Venezuela
Ultimas Noticias: Maduro: Colonialism is the origin of fascism and Nazism Maduro dismantled the narratives of “discovery” and “meeting of civilizations” imposed for years. “Nobody discovered anyone, in any case it was us who discovered something, we discovered the criminals, the murderers, those who came to kill, to rape, to sicken our people. That is the only discovery we had.” He complained that “no one has asked for forgiveness, they take refuge in the ideology of denialism. Spain supports and claims this barbaric event as a process of civilization.”
Ultimas Noticias: Venezuela’s Oil production grows and approaches one million barrels The OPEC market report shows an increase in crude oil production in Venezuela to 943,000 barrels per day, 16,000 barrels more than last August and the highest level in the last five years. OPEC report puts the price of Merey 16 crude oil, the reference for Venezuela, at $56.91 per barrel.
Ultimas Noticias: Maduro “70% of the budget to the People’s Power” Starting in 2025, four annual Popular Consultations in the network of communes will be held so that the people can vote on their priority projects. Maduro reiterated that, in the next 6 years 70% of the country’s resources will be allocated to the Popular Consultation, so that “they go into the hands of the organized people….One of the vital objectives of our commander Chavez was that the Commune would become the great territorial engine of the transformation of Venezuelan society; the union of Popular Power so that democracy would be real and not false like the bourgeois democracy representative of the elites.”
Venezuela’s Response to the UN Human Rights Council Report by the so-called Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela This video by Venezuelan journalist Karen Méndez Loffredo is a splendid rebuttal of the the latest “UN report” that lies about Venezuela in an effort to help Washington oust President Nicolas Maduro, who was just re-elected on July 28.
Ultimas Noticias: Cabello to Bolton: The only negotiation that can take place is for the terrorists to surrender The first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello said, ““John Bolton is a failure, he is a clown. He had all the power to overthrow the Revolution and he couldn’t, and now that he doesn’t have it he is talking nonsense. This is the level that these people from the opposition outside Venezuela reach.” The Bolivarian leader’s statement was in response to recent inappropriate statements by former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton about an alleged negotiation with the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, to get him to leave power. Cabello, emphasized that the only negotiation that can take place in the country “is that the terrorists and fascists want to surrender, because if not, we will go looking for them.”
Friends of Socialist China: Venezuela Ambassador to UK Félix Plasencia: Venezuela and China are pioneering nations in the construction of a multipolar world Plasencia noted that, while the US and its allies have been subjecting Venezuela to illegal and arbitrary unilateral coercive measures, “China has consolidated itself as a true friend and a beacon of hope for sovereign nations and governments still striving for full independence”.
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Cuba
Peoples Dispatch: Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel joins march in support of Palestine On October 14, thousands marched in Havana in solidarity with Palestine and condemned the genocide committed by Israel. The march was organized by the Young Communist League of Cuba (UJC). Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel marched alongside the President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and of the Council of State, Esteban Lazo, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez, and other members of the Political Bureau and representatives of mass organizations. “Against the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon, against the Israeli attempt to exterminate the noble Palestinian people; against imperial impunity for the genocidaires, Cuba marches with our historic demand: ‘Let the philosophy of plunder cease and the philosophy of war will cease,’” Díaz-Canel wrote on X.
Resumen Latinoamericano: Recent Examples of the Damage caused Cuba from the US Blockade e.g.: On November 21, 2023, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a $968,618,825 penalty on Cayman Islands-based cryptocurrency company Binance Holdings, Ltd. (Binance) for violating various US sanctions, including those related to the Cuban Blockade. The company was required to pay additional amounts to the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a total of $4.3 billion… In March 2023, it was announced that MEDICUBA’s purchase of medical supplies, including drugs for the treatment of allergies, cancer and other terminal diseases, would be affected by the purchase of the Canadian company APOTEX by the U.S. company SK Capital.
