Venezuela
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President Maduro responds to Lula and Petro’s call for redo election: “We are a sovereign country”
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told media outlets on the evening of August 15 that he rejects calls for redo elections by his counterparts in Brazil and Colombia. He declared that “Venezuela has the sovereignty of an independent country with a Constitution, it has institutions, and the conflicts in Venezuela of any kind are solved among… Continue reading
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Lula and Petro: A Suspicious Mediation
Presidents Petro and Lula are proposing an unusual “transitional cohabitation government and new free elections” in Venezuela to calm their incomprehensible impatience to know the definitive results of the presidential election. Continue reading
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The “victory” of the murderous grandpa
The National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE), the only institution with the power to announce the results of the electoral consultations that take place in the country, as it happens in any state of law, released the practically final figures of the presidential elections held on July 28. With 96.87% of the votes counted, despite… Continue reading
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Total rupture is the only option left for Venezuela
Most of the 25 years of Chavista government have been successive coup attempts, destabilization, boycotts, sabotage, economic blockades, lockouts, riots, violence, chaos and terror on the part of the opposition. Continue reading
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Former Candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia’s Criminal Past, Traces Impossible to Erase
Behind the apparent fragility of Edmundo González Urrutia, former candidate to the presidency of Venezuela for the extreme right in the elections of July 28, 2024, hides his past as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States and operator in the execution of the Condor Plan, a security strategy of… Continue reading
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Popular Victory of President Maduro and Announced Chronicle of a New Opposition Failure
On August 2, 2024, the National Electoral Council (CNE) issued a second bulletin with the data from the transmission of 96.87% of the electoral records, whose figures showed the following results: the candidate Nicolás Maduro Moros obtained 6,408,844 votes and the opposition candidate Edmundo González 5,326,104 votes. Thus, the current Venezuelan president was reelected for… Continue reading
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Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez, Promoted by the USA, is a Former CIA El Salavador Death Squad Accomplice
Sunday, 4 August 2024 — Internationalist 360° LA Progressive Interview with Gloria Guillo Maduro Wins Venezuelan Election Despite U.S.- Organized Coup Attempt It was clear going into the vote, from Maduro’s massively attended political rallies, that he remained their favorite. Sanctions are a misnomer when it comes to Venezuela. Here, the U.S. isn’t “just” illegally Continue reading
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Regime change in Venezuela unlikely
As expected, Nicolás Maduro won the elections in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Without major difficulties, the current president defeated all his opponents, being chosen by the majority of the Venezuelan people to govern the country for the third consecutive term. Since Maduro was an efficient leader in managing the nation’s path amidst so many… Continue reading
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Watch: Killing the Peace: Israel Assassinates Chief Negotiator
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the countdown to another Iranian counterattack following Israel’s brazen assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and insurrectionist riots inside Israel. Anya Parampil joins to discuss the latest from Venezuela, where Washington has officially endorsed regime change and accused President Nicolas Maduro of rigging an election. Continue reading
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Watch: President Maduro Holds Press Conference with International Media
Venezuelan reelected President Nicolas Maduro addressed international media in a press conference from Miraflores Palace. He also announced an array of of measures to crack down the violent acts committed by far right “comanditos”. Continue reading
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Nicolas Maduro Condemns Right-Wing Coup Underway in Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro was re-elected in the Venezuelan presidential elections on Sunday, July 28, revealing the majority support the Venezuelan people have for the socialist political project of the Bolivarian revolution. Continue reading
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The Venezuelan People Stay With the Bolivarian Revolution
Tuesday, 30 July 2024 — Globetrotter By Vijay Prashad On July 28, the 70th birthday of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Nicolás Maduro Moros won the Venezuelan presidential election, the fifth since the Bolivarian Constitution was ratified in 1999. In January 2025, Maduro will start his third six-year term as president. He took over the reins of Continue reading
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Those Who Die for Life – like Hugo Chávez – Cannot Be Called Dead: The Ninth Newsletter (2023)
On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar’s teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson, a mass literacy programme that… Continue reading
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Watch: U.S. Intel Officer Targeted by John Bolton Reacts to Coup-Plot Confession
John Bolton admitted to CNN that he “helped plan coups d’etat” abroad, including Venezuela. Fulton Armstrong — a former senior US intelligence official who Bolton tried to oust — responds. Continue reading
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In An Attempt to Offset Rising Oil Prices, Biden Administration Makes Nice with Brutal Saudis—But Spurns Socialist Venezuela
On June 2, Saudi-led OPEC and its allies announced it will accelerate oil production in July and August, as the cartel’s key player, Saudi Arabia, agreed to U.S. pleadings that it take action to cool crude oil prices. The sharp rise in the price of a barrel of crude since the start of hostilities in Ukraine has… Continue reading
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Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity
Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic sanctions, are a means of coercive pressure through disruption of trade relations and economic isolation. The use of sanctions under international law is governed chiefly by Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, providing that the Security Council may decide to enact a “complete or partial interruption of… Continue reading
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Camila Saab Speaks Out: Wife of Venezuelan Diplomat “Kidnapped” by US Gov’t Talks to MintPress
On Wednesday, November 24, MintPress News Editor in Chief Mnar Adley sat down to speak with Camila Saab, the wife of imprisoned Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. Saab was on a diplomatic mission to Iran in June 2020, where he was tasked with securing deals for food, medicine and personal protective equipment. His plane stopped off… Continue reading
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Watch: Exclusive Interview with Jorge Arreaza on Venezuela’s Recovery Plan
UN Special Rapporteurs estimate that 100,000 people have died in Venezuela in the last decade because of the lack of medicine brought on by U.S. sanctions. Nearly 60% of those deaths took place under the Trump administration after Washington escalated its economic warfare on the Bolivarian state. During the Trump era, Jorge Arreaza served as… Continue reading
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PSUV Sweeps Mega-Elections In Venezuela
The United Socialist Party (PSUV) landed a comprehensive victory in Venezuela’s regional and local elections, winning 83% of the governorships. According to initial results from the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday night, PSUV, the ruling party, secured at least 19 of the 23 governorships, and the important Caracas mayoralty. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 