Category: Venezuela News & Analysis

Roger Harris explains how the Venezuelan Constitution, despite being cited by Juan Guaidó and U.S. politicians who haven’t even bothered to read that document, offers not the slightest legitimacy to Guaidó’s self-appointed “Presidency”.

Emergency rallies have been organized in multiple cities around the country to protest the attempted coup in Venezuela, the recognition of that coup by the governments of the U.S., Canada, and others, and to defend President Nicolás Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution. Click to see the list of announced demonstrations.

The Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee in the United States, joins a multitude of international solidarity groups, progressive governments, and revolutionary movements around the world in expressing our support for President Nicolás Maduro, the PSUV and the Bolivarian revolutionary process following the cowardly attempt on the life of the President in Caracas.

Excerpts from a speech given by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the “Todos Somos Venezuela” conference, March 7, 2018. Subtitled into English.

The Cuban Movement for Peace and the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and The Cuban Movement for Peace are calling on all defenders of peace to join in an international Twitter Storm — Tuitazo in spanish — to spread the word far and wide that Venezuela does not stand alone! Tomorrow, Thursday, March 15, starting 10:00 AM EDT, use the hashtags #TodosSomosVenezuela and #ALCZonaDePaz

More than 800 activists from 95 countries met in Caracas to declare: “We are convinced that Venezuela will be able to – through dialogue, respect for the Constitution, and the indefatigable democratic will of his people – overcome the problems that besets it, and that the Bolivarian revolution will remain a beacon of hope for the peoples of the world who search for a worthy and just destination for humanity.”

“The government of Donald Trump stands today as the greatest enemy of democracy in the world to try to prevent at all costs the electoral process on April 22 in our homeland.” — Adán Chávez Frías, Venezuelan Minister of Culture

While there is no denying the economic emergency that Venezuela is currently facing and the concomitant suffering it is causing its people, understanding its context is essential to seeing a way out.

As the class struggle heated up in Venezuela this year, fueled by interventionist threats by the pro-US Organization of American States (OAS) bloc, many former supporters of the Bolivarian revolution have remained sitting on the fence.