Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages

Regime change-hungry HRW is proudly taking credit for crushing new US sanctions on Nicaragua while pushing to escalate Washington’s economic war on Venezuela. The Grayzone presents a deep dive into the “human rights” arm of US empire. … Read More >Billionaire-backed Human Rights Watch lobbies for lethal US sanctions on leftist governments as Covid crisis rages

Caracas Condemns EU for Endorsing US Plan on Setting Transitional Venezuelan Government

Venezuela is condemning the European Union’s endorsement of the United States’ proposal to establish a transitional government in the Latin American country as silence in the face of Washington’s “aggression against Venezuelan sovereignty,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Gorge Arreaza has said … Read More >Caracas Condemns EU for Endorsing US Plan on Setting Transitional Venezuelan Government

Venezuela ‘Ready to Lend Any Necessary Cooperation’ to Help US Tackle Drug Kingpins

Venezuela rejects the Trump administration’s threats against Caracas, but can only welcome any US effort to finally take “action to protect its vulnerable and neglected borders from drugs originating from Colombian trafficking,” Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has said. … Read More >Venezuela ‘Ready to Lend Any Necessary Cooperation’ to Help US Tackle Drug Kingpins

Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington’s 13 Point Plan for Venezuela

The State Department released what it called its “democratic transition framework for Venezuela” this week; a 13-point plan for the removal of Nicolas Maduro and a radical overhaul of the country’s political system. The principal and most fundamental change Washington proposes is to “restore all powers to the National Assembly,” the one branch of government the right-wing pro-US opposition coalition currently holds. … Read More >Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington’s 13 Point Plan for Venezuela

‘No humanism or democracy’: Russian Foreign Ministry slams West, US for wanting to ‘exploit’ Covid-19 crisis in Venezuela

Certain political groups in the West will not hesitate to use the difficulties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic to carry out their long-lasting plans to topple the Venezuelan government, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said. … Read More >‘No humanism or democracy’: Russian Foreign Ministry slams West, US for wanting to ‘exploit’ Covid-19 crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela Demands Probe as Foreign Ship Enters Its Waters, Sinks Coast Guard Vessel

Venezuela is demanding that the Dutch government open an investigation into the activities of the RCGS Resolute, a vessel presently docked in the Dutch Caribbean region island nation of Curacao for “serious aggression committed against the Venezuelan Coast Guard vessel Naiguata,” Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has announced. … Read More >Venezuela Demands Probe as Foreign Ship Enters Its Waters, Sinks Coast Guard Vessel