Venezuela and Cuba Condemn Ongoing Israeli Massacres of Palestinians
Ultima Noticias: Venezuela condemns calls for extermination against Palestinians “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela repudiates all manifestations of hatred and calls for the extermination of the Palestinian people, which have been accompanying the Israeli genocidal campaign, inspired by the Nazi doctrine, against the people of Gaza, especially the recent statement made by Minister Amichai Eliyahu, who in addition to threatening the use of nuclear weapons, has called for the annihilation of all those who wave the sacred flag of the State of Palestine.
The systematic murders against the civilian and defenseless population, organized by Israel in Gaza, must stop immediately, humanitarian aid circulate without any restrictions to the affected areas and the independence of Palestine must be guaranteed by all international bodies and organizations, such as It has recently been mandated by the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization.”
Al Mayadeen: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Gil: What is happening in Gaza is Nazi-style genocide Foreign Minister Yvan Gil stressed that what is happening in Gaza is a Nazi-style genocide; “the pictures and testimonies arriving on a daily basis from the Gaza Strip show the war crimes committed by Israel. This barbarism must stop immediately, and the perpetrators of these crimes must be prosecuted.” President Maduro stated that Israel’s bombing of mosques, hospitals, churches, and inhabited residential buildings compare to the practices of the Nazi fascist Adolf Hitler.
Granma: Cuba condemns Israeli bombings in Gaza at UNESCO Cuba strongly condemned at General Conference of UNESCO, Israel’s bombings against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip and advocated for a two-state solution. Cuba denounced the humanitarian catastrophe the Palestinian people are experiencing, described as being of Dantean proportions, and attributed it to the philosophy of dispossession, a consequence of 75 years of permanent violation of their inalienable rights, and of Israel’s aggressive and expansionist policy.
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US is Using Guyana to Seize Essequibo from Venezuela
TeleSur: Venezuela Was Deprived of a Significant Extension of Its Territory VP Delcy Rodriguez: We were born with that territory; even, in the formation as Captaincy General that territory was part of Venezuela, it is Venezuela, and in our independence consolidated that territory. “Then, a territory very rich in minerals, mainly gold. As soon as the British Crown was informed of the immense natural resources in gold by explorers… the British Crown set itself the objective of appropriating that territory, a territory that never belonged to it… “Guyana (at the time of its independence) inherited that territory, but it inherited it illegally, it is inheriting something that has been stolen; they never, neither the United Kingdom nor Guyana have ever had titles over the territory, something that Venezuela has been able to demonstrate: its titles, its rights, everything that was the possession of that territory.”
Orinoco Tribune: Venezuela’s VP Rodríguez at The Hague: Guyana has Shown its True Colors as an Aggressor State Guyana requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirm the validity of the border drawn by the 1899 Paris tribunal, where Britain gave the territory of Essequibo to Guyana without the agreement of Venezuela. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez stated this before the ICJ in The Hague, that Guyana has become an aggressor state that de facto occupies a territory that does not belong to it.
She warned that the government of Guyana reproduces the imperial and colonialist arrogance of the UK and the US. The VP also clarified that Venezuela’s participation in this public hearing does not imply recognition of that Court in relation to the Essequibo dispute, mentioning that the 1966 Geneva Agreement does not recognize the ICJ jurisdiction in this controversy. The agreement also stipulates that any peaceful resolution mechanism chosen to resolve the dispute should be result from a mutual understanding.
Ultima Noticias: Cabello: Guyana has become an Exxon Mobil State Guyana has become a state governed by Exxon Mobil, which has ministers and other officials on its payroll to promote actions against Venezuela, said the first vice president PSUV Diosdado Cabello. “Venezuela will continue to take the necessary actions, doing everything that corresponds, so that that territory is granted to it as appropriate in accordance with what is established in the Geneva agreement,” while denouncing the intentions of the US, together with Guyana, strip us of Essequibo to install military bases there to threaten our country.
Ultima Noticias: Arreaza: ExxonMobil Finances Guyana’s Legal Expenses at International Court of Justice “We don’t say it, spokespersons for the Guyana government say it and their own media report it. Exxon is leading the attempt to steal the Essequibo territory from Venezuela to keep our oil. The Guyana government is not in control. He obeys orders from ExxonMobil. They are not independent.”
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Orinoco Tribune: European Union Extends Illegal Sanctions on Venezuela Despite Energy Crisis.The coercive economic measures would be extended for six additional months instead of the usual 12-month extensions issued since 2017, when the illegal measures were initially launched. Meanwhile, the EU faces enormous energy challenges that place it in desperate need of new energy suppliers. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil wrote “the European Union shows to the international community, once again, the continuity of its interventionist policy in the internal affairs” of Venezuela.
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Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega’s address on the anniversary of Comandante Carlos Fonseca: “The battle that humanity is waging today is a battle of life or death, for all of humanity” On the one hand there are the peoples in favor of peace, even in Israel, in Israel the people have marched, crying out for peace; of course, with pain too, because Israel has had victims of what is the sinister plan they [US and Israel] have launched, a sinister plan for war that the empires have launched.
And the one responsible for this macabre plan, the one who is at the forefront of this criminal plan, is US imperialism, it is the US ruling class, it is the major US corporations, the arms manufacturers in the United States who are doing huge business, and they care little about the blood that is being spilled.
We share the pain of the families who have suffered losses in Israel, but one ends up wondering whether it might not be the imperialist plan given the weakness they have in the war in Ukraine, given their involvement in that war in Ukraine.
The fact that the countries that call themselves civilized and democratic continue to fuel this brutal, bestial war of the State of Israel, of the government of Israel, which is no more than the government of the United States, is simply part of a strategy: because it was in theirs interest to open another front where they could join in, where all the forces that are also involved in Ukraine could work together.
Prensa Latina: Over 80% of Nicaraguans back Ortega’s administration 80.6% of Nicaraguans backs Ortega’s administration, M&R Consultores’ poll found. According to a public opinion study corresponding to the third quarter of 2023, 89.4 % of the polled assured that the Executive guarantees them hope, while 10.2% expressed the opposite.
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Events
One Million Signatures to Take Cuba off the US List of State Sponsors of Terror Sign on now if you haven’t done so. Cuba is on the US list, Israel is not.
Belly of the Beast’s Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández on tour through November 20 See The War on Cuba
November 16-17: International Tribunal on the Blockade of Cuba in Brussels
November 27: Hugo Chávez, Spark for 21st century socialism & Latin American liberation
November 29: Venezuela: 1999 Constituent Assembly Resistance, Achievements and Lessons
December 3 webinar: “Nicaraguan Migration: Myths and Reality.” To register: https://bit.ly/NicaDec3
January 27, 2024: Latin America conference in London 18th annual conference in solidarity with Latin American progressive movements.
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Upcoming Delegations to Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela
Nicaragua Casa Ben Linder 2024 delegations:
January 20-February 1: Advances & Autonomy Brigade: Rights of Indigenous & Afro-Descendant Peoples on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
February 10-19: The Bird Brigade: Birding in Solentiname Arquipelago
March 2-10: Sindicatos & Solidaridad: Labor Movements in Nicaragua
9-21 July 9-21: Solidarity in Action: Celebrating 45 Years of Revolution in Nicaragua
April 25- May 8: Celebrating Labor and May Day in Cuba
Cuba April 27 – May 11 Che Guevara Work Brigade
Cuba: Upcoming delegations and trips to Cuba
June 14-23 Witness for Peace delegation to Cuba
April 9-19: Venezuela: Celebrating Popular Sovereignty and Power
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