Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 9.20.2019 Venezuela Opposition Divisions, Some make Agreement with Government: Color Revolution Brewing in Bolivia

Venezuela Venezuela Ready to Defend Itself After US Invokes 1947 TIAR Defence Pact: Military Invasion in Venezuela Will Have Fatal Consequences for Entire Continent  Venezuela’s armed forces said they had begun mobilizing 150,000 troops for military exercises on the Colombian border, after accusing Colombia of attempting to spark a military conflict. Opposition Splits over Talks…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly News 9.13.2019: Washington Disrupts Venezuela Negotiations and Increases Pressures on Cuba

Third Anti-imperialist Solidarity Conference for Democracy and against Neoliberalism. Havana, November 1-3, 2019 (click here for how to go) Venezuela Chavista Chronicles from Caracas with Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (part 3) Venezuelanalysis: Washington ‘Embargoes’ Negotiated Settlement in Venezuela In early August, there were rumours a pre-agreement concerning elections was being negotiated by the Maduro government and the…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 9.6.2019 #268: Our Tasks and Perspectives to Defend Venezuela

Venezuela What Are Our Tasks and Perspectives to Defend Venezuela?  Many respected progressive and leftist intellectuals and analysts in North America and Europe are paying perhaps too much attention, or are carried away by, the internal dynamics of the Bolivarian revolution, without realizing that our main task is not to speculate about the revolutionary process…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 8.30. 2019: UN Praises Evo Morales’ Work to Combat Amazon Fires while Rightwing Tries to Smear Him, Derail his Re-election

Bolivia UN Praises Bolivia’s Efforts to Combat Amazon Fires      Over 85% Extinguished The President of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa has met with Bolivia’s UN ambassador, and praised Bolivia’s efforts in combating the Amazon fires that have affected Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. The comments come amid criticism leveled at Bolsonaro…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 8.23.2019 Venezuela and Cuba Fighting Crushing US Economic Blockade; November Solidarity Conference

Third Anti-imperialist Solidarity Conference for Democracy and against Neoliberalism. Havana, November 1-3, 2019 Venezuela President Maduro Confirms Venezuela Talking With US Government ‘Economic Terrorism’: After Failed Military Coup Attempt, Trump Imposes Total Embargo Against Venezuela The US Terrorist War against Venezuela. We are witnessing one of the biggest acts of terrorism, not only economic but…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 7.19.2019 Cuban Pres Díaz-Canel: The US is intent upon returning the world to the worst of times

  More on the Bachelet Report on Venezuela Telesur: Maduro writes response to Bachelet report PeoplesDispatch: Mass Rally in Caracas to Reject the Bachelet report RealNewsNetwork: Alfred de Zayas – UN Human Rights Council’s Report on Venezuela is ‘Unbalanced’ (part 2 here) COHA: UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Bachelet’s Gift to the US: Justifying Regime…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 7.12.2019: Taking apart the Bachelet UN Human Rights Report on Venezuela

Venezuela: Responses to Bachelet UN Human Rights Report Alfred de Zayas: UN human rights report on Venezuela fundamentally flawed and disappointing Pasqualina Curcio Curcio: Provide Evidence, Mrs. Bachelet Resumen Latinoamericano: Venezuela Urges UNHCR to Correct 70 Mistakes in its Report Statement by Venezuelan Government in Response to Bachelet’s UNHCR Report Grayzone: ‘Weaponizing human rights’: UN…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 7.5.2019: The Increasing Cruelty of the US’ Monroe Doctrine

Press TV: Canadian artist fired after viral Trump cartoon US Barbarity at the Border: The Monroe Doctrine in Practice Sign the Petition: No second trial for church volunteer Scott Warren who helped immigrants Migrants Denounce ‘Psychological Abuse’ in US Detention Centers US Border Patrol FB Group: Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths, Post Sexist Memes “No…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly #262: The Growing Struggle against the Economic Warfare of US Sanctions

Venezuela Venezuela Solidarity Campaign UK: The effects of the economic blockade of Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Unilateral Coercive Measures as Weapons of Modern Warfare – The Venezuelan Case UN: Cuba, Iran, Venezuela Strongly Reject Unilateral Coercive Measures Peoples Forum: Video of The Struggle Against Sanctions: The case of Venezuela TeleSur: Uruguay walks out of OAS assembly…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly: US Sanctions is Warfare against Civilian Populations

Venezuela Embassy Protectors Support the Embassy Protection Collective’s efforts to challenge US intervention in Venezuela Help Embassy Protector activist injured by rightwing opposition protesters Venezuela The Lancet: Effect of Sanctions on Venezuelans’ Health Care The American Conservative: Sanctions Are Suffocating the Venezuelan People Grayzone: From coup leaders to con artists: Juan Guaidó’s gang exposed for…