Trump Sends Gun Boats to Venezuela While the World Partners to Fight a Deadly Pandemic
Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-07
On April's Fools Day, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he announced a new "counter-narcotics effort" by U.S. Southern Command. "We're deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircrafts and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters…doubling our capabilities in the region," he said. The point of this mission–which will be joined by other countries–is to…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/07/trump-sends-gun-boats-to-venezuela-while-the-world-partners-to-fight-a-deadly-pandemic/

Letter from President Nicolás Maduro to the People of the United States
Nicolas Maduro | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-07
In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments …
globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882

Colombia: Civil Society Speaks out on COVID-19 Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
Colombia's National Council for Peace, Reconciliation, and Coexistence (CNPRC) asked President Ivan Duque for a bilateral ceasefire across the South Amerian nation this week. | RELATED: | Colombia: Floods Affect 150 Families in the Choco Region | The Colombian civil society organization made this request after the unilateral declaration of a ceasefire by the National Liberation Army, as a humanitarian measure due to the situation caused by COVID-19. | El CNPRC, that groups 36 social se…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-civil-society-speaks-out-on-the-situation-for-covid19-20200407-0002.html

60 Spanish associations call for lifting Iran sanctions
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-07
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Venezuela's president sends message to U.S. population
Nicolás Maduro | workers.org | 2020-04-07
Caracas, April 3, 2020 To the People of the United States of America: For weeks now, the world stands still, trying to control a pandemic that, without any doubt, is the greatest challenge we have faced together as a society and as international community. Our priority is confronting it, as . . . | Continue reading Venezuela's president sends message to U.S. population at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47509/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelas-president-sends-message-to-u-s-population

Venezuela Pres Maduro's Message to American people
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-07
Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela's shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832148.php

Venezuelan Leader Pens Open Letter to US Public
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-07
In a letter issued on Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against making any unwise military decisions against the Bolivarian Republic. | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza read a letter on Sunday that Venezuelan …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelan-leader-pens-open-letter-us-public/5708938

Trump Should Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela
Leonardo Flores | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-07
Trump has been threatening military action against Venezuela since August 2017 and a naval blockade since August 2019. The recent deployment of the Navy towards Venezuela is the first step in backing up both threats.
mintpressnews.com/trump-should-fight-covid-19-not-venezuela/266427/

A Simple Democratic Transition Framework for Venezuela: End All "Sanctions"
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-07
On March 31 the US Secretary of State issued a press statement proposing a "pathway" by which all Venezuelans would live happily ever after. At least that is what Mike Pompeo seems to wish. He…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/07/a-simple-democratic-transition-framework-for-venezuela-end-all-sanctions/

Duque extends quarantine in Colombia until April 26 after 'intelligent lockdown' backlash
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-07
Colombia's President Ivan Duque said Monday he will extend a lockdown in his country until April 26 after coining an "intelligent lockdown" backfired. The president announced the extension two days…
colombiareports.com/duque-extends-quarantine-until-april-27-after-intelligent-lockdown-backlash/

Duque extends quarantine until April 27 after 'intelligent lockdown' backlash
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-07
Colombia's President Ivan Duque said Monday he will extend a lockdown in his country until April 27 after coining an "intelligent lockdown" backfired. The president announced the extension two days…
colombiareports.com/duque-extends-quarantine-until-april-27-after-intelligent-lockdown-backlash/

The economy is dead, long live the economy
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-07
The death of Colombia's economy is devastating society, but also provides an opportunity to rebuild one with an economy that is more diverse and shock-resistant. Oil and mining, the long…
colombiareports.com/the-economy-is-dead-long-live-the-economy/

Third of this year's femicides in Colombia happened during quarantine: prosecution
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-07
Twelve women did not survive the first two weeks of Colombia's ongoing quarantine, the prosecution said Monday as domestic violence is becoming a growing concern. According to Vice-Prosecutor General Martha…
colombiareports.com/third-of-this-years-femicides-in-colombia-happened-during-quarantine-prosecution/

