Former Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, warned of using force to resolve the situation in Venezuela, while highlighting Caracas’ much superior capabilities to resist a military aggression. “Hopefully, the use of force will not be necessary, hopefully, because if you try a path by force, it will be dramatic,” Rodríguez-Zapatero said on Tuesday.… Continue reading Zapatero: Do Not Underestimate Venezuela Resistance Capacity
Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Suffer Wave of Invasions and Attacks
Emboldened by the institutional assault upon indigenous rights being waged by the regime of Jair Bolsonaro, rural mafias are organizing an unprecedented wave of land invasions and attacks on native territories and communities. As Brazil’s indigenous agency FUNAI is systematically dismantled, with its mandate to title and monitor indigenous lands handed to agribusiness interests and… Continue reading Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Suffer Wave of Invasions and Attacks
“Punch me in the Face!?”: CNN Anchor Threatened for Not Supporting US Military Intervention
The journalist and former anchor of Café CNN, Carlos Montero, responded to those who dismiss him for not supporting the armed intervention against Venezuela that is planned from the United States. “I’m so tired of threats like this. Hit me in the face? Collaborationist? Seriously? All for saying that I am against a US… Continue reading “Punch me in the Face!?”: CNN Anchor Threatened for Not Supporting US Military Intervention
Regime Change We Can Believe In: The US Agenda in Venezuela, Haiti and Egypt (Radio Interview)
The Trump administration has set a deadline of February 23 for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to bow down to the U.S. This week on Intercepted: U.S. military aircraft have landed in Colombia under the pretext of delivering humanitarian aid, as Trump vows to overthrow the government in Caracas. Venezuela scholar George Ciccariello-Maher and journalist Kim… Continue reading Regime Change We Can Believe In: The US Agenda in Venezuela, Haiti and Egypt (Radio Interview)
The Fake News about Humanitarian Aid and Venezuela
by Alan Macleod In recent times the international media, including many who promised to “resist” the dangerous commander-in-chief Donald Trump, have been awash with stories about Nicolas Maduro blocking US “humanitarian aid” reaching Venezuela. Maduro is said to have even blocked a bridge in his desperation to starve his own people (see, for example, CNN, CBC, Associated Press, BBC, NPR, ABC, Bloomberg, The Guardian).… Continue reading The Fake News about Humanitarian Aid and Venezuela
Currency Exchange Stability and Falling Prices: What is Happening? (Interbanex III)
by Luis Salas In the last weeks, very important things have been happening in the economic field. And when I say important, I mean determinants. The problem is that, having our eyes set on the political arena, we may not have been fully aware of it. Leaving aside for the moment the most evident and… Continue reading Currency Exchange Stability and Falling Prices: What is Happening? (Interbanex III)
PDVSA Denounces Act of Sabotage in Pumping Station on the Orinoco Oil Belt
Petróleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA) on Tuesday controlled a fire in the pump room of the Ero Station, located at kilometer 50 of the trunk 36, via Morichal – San Tomé, in the operational areas of the Carabobo Division, of the Orinoco Oil Belt “Hugo Chávez”, which was caused by an act of sabotage perpetrated… Continue reading PDVSA Denounces Act of Sabotage in Pumping Station on the Orinoco Oil Belt
Venezuelan Embassy in Costa Rica assaulted
This Wednesday, the Chancellor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, reported that a violent group attacked the Venezuelan embassy in Costa Rica. Through his Twitter account (@jaarreaza), the Venezuelan diplomat demanded that the Government of Costa Rica comply with the Diplomatic Relations Convention and guarantee the operation and security. Cual ladrones, esta madrugada… Continue reading Venezuelan Embassy in Costa Rica assaulted
128 International Students Graduated Yesterday from the Latin American School of Medicine
A total of 128 International students of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), Salvador Allende, graduated this Tuesday, in an event led by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. “46 are graduating from Bolivia, 37 from Ecuador, 15 from El Salvador, 13 from Paraguay, 6 from Mexico, 3 from Mali,… Continue reading 128 International Students Graduated Yesterday from the Latin American School of Medicine
The Washington Post All But Invites Venezuela’s Destruction
By Joe Emersberger Tamara Taraciuk Broner of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Johns Hopkins professor Kathleen Page took to the pages of the Washington Post (11/26/18) to whitewash Donald Trump’s successful efforts to make Venezuela’s economic crisis much worse. Appropriately enough, at the end of the piece, the Post recommended four other articles (11/23/18, 9/11/18,… Continue reading The Washington Post All But Invites Venezuela’s Destruction
Japan Recognizes Guaido as Interim President (contradictions)
On Tuesday, the Foreign Minister of Japan, Tano Kono announced that the eastern country recognized deputy Juan Guaidó as “interim president” of Venezuela and regretted that President Nicolás Maduro has not called elections as some countries have requested. “Our country asked for early elections (…) but unfortunately the elections have not yet been held (…)… Continue reading Japan Recognizes Guaido as Interim President (contradictions)
‘We Are Equal’: Trans Woman Running For Prime Minister of Thailand
Pauline Ngarmpring, well known in Thailand’s soccer sphere, now wants to become the country’s first transgender prime minister. Ngarmpring is skeptical about her prospects for victory, but says the important thing is the campaign itself. She’s just one of 20 LGBTI candidates to be on Thai ballots next month. The 52-year-old Ngarmpring only joined the… Continue reading ‘We Are Equal’: Trans Woman Running For Prime Minister of Thailand
Venezuela & The Mighty Wurlitzer
by Joyce Nelson On February 11, Bloomberg News published an astonishing piece about the unfolding Venezuelan turmoil. It was apparently the result of a major investigative effort involving three reporters and five others providing “assistance”. You’ll notice I haven’t called it a piece of news (although that’s what it looks like), but I’m not sure… Continue reading Venezuela & The Mighty Wurlitzer
Florida Anti-Venezuelan Trump’s Speech X-Ray
In an event with the “Venezuelan Diaspora” assembled in an auditorium of the International University of Florida, President Donald Trump issued a speech that had been announced with high expectations. A few days from February 23, date in which the anti-Chavista (opposition) and Washington seek to resume the offensive using the umbrella of “humanitarian aid”… Continue reading Florida Anti-Venezuelan Trump’s Speech X-Ray
Permanent Forum of USA Studies Organized by the Celarg Foundation
A forum of studies on the United States will be initiated on Thursday, February 21, 2019, starting at 4:00 pm, at the Isaac J. Pardo Library of the Celarg Foundation, with free admission. The activity will be inaugurated with the interventions of analysts Reinaldo Iturriza, Patricia Yanez and Miguel Ángel Contreras, researcher at the Celarg… Continue reading Permanent Forum of USA Studies Organized by the Celarg Foundation