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Washington officials secretly evaluate the use of military force against Venezuela

Washington officials secretly evaluate the use of military force against Venezuela

19 April 2019
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank linked to US transnational oil and weapons interests, held a secret round table in Washington about "Assessing the Use of Military Force in Venezuela", that is, to evaluate the possible use of military force against Venezuela.
The American alternative information website Grayzone revealed that some 40 people - including officials from the State Department, National Intelligence and the National Security Council - (...)

US Treasury Sanctions Central Bank of Venezuela and its Director

US Treasury Sanctions Central Bank of Venezuela and its Director

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 17 April 2019
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Banco Central de Venezuela, or the Central Bank of Venezuela, pursuant to E.O. 13850, as amended, for operating in the financial sector of the Venezuelan economy. Additionally, OFAC designated Iliana Josefa Ruzza Terán (Ruzza), pursuant to E.O. 13692, as amended, who is determined to be a current or former official of the Government of Venezuela.
“Treasury is designating the Central Bank of Venezuela to (...)

US State Department Note: Corruption and Chaos in Venezuela

US State Department Note: Corruption and Chaos in Venezuela

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 15 April 2019
“Maduro usurped power; he’s not the duly elected president. Juan Guaidó is the person that the Venezuelan people chose. America and now 54 other nations simply have ratified that, have said, ‘Yep, we recognize that’s what Venezuelans want.’”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, March 19, 2019.
Venezuela’s former regime, led by Nicolás Maduro, has consistently violated the human rights and dignity of its citizens, plundered the country’s natural resources, and driven a once prosperous nation into (...)

Mike Pompeo Remarks to the Press on Venezuela

by Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo Remarks to the Press on Venezuela

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 11 March 2019
Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for being here. I want to make some brief remarks about the situation, an update on the situation in Venezuela, an update on U.S. activity related to Venezuela. Over the past few days, Venezuelans have been thrown literally into darkness thanks to a massive electrical blackout. Patients awaiting treatment in hospitals are dying, food is rotting, telecommunication networks are entirely collapsing.
It’s worth spending just a minute on how we got here. (...)

Military intervention can not overthrow the Venezuelan government

by Valentin Vasilescu

Military intervention can not overthrow the Venezuelan government

Bucharest (Romania) | 8 March 2019
While several Latin American states and US Special Forces seem to be preparing to attack Venezuela, Valentin Vasilescu examines the balance of power and topography. According to him, no form of invasion can defeat this vast country defended by a jungle, much larger than in Vietnam. Any intervention can only aim to destabilize the country, not to overthrow its government.

Declaration by the European Union on Venezuela

by Federica Mogherini

Declaration by the European Union on Venezuela

Brussels (Belgium) | 2 March 2019
The European Union underlines its conviction that the solution to the multidimensional crisis affecting Venezuela can only be a political, democratic and peaceful one.
In this respect any measure that could put at risk Juan Guaidó’s freedom, safety or personal integrity would represent a major escalation of tensions and meet the firm condemnation of the international community.
The members of National Assembly enjoy constitutionally granted immunity that needs to be fully respected. They (...)

Treasury Sanctions Venezuelan Security Officials

Treasury Sanctions Venezuelan Security Officials

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 1 March 2019
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated six Venezuelan government officials who are aligned with illegitimate former President Nicolas Maduro and associated with the obstruction of humanitarian aid deliveries into Venezuela on February 23, 2019. In order to prevent much needed aid from reaching the suffering people of Venezuela, Maduro closed Venezuela’s border and deployed official, and unofficial, military and security forces to (...)

Sergey Lavrov’s news conference on Venezuela

by Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov's news conference on Venezuela

Moscow (Russia) | 1 March 2019
Ladies and gentlemen,
We have held detailed and substantive talks on the full range of our relations and, of course, the situation in and around Venezuela today.
Venezuela is an old and reliable partner of ours. Today we have reaffirmed our solidarity with the people and the legitimate government of the country and also supported its efforts to protect its sovereignty and independence.
We are in complete agreement on the need for unconditional adherence to the fundamental principles (...)

Russian draft resolution on Venezuela

Russian draft resolution on Venezuela

New York (USA) | 28 February 2019
The Security Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Expressing concern over the threats to use force against the territorial integrity and political independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in breach of the provisions of Article 2.4 of the Charter of the United Nations,
Expressing further concern over the attempts to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the Bolivarian Republic of (...)

Has the United Kingdom transported fake money to Venezuela?

Has the United Kingdom transported fake money to Venezuela?

25 February 2019
According to a pan-Arab Lebanese TV Channel (Al-Mayadeen), an Ethiopian plane has uploaded at Malta 15 chests of false money to be delivered to Venezuela.
The Venezuelan economy has collapsed. Elliot Abrams thinks this is due to the communist government being unfit managers while the Bolivarian government of Nicolas Maduro thinks it’s the result of a US sabotage.
Whilst sabotaging the Venezuelan economy, the United States has just delivered humanitarian aid for the victims of this sabotage (...)

