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Why Washington Targets Iran and Venezuela: Empire, Energy, and Ideology

Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have also been targeted for regime change by Washington. The two commonalities are not unrelated. By Roger D. Harris Of course, the world’s hegemon would…

Venezuela has been under sanctions for 10 years

Although it may seem incredible from other parts of the world, Venezuela has a Deputy Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies who reports to the Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations, Justice, and Peace. The very existence of such a position…

Brazil’s Reported Veto Of Venezuela’s BRICS Partnership Request Popped The PT’s Narrative Bubble

The Venezuelan Question is a black-and-white issue: one either supports Lula and Biden’s regime change efforts in Venezuela, with each advancing this in their own but still coordinated way, or they support Maduro and Putin’s defense of Venezuela’s independence and…

Sept 28: Cuban and Venezuelan Foreign Ministers to Speak at Gaza Fundraiser at Apollo Theater

This Saturday, September 28, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil will join a Gaza Solidarity Fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. This event will come shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the…

US Reimposes Illegal and Inhumane Oil Sanctions on Venezuela: The New York Times Runs Cover

A minute after midnight on April 18, the US reimposed coercive economic measures designed to cripple Venezuela’s oil industry. Later that day, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new sanctions bill on Nicaragua. Meanwhile, Cuba protested the US’s…

Venezuela and Mexico sign agreement on migration

A solution to the migration crisis. In an attempt to find a solution to the migration crisis in the Americas, as in the rest of the world, the countries of Venezuela and Mexico have signed a comprehensive migration agreement to…

Year 2023 in review for Latin American and the Caribbean: Contesting a still dominant US hegemon

December 2nd marked the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, which proclaimed US dominion over Latin America and the Caribbean. Left-leaning governments in the hemisphere have had to contest a decadent but still dominant USA. Challenges in the past year…

“2023, the hour of a new world” : the interview of Nicolas Maduro by Ignacio Ramonet

Ignacio Ramonet – Mr. President, first of all I would like to thank you for receiving me again for this interview, it is good to continue this tradition – this is already the seventh occasion when we meet at the…

Which Government Does the United States Recognize in Venezuela?

On January 3, 2023, Shaun Tandon of Agence France-Presse asked U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price about Venezuela. In late December, the Venezuelan opposition after a fractious debate decided to dissolve the “interim government” led by Juan Guaidó. From 2019 onward, the U.S. government  recognized Guaidó…

High-Value US Asset “Fat Leonard” Arrested in Venezuela – Possible Prisoner Swap

The principal perpetrator, in what AP News called “one of the most extensive bribery scandals in US military history,” popped up in Venezuela of all places. Leonard Glenn Francis bilked the US Navy out of at least $35 million. By…

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