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We need to step up our campaign against the illegal US sanctions on Venezuela, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE AN overwhelmingly damning report by UN special rapporteur on human rights Alena Douhan has catalogued the massive harm inflicted on the Venezuelan people by the illegal sanctions imposed primarily by the US but also by Britain, the EU …

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by Ken Livingstone THE United States has an extensive sanctions programme affecting two dozen countries across the globe, and three of those states singled out for coercive measures are in Latin America: Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.  The cost to those three nations of US sanctions imposed allegedly “to counter threats to national security” are breathtakingly …

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After Venezuela’s elections, constructive engagement should follow, writes Tim Young. Venezuela has successfully held elections for its National Assembly, despite the extreme difficulties imposed on it by the US’s economic blockade of the country and the coronavirus pandemic. On 6 December Venezuelans voted for 277 legislators from more than 14,400 candidates drawn from 107 national …

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By Susan Grey, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign & Vauxhall CLP Member As Joe Biden takes over the US presidency there is much speculation over how much his Latin America policy will differ from that of Donald Trump. Whilst Trump’s sanctions on Venezuela have undoubtedly been harsher and more damaging than those that went before, it’s important …

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By Tim Young. Venezuela Solidarity Campaign Venezuela’s efforts to protect its population from the COVID-19 pandemic are being jeopardised by Trump’s aggressive tactics towards the country. Trump’s strengthening of illegal US sanctions against Venezuela since 2017 – creating an economic blockade of the type employed against Cuba since the 1960s – have weakened its health …

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THE US’s recent action of seizing the cargoes of four oil tankers allegedly carrying Iranian petrol to Venezuela has provided the Trump administration with the perfect opportunity to simultaneously attack two of its enemies in election year. Iran and Venezuela, both oil-producing countries, are subject to swingeing illegal sanctions through which the US seeks to …

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