Venezuela

Trump Renews Obama-Era Emergency Over Venezuela, Maduro Calls It ‘Historic Error’

March 9, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Donald Trump says he believes that Venezuela "is a threat" to the United States, while the U.S. continues to promote aggression against Maduro’s government. The United States government has renewed it's declaration of a national emergency over Venezuela for another year, which former President Barack Obama initially decreed in March 2015. In response, the Venezuelan government said the renewal of this measure is "a historic error" in the context of the economic aggressions and threats of military intervention to which the U.S. has subjected the country.

Venezuela – Guaidó Planned To Use Arms – Frustration Over Stalemate Sets In

March 9, 2019 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

New reports about the U.S. coup attempt in Venezuela describe the current mood in Washington as 'frustration'. They also shine new light on why of the opposition's plans failed. When the U.S. set out for the failed 'humanitarian aid' stunt at the border between Colombia and Venezuela an important role was given to its puppet, the self-declared 'president' Juan Guaidó. It was his task to bring the aid across the border.

Report Reveals That Armed Troops Were Mobilized To Force Through US Aid Provocation On Venezuelan Border

March 9, 2019 Bill Van Auken, Wsws.org Resist! Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

An armed force of some 200 Venezuelan military defectors and mercenaries was mobilized on Venezuela’s border with Colombia last month in a bid to force through Washington’s Trojan Horse “humanitarian aid” convoy organized with the aim of fomenting a military coup against President Nicolas Maduro and a potential civil war in the South American country. According to Bloomberg news, this armed provocation was stopped at the last minute by the Colombian government, which feared that a violent clash on its border with Venezuela could escalate into a military confrontation between the two countries.

The CIA’s View Of Venezuela: What We Learn From The Archives

March 8, 2019 T.J. Coles, Counterpunch.org Educate! CIA, US Imperialism, Venezuela

In 2017, then-U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Mike Pompeo said: “we are very hopeful that there can be a [political] transition in Venezuela and we the CIA is doing its best to understand the dynamic there [sic], so that we can communicate to our State Department and to others.” CIA monitoring of the political situation and interference in Venezuela is, of course, nothing new. Back in April 2002, just days before the coup that temporarily ousted President Hugo Chávez, a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief anticipated the removal of Chávez by the Venezuelan military.

An Open Letter To The Washington Office On Latin America About Its Stance On US Effort To Overthrow Venezuelan Government

March 8, 2019 By Greg Grandin, Noam Chomsky, Sujatha Fernandes, and Daniel Hellinger, Commondreams.org Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

We write out of concern for the direction that WOLA has taken with regard to a matter of life and death, and possibly war and peace, in Latin America. This letter is an attempt to engage with WOLA about your support for various components of the Trump administration’s efforts to topple the government of Venezuela. We believe that the Trump administration’s regime change effort in Venezuela is wrong in every way: morally, legally, and politically. Since war has been openly threatened repeatedly by Trump himself and his top officials, this effort also runs a high risk in terms of the loss of human life and limb, and other unforeseen consequences of war and political violence.

‘Weaksauce’: State Department Tries Ordering Media How To Cover Venezuela

March 8, 2019 Nebojsa Malic, RT.com Educate! Media, Propaganda, US Imperialism, Venezuela

With regime change in Caracas going poorly, the State Department is trying to create reality by browbeating reporters into following the official line. Veteran AP reporter Matt Lee was not amused, calling the effort “weaksauce.” At the press briefing on Tuesday, spokesman Robert Palladino objected to news coverage describing Juan Guaido as opposition leader or self-proclaimed president, rather than “interim president” as Washington has declared him to be.

Venezuela-Baiting: How Media Keep Anti-Imperialist Dissent In Check

March 7, 2019 Alan MacLeod, Fair.org Educate! Latin America, Media, Propaganda, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Corporate media have always attacked leftists for their positions on Venezuela, a country consistently demonized and misrepresented in the US press (FAIR.org, 6/1/02, 11/1/05, 4/1/13, 2/22/19). But with President Donald Trump’s latest tightening of sanctions, and signs of a build-up to a long-rumored invasion (Fox News, 2/27/19), the media’s Venezuela-baiting has been turned up to 11. The political right is uniting with establishment Democrats in denouncing presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders for his supposedly pro-dictatorship stance on Venezuela. And the media are piling on.

