Redfish video: Hugo Chavez Speaks At The World Social Forum July 28 is the 66th anniversary of his birth. . US War on Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: After 23 Years of Media Warfare Against Venezuela, the US Says it Will Start a Media War The serial genocide perpetretor Elliott Abrams (mastermind of massacres and attacks in … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 7.31.2020: ‘New’ US Strategy against Venezuela; Cuba and Nicaragua Speeches; The Venezuela Economy and Class Relations

PeoplesDispatch: Coronavirus and Economic Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean will deepen in coming monthsThis area is emerging as the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The acceleration is driven by the easing of quarantine measures and the lifting of restrictions on economic activities. The governments have rushed workers to return to work without … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 7.24.2020: Nicaragua and Cuba Celebrate July 19 and 26; COVID rampant in non-ALBA Latin America

Nicaragua NicaNotes: The Revolution Won’t Be Stopped: Nicaragua Advances Despite US Unconventional Warfare New online book contents: Economic and Social Progress Continues The Amnesty Peace and Reconciliation in Nicaragua Uniting a Country and its People: 32 Years of Autonomy on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast The Natural Environment – Conservation, National Development and Climate Change  Nicaraguan Women … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 7.17.2020: Nicaragua’s July 19 anniversary; Biden with Trump against Venezuela; Cuban solidarity “We will always be where we most honor the country”

Cuba TeleSur: Black Lives Matter in Cuba It is precisely because of Cuba's anti-racist and pro-worker policies that the U.S. government has labeled the country “a violator of human rights.” The Revolution’s Early Measures Against Racism; Solidarity with African-Americans; Cuba’s Contribution to African Liberation Movements; Socialist Health Care and Revolutionary Doctors. CubanNewsAgency (ACN): US blockade … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 7.10.2020 #310 New Data on the Cost of the Economic War on Venezuela; Cuba, Where Black Lives Matter; Nicaragua’s actual Human Rights

Venezuelanalysis: UK Court Denies Venezuela $1.13 billion in Gold, Says Guaido is President Nothing but colonial looting. The High Court blocked the Venezuelan government’s effort to recover 31 tons of the nation’s gold held by the Bank of England. The court said it “unequivocally recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president,” rejecting the Maduro government’s right … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 7.3.2020: US and Britain Loot Venezuela’s Wealth; Free Simon Trinidad, Webinars

Axios: Trump cold on Guaidó, would consider meeting Maduro Once again Trump showed he can be more sensible than the neo-con national security state ideologues in government. Trump suggested he's had second thoughts about his decision to recognize Juan Guaidó as the legitimate leader of Venezuela and said he is open to meeting with Nicolás … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 6.26.2020: Trump and Biden on Maduro; Bolton’s Venezuela Chapter; Film “WASP Network,” Cuban Police

Speech by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez during online conference of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) June 10: These hard times motivate us to continue working together, with more cooperation and consensus building “Every ship to which ports have been closed; every plane that has not found a landing strip; … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 6.19.2020: Cuba and Venezuela condemn racist First World, Continue International Solidarity and Cooperation

Cuba FAIR (Joe Emersberger): US Campaign Against Cuba’s Medical Brigades Targets Healthcare, Not ‘Forced Labor’ US government allegations that don’t stand up to minimal scrutiny is the opposite of caring about the working conditions of the doctors. But the sources US journalists usually rely on—the right-wing media in Venezuela, for example—have been doing that for … Continue reading Venezuela- ALBA Weekly 6.12.2020: US Campaign against Cuban Doctors, against Nicaragua’s COVID Success, against Venezuela’s Economy