Ken Livingstone blames US for Venezuela’s economic collapse

‘Meddling by the US and the “establishment elite” has contributed to Venezuela’s economic demise, according to former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who has voiced his support for President Nicolas Maduro and the nation’s Bolivarian Revolution.
President Maduro has claimed victory in a vote – condemned by critics as a sham – for a constituent assembly that is expected to hand his ruling Socialist Party more power. Opposition politicians boycotted the ballot and millions of Venezuelans shunned the process.
International condemnation of the latest vote has been widespread. A wave of anti-government protests has left more than 120 people dead over four months, and Venezuela’s 30 million citizens are suffering shortages of basic goods and medicines as the country’s weakened economy declines even further.
Asked by The Times if he supports Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution, the leftist political revival initiated by the late President Hugo Chavez, Livingstone said: “Oh God, yes.”’
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