Popular Resistance (Roger Harris): Cuba Under Intensified US Sanctions Confronts Its Greatest Challenge Cuba has become a model of internationalism and an exemplar of socialism. Every US administration for over six decades has targeted this “threat of a good example.” Back in its early days, the Cuban Revolution was bolstered by socialist solidarity, particularly from the Soviet Union. Now, “ US sanctions have, at every juncture, triggered or worsened every aspect of the current crisis.” Neither Trump nor Kamala Harris have offered any easing of the blockade. In the US, the National Network on Cuba, ACERE, and Pastors for Peace are among the organizations working to end the blockade and get Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
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Nicaragua
Resumen Latinoamericano: Nicaragua Breaks all Ties with Israel: “It is a Genocidal System” Vice-PresidentRosario Murillo indicated that President Daniel Ortega instructed the Chancellery of the Republic to comply with the request of the National Assembly to break diplomatic relations with the Zionist, “fascist and genocidal” entity due to the “policies of extermination against the great, courageous, brave and dignified peoples of Palestine with whom we have always been entwined”. National Assembly resolution: “Considering the Resolution unanimously approved by the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua, on this date, Friday, October 11th, 2024, condemning the continued Genocide, Cruelty, Extreme Hatred and Extermination carried out by the Government of Israel, and reiterating the demand for compliance with all United Nations Resolutions, for the creation of the State of Palestine, as a Free, Sovereign, Independent and Self-Determined State. We condemn once again this Genocide, the Occupation and the permanent aggression against the Life and Dignity of the People of Palestine, which is now expanding against the People of Lebanon, and seriously threatening Syria, Yemen and Iran, endangering the Peace and Security of the Region and the World.
In Permanent Solidarity with the People and Government of Palestine, with the Peoples who suffer Martyrdom, Destruction and Barbarism and in strict adherence to International Law and the Conventions that govern civilized relations between States and Governments of the World, the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua breaks all Diplomatic Relations with the Fascist Government of Israel.
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Ecuador
Orinoco Tribune: US Government Announces Entry Ban on Rafael Correa The decision also includes the former vice-president of Correa, Jorge Glas, and both their families. On October 9, the US State Department published a statement declaring former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, as well as his former vice-president Jorge Glas, as ineligible to enter the US due to the alleged “involvement in significant corruption during their time in public office”.
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Events
October 24: Analyzing Venezuela’s Elections: What do the Polls Really Say? Featuring Oscar Schemel of Hinterlaces We’ll discuss the electoral outcome and the broader context of public opinion within Venezuelan society, including socioeconomic, political and cultural elements that motivated the vote; trends in political participation; and popular communal organization.
October 27: NYC Rally against the US Blockade of Cuba
October 29: Venezuela’s Solidarity with Palestine with Diego Sequera, Alexander Avina. Sponsored by DSA International Committee. register here
November 15-17 National Network on Cuba Annual Meeting
January 28-31: Havana, Cuba: VI International Conference For World Balance This conference cultivates partnerships and formulates actionable strategies to propel us towards a more equitable and just global community. Organised by the Office of the Martí Program and co-sponsored by UNESCO and Soka Gakkai International.
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Delegations to Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua:
Bolivia
Jan 25 – Feb 3, 2025: Bolivia, 20 Years of Popular Democracy and Indigenous Self-Determination
Cuba
November 10-22: Cuban Culture, Ecology, and Resilience
December 1-9: National Single Payer: Invitation To Join Our Delegation To Cuba
December 13-22: Hatuey Project delegation to Cuba
January 26, 2025 to February 4, 2025: Visit Cuba with the Center for Global Justice
April 17-May 3, 2025: Puerto Rico Brigada Juan Ruiz Rivera to Cuba
Witness for Peace delegations to Cuba
Friendly Planet delegations to Cuba
Nicaragua
Casa Ben Linder 2024 Email casabenjaminlinder@gmail.com to apply:
November 8-17 2024: Salud & Solidaridad: Hands-On Healthcare in Nicaragua
February 2025: The Bird Brigade: Birding in Solentiname Arquipelago
March 2025: Power & Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua
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