Interview with Miguel Angel Hernández of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSL) Picture: View of Los Magallanes de Catia, Oswaldo Pacheco What is the popular perception in Venezuela of US military threats? Is it a central concern for most people or is popular attention more focused on other issues? There is undoubtedly a real threat … Continue reading Venezuelan socialists reject Trump’s threats without supporting Maduro
By Simón Rodríguez* Photo: Machado and Uribe in Cúcuta, 2018 On October 10, it was announced that María Corina Machado had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee stated that it was rewarding her “tireless work promoting democratic rights” and her “struggle for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” It also … Continue reading María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize: A reading from the left opposition
Stanley Heller interviews Simón Rodríguez In an interview for The Struggle Video News, Simón Rodríguez discusses the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who dedicated it to US president Donald Trump, in the context of a brutal persecution against Venezuelan migrants in the US, increasing repression inside Venezuela against all … Continue reading María Corina Machado’s ignoble peace prize
Venezuelan socialist organizations The US has deployed warships, surveillance aircraft, helicopters, and special operations troops in the southern Caribbean Sea and openly targeted our country under the pretext of the “war on drugs.” This is a military deployment that opens the door to possible armed intervention by the US. The goal of this military deployment … Continue reading Stop imperialist aggression against Venezuela. Trump’s troops out of the Caribbean and Latin America!
Simón Rodríguez AI generated image Convening under the banner of "Patriots for Europe", two months ago the European extreme right met in Madrid, bringing political leaders of the Trumpist current together like some budget, fascist Avengers. Marching under the flags of ultra-nationalism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and neo-fascism, representatives from France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Estonia, Greece, and Poland were hosted … Continue reading What does María Corina Machado’s alliance with the European and Israeli ultra-right imply for the Venezuelan people?
By Omar Vazquez HerediaPhoto credit: The Associated Press Since the beginning of his mandate as US president, Donald Trump has tried to achieve an orderly and negotiated transition in Venezuela, which would imply ousting Nicolas Maduro through the disavowing of his authority by a significant sector of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB). Depending on … Continue reading Why does Donald Trump want to overthrow Maduro’s government?
By Venezuelanvoices.orgPhoto credit: Several photos from Venezuelan Voices articles. Exactly one year ago, on March 18, 2019, we made our first two publications, an interview with sociologist Edgardo Lander and a report on the massacres perpetrated by the Venezuelan government through the FAES extermination groups. For those of us who work voluntarily to support this … Continue reading A turbulent first year
The new sanctions aim at destroying what’s left of the Venezuelan economy, which already shrank by more than half in the last five years of Maduro's brutal adjustment plan.
The revolutionary socialists call to repudiate any threat of Trump’s military intervention and the coup attempt by Guaido and the pro-Yankee right from a position independent from the Maduro government which we do not endorse for its anti-worker and repressive nature.
Many Venezuelans viewed the mobilizations and the participation of military forces as an authentic rebellion against Maduro. However, the declarations by top US government officials confirmed that it was a coup attempt, albeit a failed one.
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