Eyewitness Venezuela: Sanctions kill but Venezuelans stand strong
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-04
Minneapolis, MN – Over 40 people gathered March 1 to hear Brad Sigal and Sarah Martin talk about their experience at the third World Anti-Imperialist Congress in Venezuela. This Congress was attended by over 1500 delegates from 73 countries in January, included a delegation from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). The delegates were able to bring their organizational and individual experience to Caracas to work with each other on resisting imperialism. | Since Nicolás Maduro was elected president, the U.S. has ratcheted up sanctions, currency manipulation, and backed coup attempts to destabilize Venezuela…
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Colombia: Social Actors to Debate Country's Armed Conflict
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
Representatives of all social sectors in Colombia will reflect next week on the country's armed conflict, thanks to the initiative "Espacios de Escucha" (Listening Spaces), promoted by the Truth Commission and the result of the Peace Agreement signed by the Colombian State and the former guerrilla group FARC-EP. | RELATED: | UN Observer to Present Report on Colombia's Human Rights | The Truth Commission informed this Wednesday that listening spaces be h…
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Super Tuesday: 'At Stake Is the Soul of the Democratic Party'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
"The battle is not just between candidates for the presidency, it really is about the soul and essence of the democratic party," Professor of Venezuelan History at Pitzer University in California Miguel Tinker Salas told teleSUR as voters took to the polls on Super Tuesday's Democratic primaries. | RELATED: | Latest Live Updates: Super Tuesday | What is at stake, said the academic in an interview with teleSUR, is whether the Democratic Party will be "capable of forging a new coalition that can represent th…
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Venezuela Responds with Principled Conviction to the US' Desperate Attempts at Regime Change
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
The continued effort to overthrow President Maduro does not seem to produce the intended results for the perpetrators, but rather sends signals of desperation. The regime change plotters may be wishing to achieve what they did in Bolivia. But that …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-responds-principled-conviction-us-desperate-attempts-regime-change/5705483
From Monroe to Trump. US Sponsored Military Coups in Latin America
Elson Concepción Pérez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
The current U.S. President again threatens military action against Venezuela and continues sanctioning governments and companies with ties to the Bolivarian Republic and Cuba | *** | More than 200 years have passed since James Monroe became the fifth president of the …
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UN Observer to Present Report on Colombia's Human Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Michel Forst, presented his report on Wednesday regarding the human rights issues in Colombia. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Presence of Colombian Paramilitaries | The international organization's representative, who visited the South American nation in the late months of 2018 after a governmental invitation, highlig…
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Conviasa Receives International Certificate of Operation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
The Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (Coniviasa) received the standard certification that validates its functioning under The International Certification Network (IQNet) standards. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Vice President Highlights Progress in National Talks | According to Ramon Celestino Velasquez Araguayan, CONVIASA's president, this document represents an international acknowledgment of the airline and allows it to run under the norm ISO90…
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Venezuelan Vice President Highlights Progress in National Talks
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-03
Venezuela's Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez, highlighted today the progress made by the National Dialogue Table, in view of the parliamentary elections scheduled for this year in the country. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Presence of Colombian Paramilitaries | Through a message posted on the social network Twitter, Rodriguez said that the talks promoted by President Nicolas Maduro are a good option to ensure the country's f…
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Decision Not to Decriminalize Abortion in Colombia Is a Missed Opportunity
commondreams.org | 2020-03-03
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Venezuela Embassy Protectors on Trial
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-01
Judicial proceedings are taking place in DC federal court where the judge has ruled inadmissible the question whether the democratically elected Nicolás Maduro or the Trump-chosen Juan Guaidó is the legitimate president of Venezuela. Like an emperor of yore appointing regents of vassal states, US President Trump tapped then recently seated head of the suspended …
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Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.
Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"