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This May Day stand with Venezuelan trade unionists against US sanctions

By Matt Willgress for Labour Outlook As has been written about more here, this May Day will be the first in Venezuela since Trump’s deadly and illegal assault on the country (which killed over 100 people) – and the accompanying kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro – on January 3. It will also see massive mobilisations from …

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Oppose Trump’s show trial of Venezuela’s President Maduro

By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star Donald Trump’s military assault against Venezuela in January 2026 bombed four cities, killed over 100 people and saw the brutal kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and first lady. President Nicolas Maduro and Celia Flores were taken to the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York, where they were criminally indicted …

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Venezuelan TUC thanks VSC for solidarity against war and interventions

Caracas, 14 January 2026 Bolivarian Socialist Trade Union Central of the City, Countryside and Fishing Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela International Coordination Dear Comrade Francisco Dominguez National Secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, United Kingdom Please accept fraternal and combative greetings from the Bolivarian Socialist Trade Union Central of the City, Countryside and Fishing (CBST-CCP), on …

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Venezuelan Gov’t Denounces ‘Colonialist Threats’ After Trump Claims Airspace Closed

By Ricardo Vaz for venezuelanalysis.com The Nicolás Maduro government strongly rejected claims from US President Donald Trump that Venezuelan airspace should be considered “closed in its entirety.” Caracas condemned the White House’s “colonialist threats” as a new “extravagant, illegal and unjustified” attack against the Caribbean nation in a statement issued Saturday. “These kinds of declarations …

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Over 30 Parliamentarians Condemn Trump’s Plans for War on Venezuela

More than 30 parliamentarians have condemned Donald Trump’s apparent plans for war on Venezuela, following the announcement by Trump’s US Secretary of War of a new military operation, Southern Spear, in Latin America. The MPs and peers have signed the new No to Trump’s War on Venezuela statement. Launched last week with initial parliamentary supporters …

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Emergency statement – No to Trump’s War on Venezuela

With Donald Trump increasingly threatening military attacks on Venezuela, a new emergency statement against war on Venezuela has been launched — backed by leading MPs, writers, trade unionists, and peace campaigners in Britain. The statement has already been endorsed by MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon; trade union general secretaries Daniel Kebede (NEU), Maryam Eslamdoust (TSSA), and Gawain Little (GFTU); writers Tariq Ali and Victoria Brittain; and …

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The British Government has failed to condemn Trump’s attacks in the Caribbean.

By Tim Young, VSC exec for Stop the War For the past few weeks the Trump administration has intensified its long-standing aggression against Venezuela by deploying warships (including a nuclear submarine) in the Caribbean Sea in a purported anti-narcotics operation. US forces have carried out at least five incidents of strikes on boats in Venezuelan …

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Richard Gott (1938-2025)

By Francisco Dominguez, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign National Secretary Richard Gott, one of the British scholars who best understood Latin American politics and history, has died today 2nd November 2025. He was 87 years old. We, Latin Americans, got to know him for his strong, unwavering and decades-long commitment to the revolutionary struggles of the peoples …

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