New US Attempt to Assassinate Venezuela President, Vice President, other leaders Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, reported on the arrest of 14 mercenaries linked to a plan to assassinate Venezuelan leaders. A large batch of US-made weapons, a total of 400 rifles and pistols were seized. He added that, when these weapons were sent from the … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.20.2024: Venezuela Disrupts New US Terrorist Operation; Cuba’s 2024 UN Report on the US Blockade; Ramon Labanino’s Prison Diary

Nicolás Maduro approves the creation of the First Antifascist International Speaking before the more than 1,200 participants who came to the international event from almost 100 countries, the president denounced that “The battlefield is no longer economic, today the battlefield is the field of social networks, which in Venezuela played and continue to play the … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.13.2024: Venezuela Conference against Fascism; Growing US use of Cyber Tools in Coups; Daniel Ortega Speech

After Election defeat, Venezuelan right wing opposition turns to Sabotage to disrupt the lives of the people. An attack on the National Electrical System August 30 was aimed at destroying the Guri Dam that provides hydroelectric power to most of the country. Minister Diosdado Cabello confirmed the arrest of 11 people related to the blackout … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 9.6.2024: Defeated Coup Plotters turn to Sabotage; US steals Presidential Airplane; Despite US Blockade, the economy grows 10%

Arnold August provides a  1 minute 35 second timeline of how quickly the Chavistas managed to stop the July 28 US-backed coup (video) Alfred de Zayas: The Venezuela Elections of 28 July 2024:  What and Whom to Believe? As early as the 1990s, we experienced a great deal of manipulation of reality in the reporting … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 8.30.2024: How Venezuela Stopped the US Coup; Popular Democracy of the Communes; Speeches by Cuba’s Diaz-Canel and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega

There have been around 170,000 elections in communes and communal councils from 2006 to 2023. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition statement on the dangers the Uhuru 3 case poses to free speech In this case, the US government seeks to set a legal precedent regarding “disinformation.” It argues that their US government definition of the term “does … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News #520, 8.23.2024: Extent of the Cyber War on Venezuela; Nicaragua and Venezuela Laws on NGOs; Statement on the Uhuru 3 case; Webinars on the Venezuela Election

Common Dreams: Hundreds of Legal Experts Push Biden to Drop 'Punitive and Deadly’ Sanctions "Hundreds of millions of civilians around the world suffer—and hundreds of thousands have died—even in times of ostensible peace under the broad economic sanctions imposed unilaterally and illegally by the United States." Including “notable cases such as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 8.16.2024: The Cyber War against Venezuela; Response to Carter Center and UN Reports on the Election; California AFL-CIO on Cuba policy; Fidel Castro