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By Tim Young Early signs of what the incoming Trump administration in the US has in store for Venezuela were revealed in mid-November with the approval by the House of Representatives of a new Bill tightening the existing blockade against Venezuela. The Bill, which still requires Senate approval, is entitled Banning Operations and Leases with …

With Trump & Rubio on the way, US blockade tightens its grip on VenezuelaRead More »

By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign for The Morning Star Early signs of what the incoming Trump administration in the US has in store for Venezuela were revealed in mid-November with the approval by the House of Representatives of a new Bill tightening the existing blockade against Venezuela. The Bill, which still requires Senate approval, …

What does The US’ new ‘Bolivar Act’ mean for Venezuela?Read More »

Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign for The Morning Star The US election result raises the spectre of Trump renewing the assault on Venezuela that his loss to Biden interrupted in 2020. In office between 2016 and 2020, Trump’s approach to Latin America showed an implacable hostility towards Venezuela, as well as other governments in the …

Trump’s return threatens renewed assault on VenezuelaRead More »

By Francisco Domínguez  for Orinoco Tribune “No Venezuelan party that alleges to have 40 percent more votes than President Maduro (as the opposition claims) would hesitate to present the evidence to the National Electoral Council (CNE)…Whoever cries election fraud, must irrefutably prove it, the onus is on them not on the CNE to prove there …

Venezuela: It Was a US-Led Coup All AlongRead More »

Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. I have been in Caracas, Venezuela, for the past two weeks, before and after the presidential election on 28 July. In the run-up to the election, two things became clear to me. First, the Chavistas (supporters of Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian project that …

Venezuela elections eyewitness report: Vijay PrashadRead More »

By Brian Mier, De-Linking Brazil I covered Venezuela’s 3-week presidential campaign season, the elections, and their fallout for TeleSur English, the multilateral public TV news network funded by the governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. I am an experienced analyst on Brazilian politics, but I do not claim to be a specialist on Venezuela. …

Eyewitness report: The electoral theatre of Venezuela’s oppositionRead More »

By Richard Irons for The Morning Star. On 31 July, Honduras Foreign Minister Enrique Reina issued an important statement on behalf of the island with regards to developments in Venezuela, which read in full as follows: “The government of Honduras condemns any attempted coup d’etat in Venezuela — and the use of force by violent …

What is Latin America’s left really saying?Read More »