Colombia's ambassador to Uruguay resigns after 'surprise' criminal probe into cocaine lab on family estate
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-07
Colombia's ambassador to Uruguay resigned on Monday after expressing surprise he was being investigated over a cocaine laboratory found on one of his family's estates. The office of President Ivan…
colombiareports.com/colombias-ambassador-to-uruguay-resigns-after-surprise-criminal-probe-into-cocaine-lab-on-family-estate/

Letter from President Maduro as U.S. threatens Venezuela with war
Nicolás Maduro Moros | mronline.org | 2020-04-06
In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments should be focused on the protection of the life and health of their citizens, due …
mronline.org/2020/04/06/letter-from-president-maduro-as-u-s-threatens-venezuela-with-war/

Letter from President Maduro as U.S. threatens Venezuela with war
Nicolás Maduro Moros | mronline.org | 2020-04-06
In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments should be focused on the protection of the life and health of their citizens, due …
mronline.org/2020/04/06/letter-from-president-maduro-as-u-s-threatens-venezuela-with-war/

Nearly 60 Groups Demand End to Sanctions During COVID-19 Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-06
Approximately 60 organizations in Spain on Monday demanded the suspension of sanctions and blockades against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and Palestine so that they can face the COVID-19 outbreak with full force. | RELATED: | US Weaponizing COVID-19 Against Venezuela, Iran: Oliver Stone | In a joint statement, the political groups indicated that these coercive measures are preventing various international organizations from supplying food and medicine to the population of these countri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-60-Groups-Demand-End-to-Sanctions-During-COVID-19-Crisis-20200406-0004.html

Amid Sanctions and Military Mobilization, Maduro Pens Letter Urging Americans to Question Trump
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-06
"I wholeheartedly ask you not to allow your country to be dragged once again into another unending conflict, another Vietnam, another Iraq, but this time, closer to home."
mintpressnews.com/nicolas-maduro-letter-oppose-war-venezuela-coronavirus/266397/

President Maduro's Message to the People of the US
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the people of the US. The Trump administration is escalating attempts to bring down President Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution, making bogus charges against Maduro and other officials. The Trump administration also published a plan that would radically alter the Venezuelan government's branches of power. This is to prepare for yet another coup attempt by the U.S. in support of unelected scoundrels. This past week President Trump ordered a serious increase of US Naval ships patrolling Caribbean w…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/6/president-maduro-s-message-people-us

Carta del Presidente Maduro al Pueblo de EE.UU
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Lucha y Resiste está promoviendo una declaración del Presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro al pueblo de los Estados Unidos. El administracion del Trump esta subiendo el nivel de atentados a derrotar el Presidente Maduro y La Revolucion Bolivariana por poniendo cargas de narco-terrorismo al Maduro y otros en el gobierno. El administración del Trump también publicó un plan a alterar el gobierno Venezolano para permitir la oposición de los elites que toman más poder. Eso es a preparar un otro atentado del golpe del estado por los EEUU en apoyo de los no elegidos bobolongos. La semana pasada el Presidente Trump orde…
www.fightbacknews.org/node/7975

Sanctioning the Way for COVID-19
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-06
MarketWatch See article on original site While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, US sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus' spread abroad. They've already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela's experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures. COVID-19 …
cepr.net/u-s-sanctions-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-are-morally-depraved-as-well-as-illegal-under-international-law/

Sanctioning the Way for COVID-19
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-06
MarketWatch See article on original site While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, US sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus' spread abroad. They've already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela's experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures. COVID-19 …
cepr.net/u-s-sanctions-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-are-morally-depraved-as-well-as-illegal-under-international-law/

Colombia's ruling party allegedly involved multiple crime families in 2018 election fraud plot
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-04-06
Former President Alvaro Uribe and President Ivan Duque allegedly involved multiple crime families in a plot to rig Colombia's 2018 elections, a wiretap released on Sunday revealed. In the wiretap,…
colombiareports.com/duques-party-allegedly-involved-multiple-crime-families-in-2018-election-fraud-plot/

Venezuelan Leader Pens Open Letter to US Public
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
In a letter issued on Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against making any unwise military decisions against the Bolivarian Republic. | RELATED: | Nearly 600 Venezuelans Return to Their Country From Colombia | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza read a letter on Sunday that Venezuelan President Maduro sent to the people of the United States, following Washington's recent threats toward the Bolivarian Republ…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Leader-Pens-Open-Letter-to-US-Public–20200405-0003.html

