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Venezuelan President Criticized for Not Being a Proper Dictator

February 17, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Democracy and Consent, Immigrants, Imperial Lies and Liars, Latin America, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela, War on the Poor

by Roger D. Harris, published on Internationalist 360°, February 2, 2025 Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? Bloomberg approvingly quotes an opposition-supporting Venezuelan living in Chile that Venezuela’s scheduling of parliamentary and[…]

Venezuela crisis intensifies with default

December 12, 2017 UNAC Editor Poverty and Sanctions

by Wayne Delucca. originally published on Socialist Action Credit agency Standard & Poor has ruled Venezuela in default after the country missed $237 million in scheduled bond payments. This comes amidst an economic crisis with official inflation around 4000% and price increases well over 1000%. President Nicolás Maduro’s attempt to restructure is hindered by sanctions that stop U.S. banks from[…]