Venezuela

How U.S. Sanctions Are a Tool of War: The Case of Venezuela

August 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela, War on the Poor

by Celina della Croce, published on MROnline, August 18, 2023 On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen by a doctor for fluids filling his stomach in a hot room with no fan[…]

President Maduro Demands the Return of Citgo

August 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Fascism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

News from TeleSURTV, August 15, 2023 The U.S. is in the process of ceding CITGO to the right wing opposition in Venezuela who do not hold power there and who are not responsible to the people of Venezuela. On Monday, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, demanded the return of the company Citgo, a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA),[…]

The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela’s Oil

August 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 2, 2023 The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country’s oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it’s “backyard.” It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro[…]

As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda

June 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Brazil, Latin America, Regional Solutions, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Ricardo Vaz, published on FAIR, June 22, 2023 Venezuela’s Maduro government has slowly and steadily regained its diplomatic standing in recent years, overcoming US endeavors to turn the country into a pariah state as part of its regime-change efforts. Nevertheless, Washington remains hell-bent on ousting the democratically elected Venezuelan authorities, and has kept its deadly sanctions program virtually intact.[…]

Iran in America’s Backyard: Raisi’s Defiant Latin America Tour

June 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Cuba, Global Alliances, Global Economics, Iran, Multipolar World, New World Visions, Nicaragua, Resistance, Venezuela

by Zafar Mehdi, published on The Cradle, June 23, 2023 On 21 June, the US House Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee conducted a hearing on “countering threats posed by nation-state actors” in Latin America to US homeland security. Congressman and subcommittee chair August Pfluger referred to “threats” posed by China, Russia, and Iran to US homeland security within Latin[…]

Venezuela: “The Theft of CITGO is the Robbery of the Century”

May 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colombia, Hybrid Warfare, Latin America, Multipolar World, Poverty, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, TradeWars, Venezuela

by Geraldina Colotti, published on Resumen English, May 6, 2023 There is much confusion about the selling off of Citgo; this article clarifies how this new form of lawfare is an escalation of the empire’s economic war against revolutionary Venezuela . – editorial/Resumen Venezuela is mobilizing against the U.S. decision to auction the shares of the parent company of the[…]

Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

April 19, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Brazil, Colonialism, Ecuador, Human Rights, Imperialism, Latin America, New Pink Tide, Venezuela

by Steve Ellner, published in The Monthly Review, March Edition Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades. One position is favorable, while the other highly critical, to the extent that Pink Tide presidents—including Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Bolivia’s Evo Morales,[…]

China and Progressive Latin America Share a Project of Solidarity

March 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Belt and Road, Bolivia, China, Latin America, Nicaragua, Venezuela

by Carlos Martinez, published on Friends of Socialist China, March 14, 2023 Friends of Socialist China co-editor Carlos Martinez was invited by the World Anti-imperialist Platform to speak on 4 March 2023 at Bolívar Hall, London, alongside the ambassadors of Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela, at an event marking the 10th anniversary of the death of comrade Hugo Chávez. Carlos addressed[…]

Free Alex Saab: Report from NLG and IADL Meeting with Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat

February 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

“A Nuclear Bomb would be better. At least with a Nuclear Bomb we die quickly. With the U.S. Sanctions we die every day.” – Alex Saab Members of the National Lawyers Guild (NFL) and International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) met with Venezuelan special envoy and political prisoner Alex Saab this week in the Federal Detention Center-Miami. Audrey Bomse, a[…]

Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy

January 12, 2023 UNAC Editor Book Review, International Law, Lawfare, Nicaragua, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Ukraine, Venezuela

by John Perry of Masaya, Nicaragua, published on the website of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, COHA, January 10, 2023 A review of the report Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy, edited by Sara Flounders for the Sanctions Kill campaign and published by World View Forum.(1) Sanctions imposed without United Nations endorsement are illegal. That is why they[…]