Declaration by Federica Mogherini on the latest events in Venezuela

by Federica Mogherini

Declaration by Federica Mogherini on the latest events in Venezuela

Brussels (Belgium) | 24 February 2019
The worsening of the living conditions in Venezuela associated with the multidimensional crisis that hit the country is impacting an increasingly higher number of Venezuelans.
The refusal of the regime to recognise the humanitarian emergency is leading to an escalation of tensions. There are worrying reports of unrest, acts of violence and a growing number of victims, in particular in the border areas and among the Pemon indigenous community.
We strongly call on law enforcement and (...)

Special US Forces arrive in the Caribbean

Special US Forces arrive in the Caribbean

15 February 2019
According to the Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, US Special Forces descended in Puerto Rico and in the St Isdro base (Dominican Republic) between 9 – 13 February. US troops also flowed into other Caribbean Islands, but the US did not keep the de jure governors of these islands in the loop.
The Cuban Minister’s tweet (see above) raises the possibility of this being a US attack on Venezuela, shielded under the cover of humanitarian (...)

The International Contact Group Supports Juan Guaido

The International Contact Group Supports Juan Guaido

13 February 2019
At the initiative of Uruguay and Mexico, the International Contact Group met at Montevideo on last Thursday on Feb 7 2019. Its agenda was to help to resolve the Venezuelan Crisis. All its members were states the European Union deemed to make the cut.
Mexico, formerly a member of the Lima Group, sought to define a roadmap that steered clear of the use of force.
Many States, including China and Russia, made it known that they wanted to join the Contact Group, yet they were rejected.
The (...)

Statement by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba on Venezuela

Statement by the Revolutionary Government of Cuba on Venezuela

Havana (Cuba) | 13 February 2019
It is imperative to halt the imperialist military adventure against Venezuela
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of ‎pressures and actions of the US government in preparation for a military adventure ‎under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention” in the Bolivarian Republic of ‎Venezuela and calls on the international community to mobilize in order to prevent its ‎consummation.‎
Between February 6 and 10 of 2019, several military transport aircraft (...)

Can Venezuela and its neighbours survive the coming war?

by Thierry Meyssan

Can Venezuela and its neighbours survive the coming war?

Damascus (Syria) | 12 February 2019
The crisis which is destabilising Venezuela, like those which are beginning in Nicaragua and Haïti, needs to be analysed in order to enable us to address it. Thierry Meyssan reminds us of three interpretative hypotheses and argues in favour of one of them. He evokes the US strategy and the ways in which it may be countered.

The Final Declaration of the International Contact Group on Venezuela

The Final Declaration of the International Contact Group on Venezuela

Montevideo (Uruguay) | 7 February 2019
Conscious of the severity of the current crisis in Venezuela and the impact it’s having on the region
Deeply troubled by the difficult situation that the Venezuelan people are in The International Contact Group (ICG) on Venezuela held its first meeting in Montevideo on 7 February 2019.
The ICG aims to weld a common international approach to support a peaceful, political, democratic resolution to the crisis. A solution that is truly Venezuelan. This will be a solution that rules out the (...)

Italy placed its veto to the EU recognizing Guaidó

Italy placed its veto to the EU recognizing Guaidó

6 February 2019
The Italian government announced that it vetoed the EU’s recognition of Juan Guaidó as the “Acting President” when the Council of Foreign Ministers met in Romania on 31 January 2019. ‎
Despite this, the governments of Spain, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, France, Holland and Portugal, lined up to recognize Juan Guaidó as the “President ‎ in charge of Venezuela”, borrowing the language adopted last Monday by Spanish Prime Minister ‎Pedro Sánchez. ‎
During the legislative elections held in (...)

Lima Group Declaration

Lima Group Declaration

Ottawa (Canada) | 4 February 2019
The Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, members of the Lima Group, express the following:
They reiterate their recognition and support for Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as per its Constitution. Salute the growing number of countries which have recognized interim President Guaidó and call upon the international community to give its strongest support to Interim (...)

“The Art of War”

Venezuela, a putsch by the US deep state

by Manlio Dinucci

Venezuela, a putsch by the US deep state

Rome (Italy) | 30 January 2019
Finally, President Trump has aligned himself with the ambitions of the US deep state for the destruction of the Caribbean Basin. He has confirmed Vice-President Mike Pence and Senator Marco Rubio in their operation to destabilise Venezuela. He may also support the same two men in their project for Israël and against Syria.

The systematic destruction of the PDVSA

The systematic destruction of the PDVSA

30 January 2019
The United States has just imposed a series of sanctions on the PDVSA, the state company tasked with exploiting and selling the hydrocarbons belonging to Venezuela. According to the US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, “the Maduro Regime” was making use of the PDVSA to “control, manipulate and rob the people of Venezuela”. ‎
When the US Treasury Secretary talks about “manipulating the people” he is referring to the fact that the Bolivarian Republic was redistributing the profits of PDVSA (...)

