Analysis

Manifesto for the release of President Nicolas Maduro and Representative Cilia Flores

Analysis, Statements

Originally published on the International Peoples Assembly website. Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores are innocent. They have committed no crime, neither in Venezuela nor in any other territory. They were abducted by a foreign military force without any declaration of war. Therefore, the kidnappers should be arrested and brought to trial. It is a glaring …

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Venezuela’s Battle for Sovereignty Continues

Analysis

Underneath the appearance of “normalcy” in the ongoing relationship between Venezuela and the US lies a manifest asymmetry of power. Even commentators from mainstream international news outlets frame their analyses by drawing attention to the proverbial US gun held to acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s head and, by implication, to the whole Chavista movement. That movement, …

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Latin America faces growing US aggression – Francisco Dominguez

Analysis

Originally published on Labour CND Trump’s military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, First Lady and National Assembly member, on 3 January 2026 represents a dramatic escalation of the US aim to subordinate the entire Western Hemisphere to its political hegemony. This offensive has been broadened by a …

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Kate Hudson: End Sanctions and Give Venezuela Back Its Gold

Analysis, Events

Kate Hudson, Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), addressed an online meeting hosted by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign to call for an end to the sanctions and for the Bank of England to return Venezuela’s gold. You can read an edited version of her speech below and watch the event back in full here

Mark Weisbrot – Sanctions Are Making Venezuela’s Earthquake Toll So Much Worse

Analysis, News

By Mark Weisbrot, CEPR for The Los Angeles Times More than 3,800 people have died in Venezuela’s June 24 double earthquake, with 16,700 injured, according to current government reports. A medical crisis has emerged for thousands of survivors, and 17,800 are homeless. There are heart-wrenching reports of people trying to dig survivors out of the …

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Vijay Prashad – The Earthquake in Venezuela and the Politics of Disaster

Analysis, News

By Vijay Prashad for Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 24 June 2026, a set of back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela, just months after the United States bombed the capital city and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and National Assembly member Cilia Flores. The year has been unkind to Venezuela, whose people have been under attack by …

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