Venezuela is the fifth most sanctioned country in the world, and it has cost the country dearly. 40,000 to 100,000 people are estimated to have died from lack of food, medicines, clean drinking water and other basic necessities caused by unilateral coercive measures (“sanctions”) the U.S. has imposed since the Obama Administration. The Biden Administration…
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…
An Alliance for Global Justice delegation met with former political prisoner and Venezuela’s Investments Head Alex Saab in Caracas, in the days preceding the July 28 presidential election. We discussed Venezuela’s booming economic recovery, projections for the presidential election, unilateral coercive measures and the United States’ criminalization of humanitarian aid. We thank Pacifica Foundation TV…
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…
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…
It’s time to recognize and support Nicaragua’s achievements rather than undermine them with sanctions On June 8, 2023, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation that would extend the U.S. government’s authority to impose sanctions on Nicaragua through December 31, 2028! The bill is now in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with…
By Margaret Kimberley (Executive Editor and Senior Columnist, Black Agenda Report) The words human rights are used quite frequently but conditions around the world prove that they are rarely taken seriously. The United States, which claims to be a protector of human rights, has more people imprisoned, some two million, than any other country on…
