Venezuela

The Next Aggression that the U.S. is Preparing against Venezuela

July 26, 2023 UNAC Editor International Aid and Debt, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, US Government Action, Venezuela

from Mision Verdad, translated and published on Resumen English, July 21, 2023 This year, the legislative arm in Washington has introduced three bills in the U.S. Congress against Venezuela: the Prohibition of Transactions and Leases with Venezuela’s Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime Act, the Venezuelan Human Rights “AFFECT” Act and the Venezuelan Democracy Act. The bills have a common denominator: to further[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Latin America and Caribbean, Year 2022 in Review – Challenges for a Pink Tide Surging Over a Volatile US Hegemony

January 20, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Argentina, Colonialism, coup, Democracy and Consent, International Aid and Debt, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Roger D. Harris, published on NicaNotes, January 12, 2023 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington’s backyard. Two centuries later, the[…]

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[…]

US ‘Justice’ System Trashes Diplomatic Immunity In Alex Saab Case

January 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Venezuela

published on The Orinoco Tribune, December 24, 2022 Caracas, December 24, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Friday, December 23, US Federal Judge Robert Scola of the Southern District of Florida ruled that the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab does not have the right to diplomatic immunity, as the US government does not recognize the government of President Nicolás Maduro. “The Maduro regime has been[…]

Anger as Miami Judge Rules Against Freedom for Alex Saab

December 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Staff at Fightback News, published December 27, 2022 Miami, FL – A Miami judge ruled against freedom for Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab on December 24. In a two-week-long hearing to determine Saab’s diplomatic status and his right to immunity from prosecution, Saab’s defense team presented stacks of evidence proving his status as a special envoy. The defense even used[…]

U.S. Hybrid war Against Venezuela Goes to Court: The Case of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

November 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Roger Harris and John Philpot, published on Pressenza New York, October 3, 2022 As Venezuela’s special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the U.S. has flouted this principle of international law. Judicial overreach on[…]

Advisor to late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Speaks in 3 Wisconsin Cities

November 8, 2022 UNAC Editor Latin America, Peoples' Movements, Resistance, Socialism

by Ryan Hamann, published on FightBack News, November 7, 2022 Milwaukee, WI – Dozthor Zurlent, a lifelong political activist and one-time advisor to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has been touring the U.S. since mid-October talking about the achievements and the struggles of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. His trip has also raised the call to free Alex Saab,[…]

Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Democracy and Consent, Haiti, Imperial Wars, NGOs, Occupation, US Hypocrisy

by Vijay Prashad, produced by Globetrotter, September 27, 2022 The destruction of Haiti appears to be an international project. The US leads, having smashed their legitimate government repeatedly and destroyed any avenues toward independence, integrity or economic stability that have arisen. What is their crime? Is it an indpendent spirit, or merely the vulnerability of the small and weak? […]