Category: Venezuela News & Analysis

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.

In a decisive move on Wednesday, Venezuela declared it is withdrawing from the Organization of American States. This will take place after a two-year process.

Amidst a growing threat of a U.S.-backed right-wing coup in Venezuela, Chavistas respond to a call from Nicolás Maduro to take to the streets to show support for the Bolivarian Revolution.

The U.S. government placed sanctions on Venezuelan Vice-President Tareck El Aissami, accusing him of being a “drug kingpin.” El Aissami vigorously refutes those scurrilous accusations in this open letter.

The Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Venezuela describe the day-to-day resistance: “We live under a financial dictatorship, under an ongoing business coup – they do not produce enough because they do not want to, because they wish to see us Chavistas defeated”.

The best thing that the United States government could do with regard to Venezuela, regardless of political outcomes there, would be to end its intervention there.

“Imperialism’s assault on the Bolivarian Revolution is multifaceted. Now calls for OAS intervention are being heard. it is our responsibility to defend the sovereignty and self-determination of Venezuela against imperialist intervention,” writes Alison Bodine from the Fire This Time Venezuela Solidarity Campaign.