Latin America

Freedom Rider: Stand With Venezuela and Iran

April 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

The Trump administration wants a hot war with Iran or Venezuela, or both, and those of us claiming to be anti-war must be on our guard and ready for action. “The Democrats who say Trump must ask permission before killing people will in all likelihood give him the approval he seeks.” The Donald Trump administration hasn’t given up its dream[…]

Letter From President Maduro As US Threatens Venezuela With War

April 6, 2020 UNAC Editor Resistance, Statement, Venezuela

by Nicolás Maduro-Moro, published on Popular Resistance, April 2, 2020 NOTE: Associated Press reports the United States is sending naval ships to patrol the Caribbean as the US falsely accuses the Maduro administration with trafficking narcotics while ignoring the countries actually engaged in drug trafficking such as US allies Ecuador, Colombia and Honduras. “President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy[…]

Trump Sends Gun Boats to Venezuela While the World Partners to Fight a Deadly Pandemic

April 6, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC, published on MR Online, April 4, 2020 This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. On April’s Fools Day, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he announced a new “counter-narcotics effort” by U.S. Southern Command. “We’re deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships,[…]

Trump’s Narcoterrorism Indictment of Maduro Already Backfires

March 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Latin America, US Government Action, Venezuela

by Leonardo Flores, published by CodePink, March 27, 2020 For twenty years, right wing extremists in Miami and Washington have been slandering the Venezuelan government, accusing it of drug trafficking and harboring terrorists without ever offering even a shred of evidence. They finally got their wish on Thursday, when the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled indictments against President Nicolás Maduro[…]

US Imperialism Pulls Desperate Move in Venezuela

March 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, Statement, Venezuela

United National Antiwar Coalition Statement For years, the criminal government of the United States has attempted to remove the democratically elected president of Venezuela and discredit the peoples’ movement in that country that has been so successful in lifting millions of Venezuelans out of extreme poverty. Under the corrupt Trump administration alone, the United States has conducted multiple illegal attacks[…]

Statement of Condemnation of the Decision of USA Against Venezuela

March 28, 2020 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, Venezuela

The WPC Secretariate, March 26, 2020 The World Peace Council condemns strongly the decision of the US Attorney General, on behalf of the US administration, to announce criminal charges against the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials with the pretext of their alleged involvement in international drug trafficking. The US General Attorney threatens to designate[…]

Media Struggle to Defend Washington’s Cruelty Toward Venezuela and Iran as Coronavirus Spreads

March 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Iran, Propaganda, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Joe Emersberger, published on FAIR, March 25, 2020 An Associated Press article (New York Times, 3/17/20) headlined “IMF Rejects Maduro’s Bid for Emergency Loan to Fight Virus” declared: The request is an about-face for Maduro, who for years refused to share economic data with the Washington-based lender and just last month condemned it as a tool of US imperialism.[…]

Nicaragua and The Struggle Against US Imperialism in Latin America

March 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Interview, Latin America, Nicaragua

Fiona Edwards interviews Daniel Kovalik, published on Eyes on Latin America, March 12, 2020 Overthrowing the Sandinista government in Nicaragua is a key foreign policy goal for the US in Latin America. Alongside Cuba and Venezuela, Nicaragua has been described by the Trump administration as part of a “Troika of tyranny” in the region. Following the US-backed coup in Bolivia[…]

Two New Disappointments for the Coup Planners in Venezuela

March 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Democracy, Latin America, Venezuela

By Marco Teruggi, translation published on Resumen, North America Bureau, March 11, 2020 Yesterday Caracas witnessed a mobilization called by Juan Guaido and another by Chavismo. What should have been an overwhelming opposition action failed to make an impact and clearly showed the division in the ranks of the opposition, an element that has forced the strategy of the United[…]

Sanctions Kill! End US Sanctions on Nicaragua

March 3, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Latin America, Legislation, Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Chuck Kaufman, published on NicaNotes, February 26, 2020 When we hear the word sanctions, most Latin America solidarity activists think immediately of Venezuela. But Nicaragua is also the target of unilateral coercive measures illegally imposed by the US and the most serious sanction, the NICA Act, can’t be blamed on the Trump regime since it was imposed by Congress.[…]