VIDEO: Free Alex Saab!
For our new monthly YouTube show, we interviewed our Secretary Francisco Dominguez on the importance of the Alex Saab case. For more info on the international campaign see https://afgj.org/free-alex-saab
Analysis
Venezuela granted appeal on Bank of England Gold ruling
A British judge has given Venezuela the permission to appeal a judgement denying the Venezuelan Government access to Gold held in the Bank of England. The judgement was made on the basis that the UK Government recognises coup figurehead Juan Guaido, but lawyers representing the elected Government in Venezuela are seeking to appeal on the …
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Understanding Maduro’s successful socialist economic strategy
By Francisco Dominguez, for The Morning Star In its intensely biased coverage of Venezuela during the hard years of 2014-21 the mainstream media wheeled in every imaginable academic pundit to “demonstrate” that the country’s economic woes were the result of President Nicolas Maduro overseeing Venezuela’s slide “into authoritarianism and economic collapse” (the Guardian, January 24 …
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As Venezuela’s economy recovers, what next? | INTERVIEW with Francisco Dominguez
As Venezuela’s economy recovers, what next? VSC interviewed campaign Secretary and well-known writer on Latin American Affairs Dr. Francisco Dominguez about current developments in Venezuela including economic recovery, the possibility of an easing of US sanctions against the country, what the position of the UK Government is, and the way forward in the next period.
INTERVIEW: What’s the latest from Venezuela?
The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign interviewed Calvin Tucker of the ‘Morning Star’ after his recent visit to Venezuela, which included attending an international conference to mark 20 years since the Venezuelan people defeated the US-backed coup against Hugo Chavez.
Twenty years of unremitting US hostility to Venezuela – end sanctions now!
By Tim Young, activist with the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign Twenty years ago in Venezuela a right-wing military coup backed by the US briefly overthrew President Hugo Chávez before loyal armed forces units and a mass uprising by Caracas’s barrios returned Chávez to the presidency. Undeterred, the right-wing opposition then launched a three-month sabotage of the …
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US Hands Off Latin America!
by Ken Livingstone AS I write this column, news is coming through of a stunning presidential election victory in Honduras for progressive candidate Xiomara Castro. Overcoming fierce opposition from those with wealth and power is always an impressive feat, but this is a particularly remarkable achievement for the Honduran left in the context of the …
BRIEFING: VENEZUELAN ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 2021
Introduction Venezuela goes to the polls again on 21 November in ‘mega elections.’ The dialogue that began in late summer between the Venezuelan government and sections of the hard right-wing opposition had been going well, with some definite outcomes. These include the decision by some right-wing opposition parties that have boycotted elections for years to …
Venezuela – yes to dialogue, no to deadly US & UK sanctions
By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign. With elections for Venezuela’s state governors, mayors and regional and local councillors less than eight weeks away, talks held in Mexico between the Government of Nicolas Maduro and sections of the US-backed right-wing opposition appear to be yielding positive results so far. The current round of talks, which are …
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Now is the time to step up solidarity with Venezuela
Biden should end Trump’s interventionist policies in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE A SIGNIFICANT sense of relief was evident among progressives in the United States and throughout much of the world when Donald Trump was defeated in his re-election bid last year. Given his catastrophic approach to Covid-19, alliances with extreme-right elements in US society, …
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