Venezuela & ALBA Weekly

Venezuela & ALBA News 7.23.2021: On Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, The US “Fourth Estate” has become a regime change propaganda Sixth Wing of the Pentagon

Tortilla con Sal (Nan, Nora McCurdy): Evo Morales denounces a new US-led Plan Condor As political leaders like Evo Morales and leading intellectuals like Stella Calloni and others have repeatedly made clear, the US elites and their regional allies are desperate to impose a new Plan Condor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Of course,…

Venezuela & ALBA News 7.16.2021: Biden Administration is Worsening US Regime Change Wars on Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Company Implicated in Moïse Assassination was Involved in Attack Against Maduro A US-based security company, CTU, that allegedly took part in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise last week, was also involved in plotting against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in 2018. Orinoco Tribune: National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez Denounces New Drone Assassination…

Venezuela & ALBA News#360, 7.9.2021: Biden Backs Guaido; DSA Meets with President Maduro; Response to Recent Criticisms of Nicaragua

Venezuela WION: Biden reaffirms support for Venezuela opposition leader Guaido “Under your leadership and in coalition with civil society leaders you are preserving those ideals of freedom, democracy and sovereignty,” Biden wrote to Guaido. Biden said that Guaido is guiding his country “through a peaceful democratic transition of power.” This is almost as disconnected from…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 7.2.2021: Declarations by ALBA, Caracas Congress, and Cuba in UN; Nancy Hollander on Alex Saab; wide open Venezuelan primaries; Russia, China, Iran Stand with Venezuela; Act to Stop RENACER Bil

Venezuela The International: In Defense of the Bolivarian Revolution Leftist critics do not consider that the market reforms being implemented by the Venezuelan administration – like the anti-blockade law – are necessitated by a politico-economic conjuncture wherein traditional avenues for the advancement of a socialist economic engine have been blocked. In the face of an…

Venezuela & ALBA News 6.25.2021: UN Vote Condemns US Economic Warfare — US Unmoved; New Anti-Nicaragua campaign; Alex Saab

Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Foreign Affairs Minister Arreaza Discusses the Real Reasons Behind US Aggression Against Venezuela He pointed out that the unilateral coercive measures constitute a collective punishment inflicted on 30 million Venezuelans, for the sole reason of having enforced their democratic will to choose their own government and institutions, for upholding their Constitution and…

Venezuela & ALBA News 6.18.2021: US Blocks Venezuela from Buying Vaccines and Food

Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Cape Verde Ignores International Outcry in Alex Saab Case The president of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, decided to turn a blind eye to the international clamor and ignore the request made on June 8 by the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations (UN) to suspend the extradition process that the…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 6.11.2021 US Sanctions Nicaragua; Free Alex Saab delegation returns

Internationalist 360: Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela Managing So Well in the Fight Against Covid-19? In sum: rapid and decisive response, well-organized health systems, mobilizing the population, breakdown of the neoliberal capitalist model.   Nicaragua Kawsachun News: U.S. Coup Machine Unleashes New Sanctions on the Nicaraguan People US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has…

Venezuela & ALBA News 6.4.2021 Biden Funds Subversion in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua; Free Alex Saab delegation in Cape Verde

Venezuela Join the Campaign to Free Alex Saab  Sign the Letter to Biden and leaders of Cape Verde Ghana Web: International humanitarian delegation to visit Cape Verde over Alex Saab detention Boston School Bus Drivers, USW local 8751: Resolution: Cabo Verde – Immediately Release Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Venezuelanalysis: US Confirms No Venezuela Sanctions Relief…

Venezuela & ALBA News 5.28.2021 Biden Keeps Trump Inhumane Policy on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua; Alex Saab

Venezuela MercoPress: Biden picks for Western Hemisphere career diplomat who favors sanctions against Venezuela  Biden’s candidate for the office of Undersecretary of the State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Brian A. Nichols, has said sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro regime must continue. Nichols also said that “the extensive efforts of Russia, China, Iran, Turkey and…

Venezuela & ALBA News 5.21.2021: Venezuela Condemns Killings in Colombia and Gaza; Alex Saab case, US Targets Nicaragua election

Venezuela Venezuelanalysis: Sanctions, Making Venezuela Scream: A Conversation with Alexander Main The sanctions have been very harmful. They have contributed enormously to Venezuela’s economic decline, and have contributed to extreme human suffering. Venezuela doesn’t have the resources – namely the necessary foreign exchange that it would normally obtain through the sale of oil products –…