Carlos Aznarez People marched in the southern neighborhoods of the Bogota and in the center to protest the national and local government’s management of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Johan González – Colombia Informa | Peoples Dispatch In order to deepen the information about what has been happening in Colombia since the arrival of a large…
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U.S. Special Forces, Mercenaries Terrorize Colombia and Venezuela
Scott Scheffer US troops on the tarmac in Colombia. At a press conference in January 2019, then-White House National Security Advisor John Bolton made sure a notepad that had the words “5,000 U.S. troops to Colombia” scrawled on it was visible for photographers. Pretending it was inadvertent, he signalled a threat to Venezuela’s President Nicolás…
Legal Battle Begins Over Venezuelan Gold Seized by England
Misión Verdad Two masked pedestrians pass in front of the Bank of England building during the Covid-19 outbreak in London. Photo: Toby Melville / Reuters The Supreme Court of Justice of England will decide the fate of the Venezuelan state’s gold reserves held by the Bank of England (BOE), resources valued at nearly $2 billion…
The Border Heats Up: Venezuela’s War with Colombia’s Paramilitaries Continues
Misión Verdad This week the narco-paramilitary gang Los Rastrojos made a failed attempt to attack the Venezuelan army as it passed through an area of Catatumbo, a border municipality in the state of Zulia. According to journalist Madelein García, the paramilitary cell attacked a column of Venezuelan army vehicles that were passing by the bridge…
Third Shipment of UN Humanitarian Technical Assistance Lands in Venezuela
Officials of the United Nations system in Venezuela, along with representatives of the Venezuelan Ministry for Foreign Relations, received this Friday the third flight with humanitarian technical assistance sent by the United Nations (UN) in cooperation with the government of Switzerland, with medical materials and water, sanitation and hygiene supplies to respond to the COVID-19…
US Sanctions Mexican Companies for Their Relationship with Venezuela
Misión Verdad Andrés Manuel López Obrador revealed a document with an alleged opposition plan to overthrow his mandate in 2022 The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blacklisted three Mexican citizens and a total of eight Mexican-registered companies linked to the oil-for-food program with Venezuela. According to the official website of the…
Venezuela’s Economy Under Siege: A Conversation with Luis Salas
Cira Pascual Marquina Former Venezuelan Vice President for Productive Economy Luis Salas is a founder of the online journal 15 y Ultimo and a member of the economic think tank Vortice. He is well known for his prolific analyses of the country’s economy, always carefully documented. In this interview with Venezuelanalysis, Salas explores the government’s…
Denying that Racism Exists in Venezuela is a Symptom of White Privilege
María Mercedes Cobo Venezuelan revolutionaries tear down a statue of Christopher Columbus in central Caracas in 2004. (Reuters) My weapons to express my rebelliousness and to seem attractive to people have always been my voice and my words. In a cultural world of white supremacy, where thin white women with light coloured eyes and long,…
Learning to Dream Together: A Conversation with Felipe Venegaz
Cira Pascual Marquina The Che Guevara Commune lies in the foothills of the Andes, in the township of Mesa Julia. The commune is nestled among lush hills and fields where small farmers cultivate coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, and bananas. The Che Guevara Commune has an aura of mystique surrounding it: a well-deserved reputation as a revolutionary…
How Do You Resist a Hybrid War Amid a Pandemic?
Zoe PC “We continue in resistance” Photo: Comando Creativo The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research launched a new study about the recent attacks led by US against Venezuela amid the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a series of unexpected challenges in countries across the world. However amid the uncertainty, crisis and tragedy, we have…
Resistance is Not Enough: A Conversation with Manuel Azuaje
Cira Pascual Marquina An author and professor, Manuel Azuaje’s articles have been widely published. He is a member of Intellectuals in Defense of Humanity, an international network of left and progressive intellectuals. Among the themes Azuaje has addressed in his writings and lectures are Chavez’s political and intellectual evolution, the question of democracy in the…
Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza: “We Are On the Right Side of History”
Roger D. Harris As Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke to COHA Friday night, five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela in defiance of Washington. Within hours the first tanker arrived through the Caribbean where an armada of US warships were deployed. The Venezuelan navy escorted the Iranian ship into Puerto Cabello serving the El…
