Posts Tagged ‘Venezuela’

Venezuela’s Economy Will Grow 20% In 2022, Despite Illegal US Sanctions

Above Photo: A protest against US sanctions in Caracas, Venezuela in August 2019. Benjamin Norton. Major Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse forecasts Venezuela’s real GDP growth to be 20% in 2022 and 8% in 2023. This is despite an illegal US blockade, which starved the government of 99% of its revenue, according to the top UN […]

Maher: ‘Very Strange’ for Biden to Cut Off Russian Oil and Then Beg Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said it’s “very strange” for President Joe Biden to cut off oil imports from Russia while asking Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran to produce oil. Maher stated, “When we cut off the oil from Russia, it raises the price. Because it’s fungible. Because all around […]

Weekend Meeting Between Venezuela And The US: What’s Behind The Scenes?

Above Photo: Greg Groesch / Washington Times. On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced to the world a meeting held over the weekend with a small negotiating team sent by the White House According to official sources from both countries, the main topics of the mini-summit were energy and prisoners. It is the first high-level […]

Venezuela’s President Maduro: ‘No one dares to ask us to abandon Palestine’

Under the presidencies of Hugo Chavez (1999-2013) and now Nicolas Maduro (2013-present), Venezuela has expressed strong solidarity with the Palestinian cause. It was the first country in Latin America to recognise the State of Palestine on the 1967 nominal borders. In 2009, Venezuela and the Palestinian Authority established diplomatic relations and announced the opening of […]

UK Gold Ruling Based On ‘Illegal Interference’ In Venezuela

Above Photo: Demonstrators in London protest in front of the Bank of England against the expropriation of Venezuelan assets on February 23, 2019. Venezuela Solidarity Campaign. “Juan Guaido has never been elected president of Venezuela and his recognition as such is itself a crime,” argued international law expert Dock Currie. Mexico City, Mexico, December 20, […]

What You’re Not Supposed to Know About Cuba and Venezuela

What’s changed in Venezuela and Cuba since Biden became President? Nothing. But as US foreign policy on those two great threats to America continues seamlessly on from the Trump presidency to the Biden presidency, there’s something the White House and the media don’t want you to know. Venezuela Though you’d barely know it from the […]

Caruzo – Take It from Venezuela: No, Inflation Is Not Good

CARACAS — Inflation is a fearsome beast, and it’s plagued my country, Venezuela, for longer than I’ve existed. While our tales and circumstances are quite different, now that Americans are facing it once more, it seems like a good time to send some words of warning from someone who has lived through the worst (and […]

DOUBLES, VENEZUELA, MAXWELL, IRELAND, NURSE, WISCONSIN, MICROSOFT, PALESTINE, NATO, MIND,

 [embedded content]… Body Doubles. BODY DOUBLES, LOOKALIKES – Aangirfan Five Reasons the Left Won in Venezuela Picking Up Where Bush, Obama, and Trump Left Off, Biden Extends U.S. Campaign to Crush Venezuela ‘Alfredo Rodriguez, who worked as a house manager at Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, mansion between 2004 and 2005, was convicted and sentenced to […]

Five Reasons Why The Left Won In Venezuela

Above photo: A voter in Caracas. Federico Parra. AFP. For the first time in four years, every major opposition party in Venezuela participated in elections. For the fifth time in four years, the left won in a landslide. Voters elected 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 state legislators and 2,471 municipal councilors. The governing United Socialist […]

Venezuela: Chavismo Wins Governorships In 20 Of 23 States

Above Photo: A Man Casts His Vote, Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 21, 2021. Twitter/ @ALBATCP. “It Is A Victory For The Humble People, The Noble People Of Venezuela, Who Have Endured A Brutal War,” President Nicolas Maduro Stressed. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) President Pedro Calzadilla reported a 41.80 percent turnout in Sunday’s Subnational elections. Having […]

Sitrep: Venezuela Elections – Landslide for United Socialist Party (PSUV)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by uprootedpalestinians November 22, 2021 Disciplined and well-organized elections held in Venezuela yesterday, lead to a clear win for the ruling party. President Nicolás Maduro called it a ‘Historic Victory of the Revolution’. #Venezuela | Election day in Venezuela has unfolded peacefully under international supervision and with remarkable discipline, as […]

Venezuela pursues world’s largest orchestra record

Hundreds of violins, violas and double basses sounded at Venezuela’s military academy on Saturday, then woodwinds, brass and percussion gradually joined in — thousands of musicians, mostly children and adolescents, with one goal: setting the record as the world’s largest orchestra. The musicians, all from the country’s network of youth orchestras, performed a roughly 10-minute […]

Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela As Existential Threats To The US

Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance. Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to US class warfare. One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua is […]

Venezuela Debuts New Currency To Tackle Hyperinflation, With 6 Fewer Zeros

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A new currency with six fewer zeros debuts Friday in Venezuela, whose currency has been made nearly worthless by years of the world’s worst inflation. The highest denomination until now was a 1 million bolivar bill that was worth a little less than a quarter as of Thursday. The new currency […]

The Greeks of Venezuela in the Era of Maduro

The crisis in Venezuela began during the government of Hugo Chávez and has continued with his successor Nicolás Maduro. Credit: Wikimedia/Барвенковский/CC-BY-4.0 Living in Venezuela today is not easy. The country, once the richest in Latin America, but today is undergoing a great crisis, the largest and most devastating on the continent in many years, affecting […]

Hush, Hush (Venezuela Is Winning!)

