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The Trump-Trudeau Venezuelan Achilles’ Heel: The Civilian Military Union

After spending two days in Caracas on February 3 and 4, including a semi-private meeting with President Maduro, this is my basic impression. The situation in Caracas is the opposite […]

Venezuelan Ambassador to the EU : “We will not accept an external agenda”

 The eyes of the world are once again on Venezuela. After being appointed president of the National Assembly on January 23 opposition leader Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself the “temporary president” […]

Juan Guaidó: The Man Who Would Be President of Venezuela Doesn’t Have a Constitutional Leg to Stand On

Donald Trump imagines Juan Guaidó is the rightful president of Venezuela. Mr. Guaidó, a man of impeccable illegitimacy, was exposed by Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal as “a product of […]

Is black the sign of a Sri Lankan ‘colour revolution?’

The protests staged outside certain media institutions in Colombo last week by a group of civil society activists with the sinister warning “We are watching you!” is a subject for […]

International Conference for Peace and “World Balance” Supports Venezuela

Close to 700 conferees from 65 countries convened in Havana, Cuba from January 28-31, for peace and “world balance.” This, the fourth such conference, was dedicated to honoring the ideals […]

Venezuela: the ultimatum of shame

“To wrongly name things is to add to the world’s ills”. Let us adapt this quote attributed to Albert Camus to the Venezuelan contest. It would be something like “to […]

The US Puts Venezuela Under High Pressure. Chronicle of an Announced ‘Parliamentary Coup’

For a few days now, tension has been rising high in Venezuela. On 23 January, the President of Parliament proclaimed himself president. He was immediately recognized by the US, Brazil […]

Guillaume Long: Do Right-wing Govt’s ‘Have the Stomach’ for Post-Coup Chaos in Venezuela?

In this interview, former Ecuadorean Foreign Minister provides some timely and essential background to understand the scope of the current crisis in Venezuela.   Venezuela took on a new character when Juan Guaido, who had recently been installed as […]

Trump has one goal: to end Chavismo

Eight months after the presidential elections of May 2018, which have designated Nicolas Maduro as winner with more than 6 million votes (67.8% and 46% of participation), the attempts of […]

Venezuela: What Everyone Needs To Know About The US-Led Coup

Two things stand out about the US coup in Venezuela. First, it is unusually open. Typically, the US tries to hide its coups. Second, the coup is built on a […]

Mobilize and Defend Venezuela!

It is new and it is not new, but it is tremendously wicked and deadly – the latest type of coup the US invented and is now applying against Venezuela. […]

Marie Colvin, Homs and Media Falsehoods about Syria

In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. The delegates came from many different countries. Among the notables were the Irish Nobel […]

Seven Walls of Damascus and Concrete Walls of Kabul

Syria and Afghanistan. Two terrible wars, two mighty destructions, but two absolutely opposite outcomes.   In Syria, it may be autumn now, but almost the entire country is blossoming again, […]

60 Years of Defending Cuban Sovereignty Against the Most Barbarous Empire Since World War II

When Fidel Castro triumphantly announced the people’s victory on January 1, 1959, it had been barely 15 years since the U.S. had savagely bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This atrocity marked the […]

Exclusive interview with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister: “We call on the US to respect international law”

After a year that saw an unprecedented political crisis in the country, Nicaragua, the safest country in Central America, returned to calm. But some international players, including the United States, […]

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