Nicolas Maduro
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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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Revealed: UK sets up media influencing project in Venezuela amid secretive £750,000 ‘democracy promotion’ programme
The UK government has established a journalism project to ‘influence’ Venezuela’s ‘media agenda’ while a Foreign Office-funded foundation is spending £750,000 on a secretive ‘democracy-promotion’ programme in the country, as Britain appears to deepen efforts to remove the Maduro government. Continue reading
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Watch: Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and ‘preventing the total destruction of our homeland’
Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the US (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidential Election with 50.66 Percent of the Vote [updated] By Chris Calson
Nicolas Maduro has won the Venezuelan presidential election with 50.66 percent of the vote against 49.07 percent for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Maduro gave a victory speech immediately after, while Capriles initially refused to recognize the results. Continue reading
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Venezuelan Government Foils Destabilisation Plans By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
Venezuelan security forces have foiled a plot to violently destabilise the country, Vice-president Jorge Arreaza announced this afternoon…The plot involved Salvadorian mercenaries who “wanted, but could not, intervene to disrupt the peace of the republic at the last minute”. Continue reading
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Video: Chavez Dead – VP Accuses "Historical Enemies"
Venezuela’s Vice President Maduro announces the death of President Hugo Chavez, says they believe Venezuela’s enemies are responsible Continue reading
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UK Reporting on Venezuela Continues to be Clouded by Partiality
As Hugo Chávez receives further cancer treatment in Cuba, this time seemingly with much higher stakes than before, the UK media has again shown where its interests lie when it comes to reporting on left-wing Latin American governments. The attack has come in many forms, from portraying once again the country as militaristic, to demonising… Continue reading