With Venezuela facing a coronavirus crisis, VA columnist Jessica Dos Santos praises Venezuelans’ response and delivers a hopeful message.

While the international financial body pledged to give economic support to countries struggling amid the pandemic, it obeyed US interests and denied a loan to Venezuela, a move likely to cost lives

Incoming President Luis Lacalle Pou showed the allegiance of his administration with Uruguay’s withdrawal from UNASUR and the interruption of the withdrawal process from the TIAR

Feminist militant Isis Ochoa discusses the centrality of women in the struggle against imperialism in Venezuela

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The Caracazo of February 1989 laid the foundation for the struggle to restore democracy in the country

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On the occasion, President Nicolas Maduro and other government officials reiterated their commitment to work in defense of democracy, independence, peace, social justice and sovereignty

Political leaders, journalists and social organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean have condemned far-right Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s threats to seize the left-wing media outlet teleSUR

Telesur was founded in 2005 in a collaborative effort between Venezuela, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Cuba and Bolivia, as an alternative to mainstream media narratives

The body is due to be legally incorporated into the Armed Forces as a “combat unit.”

Venezuelan youth reiterated that they would stand in defense of the national sovereignty, peace and solidarity, despite the adversity in the country