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The world’s longest-held political prisoner, Puerto Rican revolutionary Oscar López Rivera, who was incarcerated in the US for 36 years, sent a message of solidarity to Venezuela Video and translation by Ben Norton https://twitter.com/i/status/1186014079984558081 The Grayzone@GrayzoneProject The world's longest-held political prisoner, Puerto Rican revolutionary Oscar López Rivera—who was incarcerated in the US for 36 years—sent a message of solidarity to Venezuela:"We cannot allow the US government to continue with this practice of wanting to dominate and control" 2609:19 PM - Oct 20, 2019Twitter Ads info and privacy173 people are talking about this Transcript A greeting, with a lot of love, to all of the Venezuelan people. And an enormous memory in this Boricua (Puert...

By: teleSUR Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a rally against the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, in Caracas Venezuela, August 10, 2019. | Photo: Reuters “Donald Trump says that he is considering imposing an embargo on Venezuela meaning that no vessel enters or exits. It is a blockade,” the Venezuelan president said. United States President Donald Trump has maintained strong economic pressure against Venezuela, having signed numerous decrees blocking the assets of the Venezuelan authorities within U.S. jurisdiction. Giants such as the Central Bank of Venezuela and the state-owned oil company PDVSA were also included in the sanctions list. Now, Washington has announced it will even impose sanctions against foreign citizens supporting or trading with the country....

By Anya Parampil Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez speaks at the United Nations General Assembly This article was originally published by The Grayzone Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez passed through the doors of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on the afternoon of September 27 and flashed a smile to reporters waiting near the entrance. Flanked by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza and UN Ambassador Samuel Moncada, Rodríguez raised her arms into the air and waved a photo in her left hand before disappearing up the escalators which lead to the General Assembly hall. That photo showed the US-backed coup leader Juan Guaidó posing with Colombian narco-paramilitary members from the Los Rastrojos gang, which is notorious for kidnapping, drug smuggling, a...

By Prof. James Petras Global Research, First published on Global Research on May 18, 2019. “Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world and they own it and we want it” — (Anonymous Trump official) Introduction US hostility and efforts to overthrow the Venezuelan government forms parts of a long and inglorious history of US intervention in Latin America going back to the second decade of the 19th century. In 1823 US President Monroe declared, in his name, the ‘Monroe Doctrine” – the US right to keep Europeans out of the region, but the right of the US to intervene in pursuit of its economic, political and military interests. We will proceed to outline the historical phases of US political and military intervention on behalf of US corporate and banking interes...

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a rally against the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, in Caracas Venezuela, August 10, 2019. | Photo: Reuters United States President Donald Trump has maintained strong economic pressure against Venezuela, having signed numerous decrees blocking the assets of the Venezuelan authorities within U.S. jurisdiction. Giants such as the Central Bank of Venezuela and the state-owned oil company PDVSA were also included in the sanctions list. Now, Washington has announced it will even impose sanctions against foreign citizens supporting or trading with the country. RELATED: Maduro Says Uribe, Colombian Ambassador Plotting his Killing A Political and Economic Blockade The United States has moved from sanctions to a full embargo against Vene...

President Maduro calls Juan Guaido, Queen of the South, saying the photos of the self-declared leader with the Los Rastrojos represents his “criminal alliance with the paramilitary drug gang." Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the images of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido next to members of the Colombian paramilitary group, Los Rastrojos, a "tremendous scandal."  RELATED: Maduro: 12m #NoMoreTrump Petitions to be Presented to UN During a Friday address to the nation, President Maduro said the photos represent Guaido’s “criminal alliance with the paramilitary drug gang, Los Rastrojos." The photos were revealed Thursday over Twitter by human rights defender Wilifredo Canizares of the Fundación Progresar based in Cucuta, Colombi...