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The case of Maikelys Espinoza – a two year old child detained in the USA.

By Susan Grey, Venezuela Soldarity Campaign Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two year old girl currently being held in the United States, after being separated from her family by immigration officials. Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal Espinoza arrived in Texas in May 2024 with her parents Yorely Bernal Inciarte and …

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They Are Making Venezuela’s Economy Scream – Vijay Prashad

By Vijay Prashad for Tricontinental Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2017. The FACTS graphic above shows that US-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures, or UCMs) caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent to …

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Venezuelan Migrant Lawyers Condemn Due Process Abuses as Trump Faces Renewed Legal Challenges

By Ricardo Vaz for Venezeulanalysis A group of 238 Venezuelans deported by the US to a prison in El Salvador have been denied access to legal representation. Lawyers hired by the Nicolás Maduro government told reporters that they have not been allowed to communicate with the Venezuelan detainees in the Central American country’s notorious CECOT …

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Trump Targets Migrants amid Human Trafficking Allegation

by Francisco Dominguez and Roger D. Harris for Dissident Voice Donald Trump has launched an aggressive campaign that targets Latino migrants – particularly Venezuelans – as scapegoats in a broader geopolitical agenda. Bolstered through a controversial alliance with the Salvadoran president, Trump has overseen mass deportations, detentions in Guantánamo Bay and El Salvador’s notorious CECOT …

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Statement: Trump’s mass deportations of migrants must be condemned.

Joint statement by Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group. The Trump administration has invoked the 1798 Alien and Enemies Act as a thinly veiled legal pretext to justify the mass expulsion of Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and others. Some deportees have been sent to detention facilities such as the notorious internment camp in Guantanamo …

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The greatest attack any country in Latin America and the Caribbean has ever suffered

The Trump administration, invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, deported 238 Venezuelan immigrants—not to Venezuela, but to a supermax prison in El Salvador. This action followed an agreement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, under which the Central American country is reportedly set to receive $6 million from the U.S. government. Without providing conclusive evidence, …

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Joint Statement: No War on Venezuela

We, the undersigned, condemn the recent calls for US military intervention against Venezuela, including in “The New York Times,” and from former Colombian President Uribe. With Trump returning to the Presidency – having previously advocated military intervention against Venezuela with the aim of ‘regime change,’ illegal under international law – these calls must be taken …

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