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The U.S. flies Alex Saab out from Cabo Verde without court order or extradition treaty

By Dan Kovalik, originally for the Council for Hemispheric Affairs On October 16, Colombian businessman and Venezuelan Special EnvoyAlex Saab was in practical terms kidnapped for the second time, first byCabo Verde under pressure from Washington, and now by the U.S., inflagrant violation of international law. For nearly a year and a half, Saab had …

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Understanding Maduro’s successful socialist economic strategy

By Francisco Dominguez, for The Morning Star In its intensely biased coverage of Venezuela during the hard years of 2014-21 the mainstream media wheeled in every imaginable academic pundit to “demonstrate” that the country’s economic woes were the result of President Nicolas Maduro overseeing Venezuela’s slide “into authoritarianism and economic collapse” (the Guardian, January 24 …

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Venezuela slams former senior US official John Bolton after coup plot admission

Venezuela’s national assembly president Jorge Rodriguez condemned former US national security adviser John Bolton after his recent admission that he had helped plan coups in other countries. Mr Rodriguez branded the former US government official “crazy” and said that “Venezuela will never surrender” after the candid remarks made by Mr Bolton in an interview with …

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INTERVIEW: What’s the latest from Venezuela?

The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign interviewed Calvin Tucker of the ‘Morning Star’ after his recent visit to Venezuela, which included attending an international conference to mark 20 years since the Venezuelan people defeated the US-backed coup against Hugo Chavez.

US Plotted ‘Terrifying’ Venezuela Invasion with Opposition’s Blessing

By José Luis Granados Ceja for Venezuelanalysis The Trump administration openly considered a military invasion of Venezuela, going so far as to discuss the plot with opposition figures, former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper revealed in his recently released memoir. Esper, who served as secretary of defense from July 2019 to November 2020, wrote …

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