Venezuela’s Maduro to Be Sworn in for 2nd Term On Jan. 10, Venezuelan President Maduro will assume his mandate as president for the 2019-2025 constitutional term, swearing his oath of office before the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), after his election on May 20, 2018. Days before taking his oath and as US-led international pressure …
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has imposed sweeping new sanctions on Venezuela, this time focused on the gold sector. These latest sanctions aim to attack Venezuela’s gold production and trade and deny it hard currency to pay for the import of food and medicines. Venezuela has extensive gold reserves, estimated as the second largest in the …
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Report from VSC AGM & Chavez 20 Event Venezuela Solidarity Campaign’s AGM met on 13th October to review its work and plan how to combat the growing threat posed by the United States to the country’s national sovereignty and the achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution. The political context for the campaign’s work has been dominated …
Trump has Venezuela in his sights As the sabre-rattling statments mount up, just how close is military intervention, asks VSC’s TIM YOUNG PRESIDENT Trump has again raised the possibility of regime change in Venezuela, as talk of military intervention against its democratically elected government grows in the United States. Speaking recently at the UN, he …
Venezuela’s Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected interventionism and recalled that his country has given birth to one of the world’s most important independence leaders, Simon Bolivar, who led wars against the Spanish colonialists in several countries in the region. “I bring the truth …
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OAS Leader Condenmned over “Military Intervention” comments Organizations and political leaders are rejecting statements by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, for inciting military intervention in Venezuela. Last Friday, Almagro who ended a three-day visit to Colombia said from the border city of Cucuta: “As for a military intervention …
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Former Spanish PM Zapatero: US-led Sanctions Behind Venezuelan Migration Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday that the surge in Venezuelan migration is directly linked to the Canadian, European Union and the United States led economic and financial sanctions against the South American country. “Like it always happens with economic sanctions that …
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China: Our Cooperation With Venezuela Opens Up New Prospects The comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Venezuela will step up to a new level and open up new prospects, a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said Thursday. Zhao Bentang, Director-General of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign …
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OAS Chief Threatens Military Force Against Venezuela In Colombia, Almagro openly endorsed a military intervention against Venezuela to “overthrow” elected president Nicolas Maduro. Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro said Friday in the border city of Cucuta, Colombia that a “military intervention aimed at overthrowing the regime of Nicolas Maduro” shouldn’t …
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US Sanctions Antigua Over Pro-Venezuela Stance The United States has excluded three Caribbean countries from the visa waiver scheme because of their good relationship with the Venezuelan government. The government of Antigua and Barbuda has said that its exclusion from the United States’ visa renewal waiver is due to its support for the Bolivarian government in Venezuela. …
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