Sanctions On Venezuela Are No Alternative To War — They ARE War

March 7, 2019 Staff, Answercoalition.org Resist! Latin America, Sanctions, US Imperialism, Venezuela

The Trump administration's effort to effect immediate regime change in Venezuela through a violent split in the armed forces has failed. But its goal and its aggression have not stopped. They are entering a second stage based around intensifying sanctions on Venezuela, seeking to strangle its economy. The strategy is to weaken and isolate the country, spread discontent through suffering, and allow the possibilities of regime change and intervention to ripen over time. Sanctions are not an alternative to war — they are a method of war that sets the stage for military action.

Stage Set Long Ago For Encounter At Colombia-Venezuela Border

March 6, 2019 W.T. Whitney Jr., Peoplesworld.org Educate! Border, Colombia, Latin America, Venezuela

On February 23, the U.S. and Colombian governments joined in trying to push humanitarian supplies from the Colombian border city Cúcuta into Venezuela. They were using humanitarian aid as a Trojan Horse to confront Venezuelan security forces. These were supposed to have stepped aside, Venezuela’s military forces would, in theory, have disintegrated, and a take-down of its socialist government would follow. But the soldiers, police, and people’s militia remained loyal to the emancipating legacy of President Hugo Chávez. They blocked the trucks and the façade shattered.

Russia Seeks To Prevent Military Intervention In Venezuela

March 6, 2019 Staff, Tass.com Resist! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Russia, US Imperialism, Venezuela

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Russia will make every effort to prevent military intervention in Venezuela, Russia’s Federation Council (upper house) Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told a meeting with Venezuela’s Executive Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez, who is paying a working visit to Moscow. "We are very afraid that the United States may stage any provocations to provoke bloodshed and find a reason and pretext for intervention in Venezuela. But we will do our utmost to prevent this," Matviyenko said.

Venezuela – Random Guaidó Returns Only To Again Be Ignored

March 5, 2019 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

Is it unusual that someone swears "himself" into office. It is also not what the constitution of Venezuela proscribes: Article 231: The candidate elected shall take office as President of the Republic on January 10 of the first year of his constitutional term, by taking an oath before the National Assembly. If for any supervening reason, the person elected President of the Republic cannot be sworn in before the National Assembly, he shall take the oath of office before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice.

Mass Protests Again; Haiti And Revolutionary Struggle In Latin America

March 4, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Haiti, Iran, Revolution, Venezuela

After years of corruption and neglect of the Haitian people, a popular revolt is demanding the current president's resignation. The US-led attempted coup in Venezuela played a role in sparking the protests as the Haitian government sided with the US in voting to recognize Juan Guaido, the fake president over President Maduro, the democratically-elected president. Haiti and Venezuela share a history of interconnected revolution and mutual aid since 1804. We interview Kim Ives, an editor of Haiti Liberté, who has been covering Haiti for decades, about the protests and the bigger picture of imperialism. We also report live from Tehran, Iran where we are on a peace delegation.

The Anatomy Of Imperialist Intervention

March 4, 2019 By Prabhat Patnaik, Peoplesdemocracy.in Educate! Latin America, US Imperialism, Venezuela

WHAT is happening in Venezuela today provides an object lesson on the nature of imperialist intervention in third world countries in the era of neoliberalism. Imperialism has of late intervened along similar lines in other Latin American countries, notably Brazil; but Venezuela, precisely because of the strong resistance it has put up, shows the techniques of imperialism in sharper relief. Not long ago, the Leftward turn in Latin America, not just Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela, but Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and several other countries where Left-of-Centre regimes had come to power and pursed redistributive policies in favour of the working poor,

US Intelligence Official Advising Guaido On His ‘Regional Tour’

March 2, 2019 Telesur Educate! Juan Guaido, US Regime Change, Venezuela

Since leaving Venezuela on Feb. 22, despite a travel-ban in place against him, opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido has deployed an intense agenda of attacking democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro as he travels to Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, and other South American countries, whose right-wing leaders were quick to throw their support behind his self-proclamation as interim president. Guaido has been accompanied by another woman: U.S. senior official Kimberly Breier.

The Meaning Of ‘Humanitarian Aid’

March 2, 2019 By Vijay Prashad, Consortiumnews.com Educate! Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, US Imperialism, Venezuela

As the United States and its allies put pressure on Venezuela, a poem by the Salvadoran radical Roque Dalton (1935-1975) clarifies the structure of politics in Latin America. Dalton came from one of Latin America’s smallest countries, El Salvador, which he used to call the little finger (pulgarcito). A deeply compassionate poet, Dalton was also a militant of the People’s Revolutionary Army, whose internal struggles claimed his short life. El Salvador, like so many other Latin American states, struggles to carve out its sovereignty from the tentacles of U.S. power.

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