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By Ricardo Vaz for Venezuelanalysis Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) and political allies emerged as overwhelming victors in Sunday’s regional and parliamentary elections. According to the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE), the Great Patriotic Pole received around 4.55 million votes, 82.7 percent of the total cast, in the election for the unicameral National Assembly. …

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By Roger D. Harris and John Perry for Counterpunch The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early 2025 helped expose it as a US regime-change tool. Created to rebrand CIA covert operations as “democracy promotion,” the NED channels government funds to opposition groups in Venezuela, Nicaragua and …

US Reinstates Funding to Propaganda Outlet: NED Weaponizes “Democracy” in Venezuela, Nicaragua and CubaRead More »

President Trump has begun a process of mass deportations of Latin Americans whom he terms “criminal illegal aliens” or “terrorists” and “gang members.” As part of this policy, Trump is taking steps to end birthright citizenship, a move that would disproportionately affect nearly 70 million Latinos in the US. Arbitrary arrests, deportations, and the revocation …

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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 …

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

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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