US Weaponizing COVID-19 Against Venezuela, Iran: Oliver Stone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
"As a number of religious scholars have warned, 'plagues expose the foundations of injustice' in our societies," film director Oliver Stone wrote in an op-ed Saturday exposing the United States (U.S.) government "profound lack of human decency" amid the new coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | 'The US Has Become a Force of Evil': Oliver Stone | In the piece published by the New York Daily News, Stone denounces the U.S. government for refusing to remove murderous sanctions on Iran and Venezuela…
telesurenglish.net/news/Oliver-Stone-Slams-Sanctions-on-Iran-Venezuela-Amid-Pandemic–20200405-0008.html

Trump sends gun boats to Venezuela while the World partners to fight a deadly pandemic
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-04
On April's Fools Day, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he announced a new "counter-narcotics effort" by U.S. Southern Command. "We're deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircrafts and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters…doubling our capabilities in the region," he said…
mronline.org/2020/04/04/trump-sends-gun-boats-to-venezuela-while-the-world-partners-to-fight-a-deadly-pandemic/

Nearly 600 Venezuelans Return to Their Country From Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-04
The Venezuelans, who voluntarily decided to leave the national territory of Colombia for Venezuela, arrived in the city of Cúcuta in more than 20 buses in two different groups. | The first of them made up of 50 people, including six minors, who arrived in the city of Cúcuta late last night from the town of Soacha. | The second group arrived in the morning of today from the city of Bucaramanga. This group included 337 men, 167 women, and 35 children and adolescents. | #FOTOS | Desde el paso fronterizo en San Antonio del Táchira, el Gob…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-600-Venezuelans-Return-to-Their-Country-From-Colombia-20200404-0011.html

Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running 'mafia racket' against Venezuela
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-03
Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US is behaving…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/03/un-narcotics-mob-treasury-running-mafia-venezuela/

The $15 Million Bounty On Maduro Is One More Attempt To Unseat Him
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-03
The US says Maduro collaborated with the FARC to "flood the US with cocaine." It's an additional legal pressure to get Venezuela's president to step down.
therealnews.com/stories/15-million-maduro-venezuela-cocaine-drug-trafficking-arrest-attorney-general

Pompeo's 'transition' plan tells Venezuela to suffer into submission
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-01
Declaring that "Nicolas Maduro will never again govern Venezuela," Mike Pompeo unveils a so-called "transition" plan that tells Venezuelans to…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/01/pompeos-transition-plan-tells-venezuela-to-suffer-into-submission/

Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington's 13 Point Plan for Venezuela
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-01
The State Department released what it called its "democratic transition framework for Venezuela" yesterday; a 13-point plan for the removal of Nicolas Maduro and a radical overhaul of the country's political system. The principal and most fundamental change Washington proposes is to "restore all powers to the National Assembly," the one branch of government the right-wing pro-U.S. opposition coalition currently holds. This would place the entire country under the…
mintpressnews.com/coronavirus-aid-washington-gives-venezuela-ultimatum/266298/

Brazil's ex-President Lula on Venezuela: Maduro is democratic, Guaidó should be in prison, US blockade kills civilians
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-31
In comments ignored by English-language media, Lula da Silva slammed the US coup attempt against Venezuela, calling Nicolás Maduro a…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/30/brazil-lula-maduro-guaido-us-blockade/

Southcom boosts US military presence in Latin America, citing China, Russia 'threats'
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-31
Southern Command is ramping up the US military presence in Latin America to counter China, Russia, and Venezuela, after signing…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/30/southcom-latin-america-china-russia-threats-brazil/

No, Venezuela does not have a six child per family policy
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-03-13
I respect UK journalist Andrew Buncombe. As I noted for FAIR last year, he was one of the few corporate journalists who reported on a study linking Trump's financial sanctions on Venezuela to thousands of deaths by the end of 2018. Since 2018, Trump has repeatedly intensified the sanctions and threatened Venezuela with military action, Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/no-venezuela-does-not-have-a-six-child-per-family-policy/