The Venezuelan ambassador to Britain, Rocío Del Valle Maneiro González, presenting her credentials to the Queen in 2015. She will appear with allies of Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour Party conference this month

Venezuela’s ambassador to Britain is to appear with allies of Jeremy Corbyn at a pro-regime event at the Labour Party conference this month.

The left-wing MPs Chris Williamson, the shadow fire minister, and Karen Lee, a senior parliamentary aide to John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, will speak alongside Rocío Del Valle Maneiro González and Cuban diplomats at the meeting, held as part of the party’s conference fringe.

The event — “Hands off Latin America, No to blockade of Cuba and sanctions on Venezuela” — is organised by the Cuban Solidarity Campaign and the Venezuelan Solidarity Campaign (VSC), which is closely linked to the pro-Corbyn trade union Unite. Tony Burke, its assistant general secretary, is also due to appear.

The Labour leadership’s past support for the