Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
The outcome of the current struggle will impact all of Latin America and beyond. It is more necessary than ever that all revolutionary and progressive people stand with President Maduro, the PSUV and the Bolivarian Revolution against imperialism and domestic reaction.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Roger Harris reviews the history of the Bolviarian Revolution and attempts by the Venezuelan ruling class and the U.S. government to destabilize it.
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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”.
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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.
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“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.
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Desirée Cabrera: Mother of 19-month-old baby when her child was in a day care center in her government office building, that was attacked and burned by violent right-wing demonstrators. 89 babies were in that center. Luis Durán: Luis Durán – Father of Elvis Rafael Durán, 29 year old worker who died on Feb. 21, 2014, beheaded by galvanized
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Watch this short documentary about the violent protests of 2014, led by the right-wing after Venezuela’s municipal elections, which caused the deaths of 43 people and injured hundreds. These attacks, called “guarimbas”, tried to overthrow the democratically-elected government of President Nicólas Maduro. A guarimba consists of blocking public roads with barricades made of barbed wire, tires, mattresses, and hanging galvanized
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