Lima Group rules out intervention Washington's Latin American allies will not back any invasion of Venezuela to overthrow its elected government.  Peruvian Foreign Minister Néstor Popolizio insisted on Tuesday that the 'Lima Group' of nations – those hostile to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government – was against “military intervention.” “As the Lima Group we have said that we do not support any military intervention in Venezuela,” Mr Popolizio said at a meeting of the group in the Canadian capital Ottawa. The prospect of a US-led invasion to back extremist Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guadió's claim to the presidency appeared more likely on Tuesday after White House National Security Advisor John Bolton appeared at a press conference holding a notepad scrawled with “5,000 troops to Colombia.” But Mr Popolizio insisted “we have no information” about a planned invasion. At Tuesday's pressconference US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin annou

Europe's corporatist empire The British people's decision to leave the European Union (EU) in the June 2016 referendum was painted by EU-rophiles as a victory for the far-right – even before the polls opened. But who are the real fascists? Coup plotters Yesterday the unelected commission that runs the EU came out in support of the latest of many violent coup attempts against the elected government of Venezuela. The latest scheme, backed by US Vice-President Mike Pence, saw the opposition-controlled National Assembly declare its speaker Juan Guaidó 'president' just days after Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for his second term. “Violence and the excessive use of force by security forces are completely unacceptable, and will for sure not resolve the crisis,” the commission's 'foreign minister' Federica Mogherini insisted, days after 27 National Guard troops kidnapped their officers, seized weapons and tried to start an armed insurrection. “The Venezuelan