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Venezuela’s Foreign minister Jorge Arreaza urged Tuesday United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to respect international law as well as the sovereignty of the South American country with regards to the National Assembly’s newly-elected leadership. “Mr. Pompeo, consider for once that your strategy failed. You showed no skills as puppeteers and now you lost your main puppet. …

Venezuela Urges the US to Abide by International LawRead More »

On December 16, both houses in the US approved the appropriation bill to be signed by President Trump. Aside from the mind-boggling amount of $1.4 trillion that was approved in total our interest was in looking at the details concerning Venezuela. A press release issued by the organization Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) is …

Analyisis: US Approves Bill That May Legislate Hybrid Warfare on VenezuelaRead More »

by Francisco Dominguez, VSC Secretary THE Comite Ciudadano (Citizens Committee), a right-wing coalition led by Bolivia’s ex-vice-president, Carlos Mesa, and Luis Fernando Camacho, a multimillionaire entrepreneur, leading the extreme right-wing pressure group Comite Civico (Civic Committee) of Santa Cruz, jointly launched a brutal wave of violence in many areas of the country aimed explicitly at …

The Bolivian coup: what the mainstream media don’t tell youRead More »

By Paul Dobson for Venezuelanalysis Mérida, November 18, 2019 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Chavista forces took to the streets of Caracas on Saturday to protest against the on-going coup d’état in Bolivia. The sizeable march followed a number of similar activities held across the country last week, including a rally held by a number of grassroots groups …

Venezuelans Protest Bolivia Coup After Diplomatic BreakRead More »

by Tim Young 2019 has been a particularly testing year for Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro’s government has fought off two coup attempts and is now subject to an extensive US-imposed economic blockade of the type employed against Cuba since the early 1960s. In pursuit of its strategy of “regime change” against the elected Venezuelan …

Venezuela — no to war threats and blockadeRead More »