President Trump Supports the Venezuelan People’s Efforts to Restore Democracy in Their Country

President Trump Supports the Venezuelan People's Efforts to Restore Democracy in Their Country

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 29 January 2019
“The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.”
President Donald J. Trump
RECOGNIZING THE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA: The United States has officially recognized Juan Guaido as the Interim President of Venezuela.
• President Trump officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela on January 23.
o Venezuela’s National Assembly (...)

Elliott Abrams makes a comeback

Elliott Abrams makes a comeback

26 January 2019
Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State has just appointed Elliot Abrams as Special Envoy for Venezuela.
Elliott Abrams is a hard-core neo-conservative. He wove himself into the tight-knit Jewish coterie surrounding Democratic senator Henry Scoop Jackson. He then unravelled himself and threaded into the Raegan Administration. Abrams married the step-daughter of Norman Podhoretz, editor-in-chief of the Commentary. He is one of the initiators of theo-politics.
He was the one who supervised (...)

Statement from Donald Trump Recognizing Juan Guaido as the Interim President of Venezuela

by Donald Trump

Statement from Donald Trump Recognizing Juan Guaido as the Interim President of Venezuela

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 26 January 2019
Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela. In its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, the National Assembly invoked the country’s constitution to declare Nicolas Maduro illegitimate, and the office of the presidency therefore vacant. The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the (...)

Venezuela breaks diplomatic ties with the United States

Venezuela breaks diplomatic ties with the United States

25 January 2019
When Nicolas Maduro was re-elected the president of Venezuela last May, the United States did not recognize him as such. On the contrary the US has recognized the self-declared, acting president, Juan Guaidó (photo). The US has called on all American states to do the same thing but this time the leader only counts members of the Lima Group among its followers.
Following this, Venezuela has broken off diplomatic ties with the United States.
The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington has now (...)

Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the developments in Venezuela

Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the developments in Venezuela

Moscow (Russia) | 24 January 2019
The events in Venezuela have reached a dangerous point.
Failing to remove Nicolas Maduro, including physically, the extremist opponents of the legitimate government of Venezuela have opted for a highly confrontational scenario. The United States and several other countries in the region have recognised the opposition leader who has sworn himself in as Venezuela’s interim president. This can only deepen the social divide in Venezuela, aggravate street protests, dramatically destabilise the (...)

Michael R. Pompeo At the Organization of American States

by Mike Pompeo

Michael R. Pompeo At the Organization of American States

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 24 January 2019
Thank you very much. The United States is a friend of Venezuela and of the Venezuelan people. We have watched Venezuelans suffer for far too long. We know what they know, that the tyranny of the now defunct Maduro regime has far too long – for far too long choked the country and its citizens.
Yesterday, in solidarity with the Venezuelan people, and out of respect for Venezuelan democracy, the United States proudly recognized National Assembly President Juan Guaido as the interim president (...)

Ten countries of the Lima Group recognize the manipulation orchestrated by the US against Venezuela

Ten countries of the Lima Group recognize the manipulation orchestrated by the US against Venezuela

17 January 2019
Confronted by the evidence revealed by the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, about the maritime incident provoked by the US transnational ExxonMobil , 10 out of the 12 member states of the Lima Group have withdrawn article 9 of the joint communiqué. Under this article, the Group had denounced an alleged Venezuelan provocation, which placed in danger security in the region.‎
Only two countries – Canada and Paraguay – did not make the necessary correction. For the governments of Canada (...)

US Actions Against Venezuela’s Corrupt Regime

by Mike Pompeo

US Actions Against Venezuela's Corrupt Regime

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 10 January 2019
The United States condemns Maduro’s illegitimate usurpation of power today following the unfree and unfair elections he imposed on the Venezuelan people on May 20, 2018. The United States remains steadfast in its support of the Venezuelan people and will continue to use the full weight of U.S. economic and diplomatic power to press for the restoration of Venezuelan democracy.
Today, we reiterate our support for Venezuela’s National Assembly, the only legitimate branch of government duly (...)

Affaire ExxonMobil: Nicolas Maduro publishes his evidence

Affaire ExxonMobil: Nicolas Maduro publishes his evidence

10 January 2019
According to the US transnational ExxonMobil, on 22 December 2018 the Venezuelan navy expelled two ships that were carrying out prospecting works in the territorial waters between Venezuela and Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana are disputing to which of them these waters belong. On the faith of this communiqué, Guyana, followed by the United States and finally the Lima Group have condemned this military action by Venezuela.
According to Para 9 of the Lima Group’s Declaration on 4 Jan 2019, the (...)

Declaration of the Lima Group

Declaration of the Lima Group

Lima (Peru) | 4 January 2019
The governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Santa Lucia, faced at the beginning of 10 January 2019 of the illegitimate presidential period of the regime of Nicolas Maduro (2019-2025) in Venezuela, declare as follows:
1. They reiterate that the electoral process that took place in Venezuela on 20 May 2018 lacks legitimacy. This is because it did not take place with the participation of all Venezuelan (...)

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