Latin America

U.S. Peace Council Supports the Right of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela to Defend Itself Against Violent External and Extra-Parliamentary Attempts at Regime Change

August 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, Monroe Doctrine, Statement, Venezuela

Statement by the U.S. Peace Council, August 23, 2024 On July 29, 2024, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election with close to 52 percent of votes cast. As expected, the US-backed opposition called the July 28 election in Venezuela fraudulent when they lost. They had announced that intention even before the[…]

Venezuela: Not Counting Votes, But Smashing Imperialism’s Hybrid War is Essential

August 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Indigenous peoples, Multipolar World, Paths to Emancipation, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

By Narciso Isa Conde, published on Workers World, August 14, 2024 ‘Concede to imperialism not an iota’ In the infinite global war that U.S. imperialism, with its Pentagon, its CIA and its NATO, is waging to stop its inevitable decline, the Venezuelan chapter has a singular importance. This is extremely relevant in Our America for the destiny of its struggle[…]

The Fracturing of Latin America as a Preamble to Regional Balkanization

August 20, 2024 UNAC Editor Counter Revolution, coup, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare, Imperialism, Latin America, U.S. Aggression

by Rafael Bautista S., published on Resumen English, August 13, 2024 The alignment of certain governments to the crutch of “fraud”, to delegitimize the last elections in Venezuela, is seriously fracturing the region. The consequences of this new conformation of a bloc aligned with the geopolitics of the dollar, only outlines a scenario, analogous to the one that gave rise[…]

Meeting Palestinian hero Leila Khaled

August 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Nicaragua, Palestine, Revolution

by Saher al Khamash, published on Workers World, August 12, 2024 During our trip to Nicaragua, we never thought we would meet Leila Khaled. However, her visit during this time in July is actually no surprise to those familiar with the details of her life and the parallels between the Palestinian and Nicaraguan liberation struggles. Palestinian revolutionary, socialist and guerrilla[…]

An Attempted Coup By Any Other Name…

August 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, BRICS, Censorship and Propaganda, coup, Democracy and Consent, Monroe Doctrine, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Maria Paez Victor, published on the Orinoco Tribune, August 1, 2024 “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.” Elon Musk, 25 July 2020, Twitter Once again, as in 2002, Venezuela has been the victim of a combined media and diplomatic coup attempt, but this time with the added element of organized crime and a cyber-attack. Millions of[…]

U.S. Rejection of Venezuela’s Democracy Vindicates Trump Contesting the 2020 Election Results

August 7, 2024 UNAC Editor coup, Democracy and Consent, Lawfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, US Law, US Politics, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, August 7, 2024 It cannot be said that the U.S. has free and fair elections. Yet, the country regularly uses the false virtue of democracy to enact regime change when its interests are threatened by a nation seeking sovereignty. In Venezuela, this effort has reached a particular level of absurdity on multiple occasions – this[…]

Don’t Believe the Hype: Venezuela is a Democracy!

August 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

by Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 21, 2024 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and columnist, discusses observing the recent elections in Venezuela and why the U.S. still seeks to undermine that democracy. Margaret Kimberley: Ajamu Baraka is a Black Agenda Report editor and columnist. He is joining us from Caracas, Venezuela, where he[…]

Nicaragua: Reflections on Solidarity, Struggle, and Liberation

August 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Revolution

by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, July 31, 2024 Managua, Nicaragua My recent visit to Nicaragua was a profound exploration of a revolutionary people’s struggle for liberation and their unwavering solidarity with the Global South’s fight against imperialism. Everywhere we went, the people spoke about infrastructure developments and social progress their communities have experienced under President Daniel Ortega and[…]

Venezuela Rises From Under U.S. Led Onslaught of Economic Coercive Measures

July 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Resistance, Revolution, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Maria Paez Victor, a speech given in a UNAC/Sanctions Kill Webinar July 23, 2024 There are a few things that is necessary to stress about the situation in Venezuela. Because in the presidential elections that are about to take place this Sunday 28th of July, the sanctions are the elephant in the room. For two reasons: because of the[…]

Maduro Celebrates Victory With Massive Chavista Demonstration at Miraflores Palace

July 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Democracy, Democracy and Consent, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Venezuela

from the Orinoco Tribune, July 29, 2024 The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, celebrated his re-election to office alongside a massive crowd that gathered at the Miraflores Palace on Sunday night, to await the first announcement of the National Electoral Council (CNE). “National independence triumphed,” said the re-elected president, while emphasizing that “they could not defeat[…]