On February 21, hundreds of municipal workers and members of the Bolivarian militia marched in the streets of Caracas to denounce the ongoing United States led coup attempt against the democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro. Speaking to Peoples Dispatch, First Lieutenant Jośe Rodriguez of the National Bolivarian Militia of Venezuela said that the march is a warning to US that people are firmly standing with President Niclas Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution.
Teams of the Che Guevara Internationalist Youth Brigade visited an agro-ecology center which seeks to disrupt the capitalist logic of seeing food as a commodity, and an urban community which has constructed their own homes on land expropriated from a multi-national firm
On February 19, thousands of Venezuelan bus, metro and taxi workers marched on the streets of Caracas to protest against the United States intervention to overthrow the elected government of President Nicolas Maduro. Gladys Suarez, leader of transport workers’ union speaking to Peoples Dispatch at the demonstration warns that they are ready to defend the country’s constitution and the Bolivarian revolution.
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Around 200 young militants from across the world are participating in the Che Guevara Internationalist Youth Brigade in Caracas, expressing their solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and President Nicolas Maduro. With the slogan “socialism is the way forward” the members of the brigade embarked on a three day journey to various parts of the country to learn from movements and communities that are in the process of building people’s power.
Around 200 youth militants from across the world will participate in the Che Guevara Internationalist Brigade in Solidarity with Venezuela
While international media creates a spectacle around “humanitarian aid”, strong mobilizations in support of Nicolás Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution continue within Venezuela and across the world
In an interview to Peoples Dispatch, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to India, Augusto Montiel, talks about the resistance in Venezuela to the US-led coup attempt and economic sanctions against the Bolivarian Republic. He also explains the manipulation and bias in the international media against Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution.
Across the world, chapters of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) have given a call for resisting the US-led coup attempt in Venezuela, and for solidarity with the government of Nicolas Maduro and the people of Venezuela
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, in an open letter, cautions the people of the United States on the dangerous intent of certain sections in the White House for invading Venezuela, and urges them to join the call for peace
In this episode, we report on the protests in Argentina and Canada against US coup attempts in Venezuela. We talk to Augusto Montiel, Venezuelan Ambassador to India on the situation in Venezuela. We also look into the assassination of an NDF peace consultant allegedly by the armed forces of the Philippines.
(Around the world in 8 minutes is a show from Peoples Dispatch where we bring you news from people’s movements and organizations across the globe.)
Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the latest coup attempt in Venezuela by the United States and how the imperial giant continues to view Latin America through the lens of the Monroe doctrine, with repeated coup attempts in the region, some of which have been successful in devastating countries.
In the face of yet another blatant power grab led by the US and supported by right-wing forces in Latin America, the government and people of Venezuela mount a strong defense
