VSC STATEMENT ON US FLEET DEPLOYMENT
Venezuela Solidarity Campaign condemns the US’s sending a war fleet with about 4,000 troops to the southern Caribbean Sea, at the edge of Venezuela’s territorial waters, in a purported anti-narcotics operation. This is a flagrant violation of international law and represents a threat to the peace and stability of the region. It comes hard on …
ALBA-TCP Backs Venezuelan President Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the mobilisation of more than four million members of the National Bolivarian Militia, a voluntary combat unit of the Venezuelan armed forces created in 2005 by President Hugo Chávez, to defend Venezuela’s “territory, sovereignty, and peace.” The move follows the US sending about 4,000 troops to the southern Caribbean …
What Lies Behind Trump’s Attacks Against Venezuela?
By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star As if President Trump intended to meet professional US mercenary Erik Prince halfway, US Attorney General Pam Bondi increased the existing US bounty on President Maduro—originally set at $15 million—from $25 million to $50 million for anyone providing “information leading to his arrest or conviction.” In late 2024, …
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Venezuela: President Maduro Calls for Global Peace Summit and Israeli Denuclearization
By Andreína Chávez Alava for Venezuelanalysis Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro proposed a global “Summit for Peace and Against War” to establish a “lasting peace” in West Asia, with a focus on the dismantling of Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal and program. The proposal comes in the aftermath of a 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, in …
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Tenacious Bolivarian resistance against obstinate US aggression
by Francisco Dominguez for Counter Currents On the eve of Venezuela’s presidential election on 29th July 2024, Guardian correspondents, Tiago Rogero (based in Rio de Janeiro) and Sam Jones (based in Madrid) predicted the vote “could end 25 years of socialist rule.” It did not. The following, 30 July, another group of Guardian correspondents gave …
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Venezuela: Pro-Government Alliance Wins Big in Legislative and Regional Elections
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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US Reinstates Funding to Propaganda Outlet: NED Weaponizes “Democracy” in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
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 …
Venezuela Celebrates After Maduro Gov’t Secures Return of Toddler Maikelys Espinoza from US
by Andreína Chávez Alava for Venezuelanalysis Two-year-old Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal was reunited with her family in Venezuela after being forcibly separated by US authorities. The toddler’s release was made possible due to efforts by the Nicolás Maduro government to bring her back from the United States. The Venezuelan president stated that the child’s return …
Trump’s deportations of Venezuelans and other Latin Americans
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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