Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
For the 28th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the immoral, unjust, and completely illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba. The vote this year was 187-3-2, with fascist-led Brazil joining the the U.S. and Israel in opposition to the rest of the world.
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Journalist Max Blumenthal was arrested on October 25 and charged with “assault” in a political case that he says is “completely false” and “manufactured” by Venezuela opposition supporters.
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A courageous woman known and beloved in Albuquerque, New Mexico for her longstanding activism in countless social justice causes, has decided to put her life on the line to draw attention to the children starving and dying in U.S. war zones, including Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea and Iran.
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Coming Saturday, April 20: Eyewitness Venezuela: a National Livestream featuring: Ajamu Baraka (Black Alliance for Peace), Gloria La Riva (Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee and ANSWER Coalition), Max Blumenthal (Editor at Grayzone Project), Medea Benjamin (CodePink), Anya Parampil (Grayzone Project), and Claudia De La Cruz (Popular Education Project).
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In U.S. media, this event was reported simply as “Maduro arrests Guaidó’s ‘Chief of Staff'”. But the reality was (and is) much more ominous — a well-financed, extensive terrorist plot against Venezuela.
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Gloria La Riva will be speaking in cities across the country about the current situation in Venezuela. Click to see the tour schedule, or learn about how to schedule an event in your city.
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Gloria La Riva interviewed Rafael Argotti, a university professor and member of the Bolivarian Movement of Engineers and Technologists, in Caracas on March 9 during the second blackout. Despite the massive blackout, tens of thousands of Venezuelans continue to mobilize. Video in Spanish with English subtitles.
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Andrés Gómez, who was one of the 12 members of the Alianza Martiana who were in Cuba to vote on the new Cuban Constitution on February 24, writes about the election.
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Since its entry into force in 1996, the Helms-Burton Act has sought to universalize the economic blockade through brutal and illegal pressures exerted by the United States against third countries, their governments and companies. It is intended to suffocate the Cuban economy and generate or increase shortages among the population with the purpose of imposing in Cuba a government that serves the interests of the US.
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In an interview with AP on Feb. 14, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro talks (in Spanish) about the phony U.S. offer of “humanitarian aid”. The interview was aired on Venezuela’s VTV channel. A partial transcript accompanies the video.
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