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US sanctions against Venezuela
Cuban people Venezuela solidarity Jan 3 Trump intensifies threats against Cuba

The US president warned Cuban authorities that if they do not engage in dialogue, it will soon be “too late.” Cuban authorities have announced that Cuba is a sovereign country that is being punished for following a path different from that desired by Washington.

South Africans picket US Embassy in solidarity with Venezuela “Rogue State”: South Africans protest outside US embassy, denounce abduction of Maduro

Waving the Venezuelan colors alongside the red hammer-and-sickle flags, hundreds marched to the US embassy in Pretoria, protesting US aggression on Venezuela.

Caracas Venezuela Jan 3 post attacks The United States attacks Venezuela and kidnaps its president in an illegal operation

The attack on January 3 is part of the US war that began in 2001 and will continue long after the engines of the Chinook helicopters cool down.

PDVSA VENEZUELA Rafael_Ramírez_and_Hugo_Chávez The US War on Venezuela began in 2001

The current US attacks against Venezuela are part of a two-decade process led by the US and the Venezuelan right wing to undermine the Bolivarian project and its bold decision to use the country’s oil wealth for the betterment of its people.

Aircraft on USS Iwo Jima, SOUTHCOM US continues pursuit and seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers amid condemnation at UN Security Council

Tensions continue to rise in the Caribbean. The United States continues to confiscate and pursue Venezuelan oil tankers, while Caracas denounces what it considers an “act of international piracy” at the UN.

Nobel Prize María Corina Machado Julian Assange says peace prize has become “instrument of war” and sues Nobel

The ex-political prisoner’s complaint criticizes the granting of the prize to the far-right opposition activist and seeks freeze of 11 million Swedish kronor intended for Corina Machado

Seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker “Piracy”: Venezuela responds to the US seizure of its oil tanker

According to the White House, the ship was transporting sanctioned oil. Caracas denounces the act as an attack on its energy sovereignty and a sign of Washington’s true intentions in its recent military deployment in the Caribbean.

US Sec State Marco Rubio Southcom Commander From Baghdad to Caracas: a Washington manual on sanctions and war

The recent US airstrikes in the Caribbean and military threats against Venezuela are a continuation of decades (or even centuries) of US policy on the region, not a departure from it.

MST leader Venezuela solidarity Brazil’s MST will organize internationalist brigades to support Venezuela in the case of a US invasion

The leader of MST compares the initiative to the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela alerts UN to imminent military threat amid US escalation

Hostility from Washington towards progressive governments in Caracas is not new, but the current administration has initiated an unprecedented escalation against the government and people of Venezuela.

Every year, sanctions kill more people than wars

Between 2010 and 2021, unilateral sanctions caused over 500,000 deaths annually, surpassing yearly global deaths from armed conflict.

Lo que se juega en Venezuela en la toma de posesión de Maduro

Nicolás Maduro, reelegido el 28 de julio para la presidencia de Venezuela, jurará su cargo el 10 de enero, mientras la oposición de derechas lanza un nuevo intento de desestabilización.