Mark Cook Largely unreported in the mainstream press, thousands march in Caracas. (February 2, 2019) While sitting in my apartment in Caracas, Venezuela, and reading the online edition of Time magazine (5/19/16), I noticed a report asserting that there was not even something as basic as aspirin to be found anywhere in Venezuela: “Basic medicines like aspirin…
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The US War Against Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba
In the present circumstances, one can only be for or against peace, one can only be for or against war,” said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez during a press conference on February 20, when he mentioned the crucial time in which the region is living in the face of the U.S. threat to invade Venezuela…
Venezuelan Government Presents Evidence Dismantling False News of Border Violence
Through videos, the Venezuelan Minister of Communication revealed the lies with which hegemonic media try to accuse the government of Nicolás Maduro for acts of violence. The Minister of Communication and Information of Venezuela, Jorge Rodriguez, dismantled on Sunday the false information spread by the hegemonic media accusing the government of Nicolás Maduro of generating…
Russian Foreign Ministry: “US Transferring Special Troops, Weapons Close to Venezuela”
The U.S. is moving special forces and equipment to the Venezuelan border and is seeking, along with its NATO allies, to deliver weapons and ammunition to the opposition in the South American country, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman María Zakharova. According to the spokeswoman, on February 23, the United States, under the pretext of crossing…
Russia Warns of Consequences if US Missiles are Deployed in Europe
The President of Russia delivered the Address to the Federal Assembly. The ceremony took place in Gostiny Dvor. Excerpt: The unilateral withdrawal of the USA from the INF Treaty is the most urgent and most discussed issue in Russian-American relations. This is why I am compelled to talk about it in more detail. Indeed, serious…
NATO Domination: Atlantic Council and Munich Security Conference Announce Strategic Partnership
US- and NATO-linked entities are successfully working to secure their domination on the European political landscape. On February 16th, NATO’s Atlantic Council and the Munich Security Conference announced a strategic partnership. The partnership is allegedly aimed at bolstering the transatlantic alliance and the rules-based international order. “In an era of growing political and economic uncertainty and…
Mapping the American War on Terror
Stephanie Savell Now in 80 Countries, It Couldn’t Be More Global In September 2001, the Bush administration launched the “Global War on Terror.” Though “global” has long since been dropped from the name, as it turns out, they weren’t kidding. When I first set out to map all the places in the world where the…
Five US “Humanitarian Interventions” that Ended in Disaster
Misión Verdad Editor’s note: Since the early months of last year, this platform has been analysing the serious consequences of military interventions for supposedly humanitarian purposes. Now that the Venezuelan opposition, articulated under the absolute tutelage of Washington, is drawing a new “D-Day” (February 23) to introduce “humanitarian aid,” it is convenient to refresh the…
SOUTHCOM: Bolsonaro Barks for His Master
Marcelo Zero Admiral Craig Faller announces an unprecedented joint military operation with Brazil to the US Senate Armed Services Committee. What does it mean for national sovereignty? Brazil’s participation in US SOUTHCOM is part of a broader process that began with the coup of 2016. The aggression against our sovereignty is much more serious than…
The Responsibility to Protect: Saving from Asphyxiation by Strangulation?
Editor’s note. The promotion of “humanitarian aid” as a tool for intervention in Venezuela advances in view of the impossibility that the United States has in imposing it formally from the OAS and the UN Security Council. Both failures in these instances to achieve recognition by acclamation of Juan Guaidó, including the subsequent veto of…
The Religious Crusade of the Southern Command Against Venezuela
Misión Verdad As you know, the Pentagon never stops working. Its work in Latin America and the Caribbean is carried out by SOUTHCOM, which aims to safeguard U.S. military interests in the region. These are reflected in the document presented by Admiral Craig S. Faller (Posture Statement 2019), commander of the Southern Command, before the…
Similarities and Aggressions: The Experiences of Syria and Venezuela
Alfredo Hurtado War laboratories in the United States have succeeded in applying pre-designed aggression formats against countries that do not align with their imperial policies. These obviously adapt to cultural, religious, social, historical and even geographical features. In 2011, Syria began to suffer a brutal aggression by imperial powers, which continues today, but from which…
