YOU won’t read about it much in those parts of the media currently arguing for war on Venezuela, but when Hugo Chavez first became president in 1999, Venezuela had endured a wave of economic and social catastrophes in the preceding two decades. Up to seven in 10 people had been left in poverty. Income per …
Travelling with Hugo Chavez, I soon understood the threat of Venezuela. At a farming co-operative in Lara state, people waited patiently and with good humour in the heat. Jugs of water and melon juice were passed around. A guitar was played; a woman, Katarina, stood and sang with a husky contralto. “What did her words say?” …
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VENEZUELA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FEBRUARY 23 2019(More photos here and here) Over 250 people attended a protest supported by trade unions, Labour Party activists, Latin American solidarity campaigners, anti-war groups and others in London demanding that the British government does not follow the Trump administration into any military intervention in Venezuela. It was part of a series of …
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A protest supported by MPs, trade unions, Labour Party activists, Latin American solidarity campaigners and others will take place this Saturday in central London demanding that the British government learns the lessons of the disastrous wars in Iraq and Libya by not following the Trump administration into any military intervention in Venezuela. Supporting the protest, …
IN recent weeks, we have all seen how the US has been ramping up its “regime change” strategy towards Venezuela, both directly and through its right-wing proxies in the country and the region. The thrust of the US strategy is to delegitimise the presidency of Nicolas Maduro and secure a transition to a new government …
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Meet Elliott Abrams, the war criminal enlisted to ‘steer US Venezuela policy’ The US has appointed a convicted war criminal who presided over the 1980s ‘dirty war’ era, when US-backed death squads murdered hundreds of thousands in Latin America, warns FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ THE WORLD was stunned when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported that …
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Thanks to the resilience of the Venezuelan people and the brilliance of their Foreign Ministry we are in good company tonight. The US attempt to get support for their position in the United Nations Security Council has failed by 19 votes to 16. Caribbean countries in CARICON are supporting Venezuela as are many others. Even …
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We stand with progress and democracy in Venezuela – Tony Burke TO INTRODUCE myself, I’m Tony Burke, chair of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, who called today’s event and I am also speaking on behalf of Unite the Union and Workers Uniting, the Global Union. Workers Uniting is the global union — representing more than two …
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PRESS RELEASE: Protesters demand Bank of England returns Venezuela’s gold PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VENEZUELA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FEBRUARY 7 2019 Opponents of Donald Trump’s war drive against Venezuela held a picket Thursday demanding that the Bank of England gives Venezuela back its gold. Over 150 protestors were drawing attention to the fact that …
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Venezuela: US Rejects Calls for Dialogue The US has rejected a new initiative by Uruguay and Mexico to restart dialogue in a bid to de-escalate the political standoff in Venezuela. A senior US official cited by Reuters said that countries would “ultimately see it is in their interests to recognize” self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido. …
