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Venezuela Government response to report by Michelle Bachelet on situation in Venezuela

The Venezuelan Government has made an official response to the report by Michelle Bachelet to the United Nations Human Rights Council. A translated version of this document can be viewed and shared here: COMMENTS ON FACTUAL ERRORS IN THE REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN …

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US Military Attack On Venezuela Mulled By Top Trump Advisors & Latin American Officials At Private DC Meeting

By Max Blumenthal, Thegrayzone.com The Washington, DC-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a private roundtable on April 10 called “Assessing the Use of Military Force in Venezuela.” A list of attendees was provided to The Grayzone and two participants confirmed the meeting took place. They refused to offer any further …

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Scottish trade unionists reject regime change in Venezuela

The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), representing over 540,000 trade unionists in Scotland, has reaffirmed its support for the Bolivarian Revolution in the face of aggressive US-led efforts at regime change in Venezuela. An emergency motion proposed by Unison Scotland and seconded by RMT Scotland was carried unanimously at the STUC 122nd Annual Congress in …

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PRESS RELEASE: Protesters demand Bank of England returns Venezuela’s gold

PRESS RELEASE: Protesters demand Bank of England returns Venezuela’s gold PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VENEZUELA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FEBRUARY 7 2019 Opponents of Donald Trump’s war drive against Venezuela held a picket Thursday demanding that the Bank of England gives Venezuela back its gold. Over 150 protestors were drawing attention to the fact that …

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Global Trade Union condemns US-Led ‘recognition’ of Guaido as Venezuela President

Global Trade Union condemns US-Led ‘recognition’ of Guaido as Venezuela President Workers Uniting joins the democratic trade unions of the Western Hemisphere, represented in the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, in condemning the US-led recognition of an unelected opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, as president of Venezuela. Workers Uniting also condemns the actions of the …

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Venezuela Welcomes 2,500 Cuban Doctors Leaving Brazil

Facebook Twitter Venezuela Welcomes 2,500 Cuban Doctors Leaving Brazil Over 2,000 Cuban doctors are setting up practice in Venezuela after being kicked out of Brazil by President Jair Bolsonaro, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said this weekend. Two-thousand-five-hundred cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and general doctors arrived in the South American country Friday to bulk up the medical staff at the …

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Venezuela: Maduro Takes Office for Second Term Amid Rising International Tensions

Venezuela: Maduro Takes Office for Second Term Amid Rising International Tensions The US State Department and the Organization of American States declared that they would not “recognize” Maduro’s inauguration. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in on Thursday for his second six-year term in office. Following his electoral victory on May 20, 2018, Maduro was …

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Trump piles on the pressure for ‘regime change’ in Venezuela – VSC’s Tim Young

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has imposed sweeping new sanctions on Venezuela, this time focused on the gold sector. These latest sanctions aim to attack Venezuela’s gold production and trade and deny it hard currency to pay for the import of food and medicines. Venezuela has extensive gold reserves, estimated as the second largest in the …

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