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2020-12-14: Social Media Postees

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Max Blumenthal Meets Rafael Correa In Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-14
Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the US. | Correa addresses issues ranging from the repression in his country under the watch of its outgoing neoliberal president, Lenin Moreno, to the persecution of Julian Assange and the role of a CIA contractor in targeting him and the Wikileaks founder. | Blumenthal and Correa also discuss the prospect of a left-wing victory in Ecuador's upcoming national elections, and what the US-backed government is doi…
popularresistance.org/max-blumenthal-meets-rafael-correa-in-venezuela/

Venezuelan Gold Seized by the Bank of England: British Court Accepts Guaidó's Appeal
Orinoco Tribune | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-14
Thursday December 10 the British Supreme Court accepted the appeal issued by the lawyers of the opposition for exiting deputy Juan Guaidó, and ruled in favor of hearing his appeal regarding control of Venezuela's gold reserves, valued at $1.3 …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelan-gold-seized-bank-england-british-court-accepts-guaido-appeal/5732135

John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-14
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Britain has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defense spending.
mintpressnews.com/john-pilger-lethal-virus-not-covid-war/273597/

Venezuela's Guaido-led opposition holds alternative vote and then BURNS BALLOTS after boycotting legislative elections
rt.com | 2020-12-13
Venezuelan opposition led by US-backed 'interim president' Juan Guaido has held "popular consultations" to demonstrate rejection of the nation's government after boycotting parliamentary vote but ended up burning ballots instead. | The so-called "popular consultations" organized by the supporters of the self-styled "interim president" started online on Monday and concluded with an in-person participation on Saturday. The move was held after an official election held earlier this month handed control over the Venezuelan National Assembly to President Nicolas Maduro's Socialist PSUV party. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/news/509559-guaido-venezuela-alternative-vote-maduro/

Former Presidential Candidate Capriles Calls On US To End 'Interim Presidency'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-13
Former two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has demanded a change of strategy for the Venezuelan opposition. | In an interview with the BBC, Capriles argued for a "reconstruction" of the opposition following last Sunday's government victory in National Assembly (AN) elections. He claimed that the current plan led by US-backed Juan Guaido is "finished" and stressed that Washington's stance will be "crucial." | "The new [Biden] administration has to understand that this plan has run its course and it cannot keep the status quo: the [Guaido] 'interim presidency'," Capriles said, adding that the oppositi…
popularresistance.org/former-presidential-candidate-capriles-calls-on-us-to-end-interim-presidency/

Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and 'preventing the total destruction of our homeland'
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-12-13
Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the US. Correa addresses issues ranging from the repression in his country under the watch of its outgoing neoliberal president, Lenin Moreno, to the persecution of Julian Assange and the role of a CIA contractor in targeting him and the Wikileaks founder. Blumenthal and Correa also discuss the prospect of …
thegrayzone.com/2020/12/13/ecuador-rafael-correa-venezuela-assange/

US Media, Pols Rage After Venezuelans Defy US Empire to Re-elect Socialists
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-13
President Nicolas Maduro and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are celebrating today, after a clear victory in yesterday's National Assembly elections. The elections, boycotted by many major right-wing opposition groups, but still participated in by over 100 …
globalresearch.ca/us-media-pols-rage-venezuelans-defy-us-empire-re-elect-socialists/5732055

Empire Files: Myth And Fact In Venezuela's Latest Election
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-13
We've all heard the same things about Venezuela coming from every corporate news outlet. Venezuela's a dictatorship and Maduro is a dangerous tyrant further consolidating power though fraudulent elections. Weirdly enough, not many dictatorships have elections, certainly not over 20 in the last 20 years like Venezuela has. And there's a funny thing about how the US media and political establishment views Venezuela's elections. They're illegitimate except when the US-backed opposition party has major victories, which they have twice very recently. One of those was the 2015 National Assembly election where they won…
popularresistance.org/empire-files-myth-and-fact-in-venezuelas-latest-election/

Antioquia: Colombia Counts 83rd Massacre of 2020
teleSUR, ce | telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-13
At dawn, a group of about 50 people with rifles raided in the Cuturú village, in the rural area of ‚Äã‚ÄãCaucasia of Lower Cauca Antioquia. Three men were murdered while they conversed and five others, among them two women, were injured. | RELATED: | US Recognizes Its Anti-Drug Plan in Colombia Is a Failure | As quoted by Noticias Caracol, Antioquia Police Commander Colonel Jorge Cabra indicated that armed men arrived at the scene in boats an…
telesurenglish.net/news/antioquia-colombia-sees-83rd-massacre-of-2020-20201213-0006.html

Bolivia Returns as ALBA-TCP Holds XVIII Summit Virtually
teleSUR, ce | telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-13
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this Saturday that the 18th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), will take place virtually as travel remains limited in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Bolivia Moves to Rebuild Ties with Iran, Cuba and others | According to the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the Summit will be led by the Head of State Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, on Monday, December 14.
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-returns-as-alba-tcp-holds-xviii-summit-virtually-20201213-0005.html

Bolivia Moves to Rebuild Ties with Iran, Cuba and others
teleSUR, ce | telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-13
Bolivia wants to rebuild the relationships with Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Nicaragua, Iran and Russia. Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta reported that the Bolivian State must interact with all the countries of the world within the framework of respect for sovereignty and said that a plan is already in motion with Caracas. | RELATED: | President Luis Arce Travels to Brazil for Medical Check-up | Mayta received his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, in November during Luis…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-moves-to-rebuild-relations-with-iran-cuba-and-others-20201213-0004.html

