Bolivarian Revolution

How the U.S. Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election

September 1, 2024 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Political Analysis, Political Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, US Foreign Policy, Venezuela

by Roger D. Harris, published on Workers World, August 23, 2024 Workers World has been publishing, unedited, statements from anti-imperialist media and individuals to show the breadth of support for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and opposition to the lies of the U.S. government and corporate media. Washington’s intent was not to encourage a free and fair democratic process but[…]

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[…]

Venezuela Elections: A Key Victory for Anti Imperialist Movement in Latin America

January 9, 2021 Judith Bello Democracy and Consent, Revolution, Venezuela

by Alison Bodine, published in Fire This Time Newspaper, December 2020 The people of Venezuela have dealt another decisive blow against U.S. domination in Latin America. On December 6, 2020, more than 6.2 million Venezuelans voted for a new National Assembly in what was Venezuela’s 25 election in the 21 years since the Bolivarian revolution began. Despite being under massive[…]

Interview With Tom Burke of FRSO on Trump’s War Moves Against Venezuela

April 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Venezuela

by FRSO Staff, published by FRSO, April 13, 2020 Fight Back! interviewed Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Organizational Secretary Tom Burke, who led the FRSO labor delegation to Venezuela on March 8. Francisco Torrealba, president of the Venezuelan Transport Workers Federation, elected Venezuelan National Assembly member, and important leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) invited Burke and[…]

Venezuela and the Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America

July 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Venezuela

The Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America What Are Our Tasks and Perspectives to Defend Venezuela? By Alison Bodine & Ali Yerevani Today, 200 years later, we can say it: After having lost that independence that cost so much, Venezuela, in these last ten years…has recovered its independence…and this recovered independence is a door that we should keep open so that[…]

The Plot to Kill Venezuela

June 17, 2019 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

by Vijay Prashad, Published on Salon.com, May 17, 2019 This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Hugo Chávez knew that Venezuela was very vulnerable. Its oil revenues account for 98 percent of its export earnings. Chávez was familiar with the thinking of Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, Venezuela’s minister of mines and hydrocarbons in the[…]

The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies

February 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Racism, Revolution, Venezuela

2016 protests against removal of Chávez and Bolivar images from National Assembly. (Wikimedia) by John Pilger, Published on Consortium News, February 25, 2019 Travelling with Hugo Chavez, I soon understood the threat of Venezuela. At a farming co-operative in Lara state, people waited patiently and with good humor in the heat. Jugs of water and melon juice were passed around. A guitar was[…]

Venezuela’s Monetary Revolution Vis-a-Vis Economic Sanctions

August 21, 2018 UNAC Editor Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds a bank note of the new national currency, the ‘Bolivar Soberano‘ (Sovereign Bolivar). | Photo: Reuters by Nino Pagliccia, published on TeleSUR, August 8, 2018 Venezuela has undergone many challenges in the last 20 years since Hugo Chavez was elected president and continued after his death in 2013. The main reason is that Venezuela has[…]

U.S./Canada/E.U. Hands Off Venezuela!

June 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Venezuela

The Venezuelan opposition in 2016. Maduro has the support of the poor and the working class in Venezuela. The opposition boycotted the 2018 election and Maduro won handily. ~ Protest photo from Business Insider by Marco Bello (Reuters), Election photo from USA Today By Alison Bodine, originally published on Fire This Time Nicolas Maduro was re-elected as President of Venezuela[…]

Venezuela Defeats US In Election

May 31, 2018 UNAC Editor Revolution, Venezuela

Above: Graffiti depicting late Venezuelan President (1999-2013) Hugo Chavez (L), South American independence hero, the liberator, Simon Bolivar (C) and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela. Getty Images. by Kevin Zeese, originally published on Popular Resistance Upon returning to the United States from Venezuela and reading the terrible media reporting of the election, it was evident that the people of the[…]