Venezuela

The United States government, especially under the Trump regime, has made completely clear that one of its top foreign policy priorities is to depose the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and to replace it with one that will open Venezuela’s vast oil reserves to exploitation by US transnational oil companies. An April 2019 report estimated that, at that time, civilian deaths caused by US-imposed unilateral sanctions had caused 40,000 preventable deaths. As the US efforts have repeatedly failed to foment a coup in favor of a government led by Juan Guaido, who has never run for national office, the Trump regime is attempting to cut off Venezuela’s access to international markets, the financial system, and it is targeting food distribution and threatening direct military action.

Historically the Alliance for Global Justice has played a role coordinating US solidarity with Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution that blossomed with the election of deceased President Hugo Chavez who took office in 1999. In 2007 we organized a national conference which resulted in the formation of the Venezuela Solidarity Network which unfortunately did not survive the Great Recession in 2009. In 2014, when the first guarimbas – violent demonstrations in the wealthy neighborhoods of Caracas – began and the US Congress and Obama regime began considering unilateral sanctions, we pulled together the Venezuela Strategy Group (VSG) composed of solidarity groups and individuals with foreign policy expertise, to build and coordinate US solidarity and anti-intervention activities. We also publish the Venezuela Weekly compilation of links to important articles and videos.

In 2018 individuals who had recently traveled to Venezuela formed the End US and Canada Sanctions Against Venezuela campaign which affiliated with the VSG as a working group. Other VSG Working Groups are: Media and Pledge of Resistance.

How You Can Get Educated and Involved

The Alliance for Global Justice currently publishes the Venezuela/ALBA Weekly every Friday. Subscribe Here or read it every week on our web page.

Sign up for the Alliance for Global Justice Alerts to receive notification of the monthly Venezuela webinar plus other webinars, and mobilizations.

AfGJ is a member of the Campaign to End US & Canada Sanctions Against Venezuela. The campaign invites you and/or your organization to endorse this call against the illegal, unjust and cruel sanctions being inflicted on the people of Venezuela.

Join the Pledge of Resistance pledging to take direct action or support those who do risk arrest in the event the US invades Venezuela or foments a coup.

If you are interested in representing your organization in the Venezuela Strategy Group or being a participant in a working group, send an email to [email protected].

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly #210 May 25, 2018: Impact of the Venezuela Election and US Response

News fro Venezuela

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Free Webinar: How do the Venezuela Elections Change the Political Landscape?

Venezuela Monthly Webinar Series

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Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 5.19.2018: ALBA Countries Condemn Israeli Massacre; Venezuela Votes May 20

Evo Morales Quotes

Bolivia’s Evo Morales Decries ‘Genocidal’ Israel, Rejects US Embassy Move to Jerusalem Cuba Condemns New Attacks by Israel on the Palestinian People Venezuela Condemns Israeli Violence Against Palestinians, Calls for Right of Return Interview with Leader of Venezuela’s  Corriente Revolucionaria Bolívar y Zamora Interview with Leader of Chavismo Bravio and Frente Cultural Izquierda  Francisco Dominguez: Venezuela…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly #208, 5.11.2018: Call for Solidarity Against Increased US Threats

International Call from Social Movements of ALBA: Venezuela Heart of America: Maduro YES Trump NO Haley, Pence Convey US Message on Venezuela: Only Election Worth Holding is One that Results in Regime Change Venezuela Rejects New US Sanctions as Pence Demands Suspension of Elections Maria Perez Victor: Who is Afraid of Venezuelan Democracy? Workers World: New…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly #207 May 4, 2018: May Day Mobilizations in Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela

US Stresses Interventionist Plan in Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela Tortilla con Sal: Nicaragua Regains Its Balance After Social Reform Protests (April 28) Tortilla con Sal: Parade of the Hyprocrites – media coverage of Nicaragua and its Opposition May Day in Cuba Venezuelans March on May Day in Support of Maduro & Bolivarian Revolution Cuba: Honoring Working…

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly April 27, 2018 What Lies Behind the Nicaragua Unrest?

Venezuela ALBA News

The News This Week Dan Kovalik: The US Role in Nicaragua Venezuelan Opposition Backs Nicaragua’s Protests; Chavez Monument in Nicaragua Destroyed Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice Statement on Unrest in Nicaragua Tortilla con Sal: Nicaragua: Next in Line for Regime Change? Cuba’s Bruno Rodriguez at Americas Summit: “The US is the Author of all Despotic Regimes in…

AFGJ Venezuela ALBA Weekly 4.20.2018 Reports and Speeches from Summit of Americas and Peoples Summit

Evo Morales Venezuela Weekly

The News This Week Final Declaration of the 2018 Peoples’ Summit in Lima, Peru Lima Summit of Americas: US, its Neo-Colonial Allies and Vz Opposition Agree on More Sanctions, divided on US Intervention VenAnalysis on Americas Summit: Cuba & Bolivia Stand by Venezuela Amid US Threats Raul Castro’s Final Speech as Head of State of…

Venezuela – ALBA Weekly 4.13.2018: Venezuela Condemns US Attack on Lula; Bolivia “Attack on Syria Would be Attack on Entire UN System”

The News This Week “The aggression against the former Brazilian leader is a continental movement directed by the intelligence services of the United States to criminalize social movements against the expansion of the North American empire,” ‘Attack on Syria Would be Attack on Entire UN system’ – Bolivia’s UN envoy Venezuela Embassy; Venezuela Briefing April…

Venezuela Weekly 4.6.2018 West’s Blatant Double Standard on Israel and Venezuela

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AFGJ Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 3.30.2018 UN Human Rights Council Condemns Sanctions on Venezuela

Venezuela Solidarity

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