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Podcast Panel: US Meddling In Venezuela Elections, Economic Warfare & COVID-19

Low Turnout, but Free, Elections in Venezuela Are a Blow To Regime Change

After four years of sanctions, sabotaged industries, attempted coups, an assassination by drone attempt, a mercenary incursion and paramilitary attacks, among others, Venezuela managed to survive the Trump administration’s maximum pressure.

December 10th, 2020
Leonardo Flores
December 10th, 2020
By Leonardo Flores
Venezuela Election Feature photo

Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the

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US Media, Pols Rage After Venezuelans Defy US Empire to Re-elect Socialists

Despite the fact that the election was overseen by 1,500 international observers, US pols and media pundits alike labeled it a sham before it even took place.

December 7th, 2020
Alan Macleod
December 7th, 2020
By Alan Macleod
Venezuela Election Feature photo

President Nicolas Maduro and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are celebrating today, after a clear victory in yesterday’s National Assembly elections. The elections, boycotted by many major right-wing opposition groups, but still participated in by over 100 political parties, ended with the PSUV and its allies receiving an estimated

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UK Court Decision on Venezuela Gold Deals Blow to Regime Change Efforts

A UK court ruled that the administration of Boris Johnson’s position that Juan Guaidó is the legitimate ruler of Venezuela is far from equivocal, paving the way for over $1 billion of the country’s gold to be released.  

October 5th, 2020
Alan Macleod
October 5th, 2020
By Alan Macleod
Juan Guiado BJ

A United Kingdom court has handed the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro a major win today, overturning a previous ruling from a lower court that legitimized the British government’s decision to freeze Venezuelan government gold reserves held in the Bank of England. The English Court of Appeal ruled that the Conservative administration of

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UN Venezuela Report Omits US Human Rights Violations

Beyond the bias and politicization of the report, what perhaps damns it most is how it is being used.

October 2nd, 2020
Leonardo Flores
October 2nd, 2020
By Leonardo Flores
Venezuela Feature photo

On September 23, María Eugenia Russián, president of Fundalatin, Venezuela’s oldest human rights organization, testified to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and decried an attempt by a UNHRC fact-finding mission to erase people who were “lynched, burned alive, decapitated and murdered by extremist sectors of the Venezuelan opposition.” This

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Hoping to Force an Outcome, US Sanctions Opposition Parties in Venezuela Ahead of Elections

Sanctions on Venezuela are nothing new. But Secretary of State Pompeo recently took the unusual step of sanctioning leaders of local opposition parties in an attempt to pressure them to pull out of upcoming elections.

September 23rd, 2020
Alan Macleod
September 23rd, 2020
By Alan Macleod
Venezuela Sanctions Feature photo

Elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly are fast approaching. But the United States does not want them to go ahead at all. Sanctions on Venezuela are nothing new. But yesterday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took the unusual step of sanctioning leaders of local opposition parties in an attempt to pressure them to pull out of the contest in

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Pompeo Announces Funding for Welfare, Healthcare and Indigenous Support. In Venezuela

The sweeping $348 million aid package, which includes funding for healthcare, direct cash assistance, and even psychosocial support, runs in stark contradiction to a long-held US policy of sanctions on Venezuela.

September 21st, 2020
Alan Macleod
September 21st, 2020
By Alan Macleod
US Pompeo Venezuela Feature photo

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has returned from his official visits to Suriname, Guyana, Colombia and Brazil, where he discussed the possibilities of regime change in Venezuela, a nation which has drawn Washington’s ire for over 20 years. On Saturday the 56-year-old former CIA Director announced a $348 million package he said was a “response to

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