VSC congratulates Venezuela on the successful completion of its regional and elections on November 21. Venezuelans voted on Sunday to choose representatives for 3,082 elected positions: state governors, mayors, regional legislators and local councillors. Over 70,000 candidates from 111 political parties took part, illustrating how extensive the competition was for each post. The entire electoral …
Introduction Venezuela goes to the polls again on 21 November in ‘mega elections.’ The dialogue that began in late summer between the Venezuelan government and sections of the hard right-wing opposition had been going well, with some definite outcomes. These include the decision by some right-wing opposition parties that have boycotted elections for years to …
By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign. With elections for Venezuela’s state governors, mayors and regional and local councillors less than eight weeks away, talks held in Mexico between the Government of Nicolas Maduro and sections of the US-backed right-wing opposition appear to be yielding positive results so far. The current round of talks, which are …
Venezuela – yes to dialogue, no to deadly US & UK sanctionsRead More »
Saturday 4th December 2021 | 10am-5PM Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ (Nearest tube: Euston) Tickets £10 waged/ £8 unwaged. Book online at bit.ly/LA21ticket Or call 020 7490 5715 Bringing together experts, academics, trade unionists, politicians, and activists from the UK, Europe and Latin America Sessions include: Venezuela – End the sanctions, Give …
Latin America Conference – ¡Adelante! 2021 | Saturday 4th December 2021Read More »
Biden should end Trump’s interventionist policies in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE A SIGNIFICANT sense of relief was evident among progressives in the United States and throughout much of the world when Donald Trump was defeated in his re-election bid last year. Given his catastrophic approach to Covid-19, alliances with extreme-right elements in US society, …
Now is the time to step up solidarity with VenezuelaRead More »
Dr Francisco Dominguez is the head of Latin America Studies at Middlesex University, he was speaking at a recent solidarity event – “Latin America’s Struggle: Opposing US intervention, Neoliberalism & the Far-Right.” Read his contribution in full below. This is a very timely event and thanks very much to Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America …
John McEvoy, The Canary Court documents show that Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó‘s UK legal costs were paid with money appropriated from the Central Bank of Venezuela. As part of a legal effort to access roughly US$2bn of Venezuelan gold held in the Bank of England, Guaidó’s legal team drew on hundreds of thousands of …
Juan Guaidó paid UK legal fees with looted Venezuelan moneyRead More »
By Luis Hernández Navarro The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, has dedicated the last four years of his life to weather the worst diplomatic crisis his country has suffered in decades. During that time he has faced the trade blockade, the confiscation of strategic companies and deposits abroad, and the recognition of the parallel government …
Venezuela’s Resistance Reduces Washington’s Pressure – Interview with Jorge ArreazaRead More »
VSC STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT UK SUPREME COURT CASE ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND WITHHOLDING VENEZUELA’S GOLD The UK Supreme Court is currently considering an appeal against the Appeal Court’s overturning of the earlier judgement by the Commercial Court that had endorsed the British Government’s recognition of Juan Guaidό, the self- proclaimed “interim president”, as …
The world’s coup-plotters and warmongers haven’t given up on getting their hands on Venezuela’s oil, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is poised to deny Venezuela over $5 billion of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to bolster its reserves on the grounds that the elected President Nicolas Maduro is not the undisputed legitimate leader …
The IMF joins those working for imperialist ‘regime change’ in VenezuelaRead More »