Tag Archive for sanctions

Batalla de ideas ft. Roger Waters: Geopolitics in Venezuela & the Inauguration of Nicolas Maduro

 Join AFGJ and Radio Negro Primero for a conversation about the current geopolitical situation in Venezuela, threats to democracy, Latin American integration and the upcoming inauguration of Nicolas Maduro featuring special guest Roger Waters. Battle of Ideas is a radio program organized by the Alliance for Global Justice and Radio Primero Negro (RNP) 101.1…

Celebrating one decade of Feria Conuquera: resisting sanctions with food sovereignty

By William Camacaro and Natalia Schuurman Earlier this month, on October 5, the Feria Conuquera celebrated a decade of existence. The celebrations took place in the Sucre de los Caobos park in Caracas, Venezuela. Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) has fostered a close bond with this agroecological collective working to advance food sovereignty in Venezuela…

Interview with Haitian-Venezuelan lawyer and human rights defender Saint Louis XVI

Saint Louis XVI is the Human Rights Coordinator of the Haitian-Venezuelan organization National Front of Sister Nations and lawyer specializing in international human rights law and geopolitics. He discusses the root causes of Haiti’s instability today and its sustained resistance, from its overthrow of French imperial rule to its struggles against imperialist aggression and interventionism,…

Interview with Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America

An Alliance for Global Justice delegation met with Venezuela’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America Carlos Ron in Caracas, in the days preceding the July 28 presidential election. We discussed Venezuela’s electoral process, U.S. unilateral coercive measures on Venezuela and diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the United States. We thank Pacifica Foundation TV…

Chargé D’affaires to the U.S. Lautaro Sandino at the Resist NATO Summit in Washington, DC

Nicaragua’s Chargé D’affaires to the U.S. Lautaro Sandino joined hundreds of activists on July 6-8, 2024 as a special guest to the Resist NATO Summit and 6th International Conference of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform in Washington, DC. In his keynote speech to the Resist NATO Summit, Sandino discusses 45 years of the Sandinista Revolution, international…

Press release (June 24, 2024): Petition delivery at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Hundreds of human rights organizations and individuals demand respect for Venezuela’s sovereignty

Alliance for Global Justice sends this press release on behalf of the Venezuela Solidarity Network Press release: For immediate release Media contact: William Camacaro, Alliance for Global Justice Email: william@afgj.org Phone: +1 (202) 540-8336 Ext. 501 JUNE 24, 2024 — At 4 pm EST, in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Venezuela Solidarity Network will deliver a petition…

Webinar announcement: How Venezuela is Overcoming the U.S. Blockade ft. Carlos Ron and Yosmer Arellán

Join AFGJ for Venezuela Solidarity Network‘s next monthly webinar/picket Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been the target of U.S. imperial power and persistent regime change attempts. As Venezuela prepares for its July 28 elections, it continues to confront hybrid warfare aimed at overturning popular will and undermining its democracy: coup attempts, assassination plots, and economic strangulation…

Report-back and campaign update from Capitol Hill: lobbying against U.S. sanctions on Nicaragua

By Jill Clark-Gollub (Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, Americas Without Sanctions Lobbying Committee) AFGJ is a founding organization of the Americas Without Sanctions campaign, which since last July has been organizing tirelessly against the most recent round of sanctions legislation proposed for Nicaragua. Read the report-back from one of our campaign volunteers and lobbying coordinators below.  On Thursday, May…

NicaNotes: Germany Buries the Evidence of Complicity in Genocide; Nicaragua Exposes It

By John Perry (John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR, Covert Action Magazine and others.) [This article has been published in Anti War, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Resumen Latinoamericano and Tortilla con Sal as well as en español aquí.] On April 11, Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, the British-Palestinian war…

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.15. 2024: Venezuela 2024 Presidential Election set for July 28, anniversary of Hugo Chavez’ Birthday

Cuba Granma: U.S. intelligence services operate against Cuba’s finances The maneuvers carried out to induce inflation within the Cuban market, which have been divided into four stages: shortages, induced inflation, supply boycott and financial blockade. The aims of the most recent onslaught of the CIA and associated agencies are to attack the currency, not only…