Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter

Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 11.11.2022: Maduro’s COP27 Speech; Bolivia Still Faces Coup; Blockade Creates Crisis Problems in Cuba; Sandinista Election Win

FreeAlexSaab U.S. Department of Justice continues its extraterritoriality in Alex Saab’s immunity case The US Department of Justice, in full disregard of Venezuela’s internal laws and processes, filed a motion which seeks to cast doubt on the appointment of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in 2018, as a justification to disregard the order to declassify documents…

Venezuela & ALBA News 11.4.2022: Venezuela Resuming Relations with Brazil and Colombia; Continuing Rightwing Coup Operation in Bolivia

Bolivia Resumen: Bolivia, The Shadow of the Coup The strike that yesterday (10/31) completed its 10th  day in the province of Santa Cruz,, brings with it echoes of the coup d’état that three years ago deposed former president Evo Morales and installed a coup government headed by the now imprisoned Jeanine Áñez. The script repeats…

Venezuela & ALBA News 10.28.2022: Bolivia Rightwing Coup Attempt; More US Sanctions On Nicaragua

Bolivia Resumen: Elitist Coop Attempt in Santa Cruz The ultra right-wing governor of the department of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, and his separatist clique have been maintaining an elitist and bosses’ strike against the government of Bolivia since October 21, which has already cost one life and economic losses of tens of millions of…

Venezuela & ALBA News 10.21.2022: Biden Adm Keeps Cruel Policies even after Hurricanes Batter Cuba and Nicaragua

TeleSur: 26 Countries Call for Lifting of Unilateral Coercive Measures The statement addressed to the UN General Assembly was signed by Antigua & Barbuda, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, China, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Laos, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka,…

Venezuela & ALBA News #420, 10.14.2022: One Year of US Imprisonment of diplomat Alex Saab; Guaido’s fake government credibility erodes further

US Political Prisoner Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab Dissident Voice (Roger Harris): Why the US Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab This is an excellent review of the case, and includes new information behind the US scheme. Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper wrote that Saab is a key asset: “It was important to get custody of…

Venezuela & ALBA News 10.7.2022: Rightwing coup plan in Bolivia; 77% of Nicaraguans support Daniel’s government; how to aid Cuba

Venezuela Wall Street Journal: U.S. Looks to Ease Venezuela Sanctions, Enabling Chevron to Pump Oil The Biden administration is preparing to scale down sanctions on Venezuela to allow Chevron to resume pumping oil there, paving the way for a potential reopening of US and European markets to oil exports from Venezuela. In exchange the government…

Venezuela & ALBA News 9.30.2022: UN Speeches from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Honduras; interviews with Evo Morales, others

Speech by President Nicolás Maduro read by Foreign Minister Carlos Faría at the UN General Assembly, September 24, 2022 The North of the world has to accept the indisputable emergence of new powers and new leaderships such as China, Russia, India, Iran, Turkey. They have to open themselves to the possibility of being part of…

Venezuela & ALBA News 9.23.2022: Speeches at United Nations by Bolivia and Cuba; New USAID operations in Venezuela

Venezuela Peoples Dispatch: After 3 years under Guaidó’s control, Colombia returns state-owned petrochemical company to Venezuela The Colombian government recognized on September 19 the new management of the Venezuelan company Monómeros, located in Colombia, which had been appointed by the Venezuelan government. This decision marks the return of the company to the Venezuelan state after…

Venezuela & ALBA News 9.16.2022: New Film on Alex Saab case; Colombia spy operations against Venezuela, Cuba; Allende’s last words

Salvador Allende’s Last Words, September 11, 1973   Alex Saab Political Prisoner Alex Saab: A Kidnapped Diplomat – new documentary. Watch here And help publicize it, distribute it, post it. FreeAlexSaab.org: Unilateral coercive measures as a form of global extortion, the case of diplomat Alex Saab Camilla Saab emphasized how this US policy worked in…

Venezuela & ALBA News 9.9.2022: ALBA Countries demand Release of Seized Plane and Crew; Dan Kovalik book on Nicaragua; Helen Yaffe on Cuba

CEPR Sanctions Report August 2022 updates on the effects of US sanctions on the people of Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.   Political Prisoner Alex Saab FreeAlexSaab.org Letter to Joe Biden Demanding the Immediate Release of Alex Saab This letter is signed by 24 social movements from different countries that on previous…