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Author: Andreína Chávez Alava
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Venezuela’s Uncomfortable Reality
For the majority of my adult life as an anti-imperialist journalist who grew up alongside the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, I have tried to live and work by the principle taught by Fidel Castro in 1961: “Everything for the Revolution; nothing against the Revolution.” I am not claiming that I have lived it perfectly. I…
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President Maduro’s Trial Will Not Bring Justice, but It Can Weaken US Imperialism
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and congresswoman, Cilia Flores, made their second appearance Thursday in a New York court, three months after being abducted by US forces in a large-scale illegal strike against Venezuela that killed at least 100 people. During Thursday’s hearing, Maduro’s defense team sought to have the charges brought by…
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“War of the entire people”: Venezuela’s Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump’s Naval Blockade
Venezuela’s grassroots organizers and communards are pledging to defend their country’s sovereignty in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s mid-December imposition of a “total and complete blockade” on Venezuela. In an interview last Friday, President Trump said that the U.S. destroyed “a big facility” in Venezuela that Trump questionably claimed was engaged in drug…
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The Revolution will not be terrorized
The Caribbean Sea holds the memories of countless African and Indigenous lives brutally killed by imperial power. From the terrible Transatlantic Slave Trade to today’s US bombings of civilian vessels, executing dozens of Caribbean people. Though separated by centuries, the underlying motives remain the same: profit-driven colonial domination. This year, Latin America and the Caribbean…
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Stages of An Abusive Relationship with the United States
I believe that countries in the Global South are in an abusive relationship with the United States. We don’t want to be in this domineering cycle of abuse but unfortunately the US government will never cease in its ambition to control our lives and resources, which forces us to endlessly resist its aggression. Through personal…
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US Sanctions Are Killing Venezuelans
Sanctions are political, not legal instruments. Their goal is to cause pain and suffering in order to force populations to overthrow their own governments and surrender their sovereignty. After Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s death on March 5, 2013, Washington began an economic siege to impede the continuation of the Bolivarian Process and the newly elected…
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