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Venezuela Plans to Appeal to The Hague Over US Effort to Halt Oil Trade With Other Countries

Posted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020By Editor

Venezuela considers US efforts to impede the trade of its oil a violation of international law, and will appeal to the ICC in The Hague, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced on Tuesday. … Read More >Venezuela Plans to Appeal to The Hague Over US Effort to Halt Oil Trade With Other Countries

AT&T Shuts Down Venezuela Operations ‘Effective Immediately’ Amid Sanctions Spat

Posted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020By Editor

AT&T has shut down its DIRECTV Latin America PayTV operations in Venezuela “effective immediately,” the Dallas, Texas-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. … Read More >AT&T Shuts Down Venezuela Operations ‘Effective Immediately’ Amid Sanctions Spat

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Iran, US spar over Venezuela & surveillance state sneaks past pandemic

Posted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020By Editor

The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have put everything on hold except for the surveillance state, Wall Street, and war. … Read More >Iran, US spar over Venezuela & surveillance state sneaks past pandemic

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Secret Unit in UK Foreign Office Working With Venezuelan Coup Plotters Exposed by Indy Journalist

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020By Editor

The British government has openly allied with the US in backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s self-appointment as interim president. But newly obtained government documents by a UK-based investigative journalist reveal a much deeper relationship with members of the coup-government-in-waiting. … Read More >Secret Unit in UK Foreign Office Working With Venezuelan Coup Plotters Exposed by Indy Journalist

Nothing Changed: Why US Coups in Latin America in 20th Century Resemble Recent Events in Venezuela

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020By Editor

The US has been unsuccessfully trying to remove Venezuela’s democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro from his post for two years with methods that look like they have been taken from the “coup book” used by Washington in Latin America over the last century. … Read More >Nothing Changed: Why US Coups in Latin America in 20th Century Resemble Recent Events in Venezuela

Iranian News Agency Warns US Acts Over Venezuela Fuel Shipments Will Not ‘Go Without Repercussion’

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020By Editor

An Iranian news agency has warned the US against taking action against several Iranian-flagged tankers transporting fuel to Venezuela, as Washington has threatened. … Read More >Iranian News Agency Warns US Acts Over Venezuela Fuel Shipments Will Not ‘Go Without Repercussion’

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Iran Reportedly Sends Five Tankers to Venezuela Amid US Economic Blockade

Posted on May 16, 2020May 16, 2020By Editor

enezuela is suffering from an acute economic crisis that has been exacerbated by economic sanctions imposed against the country by the US in 2019, essentially crippling the nation’s oil refineries among other things. … Read More >Iran Reportedly Sends Five Tankers to Venezuela Amid US Economic Blockade

‘I’ve never seen a contract for toppling a govt’: Venezuelan VP decries Guaido’s hiring of US mercenaries to Rafael Correa

Posted on May 15, 2020By Editor

A leaked multimillion-dollar deal between an opposition figurehead and a US mercenary firm to oust a leader is quite a piece of work, as it’s odd to see a contract for a coup, Venezuela’s VP told Rafael Correa on RT. … Read More >‘I’ve never seen a contract for toppling a govt’: Venezuelan VP decries Guaido’s hiring of US mercenaries to Rafael Correa

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The Bay of Piglets: How Botched Venezuela Raid Strips Washington of Its Prestige & Soft Power

Posted on May 14, 2020May 14, 2020By Editor

Although Washington has denied any involvement in the botched Venezuela raid it has nevertheless hurt its prestige and soft power, says Mark Sleboda, a US military veteran and international affairs and security analyst. … Read More >The Bay of Piglets: How Botched Venezuela Raid Strips Washington of Its Prestige & Soft Power

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Why Operation Gideon Failed & What Strategic Goals Washington is Pursuing in Venezuela

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020By Editor

Washington is seeking to get rid of prominent Venezuelan military figures including dissident generals in order to undermine the country’s resistance potential and Chavista movement, suggests former Hugo Chavez adviser Heinz Dieterich explaining the amphibious botched raid. … Read More >Why Operation Gideon Failed & What Strategic Goals Washington is Pursuing in Venezuela