that once again Britains Conservative government is falling into line with US foreign policy and acting as Trumps poodles on the world stage.
The units stated aims are to co-ordinate a British approach to international efforts to respond to the dire economic and humanitarian situation in Venezuela. News in January 2020 that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido had been welcomed in London by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, along with representatives of the unit, suggested that whatever reconstruction they had in mind, it was not going to involve the elected government.
Juan Guaido shot to prominence with his failed attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government early in 2019. Despite his reputation being increasingly tainted by political failure, his association with drug traffickers, his teams embezzlement of humanitarian funds and his rejection by many of his opposition colleagues at home, Britains government has doggedly stuck to its decision to follow the US drive for regime change and recognise him as interim president of Venezuela.
While Guaido struggled to mobilise support in Venezuela, his representative Vanessa Neumann worked hard to cultivate contacts in Britain throughout 2019, encouraging support for US sanctions against Venezuela and promising that a meeting with Guaido would sustain British businesses in Venezuelas reconstruction.
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