Foreign Minister Arreaza To US 'Ambassador'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Venezuela scoffed at the presentation of credentials by the person in charge of the US "virtual embassy" in Colombia, pointing out that his office in Caracas awaits him. | James Story, assigned as the supposed US ambassador to Venezuela, delivered his credentials to the fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Julio Borges, "envoy" of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, coup leader Juan Guaidó, on Monday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, reflecting the White House's commitment to the opposition and to regime change in Venezuela.
popularresistance.org/foreign-minister-arreaza-to-us-ambassador-your-office-in-caracas-awaits-you/

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12

Last Process: 13 Postees: 2020-12-14 21:50 GMT (16:50 EST)

2020-12-13: News Headlines

Alan MacLeod (2020-12-13). US Media, Pols Rage After Venezuelans Defy US Empire to Re-elect Socialists. globalresearch.ca President Nicolas Maduro and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are celebrating today, after a clear victory in yesterday's National Assembly elections. The elections, boycotted by many major right-wing opposition groups, but still participated in by over 100 …

_____ (2020-12-12). Foreign Minister Arreaza To US 'Ambassador'. popularresistance.org Venezuela scoffed at the presentation of credentials by the person in charge of the US "virtual embassy" in Colombia, pointing out that his office in Caracas awaits him. | James Story, assigned as the supposed US ambassador to Venezuela, delivered his credentials to the fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Julio Borges, "envoy" of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, coup leader Juan Guaidó, on Monday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, reflecting the White House's commitment to the opposition and to regime change in Venezuela.

Ralph Nader (2020-12-12). Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It. commondreams.org Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/georgia_primary.jpg …

Mnar Muhawesh Adley (2020-12-11). Podcast Panel: US Meddling In Venezuela Elections, Economic Warfare & COVID-19. mintpressnews.com Observed by 1,500 international election observers from 34 countries, elections in Venezuela handed Nicholas Maduro a clear victory, sending a message to the US that it failed to influence the same elections that Mike Pompeo called illegitimate.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-12-11). Nicolás Maduro: Despite everything, we were able to carry out elections in peace. peoplesdispatch.org Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave a press conference to international media on Tuesday, December 8 to discuss the parliamentary elections held last Sunday. During the press conference, which Peoples Dispatch participated in, Maduro discussed the electoral process wherein the alliance led by his party PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela) won 68%. | In the press conference, Maduro celebrated the outcome of the elections, stating that beyond the electoral victory of PSUV, they marked a victory of the Venezuelan people who not only took part peacefully but also voted to constitute a plural and diverse Na…

Vijay Prashad (2020-12-11). We don't listen to the dying Government of Donald Trump. mronline.org The night before the National Assembly elections in Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro spoke to a group of visitors at Miraflores Palace in Caracas.

Ricardo Vaz (2020-12-11). Former Presidential Candidate Capriles Calls on US to End 'Interim Presidency'. venezuelanalysis.com Capriles claimed that currently "the opposition has no leadership."

Peter Boyle (2020-12-11). Venezuela: Socialist election win masks deeper problems. greenleft.org.au The United Socialist Party of Venezuela's strategy has paid off, winning back control of the National Assembly in the December 6 elections. But it has come at a high price, writes Federico Fuentes.

teleSUR (2020-12-10). The UK Supreme Court To Decide on Dispute Over Venezuelan Gold. telesurenglish.net United Kingdom's Supreme Court (SC) will decide on the access to the Venezuelan gold withheld in the Bank of England, following the approval of an appeal filed by opposition politician Juan Guaido's lawyers on Wednesday. | RELATED: | The Plaintiffs seek to revoke a ruling approved by the Court of Appeal, which ordered a detailed investigation aimed at explaining the diplomatic relations between the governments of Venezuela and…

Leonardo Flores (2020-12-10). Low Turnout, but Free, Elections in Venezuela Are a Blow To Regime Change. mintpressnews.com After four years of sanctions, sabotaged industries, attempted coups, an assassination by drone attempt, a mercenary incursion and paramilitary attacks, among others, Venezuela managed to survive the Trump administration's maximum pressure.

Orinoco Tribune (2020-12-10). Evo Morales: In Venezuela there was a Democratic 'Fiesta' on December 6. mronline.org "There is peace, tranquility and yesterday there was a great democratic 'fiesta'," the former president of Bolivia and international observer of Venezuela's elections, Evo Morales, emphasized this Monday.

news.un (2020-12-10). $1.44 billion plan to respond to Venezuela refugee and migrant needs. news.un.org In a $1.4 billion appeal launched on Thursday, the UN migration organization IOM and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that the pandemic has strained the capacity of Latin American and Caribbean countries to look after Venezuelan nationals.

Fight Back (2020-12-10). Colombia closes airspace to international observers to Venezuela elections. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – 60 international observers of the Venezuelan election were stuck at the airport December 8, for a flight to Mexico. The flight kept getting delayed and delayed. After six hours of waiting, people were sleeping on the floors, tables and couches. Then the head of Conviasa's national flights spoke to the observers in the airport and said that Venezuela asked Colombia permission to have observers fly over Colombia to return home. Colombia approved it. Two hours before the flight was going to leave, they denied the flight route. He said, "This has happened many times. They do this to try to contro…

Cira Pascual Marquina (2020-12-10). Two Chavista Blocs, Two Voices: Venezuelan Parliamentary Candidates Speak. zcomm.org On Sunday Venezuelans will choose their new National Assembly and they have many options…

A Guest Author (2020-12-09). Embassy Protection Collective will help monitor Venezuelan elections. workers.org By Jose Szepara On Dec. 6, Venezuelans will turn out to vote in the country's National Assembly elections, and the world waits with bated breath as observers from all over the world wait for the final results. Election monitoring groups have made their way to Venezuela to act as impartial . . . |

Last Process: 15 Citations: 2020-12-13 20:18 GMT (15:18 EST)