regime change
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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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Hispaniola Rising: How the US Coup in Venezuela Is Taking Root in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
For more than a decade Venezuela has aided the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through a preferential system known as Petrocaribe, and the people of those nations are not taking their governments’ support for the US coup in Venezuela lightly. 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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Imperialist Intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 8
13 February 2019 — Counter Currents Russia warns the US not to intervene in Venezuela The aim of the US coup in Venezuela is to dominate the country’s oil resources Arreaza slams indifference of UN members to US coup 80% of Venezuelans oppose intervention Maduro continues call for peace, dialogue, respect Canada Labour Congress with… Continue reading
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Venezuela defines the future of the region By Claudio Katz
Guaidó’s self-proclamation as Venezuelan president is the most ridiculous and dangerous coup attempt in recent years. With the shameless backing of Washington, the Venezuelan rightwing intends to place a complete stranger at the helm of the state. Continue reading
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Making Globalism Great Again CJ Hopkins
Maybe Donald Trump isn’t as stupid as I thought. I’d hate to have to admit that publicly, but it does kind of seem like he has put one over on the liberal corporate media this time. Scanning the recent Trump-related news, I couldn’t help but notice a significant decline in the number of references to… Continue reading
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Lawfare: Using “Transition” Status to Justify Intervention in Venezuela
The fact that the opposition can conspire and operate openly is proof that the government has not suppressed them in any way. While it is dangerous that they continue to collaborate to overthrow the government, they are emboldened by the freedoms granted and upheld by the same Constitution they seek to obliterate. Their continued freedom… Continue reading
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How the Media Manufactures Consent for Regime Change in Venezuela
The latest extraordinary chapter in the bizarre world of Venezuelan politics is playing out before our eyes. After winning the 2018 presidential elections, Nicolás Maduro was inaugurated in January, only for the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó — a man whom, at the time, less than 20 percent of the country had even… Continue reading
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Elliott Abrams: The War Criminal Running US Policy in Venezuela
The recently named US Special Envoy on Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, is back in the halls of power after a career of supporting dictators, violence and genocide around the world Continue reading
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In Venezuela, White Supremacy is Key to Trump’s Coup By Greg Palast
On January 23, right after a phone call from Donald Trump, Juan Guaido, former Speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself President. No voting. When you have official recognition from The Donald, who needs elections? Continue reading
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Venezuela Coverage and Analysis
10 February 2019 — TRNN Find all of our Venezuela stories here, from the current crisis to the early days of The Real News Network Venezuela Coverage and Analysis Continue reading
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Blood for Oil in Venezuela?
Vijay Prashad discusses the extent to which US interest in Venezuelan oil and other natural resources is driving Trump’s policy of seeking regime change. The link is not that straight-forward, but it is there, says Prashad (inc transcript) Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 6
The world imperialism is intensifying its interventionist activities around Venezuela while resistance to it is strengthening in different areas. The following update prepared based on media reports present the following information: Continue reading
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Why Venezuela’s People Are Suffering By Eric Zuesse
The case that will be documented here is that Venezuela’s people are suffering from a tragic national situation which actually cannot be reversed by anything that’s within the power of Venezuela’s Government to do or to block. In order to understand this very unfortunate reality (if one wants to understand it), one must first understand… Continue reading
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BBC and Venezuela: bias and lies
A coup attempt is in full-swing in Venezuela, orchestrated from Washington. As ever, supposedly ‘objective’ media outlets such as the BBC are softening up public opinion for this imperialist intervention. Continue reading
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Racism And The Fight Over Venezuela
The U.S. coup attempt in Venezuela is not only about oil and general U.S. imperialism. It is attempt to bring a specific type of people back into power. The same type of people that rule in Washington DC. Continue reading
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What the Press Hides From You About Venezuela by Eric Zuesse
This news-report is being submitted to all U.S. and allied news-media, and is being published by all honest ones, in order to inform you of crucial facts that the others — the dishonest ones, who hide such crucial facts — are hiding about Venezuela. These are facts that have received coverage only in one single… Continue reading
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Venezuela as the pivot for New Internationalism?
There is a great deal of controversy about the true shape of the Venezuelan economy and whether Hugo Chavez’ and Nicholas Maduro’s reform and policies were crucial for the people of Venezuela or whether they were completely misguided and precipitated the current crises. Continue reading
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Why I Hope Maduro Wins And North Korea Keeps Its Nukes by Caitlin Johnstone
A second summit meeting for the US and North Korea is reportedly scheduled to take place in Vietnam at the end of the month. Expert opinions on where these negotiations are headed range from the insightful to the incredibly naive, with mainstream media consumers consistently finding themselves in the latter category. Trump supporters believe their… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 