Open Thread: US Backs anti-Maduro Coup in Venezuela
In a move that many of us saw coming, the US has backed efforts to force Nicolas Maduro from the Presidency of Venezuela. Earlier today Donald Trump officially recognised...
The Guardian’s Latest Venezuela Hatchet Job
David William Pear The Guardian used to be a superb member of the Fourth Estate. It was the “guardian” for the people from the excesses and abuses of power...
Andre Vltchek Interviewed in L’Antidiplomatico
Alessandro Bianchi’s interview with Andre Vltchek, originally published in L’Antidiplomatico. You can read both parts 1 and 2 in the original Italian here and here. Alessandro Bianchi Let’s start...
“Venezuela is facing disaster”
Kit Knightly There’s a video doing the rounds on Twitter, a solemn-voiced, serious-eyed man appealing directly to the camera: “Venezuela is facing disaster”, he intones. And then there’s stock...
More Guardian Lies About Nicaragua
Nora McCurdy & Nan McCurdy A protester poses with his homemade mortar during a protest against President Daniel Ortega’s government in Managua, Nicaragua May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas Editors...
The Milagro of Oscar Romero’s Sainthood
Lately when you read the news about the Catholic Church, it’s really bad. But on October 15, the Pope canonized a
CIA Hits of Yesterday and Today: Nicaragua Collection
When I was knee high to a grasshopper and listening to 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) by the Eurythmics on my jambox, CIA agents were dropping tons...
Venezuela Assassination Attempt: Maduro Survives but Journalism Doesn’t
Ricardo Vaz from IvestigAction Venezuela was rocked this past Saturday by an attempted assassination of President Nicolas Maduro, during a public event, using drones armed with explosives. But as more details...
The Guardian on Nicaragua – An Open Letter
The Guardian has been one of the most inaccurate outlets for reporting what is occurring in Nicaragua. What is happening is a US regime change operation, working with oligarchs...
Peace is a cliché: When the West cannot control the world unopposed, it means war
Andre Vltchek Dedicated to my friend, a philosopher, John Cobb Jr The West likes to think of itself as a truly “peace-loving part of the world”. But is it?...
Why Venezuela and Syria Cannot Fall
True. Both nations, Venezuela and Syria, are separated by a tremendous geographical distance, but they are united by the same fate, same determination and courage. During the Spanish Civil...
Venezuelan elections: chavismo still in power, US still belligerent, media still dishonest
by Ricardo Vaz from InvestigAction In a climate of dire economic war/crisis and foreign aggression, Venezuelans took to the polls to elect their president and regional legislative councils. Chavismo...
Drugs: Threat to World and Factor of US Policy
Oil, weapons and drugs are among the products with the largest turnover in the world. According to the International Energy Agency, the world demand for oil is between 94...
“Colombia is safe for business, but not for people”: interview with Daniel Kovalik
Murders of trade unionists and social leaders, paramilitary activity, coca production...If we only paid attention to the mainstream media we would not get the idea that these problems are...
Venezuela Regional Elections: chavismo in triumph, opposition in disarray and media in denial
As the President of the Venezuelan Electoral Commission (CNE) read the results from the regional elections that took place on Sunday, October 15, one could feel the agony in...
The Guardian Takes Aim at Venezuela’s Democracy
by Joe Emersberger from TeleSUR The British newspaper recently published an editorial saying that President Nicolas Maduro’s government must be threatened with “pariah status.” From 2006 to 2012, The...
Behind the Bolivia Miner Cooperatives Protests and the killing of the Bolivian Vice-Minister
by Stansfield Smith The Bolivian cooperatives protests and their August 25 killing of the Bolivian Vice Minister of the Interior Rodolfo Illanes requires us to question our assumptions about...
Latin America Has to Fight and Win!
by Andre Vltchek, republished from Counterpunch For now, Argentina is lost and Venezuela is deeply wounded, divided and frustrated. Virtually everywhere in socialist Latin America, well-orchestrated and angry protests...
