Emergency Protests: Trump – Unblock Venezuela!
Emergency demonstrations have been called for Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 to protest the imposition of a criminal blockade on Venezuela. #TrumpUnblockVenezuela
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96-year-old activist on hunger strike for world’s children
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.
Read moreEyewitness Venezuela: National Livestream with Anti-war Leaders
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).
Read moreTerrorist plot in Venezuela thwarted
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.
Read moreEyewitness Venezuela: National Speaking Tour featuring Gloria La Riva
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.
Read moreInterview with Venezuelan engineering professor about the blackout
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.
Read moreAn Exemplary Constitutional Process
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.
Read moreMinRex: Cuba strongly rejects new aggressive escalation by the United States
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.
Read morePresident Maduro talks to AP (video)
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.
Read moreAmid U.S. war threats, countries join with Venezuela
50 countries came together at the United Nations in defense of Venezuela based on the principles of the UN Charter – including respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination, the sovereignty of UN member nations, refraining from the threat of use of force, respect for the territorial integrity of other states, and non-intervention in internal, domestic matters of another state.
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