Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
President Nicolás Maduro has issued an urgent declaration to denounce the U.S. government’s increased aggression against Venezuela, and to call for international solidarity in the face of that aggression. Please read the letter and share it widely.
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While the U.S. (via the IMF) denies a $5 billion emergency loan to Venezuela to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and tightens sanctions on Iran, the corporate media does its best to rally Americans behind the cruel, inhumane, and illegal policies of the U.S. government.
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Cuba’s early entry into the biotech industry allowed it to harness international expertise and develop medicines to fight dengue fever and meningitis. One of these, Interferon Alfa-2B, is now being used to combat the effects of COVID-19, writes Helen Yaffe.
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A video about the love story between Gerardo Hernández, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, and Adriana Pérez O’Conor, who endured more than 16 years of Gerardo’s unjust imprisonment in the United States together with his four brothers of the Cuban Five, is a possible nominee for the Latin Grammys. Like the video to help promote it getting nominated!
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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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