Defending Rights and Dissent: New Version of "Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act," (H.R. 9495) to Crush Dissent Advances in Proposed Budget This opens the door to attack all solidarity organizations. On May 14, the House Ways and Means Committee passed the bill granting the Secretary of Treasury the ability to accuse … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 5.16.2025: CELAC-China meeting; NED operations resume; Palestine; Bolivia’s MAS divisions being resolved?

Our first issue since March 21. Venezuela Blanca Eekhout: The Bolivarian Revolution: Past, Present, and Future Blanca points out that the then new Chavez government, with few resources at the time, sought to address the terrible social problems the people faced. His solution was to turn each social need into an organization and each organization … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 5.2.2025: How Chavez confronted Social Problems; Overcoming the Sanctions; Communal System, Remembering Ben Linder

Cyberattack against the CNE [Venezuela’s electoral body] in the July 28 Presidential election required “a significant investment of money”  Cyberattacks to disrupt a country’s democratic elections where the US government knows its candidates cannot win through a free vote has become a new US coup attempt tool. It succeeded in Bolivia in 2019, but Venezuela … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 3.21.2025: Venezuela condemns sending Migrants to Salvadoran Prisons; More on July 28 Election Cyberattack; Venezuela’s economy

Venezuela Peoples Forum pamphlet: Why Venezuela The collection is an invaluable resource for an introduction to revolutionary Venezuela. It covers the ideological foundations and development of the Bolivarian Revolution and the historic roots of the internal and external opposition. While learning about the ongoing historic process, readers can also understand the difficulties and contradictions involved … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 3.14.2025, #550: US Tightens Blockade on Cuba and Venezuela; War Provocation in Essequibo; International Women’s Day Celebrations

Documentary: Hugo Chavez, a Revolutionary in Power (1992-2013) Resumen Latinoamericano: Venezuela: Chavez’s Legacy Lives on in His People On March 5 the Venezuelan people took to the streets to remember Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez, on the 12th anniversary of his physical departure from cancer. From different points of Caracas, Venezuelans united in a great march … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA New 3.7.2025: Venezuela Remembers Hugo Chavez while US Tightens Blockade; Upcoming webinars and tours to Nicaragua and Cuba

Orinoco Tribune: Human Rights are Auctioned Off to Highest Bidder at UN - Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil at the United Nations Human Rights Council “The UN must decide what it wants to be: either a forum for justice or an instrument of power…We have come to tell things as they are, without euphemism. … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 2.28.2025: ALBA Countries Condemn UN Human Rights Council; US Ends Chevron’s Venezuela Oil License; Upcoming Events and Tours

Resumen Latinoamericano: What the New Trump Era Means for Venezuela and Latin America Unity If Kamala Harris won, there would probably have been a broad continental alliance to isolate Venezuela, even dragging Colombia and Brazil into it. With Trump, this becomes impractical. Even if progressive governments wish to avoid conflicts with the White House, the … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 2.21.2025: Trump and Latin America; NY Times calls for Invasion of Venezuela; Ongoing Terrorist Operations against Venezuela

USAID Glenn Greenwald interviews Mike Benz on USAID It should be noted, as they do with a Secretary of State Marco Rubio clip, the previous work of USAID will now take place directly under the control of the State Department. TeleSur: US mercenary Jordan Goudreau, who participated in Operation Gideon, presents information on USAID funding Juan … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 2.14.2025: USAID’s Undercover Role; Venezuela’s Oil Exports; Upcoming Events and Tours