Above photo:Gerardo Blyde Perez, head of the opposition delegation of Venezuela, Dag Nylander, Representative of Norway government, Jorge Rodriguez, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, during a meeting to seek consensus on how to overcome the economic and social crises gripping Venezuela, in Mexico City, Mexico August 13, […]

Western Powers Undermine Haiti, Venezuela Shows Solidarity

Above photo: Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez raises his fist. On August 14, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake originating from the southern Tiburon Peninsula, 150 kilometres from the capital, Port-au-Prince.  World leaders issued statements of solidarity, international charities began encouraging donations, and the United Nations started organizing emergency aid funds to assist […]

Venezuela Is The Fifth Country With Most ‘Sanctions’ In The World

Above Photo: Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez presenting the latest report sent to the International Criminal Court on the illegal sanctions issue. The Office of the Vice President of Venezuela. Says New Report Sent To International Criminal Court. Venezuela has submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) a new report containing […]

Venezuela’s Maduro not opposed to U.S. talks, sanctions “must go”

President Nicolas Maduro says he would not oppose “direct dialogue” with the United States, after a round of preliminary meetings in Mexico City with the Venezuelan opposition. However, for the negotiations to reach a potential agreement, Maduro has demanded that sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe must be lifted.  The talks are aimed at […]

Venezuela Rejects Accusations Of Former ICC Prosecutor

Above Photo: International Criminal Court headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. This Thursday, August 12, Venezuela’s Public Ministry (MP) rejected as worthless the accusations issued by the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, after she irresponsibly ignored the collaboration of the Venezuelan authorities in the Venezuela I case filed by the near-defunct […]

Tokyo 2020: Iran volleyball ease past Venezuela

TEHRAN – Iran volleyball team defeated Venezuela in straight sets (25-17, 25-20, 25-18) in Pool A of the 2020 Olympic Games on Monday. The Vladimir Alekno’s men, who had started the prestigious campaign with a 3-2 win over Poland on Saturday, are scheduled to play Canada on Wednesday. Iran’s Amir Ghafour collected the match high […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on No-Summit/Summit, the G7, NATO and Venezuela

By Stephen Lendman Source A previous article called talks between Putin and Biden’s double farcical and tragic. Despite remarks by both sides suggesting otherwise, no improvement in dismal bilateral relations was achieved — nothing suggesting a shift by Biden regime hardliners toward more normalized relations with Russia. Commenting on Geneva talks, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman […]

New York Times Admits US Sanctions Are Destroying Venezuela

Above Photo: tomscoffin. The facile right-wing talking point that the economic crisis facing Venezuela “proves” that “socialism always ends in failure” has become so hackneyed by overuse that it has attained its own tongue-in-cheek name. The ad Venezuelum, as it has come to be known, has slowly developed into such a tedious and predictable right-wing tactic […]

Venezuela’s Oil Production Bounces Back

Experts Condemn ‘Devastating’ Sanctions. Mark Weisbrot, director of the Washington DC-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), denounced the “terrible economic damage” US sanctions have caused in Venezuela. Guayaquil, Ecuador – Venezuela’s crude output increased in May, recovering from the previous month’s fall. The latest Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) monthly report placed the […]

The Violence And Economic Destruction Caused By US Sanctions In Venezuela

Above Photo: Ciudad Valencia. US economic sanctions against Venezuela are a violent and illegal form of coercion, seeking regime change through collective punishment of the civilian population. The motives are fairly clear from the public statements of US officials. The number of Venezuelans who have died as a result of these sanctions has been estimated […]

How Totalitarianism Rhymes Throughout History: Czechoslovakia, China, & Venezuela

“It can’t happen here” is a political cliche in the United States. Regardless of your personal viewpoint, there is a vast swath of the American population who simply do not believe in the possibility of any kind of totalitarianism in the United States. It’s worth noting that throughout history, in virtually every place that totalitarian regimes […]

Venezuela Border Conflict Mixes Drug Trafficking And Regime-Change

Above photo: Venezuelans fleeing crisis at home have now become victims of armed conflict in Colombia. Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images. Beginning in mid-March, Venezuelan army units have been attacking and expelling Colombian operatives active in Apure state. These have long used Venezuela’s border region to prepare cocaine arriving from Colombia and ship it to the United […]

Biden’s Venezuela Policy: Continuity With Trump

In Venezuela, brutal sanctions and the recognition of a phony president continue to wreak havoc. Biden has not implemented any real change to US policy towards the country. Historians Steve Ellner and Greg Wilpert discuss the reasons why. Welcome to theAnalysis, I’m Greg Wilpert. Recently, the Biden administration announced that Venezuelans living in the United […]

Venezuela says natural gas plant explosion was ‘terrorist attack’ targeting sanctioned state-run energy company (VIDEOS)

The Venezuelan petroleum minister said that Saturday’s powerful explosion and blaze at a gas plant was the result of a terrorist attack. The plant belongs to the state-run energy company (PDVSA), which was sanctioned by the US. Footage reportedly filmed in the northeastern town of El Tejero shows a powerful blast and bright flames rising […]

Venezuela Protests Biden’s Extension Of Executive Order 13692

Above photo: President Joe Biden has renewed the state of emergency and executive order for the sixth year in a row. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters. The renewal flies in the face of recent recommendations from independent UN experts. Venezuela has “categorically rejected” US President Joe Biden’s renewal of Executive Order 13692. The renewal extends a […]

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