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18Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela

Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela and beyond: Beware the Wars of March

NOVANEWS By Rick Rozoff Global Research In the 1930s it was a notorious fact the German government of Adolf Hitler chose the month 0f March ( Ides of Mars), to perpetrate its most daring moves in reasserting the nation as a continental power, culminating in the most deadly war in history. For example: March 1933: German federal election brings Hitler to power as chancellor March 1936: Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland in contravention of the Treaty of Versailles March 1937: The Third Reich’s Condor Legion bombs and attacks Durango, Spain and the next month bombs Guernica March 1938: Germany absorbs Austria Over the past fifteen years a not dissimilar pattern has emerged. In March of 1999 the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization began Operation Allied Force, the 78-day air wa...
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17Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

Events in support of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution continue

NOVANEWS Reports from Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, N.M. Ever since the U.S. government-backed campaign of violent destabilization began in Venezuela last month, people around the world, including in the United States, have taken to the streets in solidarity with President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s ongoing revolutionary process. This has taken on even more significance with the one-year anniversary of the late President Hugo Chavez’s death on March 5. You can also read reports from similar actions in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, again in D.C. on Feb. 19, Chicago on Feb. 22 and Los Angeles on Feb. 23. Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque, N.M. Despite harsh winds and rain, people gathered on Central Avenue in front of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque March 1 in a...
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17Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

San Francisco demonstration shows solidarity with Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution

NOVANEWS Rally held on one-year anniversary of tragic passing of Hugo Chavez   On March 5, activists and community members gathered in San Francisco's Mission District to express their solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and the revolutionary government of President Nicolas Maduro. The rally was held on the one-year anniversary of the tragic passing of Hugo Chávez, who led the Bolivarian Revolution to power in 1998 and became an international hero of all oppressed people struggling to be free. Since Feb. 12, right-wing gangs have been provoking violent altercations throughout Venezuela, which have resulted in fatalities. At the San Francisco demonstration, people chanted "Chávez vive! Maduro sigue!" ("Chávez Lives! Maduro Continues!") The crowd rallied around a ban...
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17Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

Events in support of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution continue

NOVANEWS Reports from Washington, D.C., and Albuquerque, N.M. Ever since the U.S. government-backed campaign of violent destabilization began in Venezuela last month, people around the world, including in the United States, have taken to the streets in solidarity with President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s ongoing revolutionary process. This has taken on even more significance with the one-year anniversary of the late President Hugo Chavez’s death on March 5. You can also read reports from similar actions in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, again in D.C. on Feb. 19, Chicago on Feb. 22 and Los Angeles on Feb. 23. Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque, N.M. Despite harsh winds and rain, people gathered on Central Avenue in front of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque March 1 in an...
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17Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

What is Happening in Venezuela?

NOVANEWS by Miguel Tinker Salas Demonstrators shout slogans during a march in Caracas on Sunday. This is not the first time, however, that the opposition movement has resorted to extra-parliamentary means to oust a sitting president in Venezuela. (Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP)On February 12th, (Venezuelan Youth Day and the commemoration of the independence battle of La Victoria) some university students and traditional conservative opposition groups took to the streets in Venezuela. In Caracas students and others attacked a government building, burned cars and damaged the entrance to a metro station.  The demonstrations extended for several days, as it quickly became obvious that the principal purpose of the protests was to destabilize the government and seek the ouster of the democrati...
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17Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

Venezuela is not Ukraine

NOVANEWS Venezuela's struggle is widely misrepresented in western media. This is a classic conflict between right and left, rich and poor by Mark Weisbrot (Photo: Chris Arsenault/ @AJEChris/ Twitter)The current protests in Venezuela are reminiscent of another historical moment when street protests were used by right-wing politicians as part of an attempt to overthrow the elected government. From December of 2002 through February 2003, there was strike of mostly white-collar workers at the national oil industry, along with some business owners. The US media made it look like most of the country was on strike against the government, when, in fact, it was less than one percent of the labor force. The spread of cell phone videos and social media in the past decade has made it more difficu...
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3Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

Kerry says US not behind Venezuela unrest

NOVANEW US Secretary of State denies that Washington is behind recent protests, adding that tensions with Caracas should end. US Secretary of State John Kerry has denied that Washington is behind the recent protests in Venezuela, adding that tensions between the two countries have lasted too long.Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro convened a peace conference on Wednesday night with social and political actors in an attempt to end three weeks of sometimes deadly anti-government protests in the deeply divided country."Regrettably, President Maduro keeps choosing to blame the United States for things we are not doing or for things that they are unhappy about in their own economy and in their own society," Kerry said on Wednesday, reported the AFP news agency. Maduro has...
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1Mar By SHOAHNo Comments
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Doral businessman Jayssam Mokded detained in Venezuela

NOVANEWS President of two companies based in Doral is accused of plotting terrorist attacks Author: Andrea Torres DORAL, Fla. -Amid political unrest, Venezuelan authorities detained a Doral businessman Monday morning after accusing him of plotting terrorist acts.About 4 a.m., Venezuelan police arrested Jayssam Mokded Mokded in Maracay, Venezuelan politician Tareck El Aissami, tweeted Monday. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro referred to Mokded as a "mercenary."The announcement comes after Venezuelan officials announced about 529 people were arrested, 150 injured and 13 have died  since protests demanding that Hugo Chavez’s protégé resign began Feb. 12. El Aissami said Mokded was detained along with two others who had military experience and were traveling in an armored Toyota Model F...
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27Feb By SHOAHNo Comments
Venezuela

We stand with the Bolivarian Revolution

NOVANEWS Statement from the ANSWER Coalition Massive march in support of the government The ANSWER Coalition extends its full solidarity to the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro, and the masses of people who are courageously defending their revolution from U.S.-backed violence and destabilization. We demand that the U.S. government immediately end all interference in Venezuela and respect the people’s democratic choice and right to self-determination. Beginning earlier this month, an extreme, fascist element of the opposition launched a wave of violence aimed at destabilizing the country and provoking a coup to remove democratically-elected President Nicolás Maduro. Demonstrations in support of the government have been attacked, and barricades guarded ...
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