Respect for Democracy

New State Department Video Celebrates Monroe Doctrine! Support HRes. 1056 to Annul the Doctrine!

On August 11, 2026, last Tuesday, the US State Department released a video, narrated by US Ambassador to Panama Kevin Merino Cabrera, reviewing the history of the famous 1823 statement by President James Monroe known as the Monroe Doctrine. The video glorifies the Doctrine, not the early Monroe Doctrine, which merely declared the Western Hemisphere…

Sign the Petition to Stop the Repression of Campesino and Indigenous Masses in Bolivia

Sign the Petition to Stop Government Violence Against Campesino and Indigenous Masses in Bolivia  We, the undersigned, are outraged by the escalation of state violence and the criminalization of dissent aimed at members and leaders of Bolivia’s historic anti-imperialist and Indigenous movements—those who from 2006 to 2019 achieved a significant measure of sovereignty and began…

Hands Off Bazil! Hands Off Democracy!

      This alert is produced by AFGJ and the Eco-Solidarity Project Send an email to Brazil’s President Lula and the WTO – Stand strong for sovereignty and democracy Send an email to President Trump—Hands Off Brazil!  The Trump administration is pulling out all stops to directly interfere in the judicial and electoral processes…

Baby Maikelys is free!

By William Camacaro National Co-Coordinator Venezuelan girl kidnapped by the United States has returned to Venezuela The ordeal of two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza, separated from her mother for over a year, has concluded with her return to Venezuela. Her parents had immigrated to the United States and briefly resided in El Paso, Texas, where they worked…

Batalla de ideas ft. Roger Waters: Geopolitics in Venezuela & the Inauguration of Nicolas Maduro

 Join AFGJ and Radio Negro Primero for a conversation about the current geopolitical situation in Venezuela, threats to democracy, Latin American integration and the upcoming inauguration of Nicolas Maduro featuring special guest Roger Waters. Battle of Ideas is a radio program organized by the Alliance for Global Justice and Radio Primero Negro (RNP) 101.1…

Samuel Moncada Address to Venezuela’s National Assembly: Fascism & Cyber-Terrorism Against Venezuela

Venezuela’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, discusses what he describes to be an ongoing multifaceted coup attempt against Venezuela in the aftermath of its recent July 28, 2024 presidential election. We thank TeleSUR for granting us permission to re-publish this video in English.

Mary Dugarte on Venezuela’s Laws of Popular Power

AFGJ met with Venezuelan journalist Mary Dugarte during our accompaniment of the July 28 presidential elections in Venezuela. Dugarte discusses Venezuela’s evolving Plan for the Homeland initiated by former president Hugo Chávez. This blueprint for sovereign development in Venezuela comprises eight laws concerning key sectors of popular power in Venezuela: economic, social, cultural, educational and…

Take action to oppose new and existing sanctions on Venezuela!

Venezuela is the fifth most sanctioned country in the world, and it has cost the country dearly. 40,000 to 100,000 people are estimated to have died from lack of food, medicines, clean drinking water and other basic necessities caused by unilateral coercive measures (“sanctions”) the U.S. has imposed since the Obama Administration. The Biden Administration…

Two months since Election Day: celebrating democracy in Venezuela

Alliance for Global Justice has been on the ground with social movements in Venezuela since the July 28 elections. Check out some of our latest footage and reports below. The Bolivarian Militia of #Venezuela mobilizes to defend their democracy 🇻🇪 Check out our latest interview with Captain Felipe Daniel Arce of the Militia’s Valles del…

Oscar Schemel: guru of electoral statistics

Last Thursday, September 5th, AFGJ met with Oscar Schemel, electoral consultant and president of the Venezuelan polling firm, Hinterlaces. For us it was an extraordinary experience to have a meeting with someone who has become a kind of “guru” of electoral statistics in Venezuela. Schemel’s objectivity and ability to make observations and criticisms as an…