Venezuela & ALBA News 5.26.2023: US Blockades and Terrorism smear on Cuba and Venezuela cause US border issue

Venezuela Jacobin: US Sanctions Are Driving Displacement and Migration From Cuba and Venezuela If the Biden administration wants to stop the mass displacement that is leading enormous numbers of Cuban and Venezuelan migrants to the US-Mexico border, it should end the sanctions that have made life in those countries all but impossible for average people.…

Venezuela & ALBA News 5.19.2023: US Looting of Venezuela; Venezuela and Nicaraguan Laws against US NGOs; US Harasses Cuba May Day visitors

Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Venezuela’s NGO Oversight Law to Ensure Transparency According to Deputy Diosdado Cabello, “62 NGOs operate in the country, and none of them have a social purpose, but a political one, which is contrary to the laws of the nation.” The NGO oversight law has not been received well by opposition figures, as…

NicaNotes: What We Learned about Agroecology from Nicaragua

By Rick Kohn [Rick Kohn is a professor of Animal Science at the University of Maryland. His interests include evaluating and implementing methods to decrease adverse environmental effects from animal agriculture including effects on air and water resources and climate change. Rick worked in Nicaragua in 1987-1988 as an internationalist with the Union of Farmers…

Venezuela & ALBA News 5.5.2023: Letters from Alex Saab in his Imprisonment

Letters of Alex Saab from his Imprisonment The book of letters and interviews Venezuelan diplomat and US political prisoner Alex Saab made before the US seized him and brought him to Miami.   Events  Thursdays: WTF is Going on in Latin America & The Caribbean with Teri Mattson (or watch here or here)   Delegations/Tours…