On Trump’s aggression against Venezuela and interference into Brazil’s judiciary. The US aggression against Latin American countries is widening its scope. After Venezuela, the US navy has also targeted Colombian citizens in a boat while, the Presidents Trump and Petro are engaging in strong polemics. Simultaneously unsolved is the spat between Brazil and the US, which escalated when a Brazilian ...
A ground-level report from a Venezuela that refuses to surrender—economically, militarily, or morally. by Fabrizio Verde, from Caracas / Venezuela Late August. The Caribbean Sea—usually a postcard of turquoise waters and cruise-ship tranquility—has turned into a stage for Cold War–style brinkmanship. The United States, in a move evoking its darkest interventions, has deployed warships and a nuclear-powered submarine just miles ...
Interview with Roy Daza, Member of National Assembly and Vice President of the Foreign Relations Committee. The United States’ government is threatening the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 7 US warships including 4000 marines are currently facing the Venezuelan coast, and the US navy already attacked some fisher boats, which the Trump administration claimed were transporting illegal drugs. We spoke about ...
Interview with Venezuela’s ambassador to Türkiye. By Adnan Türkkan Coup Attempts, economic sanctions, election interference… Now the US appears to be preparing another attack on Venezuela, but this time with its own arms. We were guest to Venezuela’s Ambassador to Ankara, Freddy Molina at his residence in Türkiye’s capital. The Ambassador explained the US’s objectives and Venezuela’s countermeasures. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– “Day ...
While regional politics is currently marked by “recognition vs. non-recognition, the Venezuelan government has arrested mercenaries. By Micaela Ovelar, Caracas / Venezuela, January 8, 2025 This Friday, January 10, the swearing-in of the President elected on July 28, 2024, Nicolás Maduro Moros, heading to a third term during the period 2025-2031, is scheduled to take place. According to the Bolivarian ...
A view from Latin America. By Prof Dr Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires / Argentina The non-consecutive re-election of Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America invites us to reflect on what Latin America and the Caribbean should expect in its historical relationship of dependence and colonialism with the decadent imperial metropolis. Trade, migration, and hemispheric security ...
The role of NGOs in political destabilization in Venezuela. By Micaela Ovelar “The United States seems destined by Providence to plague America with misery, in the name of freedom.” Simón Bolívar, 1829 The Venezuelan National Assembly has just approved a Law that regulates the actions and financing of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). This has raised new criticism against the government of ...
Historic lies of the Spanish monarchy and contemporary ones of US Presidenty Obama. “We will not make the great future we are looking for, If we do not know the great past we had.” Commandante Hugo Chávez January 15, 2006 By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein A few weeks ago, I listened to a press conference and an interview with Jorge Rodríguez. ...
6 major currents and the need to redefine what’s left. By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein During the first 15 years of this century, Latin America and the Caribbean witnessed a series of democratic and popular processes that placed different versions of the left at the center of events. However, the leading role of Cuba and Venezuela and the overwhelming influence that ...
Venezuela captures 400 rifles sent from the US, while Blackwater founder turns back on stage. By Yunus Soner Following presidential elections of July 28, the domestic political situation in Venezuela is becoming calmer and calmer day by day. In contrast to that, external pressure on the reelected President Nicolas Maduro, specifically from the United States and the European Union, is ...