Ben Studd, Author at Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning.

By Michelle Ellner for CODEPINK When I saw the headline Maria Corina Machado wins the Peace Prize, I almost laughed at the absurdity. But I didn’t, because there’s nothing funny about rewarding someone whose politics have brought so much suffering. Anyone who knows what she stands for knows there’s nothing remotely peaceful about her politics. …

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Venezuela – Sound the alarm over Trump’s War Threats

Analysis, News, Statements

By Francisco Dominguez, VSC Secretary. Trump has announced that US military forces deployed in the Caribbean Sea have carried out yet another extra-judicial killing against a fifth small boat near Venezuela’s coast, alleging, without providing a shred of evidence, that it was involved in drug-trafficking. Worse, Trump said the US would change its maritime campaign …

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“We will blow you out of existence”: Trump’s Caribbean spectacle

Analysis, News

By Carlos Ron, originally published by People’s Dispatch. On September 23, 2025, US President Donald Trump delivered a dramatic address, explicitly threatening those allegedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States with being blown “out of existence”. This statement, taken as a blatant disregard for international law and due process, made reference to the …

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Venezuela Warns of Far-Right Plot to Bomb US Embassy in False Flag Operation

News

Originally published in Orinoco Tribune On Sunday night, Venezuela reported that local far-right extremists are planning to plant explosives at the closed United States embassy in Caracas in what it called a false flag operation. Jorge Rodríguez, the head of the Venezuelan Peace Dialogues process and president of the National Assembly, reported that Caracas warned …

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Maduro Calls for US-Venezuela Dialogue in Letter to Trump

News

Andreína Chávez Alava for Venezuelanalysis In a letter to US President Donald Trump, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged peace and renewed dialogue. He also dismissed the drug-trafficking allegations leveled against Caracas as unfounded. In the September 6 missive delivered to the White House, Maduro described the claim that Caracas had refused to accept deported migrants, …

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New VSC Patron: Trade Unionist Doug Nicholls

News

We are delighted to report that Doug Nicholls has accepted our invitation to become a VSC Patron. In recognition of all the support Doug has given Venezuela Solidarity Campaign over the years and his service on the VSC Executive, we are honoured that he has become one of our patrons. We are really pleased that …

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VIDEO: Francisco Dominguez on war threats against Venezuela.

Analysis, Videos

VSC STATEMENT ON US FLEET DEPLOYMENT

News, Statements

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 …

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ALBA-TCP Backs Venezuelan President Maduro

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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 …

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What Lies Behind Trump’s Attacks Against Venezuela?

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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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