Venezuela

Trump’s Narcoterrorism Indictment Of Maduro Already Backfires

March 28, 2020 Leonardo Flores, Popular Resistance. Educate! DOJ, Juan Guaido, US coup, Venezuela

For twenty years, right-wing extremists in Miami and Washington have been slandering the Venezuelan government, accusing it of drug trafficking and harboring terrorists without ever offering even a shred of evidence. They finally got their wish on Thursday, when the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled indictments against President Nicolás Maduro and 13 other current or former members of Venezuela’s government and military. In addition to the indictments, Attorney General William Barr offered a $15 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Maduro, as well as $10 million rewards for Diosdado Cabello (president of Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly), Tarek El Aissami (vice president for the economy), Hugo Carvajal (former director of military intelligence) and Cliver Alcalá (retired general).

Venezuela’s Coronavirus Response Might Surprise You

March 27, 2020 Leonardo Flores, Codepink.org Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Latin America, Venezuela

Within a few hours of being launched, over 800 Venezuelans in the U.S. registered for an emergency flight from Miami to Caracas through a website run by the Venezuelan government. This flight, offered at no cost, was proposed by President Nicolás Maduro when he learned that 200 Venezuelans were stuck in the United States following his government’s decision to stop commercial flights as a preventative coronavirus measure.

Sanctions: Unilateral Coercive Measures For Regime Change In Venezuela

March 26, 2020 Nino Pagliccia, Counterpunch.org Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

In discussing the issue of “sanctions” there are two main points that need to be made. One is the use of the correct terminology when referring to the government actions that the US, Canada and the EU take in order to achieve regime change. The second is of course the impact that those actions have.

“Maximum-Pressure March”: US Hybrid War On Venezuela Heats Up

March 17, 2020 Leonardo Flores, Codepink.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, US Imperialism, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism

The first quarter of 2020 has seen the Trump administration escalate its rhetoric against Venezuela. At the State of the Union, President Trump promised to “smash” and destroy the Venezuelan government. This was followed by a renewed threat of a naval blockade on the country, which is an act of war under U.S. and international law...

Sanctions Against Iran And Venezuela During A Pandemic Are Cruel

March 17, 2020 By Vijay Prashad and Paola Estrada, Peoplesdispatch.org Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Pandemic, Sanctions, Venezuela

Swiftly moves the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rises, as do the numbers of those who have died. Hands are being washed, tests are being done, social distancing has become a new phrase. It is unclear how devastating this pandemic will be; certainly, the experience of the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu hangs heavily...

U.S. Prevents Venezuela From Buying Drugs To Treat COVID-19

March 17, 2020 Staff, Radiohc.cu Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, Venezuela

Caracas, March 14 (RHC)--Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab denounced Friday that coercive and unilateral measures imposed by the United States prevent the purchase of drugs and supplies to confront COVID-19. Speaking about the confirmation of the first two cases of the disease this Friday, the magistrate reaffirmed that in the midst of the situation the world is going through because of the pandemic, it is unacceptable that punitive actions be maintained, which constitute a massive violation of human rights.

Venezuela Confirms Coronavirus Cases As US Slaps New Sanctions

March 16, 2020 By Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner, Venezuelanalysis.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Latin America, Sanctions, Venezuela

Mérida, March 13, 2020 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has confirmed the first cases of the coronavirus in the country. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced on Friday that two people had tested positive for Covid-19 in Miranda State. Both had recently arrived from Spain, and all passengers who shared the flights have been ordered into quarantine.

Two New Coup Disappointments In Venezuela

March 15, 2020 Marco Teruggi, Sputnik News. Educate! Elections, US coup, US Regime Change, Venezuela

The Venezuelan right faces a sustained crisis in the ability to mobilize its social base. The latest actions have been an expression of that picture of little strength that cannot be disguised. March 10 should be the day to reverse that trend. The call for mobilization, led by the self-proclaimed president Juan Guaidó, lasted three weeks and the promise was greater than before: this time it was about reaching the National Assembly (AN), in the center of Caracas, the heart of power national politician. People gathered in Chacao, in the east of the city, the usual opposition area, around 10 am local time. As Guaidó had announced, during this gathering, flyers with the slogans to find out how to mobilize during the day would be delivered.

