Venezuela

In these times, many in the Americas and the Caribbean are giving in to geo-political fatalism.

The struggle for a just society is long, requiring action on many fronts

Since its first days in office, the Trump administration has openly talked about going to war with Venezuela for its oil and ousting Venezuela President, Nicolas Maduro.  To this end, the Trump administration has employed a variety of destabilising tactics and actions against Venezuela,

In a paper titled “A Timeline of CIA Atrocities”, Steve Kangas, summarises the operation of America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as follows:

Introduction

“The Western Hemisphere is our Region,” Michael Pompeo, US Secretary of State.

The mainstream media including Reuters, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and The Independent among others reported on 22 February 2019: Incident of death and injury at Venezuela’s border with Brazil.

The United Sates has “officially” recognised a self-proclaimed president of Venezuela as the country’s president while the rightists are trying to create chaos on Caracas streets.

The assassination attempt was made on 4 August 2018, while Maduro was addressing the nation on live television during a celebration of the 81st-anniversary of the National Guard in the capital Caracas.

9 March 2018

We urge the United States and Canadian governments to immediately remove their illegal* sanctions against Venezuela and to support efforts at mediation between the government of Venezuela and the nonviolent segments of the political opposition.

In solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution, the Reflection Centre on the South- South Solidarity, representing progressive intellectuals, organised communities, social movements, creative and innovative artists and environmentalists of Kenya and Africa, we strongly reject the project of imminen