By Vincent Conquest for Labour Outlook Kicking off the fringe at TUC 2026 was the ¡Viva La Solidaridad! No to Trump’s war on Latin America event with a mix of delegates and local activists hearing from leading trade unionists on the importance of solidarity with Latin America to the labour movement at this critical time …
By Siân Errington for Labour Outlook This May Day in Venezuela will be the first since Trump’s deadly bombing of the country in January, which killed over 100 people, and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro by the US. It will also mark a decade since the dramatic increase of economic sanctions of Venezuela by …
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With Donald Trump stepping up military aggression against Venezuela, a broad coalition of MPs, trade union general secretaries, writers and journalists, and peace and social justice movement leaders have backed an emergency statement demanding “No to Trump’s War on Venezuela”The statement has been backed by over 40 MPs and Lords, the General Secretaries of nine …
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM with Tariq Ali // Jeremy Corbyn/Vijay Prashad // Carlos Ron (former Venezuelan Minister) // Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla. Carlos Ron (former Venezuelan Minister) // Jeremy Corbyn //Peter Mertens (Belgian Workers Party) // Vijay Prashad // Walter Baier (European Left) // Alex Main (CEPR, US) // Marga Ferré, Fundación de Estudios Críticos,Spain) //Kate Hudson (CND) // …
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Originally published on Labour Outlook Arise: A Festival of Left Ideas held a Fringe meeting during Labour Party Conference in Liverpool: Viva la Solidaridad – Stand with Latin America Against Trump. Read our report back below. The Viva la Solidaridad fringe meeting, hosted by Arise Festival brought together activists, politicians, trade unionists, and campaigners to emphasise the urgency of international …
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the mobilisation of more than four million members of the National Bolivarian Militia, a voluntary combat unit of the Venezuelan armed forces created in 2005 by President Hugo Chávez, to defend Venezuela’s “territory, sovereignty, and peace.” The move follows the US sending about 4,000 troops to the southern Caribbean …
By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star As if President Trump intended to meet professional US mercenary Erik Prince halfway, US Attorney General Pam Bondi increased the existing US bounty on President Maduro—originally set at $15 million—from $25 million to $50 million for anyone providing “information leading to his arrest or conviction.” In late 2024, …
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by Francisco Dominguez for Counter Currents On the eve of Venezuela’s presidential election on 29th July 2024, Guardian correspondents, Tiago Rogero (based in Rio de Janeiro) and Sam Jones (based in Madrid) predicted the vote “could end 25 years of socialist rule.” It did not. The following, 30 July, another group of Guardian correspondents gave …
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By Ricardo Vaz for Venezeulanalysis A group of 238 Venezuelans deported by the US to a prison in El Salvador have been denied access to legal representation. Lawyers hired by the Nicolás Maduro government told reporters that they have not been allowed to communicate with the Venezuelan detainees in the Central American country’s notorious CECOT …