El Maizal Commune: 11 Years Building The Communal Horizon

March 11, 2020 By Katrina Kozarek, Venezuelanalysis.com Educate! Communes, Latin America, Venezuela

On March 5, 2009, in the shade of a great Samán tree on the edge of unused farm lands rescued from a large landowner near the border of Lara and Portuguesa States, the people gathered with President Chávez and vowed to organize a commune which would collectively produce on those lands. Eleven years later, the El Maizal Commune has become a national and international reference for communal organization and production.

Elliott Abrams Disrupted Over ‘Maximum Pressure March’ Campaign Against Venezuela

March 11, 2020 CODEPINK, Popular Resistance. Resist! Elliott Abrams, Regime Change, US Sanctions, Venezuela

Members of CODEPINK interrupted a speech by Elliott Abrams hosted by The Alexander Hamilton Society at SAIS, the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in D.C. Abrams, named Special Representative on Venezuela by President Donald Trump in January 2019, oversees the administration’s regime change efforts in Venezuela. The administration’s rhetoric has become significantly more aggressive in 2020, with Trump himself threatening to “smash” and destroy the legitimate elected government of Venezuela. The State Department has followed suit, recently declaring that the “Monroe Doctrine 2.0” is in effect and that this month will be known as “maximum pressure March.” In addition to intensifying its sanctions against Venezuela, the Trump administration has threatened a military blockade and has recently met with the presidents of Brazil and Colombia to coordinate their regime change efforts.

Seven Years After Death Of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela Still Resists

March 9, 2020 By Marco Teruggi, Sputnik Educate! Hugo Chavez, Venezuela

Seven years have passed since the death of Hugo Chávez. The Latin American and national situation has changed in that time, and yet the Venezuelan reality is still partly explained by what his life meant, particularly in the humble sectors of the country. The wake lasted ten days. Men and women from all over the country arrived, each as he could, with what he had, to say goodbye to Chavez, to the commander, to thank him, to promise. The lines lasted day, night, dawn, kilometers. I saw it near ten o'clock at night, a lady had passed out, outside the hill's lights looked like a birth. Chavismo is a daily experience in popular neighborhoods, in debates, in imaginations of the country that will come. Therefore, also, in the electoral calculations for - for example - the next legislative elections of December 2020 there is a possibility that the majority will be obtained.

Guaido Left Out In The Cold At Gatineau Lima Group Meeting

March 5, 2020 Arnold August, Telesurenglish.net Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

The peoples of the world must not forget the Trudeau government’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean, the main thrust of which lately, being the attempt to destroy the Bolivarian Revolution. For the first time since Juan Guaido’s auto-proclamation as so-called interim president of Venezuela in Jan. 2019, a meeting of the Lima group (with its numerous political statements) has failed to even mention his name.

Venezuela: Crimes Against Humanity

February 29, 2020 Luis Britto García, Resumen-english.org Resist! Crimes, Venezuela

At the beginning of 2019, a group of us committed to the Network in Defense of Humanity met informally to study the legal defense against the multiform aggression against Venezuela. For years, I have compiled a summary of all kinds of imperial attacks against our country, but the complaint is not enough protection.

Elections In Venezuela: Legislative Vs Presidential

February 25, 2020 Marco Teruggi, Pagina 12, translation, Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

Nicolas Maduro has had a constant theme that he has been saying since last year; affirming that there would be legislative elections in 2020, as the electoral calendar indicates. If then it was a distant date taking into account the swirling dynamics of Venezuelan politics, it is now an upcoming scenario around which the debates are focusing.

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