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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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Trump has Venezuela in his sights

Trump has Venezuela in his sights As the sabre-rattling statments mount up, just how close is military intervention, asks VSC’s TIM YOUNG PRESIDENT Trump has again raised the possibility of regime change in Venezuela, as talk of military intervention against its democratically elected government grows in the United States. Speaking recently at the UN, he …

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Venezuela’s Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech

Venezuela’s Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected interventionism and recalled that his country has given birth to one of the world’s most important independence leaders, Simon Bolivar, who led wars against the Spanish colonialists in several countries in the region.  “I bring the truth …

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OAS Leader Condenmned over “Military Intervention” comments

OAS Leader Condenmned over “Military Intervention” comments Organizations and political leaders are rejecting statements by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, for inciting military intervention in Venezuela. Last Friday, Almagro who ended a three-day visit to Colombia said from the border city of Cucuta: “As for a military intervention …

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Former Spanish PM Zapatero: US-led Sanctions Behind Venezuelan Migration

Former Spanish PM Zapatero: US-led Sanctions Behind Venezuelan Migration Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday that the surge in Venezuelan migration is directly linked to the Canadian, European Union and the United States led economic and financial sanctions against the South American country. “Like it always happens with economic sanctions that …

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