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Daily Round-up | Saudi Arabia joins SCO & other stories

In today’s episode, we look at Saudi Arabia joining SCO, Chad nationalizes oil assets, and more.

Which government does the United States recognize in Venezuela?

The US government believes that the real democratic institution in Venezuela is the National Assembly of 2015 that has not met in seven years and whose term expired after the election of December 2020

How a US Congressman took on the US blockade against Venezuela

After a sustained campaign carried out by local activists, US member of Congress Jim McGovern publicly condemned the current US policy towards Venezuela, particularly the regime of sanctions which have caused ‘needless death’

The Capitol raid and pandemic can help us empathize with Venezuelans

The people of Venezuela have been living under a stage of siege, and enduring attacks on their sovereignty under successive US administrations. These assaults intensified during the Trump era

How the US failed at its foreign policy toward Venezuela

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela confirmed this week the overt efforts over the last year of the US government to carry out a coup d’état against president Nicolás Maduro

Venezuelan Embassy Protectors Trial of Venezuela embassy protectors begins in the US

The Trump administration wants to severely restrict what the protectors can say in their defense, not even allowing them to state that Maduro is the real president of Venezuela

Movements across the world reject latest US attack on Venezuela

People and movements from across the world are standing in solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution after the latest imperialist offensive and demanding #NoMoreTrump

Trump escalates sanctions against Venezuela to full-fledged embargo

Donald Trump’s latest executive order which blocks all Venezuelan property in the jurisdiction of the United States has been met with backlash across Venezuela and the world

Venezuela march solidarity What Are Our Tasks and Perspectives to Defend Venezuela?

Alison Bodine and Ali Yerevani of Fire This Time! write about the need to strengthen our internationalist solidarity with Venezuela

Human rights report on Venezuela ignores impact of imperialist aggression

The much anticipated UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report barely touched upon how the economic sanctions and right-wing violence have impacted the lives of the Venezuelan people

OAS divided over presence of Venezuelan opposition at assembly

The representatives of several countries cited that the presence of the delegation violates the organization’s norms.

Embassy Protection Collective US moves to evict activists from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington

For months now, US has been considering military intervention in Venezuela in Guaido’s favor, a prospect that the latter has welcomed in his bid to oust Maduro.