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TRADE UNION LEADERS BACK CALL FOR BRITAIN TO GIVE VENEZUELA BACK ITS GOLD

TRADE UNION LEADERS BACK CALL FOR BRITAIN TO GIVE VENEZUELA BACK ITS GOLD VENEZUELA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE – JULY 18, 2027 Leading British trade unionists have backed the campaign for the UK to give back over 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold to Venezuela, which is currently being held in the Bank of England, despite …

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Campaign grows as over 14,000 join call for Britain to give Venezuela back its gold

Over 14,000 people have now signed a petition urging the UK to give back over 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold to Venezuela, which is currently being held in the Bank of England, despite the Latin American nation requesting its return. The gold currently has a value of £3.5bn (or US $4.74 bn.) There has been a significant …

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PETITION: Defend International Law – No to the Show Trial of Nicolás Maduro

150 days after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela, VSC has launched a petition to build international pressure to end this ridiculous show trial. Please add your name and share widely! Petition: Defend International Law – No to the Show Trial of Nicolás Maduro In January 2026, Donald Trump bombed oil-rich Venezuela, killing over 100 people, …

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PETITION – build pressure on Starmer to give back Venezuela’s gold!

As US threats and demands against Venezuela have reached unprecedented levels in 2026 with attacks on Caracas and the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, the British government is still withholding billions of dollars worth of gold in the Bank of England. VSC is relaunching our petition – Keir Starmer, Give Venezuela Back Its Gold! as part …

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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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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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Venezuela – Sound the alarm over Trump’s War Threats

By Francisco Dominguez, VSC Secretary. Trump has announced that US military forces deployed in the Caribbean Sea have carried out yet another extra-judicial killing against a fifth small boat near Venezuela’s coast, alleging, without providing a shred of evidence, that it was involved in drug-trafficking. Worse, Trump said the US would change its maritime campaign …

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