This was a flyer handed out at Chicago's May Day rally. Immigrants from Latin America come here as a direct result of US coups, invasions, and economic warfare against their countries. Colombians came because the US armed death squad governments. So did Salvadorans and Guatemalans in the 1980s. Haitians come because the US repeatedly overthrows … Continue reading US Economic Warfare Drives Venezuelans and Cubans to come to the US
Venezuela & ALBA News 5.9.2025: Russia and China increase support to Venezuela and Cuba; Cuban President Diaz-Canel blames NATO for Ukraine war; Iran-Venezuela friendship
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov article highlights importance of Cuba to Russia “Commander Fidel has done much to advance bilateral relations and to promote the values of peace, freedom, truth and justice in international affairs. For many generations of Russians, his name is associated with selfless dedication to the Cuban people. I have very warm … Continue reading Venezuela & ALBA News 5.9.2025: Russia and China increase support to Venezuela and Cuba; Cuban President Diaz-Canel blames NATO for Ukraine war; Iran-Venezuela friendship
Cuban President Diaz-Canel: “Aggressive and expansionist policies, like NATO’s, are the true cause of the conflict in Ukraine today”
https://www.telesurtv.net/presidente-cuba-resalta-resistencia-rusa-agresividad-otan/ Diaz-Canel: "Aggressive and expansionist policies, like NATO's, are the true cause of the conflict in Ukraine today...We constantly denounce NATO's imperialist pursuit of advancement, its attacks on Russia, its interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation, and we also condemn the measures and sanctions applied against the Russian Federation." Full interview: http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2025/05/07/diaz-canel-destaca-el-papel-de-la-urss-en-la-lucha-contra-el-fascismo-a-80-anos-de-la-gran-victoria-video/ … Continue reading Cuban President Diaz-Canel: “Aggressive and expansionist policies, like NATO’s, are the true cause of the conflict in Ukraine today”
Venezuela & ALBA News 5.2.2025: How Chavez confronted Social Problems; Overcoming the Sanctions; Communal System, Remembering Ben Linder
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
United States vs the Bolivarian Revolution
by Carlos Ron, former Venezuelan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America In 1829, a year before his death, Simón Bolívar, the leader of the South American independence movement and the inspiration for today’s Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, wrote a prophetic phrase: “The United States seems destined by Providence to plague America with misery … Continue reading United States vs the Bolivarian Revolution
Ben Linder’s Internationalist Example; murdered by US government Contras, April 28, 1987
Documentary: American Sandinista by Stalin Vladimir Centeno https://www.tortillaconsal.com/bitacora/node/6445 In a corner of northern Nicaragua, where the mountains embrace the dignity of humble people, a young engineer born in Portland, Oregon, decided to write his story with light, laughter, and blood. His name was Benjamín Linder, and although he came from far away, Nicaragua was his … Continue reading Ben Linder’s Internationalist Example; murdered by US government Contras, April 28, 1987
The Bolivarian Revolution: Past, Present, and Future
by Blanca Eekhout Blanca Eekhout is a Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela and the President of the Simón Bolívar Institute. The Bolivarian Revolution is the result of a historical process and a historical project. Bolívar’s struggle is the synthesis of the Indigenous resistance. It is also the struggle of the Afro-descendant people who, … Continue reading The Bolivarian Revolution: Past, Present, and Future
Venezuela & ALBA News 3.21.2025: Venezuela condemns sending Migrants to Salvadoran Prisons; More on July 28 Election Cyberattack; Venezuela’s economy
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
Declaration of the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) denouncing the application of law violating human rights against Venezuelan migrants by the Government of the United States
The American Association of Jurists (AAJ) denounces the application by the United States government of the Enemy Alien Act of 1798 against Venezuelan migrants, openly violating the fundamental principles contained in Covenants, Agreements, Charters and Conventions signed by nations and protected by International Public Law. The application of this aberrant and anachronistic Law, which is … Continue reading Declaration of the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) denouncing the application of law violating human rights against Venezuelan migrants by the Government of the United States
A Genuine Manifestation of Resistance: Venezuela Relies on Grassroots Media Communication
https://noticiaslatam.lat/20250318/una-manifestacion-genuina-de-resistencia-venezuela-apuesta-por-la-comunicacion-popular-1161602443.html A necessary measure to defend a revolution from coup attempts and color revolutions by the imperial powers, who rely on their control of information through their omnipresent media, is to build a people’s media and a people’s social media. A revolution must propagate and make universal new tools of popular grassroots communication. Caracas hosted … Continue reading A Genuine Manifestation of Resistance: Venezuela Relies on Grassroots Media Communication
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