Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter

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 –…

Venezuela & ALBA News 5.14.2021 Venezuela Stands with Palestinian and Colombian people

Video: Hugo Chávez on Israeli terrorism and genocide against Palestinians Venezuela Ministry of Foreign Relations: Venezuela condemns the new violent actions committed by Israel against the Palestinian people The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its most firm condemnation of the new violent and unjustifiable actions committed against the brotherly Palestinian people by the State of…

Venezuela & ALBA News 5.7.2021 History of US Economic War on Venezuela; Biden follows Trump policy; webinars

The Violence and Economic Destruction Caused by US Economic Sanctions in Venezuela Joe Sammut and Gregory Wilpert an important chapter in the book Viviremos: Venezuela vs Hybrid War. A valuable summary of the US sanctions imposed on Venezuela and their effect on its economy. Venezuela Popular Resistance: US Government Report Documents its Responsibility for Venezuela’s…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 4.30.2021 #350: Venzuela-Colombia Border Battles; Why there are no George Floyds in Cuba; Brian Willson on Nicaragua

Orinoco Tribune: ‘Bloody Clashes’ in Apure Leave Several Casualties from Venezuelan Army & Colombian Narco-Terrorists  The Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB) confirmed this Wednesday, April 29, that eight soldiers lost their lives in the latest clashes in Apure during the weekend. the FANB “will not rest, we will expel all…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 4.23.2021: More on the Colombia-Venezuela Border Conflict; Cuban Communist Party Congress

Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Summary of webinar “Armed Conflict on the Venezuela-Colombia Border: The Battle of Apure” Internationalist 360: Colombia-Venezuela Border: The Truth about the Conflict The United States, through Colombia, its open ally, is trying to mount a large scale intervention, as well as to achieve the delivery of a good amount of money to…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 4.16.2021: ALBA countries remember Ramsey Clark; Ecuador election

Ramsey Clark International Action Center (Sara Flounders): Ramsey Clark, human rights fighter – 1927-2021 Granma: Cuban leaders lament the death of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark Tortilla Con Sal: Nicaragua expresses deep appreciation for the Life of Ramsey Clark Ultima Noticias: Venezuela expresses its regret over the death of former US official Ramsey Clark…

Venezuela & ALBA News 4.9.2021 Crucial Election in Ecuador; More on the Colombia-Venezuela Border Armed Conflict

Ecuador Marco Teruggi: Ecuador Elections: State of Emergency in the Aorta of Latin America A review of how the Lenin Moreno government is trying to disrupt an Arauz win; also going into anti-Correa attacks taken by Lenin Morena since his 2017 victory. Correa movement relations with the indigenous movement, Conaie, as well as progressive social…