The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has extended solidarity to the Govern-ment and people of Venezuela over what it said appeared to be a “well orchestrated attempt by the opposition parties with backing from local and overseas reactionary groups to destabilize the democratically elected Maduro administration from office.” In a statement on Saturday, the PPP said it has been closely following developments in the neighbouring state and wished to “condemn in the strongest possible terms the loss of innocent lives by provocateurs whose only objective is (to) reverse the clock of history and restore the old order based on privileges for the wealthy class at the expense of the poor and the downtrodden.”
The PPP applauded the “enormous economic and social gains made by the Venezuelan government under the charismatic
