Venezuela
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The US Strategy for Regime Change in Venezuela
From economic sanctions to international pressure, how has the US strategy for regime change in Venezuela worked until now? An analysis with CEPR’s Alex Main and TRNN’s Greg Wilpert (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Is foreign military intervention in Venezuela imminent? By James Jordan
According to conventional wisdom, there should be no serious talk of foreign military intervention in Venezuela. But these aren’t conventional times. The conventional playbook would adopt a strategy of foreign coordination of the Venezuelan opposition, economic sabotage, infiltration of the military, and manipulation of popular movements against the elected government. All this is being done,… Continue reading
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Venezuela: What’s been learnt won’t be easily forgotten – a conversation with Antonio Gonzalez Plessmann
In this interview with Cira Pascual Marquina, he presents important insights into the revolutionary potential that Chavismo unleashed during the course of the Bolivarian Process. It’s a potential that, he thinks, could be set rolling again. Continue reading
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The U.S. Has Venezuela in Its Crosshairs By VJ Prashad
Last Thursday—on January 10—Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for his second term as president of Venezuela. “I tell the people,” Maduro said, “this presidential sash is yours. The power of this sash is yours. It does not belong to the oligarchy or to imperialism. It belongs to the sovereign people of Venezuela.” These two terms—oligarchy… Continue reading
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Media Reports “Good News”: Kids Are Dying in Venezuela, Sanctions are Working… By David William Pear
he Guardian’s Tom Phillips’ article Venezuela Crisis Takes Deadly Toll on Buckling Health System (January 06, 2019) is more good news for US psychopaths, such as Trump, Bolton and Pompeo. Children are dying in Venezuela. Sanctions are working! Continue reading
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Affaire ExxonMobil: Nicolas Maduro publishes his evidence
According to the US transnational ExxonMobil, on 22 December 2018 the Venezuelan navy expelled two ships that were carrying out prospecting works in the territorial waters between Venezuela and Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana are disputing to which of them these waters belong. On the faith of this communiqué, Guyana, followed by the United States and… Continue reading
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Russian Deployment To Venezuela Served The Purpose by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
The two nuclear-capable bombers landed in Venezuela on December 10. The Tu-160 Blackjack is a supersonic, variable-geometry heavy bomber, designed to strike strategic targets with nuclear and conventional weapons deep in continental theatres of operation. In a manner of speaking, Moscow gave Washington a “preview” of the world of tomorrow if the US proceeds to… Continue reading
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The United States are preparing a war between Latin-American states by Thierry Meyssan
Little by little, the partisans of the Cebrowski doctrine are advancing their pawns. If they must cease creating wars in the Greater Middle East, they’ll just turn around and inflame the Caribbean Basin. Above all, the Pentagon is planning to assassinate an elected head of state, ruin his country, and undermine the unity of Latin-America. Continue reading
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Russian Bombers Landing in Venezuela: A Reaction to US Threats
While the US tried to portray the landing of Russian nuclear weapons capable bombers in Venezuela as a threat, Venezuela clearly sees the US as the threat, which is why the Russian military was invited, say Steve Ellner and Greg Wilpert. Continue reading
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Business as Usual: Washington’s Regime Change Strategy in Venezuela By Garry LEECH
For those who have been following Venezuela closely in recent years there is a distinct sense of déjà vu regarding US foreign policy towards that South American nation. This is because Washington’s strategy of regime change in Venezuela is almost identical to the approach it has taken in Latin America on numerous occasions since World… Continue reading
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Russia Financial Advisory Assistance To Venezuela Is “Regime Reinforcement” By Andrew KORYBKO
The Russian team landed in the country’s capital a day after a Chinese delegation, making some wonder whether the two Great Powers are coordinating their efforts to save their shared Latin American partner’s economy. Both countries have an interest in ensuring the success of President Maduro’s latest reforms in order to safeguard the stability of… Continue reading
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The Foreign “Visible Hand” of the Market Exposed and Barred in Venezuela By Nino Pagliccia
Since 2012 Venezuela has undergone an economic war directed mostly by and from the U.S. that has targeted market prices of goods and services, in part, by the impact of unilateral economic sanctions, but also in large part by the manipulation of the exchange rate in the illegal parallel market that determined the prices of… Continue reading
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ACTION ALERT: Venezuela Poses No ‘Threat to the World’—but WaPo’s Claim That It Does Is Dangerous
The Washington Post (9/10/18) describes US officials meeting with Venezuelan coup-plotters to discuss the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro as “more fuel for his paranoia.” And it cites the White House dismissing “speculation that it wants to intervene” in Venezuela—ignoring the fact that the US has for years been heavily intervening to wreck the country’s… Continue reading
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Empire Journalism: Venezuela, the US and John McCain
To realise how incomplete and distorted is BBC News coverage, you only have to listen to the superb independent journalist Abby Martin, who has risked her life to report what the corporate media is not telling you about Venezuela. It is little wonder that, as she discusses, her important news programme, ‘Empire Files’, is currently… Continue reading
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Facebook vanishes Venezuela-based left-leaning news network again
Telesur English, a multi-state-funded Latin American news network, says that Facebook has removed its page for the second time this year “without any specific reason being provided.” Continue reading
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Venezuela News Links 21 May 2018
21 May 2018 — williambowles.info Venezuela’s Maduro wins presidential vote boycotted by opposition https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/venezuela-maduro-wins-presidential-vote-boycotted-opposition-180521024447255.html Venezuela election result: Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro wins by landslide in vote criticised as illegitimate http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-election-latest-results-maduro-vote-win-landslide-turnout-a8360791.html Continue reading
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Venezuela: 'These Are Sanctions Directly Aimed at the Civilian Population' By Janine Jackson
Janine Jackson interviewed Joe Emersberger on Venezuela for the April 27, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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Genocide Washington Style – Venezuela Next? By Peter Koenig
7 February 2018 — Global Research Why does nobody dare to pronounce the term “Genocide” in connection with the Washington committed atrocities around the globe? – If there is one nation that is guilty of mass-murder it is the United States of America and her Zionist handlers. But nobody seems to pay attention. Or, rather,… Continue reading
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Time for a Vigilant Celebration in Venezuela By Nino Pagliccia
In one day, on October 15, Venezuela has achieved several outstanding landmarks in our region at a time when we face dangerous world conflicts and unrest. By carrying out fair elections for governors of the 23 states, Venezuela has shown that people value the opportunity to participate in decision-making even under hard circumstances. Continue reading
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Video: Venezuelan Regional Election: Opposition Claims Fraud in Areas They Won
16 October 2017 — TRNN The Governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 17 out of 23 governor races in Sunday’s regional vote, prompting the opposition to claim fraud once again, without evidence. Lucas Koerner of Venezuelanlaysis.com analyzes the situation (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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