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21Jun

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Venezuela

Sorting Out Reality from Fiction About Venezuela

NOVANEWS By Nino Pagliccia Global Research Last April marked a special anniversary for Cuba but one that we should all reflect upon given the current events in Latin America, particularly in Venezuela. In mid-April 1961 three cities in Cuba were bombed at the same time from the air. Immediately the US government claimed that Cuban defectors carried out the action with Cuban planes and pilots. The media quickly “confirmed the actions”. These were false flag attacks organized by the US. In a large mass rally in Havana the next day Fidel Castro pronounced a very important speech where he called John Kennedy and the media liars. That was the speech where Fidel declared the “socialist character” of the Cuban revolution. US interventions, military and parliamentary coups have been re...

30May

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Venezuela

Venezuela Has the Means to Defeat the US Blockade

NOVANEWS The Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia indicated that more than 40 financial entities in 17 countries have frozen funds from Venezuela | Photo: Sputnik The Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia said that his country has lost US$130 billion dollars due to the U.S. sanctions imposed on the Bolivarian Republic. The Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia, Carlos Rafael Faría Tortosa, said Tuesday that despite the ongoing blockade by the United States, his country has found ways to defeat them and continue to advance his nation's economic development. Chavistas March in Caracas to Mark Nicolas Maduro’s Re-election In an interview with the Russian agency RT, Tortosa said that "when our president announced that the gold production in the country has been recovering, the U.S...

10May

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Russia, USA, Venezuela

Lavrov: US Military Action in Venezuela Would Be 'Catastrophic'

NOVANEWS After Pompeo Meeting, Russia's Lavrov Says US Military Action in Venezuela Would Be 'Catastrophic U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as they meet on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi. | Photo: Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made teh comments after hold a rare face-to-face meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Finland. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo in Finland Monday after which he warned that U.S. military intervention in Venezuela would be catastrophic and unjustified. The two men met on the sidelines of a meeting of the Arctic Council in Finland. Lavrov told reporters ...

6May

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Venezuela

VENEZUELA: ARMED SUPPORTERS OF US-PROCLAIMED ‘PRESIDENT’

NOVANEWS VENEZUELA: ARMED SUPPORTERS OF US-PROCLAIMED ‘PRESIDENT’ LAUNCH ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW MADURO GOVERNMENT (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Juan Guaidó ✔@jguaido En el marco de nuestra constitución. Y por el cese definitivo de la usurpación. https://www.pscp.tv/w/b5gQ9TUwMjc4NDN8MXJteFBlakJydlhLTlWvemxFNY_71g4QomAN12W3ykWFevDO_7lCRAawcIAW … 10:46 - 30 Apr 2019 Juan Guaido @jguaido En el marco de nuestra constitución. Y por el cese definitivo de la usurpación. pscp.tv Armed supportes of US-proclaimed ‘Venezuelan President’ Juan Guaido has launched an open attempt to seize power by force. According to reprots, a part of the military and police sided with Guaido. The US-backed “president” appeared in a video surrounded by people in military uniforms. Via Twitter,...

25Apr

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USA, Venezuela

Report Finds US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Deaths

NOVANEWS “The sanctions are depriving Venezuelans of lifesaving medicines, medical equipment, food, and other essential imports,” said Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of CEPR and co-author of the report. “This is illegal under US and international law, and treaties that the US has signed. Congress should move to stop it.” The paper notes that the recognition by the Trump administration of a parallel government in January created a whole new set of financial and trade sanctions that are devastating to the economy and population. These new restrictions make it much more difficult to even pay for medicines and other essential imports with the limited foreign exchange that is available. The authors also explain how the sanctions prevent an economic recovery from the country’s severe econ...

5Apr

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Russia, Venezuela

Russian Pilots Get Hero's Welcome in Venezuela

WATCH: Russian Pilots Get Hero's Welcome in Venezuela After Landing Supersonic Bombers in December Patrick Fleming We are republishing this article which first appeared in mid-December, 2018, because it turns out that it might well have been a harbinger of things to come. It now seems highly likely that Russian intelligence knew that a Venezuelan coup was in the works and the Kremlin wanted to send a message to the plotters that Russia, with their billions invested in the Maduro governnent, wouldn't back down that easily. The video makes clear what a powder keg Venezuela could turn out to be if Washington follows through with regime change. This video shows the Russians arriving in a show of support for Venezuela with joint military drills. They get a very warm emotional welcome....

1Apr

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USA, Venezuela

Zionist Marco Rubio: US Must Initiate Widespread Unrest in Venezuela

NOVANEWS U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks to the press near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which connects Colombia with Venezuela, in La Parada, near Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 17, 2019. Fernando Vergara | AP In public testimony, Marco Rubio called on the U.S. to promote “widespread unrest” in order to eventually bring down the Maduro government in Venezuela. By ZeroHedge.com During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday, Republican chairman Marco Rubio condemned Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro as a “clear danger” and a “threat to the national security of the U.S.” As was to be expected, the hearing was filled with plenty of threats and talk of flipping “military elites” and enforcing tougher sanctions. But perhaps unexpected was just how out in ...

31Mar

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Everyone Washington Supports, by Definition, Is a Moderate Centrist

NOVANEWS Alan Macleod looks at how US backed figures get portrayed by the mainstream media, regardless of their true colors. juan-guaido-1024x512.jpg AFP depiction of Juan Guaidó (Frederico Parra) By Alan Macleod The Trump administration seems to have found their man in National Assembly leader and self-appointed president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó. Guaidó has been extremely attentive to US interests, promising to allow US oil companies to increase their activity in Venezuela. He has also pledged mass privatizations and harsh rounds of austerity, as FAIR contributor Ben Norton reported (Mint Press News, 1/24/19). Having met with and secured the support of the Trump administration before he acted, the previously unknown 35-year-old emerged as a prominent opponent o...

30Mar

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USA, Venezuela

Venezuela, US Solidarity, and the Future of Socialism

NOVANEWS Despite committed work by relatively isolated intellectuals and activists, too many social democrats in the US—willing to attack Trump on almost anything else—have either remained relatively quiet or (worse) largely accepted the premises of his imperialist foreign policy by: Steve Striffler Protestors rally in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside the Venezuelan Consulate in Midtown Manhattan, January 24, 2019 in New York City. The Trump administration, along with several other governments in the region, had just recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as "Interim President" of the Latin American nation. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) In the late 1990s and early 2000s popular forces in Latin America ushered in what came to be known...

29Mar

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Russia, USA, Venezuela

'Akin to a Tripwire': Russian Troops in Venezuela Complicate U.S. Regime Change Plans

NOVANEWS The Russian move may stymie, or at least slow, U.S. efforts to overthrow the Venezuelan government. by: Eoin Higgins Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on October 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) Russia's involvement in the Venezuelan crisis has American officials crying foul as U.S. plans for regime change in the Latin American country are now facing further complications. U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino, in a statement related to a conversation Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, said that the U.S. "will not stand idly by as Russia exacerbates tensions in Venezuela" after between 99 and 100 Russian troops and one defens...