Latin America

Venezuela Rejects the Dispossession of CITGO by the US

July 10, 2024 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

News from TeleSUR, June 17, 2024 The United States is still in the process of plundering Venezuela’s oil industry. CITGO, Venezuela’s oil refinery and merchandising business, was confiscated by the U.S. and given to fake president Juan Guaido. [jb] ‘The people will apply implacable justice to those who plotted this plunder against the Republic,’ VP Rodriguez said. On Monday, Venezuela[…]

AFGJ Strongly Condemns The Attempted Military Coup In Bolivia

June 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Bolivia, coup, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare

By the Alliance for Global Justice, published on Popular Resistance, June 26, 2024 The Alliance for Global Justice commends the Arce Administration for its swift action to restore popular democracy. Alliance for Global Justice congratulates the Arce Administration for its swift action to restore popular democracy in Bolivia just hours after its National Army surrounded the Palacio Quemado with tanks[…]

The Biggest Obstacle to Free and Fair Elections in Venezuela is the US

June 2, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Economic Blockade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, May 22, 2024 For all the hullabaloo about “free and fair elections” in Venezuela by the US government, its sycophantic corporate press deliberately ignores the elephant in the room – namely, the so-called sanctions designed to make life so miserable that the people will acquiesce to Washington’s plan for regime change. As Foreign Policy[…]

Nicaragua Acts To Stop Genocide And Strengthen International Law

May 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Institutions, International Law, Interview, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Legal Struggles, Nicaragua, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, April 27, 2024 NOTE: This is an edited transcript of an interview with Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Arguello Gomez about Nicaragua’s efforts to stop the genocide in Palestine. You can listen to the full interview on Clearing the FOG here. – Margaret Flowers 🚨Tell Congress to say NO to more sanctions on Nicaragua One[…]

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

April 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Diplomacy, Genocide, Germany, Indigenous peoples, International Law, Israel, Nicaragua, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, US Meddling in Europe

by John Perry, published on AFGJ:NicaNotes, April 25, 2024 Nicaragua’s complaint at the ICJ against Germany for complicity in Genocide is a constructive follow-on to the earlier case brought by South Africa against Israel for committing Genocide in Palestine. Neither will have a final resolution any time soon, but when the time comes, Germany will be on the docket with[…]

Argentina: Milei’s War on Workers Met with General Strike

January 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Argentina, Austerity, Economic Collapse, Labor, Labor Struggles

By Adam Wetzstein, posted on Workers World, January 26, 2024 I see this as a warning to us. [jb] After decades of rapid inflation and economic crisis, Argentine voters last November elected economics professor Javier Milei as president. However, many consider Milei an Argentine variant of his pro-fascist Brazilian neighbor, former President João Bolsonaro, or even of Donald Trump. His[…]

US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Corporatism, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, US Foreign Policy

by Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, January 18, 2024 Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation”[…]

Venezuela Condemns US Supreme Court Ruling on CITGO

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

from the Orinoco Tribune, published January 10, 2024 Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Ñáñez stated that the Venezuelan government condemns the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to ratify the dispossession of CITGO Petroleum Corporation. Through a social media post published Tuesday, December 9, Minister Ñáñez wrote that the action violates the agreements signed in Barbados[…]

A Peoples’ Victory — Alex Saab is Free and Home in Venezuela!

December 25, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Hybrid Warfare, International Law, Organizing, Political Prisoners, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Government Action, Venezuela, War on the Poor

bu Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 21, 2023 Alex Saab is free and home in Venezuela. For three and a half years (1,280 days), Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, had been held in torturous conditions by the U.S. government. (The author traveled to Cabo Verde in June 2021 in a delegation with Roger Harris and Bishop Felipe Teixeira in[…]

Guyana-Venezuela Dispute: Understanding the background and Opposing war

December 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Guyana, Latin America, Lawfare, Legal Struggles, Paths to Emancipation, Resource Wars, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Francisco Dominguez, published on Countercurrents, December 18, 2023 If there were any misgivings about the actions undertaken by the government of Venezuela around the territorial dispute with Guyana, the joint military exercises between Guyana Defence Forces (GDF) and the US Southern Command (SouthCom) explain what really lies behind things. Venezuela’s claimed territory, also known as Guayana Esequiba, is 159,500 square kilometres[…]