Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.26.2021 Venezuela Battle at Colombia Border; ALBA Countries Rebuke OAS Lies; Justice against Áñez; webinars

  Dan Kovalik: US invokes bugaboo of Russian & Chinese ‘menace’ in ‘our backyard’ to justify imperial ambitions to control Western hemisphere On March 16, Admiral Faller, Commander of US SouthCom, delivered a statement to the US Senate Armed Services Committee in which he stated, in the most histrionic terms, the perceived need of the…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 3.19.2021: Biden Continues Trump Policies; Bolivia Jails Añes; Prashad on Hybrid War

Vijay Prashad at Peoples Forum: Hybrid Wars and US Imperialism Venezuela Jimmy Dore: Biden Same As Trump In Overthrowing Oil Rich Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Communes Gain Ground in Venezuela Dan Kovalik: Disparate nations come together to defend the UN Charter and rein in US aggression across the world A bloc of nations calling themselves “Group…

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.12.2021: Hugo Chavez; threat to Ecuador election; Nicaragua’s foreign agents law; webinars

Venezuela Maria Páez de Victor: Eight Years Without President Chávez What would Chávez be thinking if he were here right now? He would congratulate himself for having favoured as his successor Nicolás Maduro, elected in free and transparent elections. The once bus driver and union leader has not let Chávez down. Maduro is steering the…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 3.5.2021: US sanctions nearly one-third of humanity vs Cuba provided healthcare to nearly one-third of humanity

Petition: Sanctions Kill Campaign: Tell the New U.S. Administration – End Economic Sanctions in the Face of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic    A New World Is Possible: Combating COVID-19                     Deaths per Million:    Jan 8              March 5                                Cuba                     …

Venezuela & ALBA News 2.26.2021 Venezuela condemns new European Union sanctions; US city resolutions against Cuba blockade; webinars

  Petition: Sanctions Kill Campaign: Tell the New U.S. Administration – End Economic Sanctions in the Face of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic Venezuela Vijay Prashad, Manolo De Los Santos: The illegal blockade of Venezuela and the Anti-Blockade Law We spoke to William Castillo, vice minister of anti-blockade policies, about the passage of an anti-blockade law.…

Venezuela & ALBA News #340 2.19.2021: UN Human Rights Report on Sanctions against Venezuela; US Derailing Ecuador election?

Petition: Sanctions Kill Campaign: Tell the New U.S. Administration – End Economic Sanctions in the Face of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic Write to ‘In These Times’ about their smear job on Cuba “the Western Hemisphere’s most undemocratic government” Venezuela TeleSur: US Sanctions Caused Thousands of Deaths in Venezuela, GAO Says Full  GAO report on the…

Venezuela & ALBA News 2.12.2021: Congress Letter to End Sanctions; Ecuador rejects Neoliberalism; GAO Report on Sanctions

  #SanctionsKill Petition: Sanctions Kill Campaign: Tell the New U.S. Administration – End Economic Sanctions in the Face of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic **27 Congresspeople sign Letter Opposing US Sanctions Venezuela CEPR: GAO Report Findings Show that Biden Administration Should Scrap Trump’s Economic Sanctions That Have Killed Tens of Thousands of People in Venezuela, CEPR…

Venezuela & ALBA News 2.5.2021: Decisive Ecuador Election for Latin America; webinars

Ecuador Peoples Dispatch: The anti-neoliberal program of Andrés Arauz, candidate of the pro-Citizens Revolution party Union for Hope (UNES) The Grayzone: Corrupt firm funded by right-wing candidate will produce Ecuador election exit polls MintpressNews: With Anti-IMF Candidate Surging in Polls, Ecuador’s Moreno Flies To DC Amid Talk of Suspending ElectionCOHA: Presidential Elections Could Bring Back…

Venezuela-ALBA 1.29.2021: US Blocking Vaccine Funds for Venezuela; New Terrorist Attempt Thwarted; Ecuador Election; Crucial Year for Nicaragua; Webinars

Venezuela Progressive International statement: Joe Biden, End Illegal US Sanctions Now As President, Joseph Biden must take urgent action to restore the right of all countries to have sovereign relations with the world, untrammelled by US interference through their sanctions policy. Orinoco Tribune (Nino Pagliccia): Venezuela: The Geneva Agreement on Essequibo Cannot be Waived CodePink:…

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 1.22.2021 Biden Backs Guaido; New Measures against Venezuela; Bolivia Stands with Palestine

Venezuela Venezuelanalysis: Venezuela: Biden to Endorse Guaido; Trump Issues Parting Sanctions TeleSur: Guaido Prevents the Use of Frozen Funds for Vaccines  Vijay Prashad on his new book Viviremos: Venezuela vs. Hybrid War Book: Extraordinary Threat : The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela Sputnik News: Twitter Suspends Account of…