VSC STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT UK SUPREME COURT CASE ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND WITHHOLDING VENEZUELA’S GOLD The UK Supreme Court is currently considering an appeal against the Appeal Court’s overturning of the earlier judgement by the Commercial Court that had endorsed the British Government’s recognition of Juan Guaidό, the self- proclaimed “interim president”, as …
The world’s coup-plotters and warmongers haven’t given up on getting their hands on Venezuela’s oil, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is poised to deny Venezuela over $5 billion of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to bolster its reserves on the grounds that the elected President Nicolas Maduro is not the undisputed legitimate leader …
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By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign A major meeting entitled Venezuela: End Sanctions, Give Back the Gold was hosted by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and supported by Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America, and focused on the urgent need to end sanctions against Venezuela and allow it to fund its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign Last month the UK government published its integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy, outlining three fundamental UK national interests of sovereignty, security and prosperity, alongside a commitment to universal human rights, democracy, the rule of law, freedom of speech and faith, and equality. But its application …
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While the US president is pursuing a more progressive domestic policy agenda in many respects, his position towards Venezuela appears to be alarmingly similar to Trump’s, warns TIM YOUNG DONALD TRUMP’S approach to Venezuela proved to be singularly unsuccessful. As president he ratcheted up sanctions against Venezuela’s elected government in an attempt to bring about …
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on new revelations about previously deniedcollusion between the Bank of England and the Tory government to stealVenezuela’s gold in support of US-backed regime change SHOCKING new evidence has emerged that the British governmentconspired with the Bank of England to deny Venezuela access to 31 tonnesof gold worth more than $1bn (over £800m) …
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Sunday denounced Washington is handing over Venezuelan money frozen in U.S. federal reserves and banks worldwide to opposition leader Juan Guaido. “The White House has no limits. It is usurping and giving away our resources to these gangsters,” Maduro warned and informed that President Joe Biden’s administration will deliver Guaido over …
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By Andreína Chávez Alava for Venezuelanalysis Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez condemned the globalinequality in access to vaccines and called for “no injustices in thisbattle against Covid-19.” Participating in the 27th Ibero-American Summit held in Andorra on Wednesday, Rodríguez pointed out that the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the consequences of unequal distribution …
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April 11 marks the anniversary of 2002 coup in Venezuela, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE NINETEEN years ago in Venezuela a right-wing military coup briefly unseated its elected President Hugo Chavez before loyal armed forces units and a popular mobilisation of Caracas’s barrios turned the tables and restored Chavez to the presidency. The coup was mounted by …
When Hugo Chavez and the people of Venezuela beat the US empireRead More »
On the anniversary of the attempted coup d’etat against Hugo Chavez’ elected government, VSC Secretary Francisco Dominguez explained the significance of the events in 2002 & the ongoing legacy of the popular uprising to restore democracy.
