Venezuela
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Danger of U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela Grows
The stakes could not be higher as people across the globe prepare to mobilize in solidarity with the Venezuelan people on February 23 and to oppose the growing imperialist threats of intervention and war. More than 100 cities plan to hold actions this weekend – find and join one near you.February 23 will be a… Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Foreign Minister: “Washington Hijacked Guaidó”
In an exclusive interview with TRNN, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza says Guaido has not accepted the Pope’s offer to negotiate since he is being directed by Washington (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 20 February 2019
20 February 2019 15:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Russia delivers medicines, medical equipment to Venezuela, says source http://tass.com/society/1045654 Inside the Neoliberal Laboratory Preparing for the Theft of Venezuela’s Economy https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14337 Continue reading
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Recently published at mronline.org
20 February 2019 — mronline.org The state and accumulation under contemporary capitalism Historically, capitalism develops institutions and ideologies that justify surplus extraction and capital accumulation. In the last decades of the twentieth century, the financialization of capitalism initiated a new era of accumulation which is known in academic contexts as finance-capital-driven neoliberalism. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 18-19 February 2019
19 February 2019 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. COLDTYPE Issue 178 Mid-February 2019 – is now on line https://williambowles.info/2019/02/19/coldtype-issue-178-mid-february-2019-is-now-on-line/ The Saker interviews Jorge Valero, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela http://thesaker.is/the-saker-interviews-jorge-valero-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary-of-the-bolivarian-republic-of-venezuela/ Continue reading
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Hands Off Venezuela: Historic Stance at the United Nations against US Imperialism By Carla Stea
In a spectacular display of solidarity and strength, envoys from such distant capitals as Beijing and Havana, Moscow and Tehran, Pyongyang and Caracas, Damascus and Managua and numerous other states stood together, side by side, in front of the United Nations Security Council, declaring their determination to protect the UN Charter and International Law, and… Continue reading
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Imperialist Intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 12
19 February 2019 — Countercurrents.org “They want to enslave us!” Maduro slams Trump’s “Nazi-style” attack on socialism “You’ll lose everything!” Trump’s ultimatum to Venezuelan military, says all options are open Interventionist European MPs coming to meet Guaido kicked out Venezuela losses $38 bln from U.S. sanctions U. S. Senator Rubio pushes interventionist agenda Continue reading
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How Much of Venezuela’s Crisis is Really Maduro’s Fault?
There are several factors for Venezuela’s economic crisis, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to U.S. leaders or following corporate media, writes Steve Ellner. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 18 February 2019
18 February 2019 21:19 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Watch privileged Venezuelan opposition support US sanctions and even military intervention http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/H1nDibwyiDg/ Venezuela lacks investment to boost crude production, says advisor to central bank http://tass.com/world/1045290 Continue reading
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The Trump-Trudeau Venezuelan ‘Lima Group’ Policy and Its Nemesis
After spending two days in Caracas on February 3 and 4, including a semi-private meeting with President Maduro, what follows below is my basic impression. It coincides with the documented, virtually daily on-the-ground reporting by Venezuelanalysis reporters including among the opposition. My perception has more recently been buttressed by the current on-the-spot reporting by, among… Continue reading
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Declaration by the Republic of Cuba: Stop U.S. Imperialist Military Aggression Against Venezuela
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of pressures and actions of the U.S. government in preparation for a military adventure under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention” in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and calls on the international community to mobilize in order to prevent its consummation. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 17 February 2019
17 February 2019 22:08 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Jimmy Dore: American reporter in Venezuela contradicts US News Coverage https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/02/17/jimmy-dore-american-reporter-in-venezuela-contradicts-us-news-coverage/ David Swanson: The Dirty Truth About NATO https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/david-swanson-the-dirty-truth-about-nato/ Continue reading
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Can Maduro Emulate Castro and Assad to Keep NATO’s Imperialist Hands Off Venezuela?By Gilbert Mercier
Empires with internal problems tend to create external crises to distract the public opinion and unite their political and economical ruling class in a fictitious nationalistic fervor. The current United States policy of overt regime change in Venezuela, backed entirely by its NATO vassals, follows an evergreen imperial playbook of creating new crises to obscure… Continue reading
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Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela’s economy By Justin Podur
As we watch a US-backed coup unfold in a distant country, as in Venezuela today, our eyes are drawn to the diplomatic, military, and economic elements of the US campaign. The picture of a scowling John Bolton with a big yellow notepad with the message “5,000 troops to Colombia” reveals the diplomatic and military elements.… Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 11
17 February 2019 — Counter Currents Venezuela Regime Change ‘Made in the USA and Canada’ (photo: venezuelanalysis.com) US military planes deliver cargo in Colombian town bordering Venezuela Stop US military adventure against Venezuela: Cuba Latin American left-wing parties call for peace The US is afraid of truth: FM of Venezuela US orders Venezuelan envoy to… Continue reading
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On Bolton’s Orders, US Ambassadors Chastise Governments By Wayne Madsen
US National Security Adviser John Bolton may be known for a lot of things, but “diplomat” is not one of them. In 2005, Bolton was never confirmed by the US Senate to be George W. Bush’s ambassador to the United Nations because the walrus-mustachioed neo-conservative ideologue had made past comments deriding the UN as a… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 15-16 February 2019
16 February 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Can Maduro Emulate Castro and Assad to Keep NATO’s Imperialist Hands Off Venezuela? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsjunkiepost/cIWy/~3/ehFrJuRPc4g/ Leaked documents reveal US is sending ‘military aircraft’ to Venezuelan border http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/bt5XurV9no4/ Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Foreign Minister: “The US is in Front of the Coup Attempt, not Behind it”
Interview – in Spanish with English subtitles – with Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who speaks about the likelihood of war with the US, the impact of the sanctions, and the way out of the conflict between Venezuela and the US and its allies in the opposition and in the region (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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The US Must Be Stopped in Venezuela By Andre Vltchek
Enough is enough! There have been plenty of empty talk and peace conferences, more than enough of begging: “Please, West, stop murdering people, stop your genocides, stop robbing all continents of their resources, stop enslaving billions!” Continue reading
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In the Crosshairs of the Washington Mafia: Venezuela and Julian Assange By Ann Garrison
The US Mafia State [USMS] is still trying to bump off another sovereign state—Venezuela. Meanwhile Wikileaks retweeted the USMS regime change handbook, more formally known as Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare Field Manual 3-05.130, whose authors reveal that major global financial institutions like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Organization for Economic Cooperation… Continue reading
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