by Ken Livingstone AS STATES around the world struggle to tackle to coronavirus pandemic, Venezuela’s efforts to protect its population are being severely jeopardised by Trump’s aggressive tactics which have been ramped up over the past few weeks. Trump’s strengthening of illegal US sanctions against Venezuela since 2017 — creating an economic blockade of the …
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In the context of the global spread of Covid-19 and its devastating consequences for humanity, Pope Francis joined the calls by the United Nations and other multilateral bodies such as the Non-Aligned Movement for the suspension of unilateral coercive measures. The so-called “sanctions”, warned the Supreme Pontiff in his message this Sunday from the Vatican …
Download PDF flyer By President Nicolás Maduro Apr 02, 2020 Caracas, 29th March 2020 To the peoples of the world, In greeting you with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern …
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in effect putting political ideology above the welfare of the Venezuelan people, even in the face of real attempts at reconciliation between the nation’s political factions, by refusing emergency loans to the Latin American country, Ken Livingstone, former mayor of London and honorary president of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, …
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The United States under President Trump has extended its economic blockade of Venezuela, with new punitive measures announced last month against the Venezuelan state- owned airline Conviasa and the Russian state energy giant Rosneft for buying oil cargoes from Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA. Trump has also threatened further action, saying at a press conference …
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Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab denounced Friday that coercive and unilateral measures imposed by the United States prevent the purchase of drugs and supplies to confront COVID-19. Speaking about the confirmation of the first two cases of the disease this Friday, the magistrate reaffirmed that in the midst of the situation the world is …
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THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rejected Venezuela’s request for a $5 billion (£4.24bn) emergency-support package to help strengthen the country’s health system in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. President Nicolas Maduro wrote to the global financial organisation earlier this week asking for support as the country struggles to cope with crippling US economic …
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By Paul Dobson for Venezuelanalysis The US government has sanctioned Venezuela’s state-owned airline CONVIASA, claiming it is being used to “shuttle corrupt officials.” While already subject to previous US unilateral coercive measures, the latest sanctions add the airline and 40 of its planes to the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals …
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We, the undersigned, condemn the open support of the US administration for ‘regime change’ in Venezuela, which is illegal under international law. Alongside harsh sanctions which have hit the people of Venezuela hard, comments from Trump himself, VP Pence, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo amongst others have included threats of military action, threatened to …
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From: Morning Star Editorial THIS month’s vote by Venezuela’s National Assembly to ditch Juan Guaido as its president provided our government and the EU with an opportunity to rethink last year’s craven decision to recognise the unelected stooge as president of his country. Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab have instead decided to fete this clown …
