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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 (...)

The United States are preparing a war between Latin-American states

by Thierry Meyssan

The United States are preparing a war between Latin-American states

Damascus (Syria) | 18 December 2018
Little by little, the partisans of the Cebrowski doctrine are advancing their pawns. If they must cease creating wars in the Greater Middle East, they’ll just turn around and inflame the Caribbean Basin. Above all, the Pentagon is planning to assassinate an elected head of state, ruin his country, and undermine the unity of Latin-America.

Kuczynski, the “Lima Group”, Venezuela and the Eighth Summit of the Americas

by Julio Yao Villalaz

Kuczynski, the “Lima Group”, Venezuela and the Eighth Summit of the Americas

Panama (Panama) | 7 July 2018
“The Venezuelan President will not set foot on our soil or enter the air space of Peru”. This is what the President of Peru, correction, former President of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, declared just a little while ago. Trapped in a scheme of international corruption which binds him to the now famous “Odebrecht Case”, Kuczynski will not attend the Summit of the Americas scheduled to take place in Peru mid-April. For Julio Yao, the Panaman and Diplomatic Analyst, the resignation of the Peruvian President, which occurred only a few hours ago, is endangering the manoeuvre plotted around the so-called Lima Group against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose President, Nicolas Maduro, playfully asked this Thursday, in a televised appearance: “Who then is going to receive me in (...)

The hidden stakes behind Venezuela’s presidential election

by Thierry Meyssan

The hidden stakes behind Venezuela's presidential election

Damascus (Syria) | 29 May 2018
Formally speaking, the level of abstention during the Presidential election in Venezuela does not allow us to validate the democratic character of the victory of Nicolás Maduro. However, the amount of participation is easily sufficient, in the middle of an economic war, to illustrate popular support for national institutions. Indeed, far more than the Chàvists’ hold on power, what was in play was the future of the country faced with ongoing aggression.

G7 Leaders’ Statement on Venezuela

G7 Leaders' Statement on Venezuela

23 May 2018
We, the G7 Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Union, are united in rejecting the electoral process leading to the May 20, 2018, Presidential election in Venezuela.
By failing to meet accepted international standards and not securing the basic guarantees for an inclusive, fair and democratic process, this election and its outcome lack legitimacy and credibility. We therefore denounce the Venezuelan Presidential (...)

Executive Order Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions with Respect to Venezuela

by Donald Trump

Executive Order Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions with Respect to Venezuela

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 21 May 2018
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and (...)

Canada bans Venezuelans living on its territory from electing their president

Canada bans Venezuelans living on its territory from electing their president

20 May 2018
Canada has just notified Venezuela’s ambassador of the prohibition on organizing polling stations for the Venezuelan Presidential elections.
This decision contravenes the Vienna Treaty on Consular Relations. France and Germany mirrored this action in 2014: both these states violated the aforementioned treaty when they prohibited Syrian ambassadors from organizing polling stations when the Syrian Presidential election took place in June 2014 .
Canada, France and Germany are claiming to (...)

The United States "Master Stroke" against Venezuela

by Stella Calloni

The United States "Master Stroke" against Venezuela

Buenos Aires (Argentina) | 17 May 2018
Stella Calloni reveals SouthCom’s secret plan to overthrow the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This document, which we have already published, contradicts President Trump’s engagements to put an end to the régime changes which have characterised US imperial policy. It demonstrates that the international image of chaos in Venezuela is entirely fabricated and is an exclusive invention of Anglo-Saxon propaganda.

Comment by the Russian Foreign Ministry on developments in Venezuela

Comment by the Russian Foreign Ministry on developments in Venezuela

Moscow (Russia) | 16 May 2018
On May 20, a presidential election will take place in Venezuela. According to the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, the preparations are ongoing. The incumbent president, and opposition candidates are in the process of active campaigning. A trial vote took place on May 6 in a calm atmosphere with a high voter turnout.
All these signs indicate a high degree of the country’s readiness for a peaceful completion of the electoral process. The Venezuelan people are aware of the importance (...)

Declaration on Venezuela on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas

Declaration on Venezuela on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas

Lima (Peru) | 14 April 2018
The heads of state and government of Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Saint Lucia, and the Vice President of the United States, meeting on the occasion of the VIII Summit of the Americas, in light of the steady breakdown of constitutional order in Venezuela and concerned about the worsening political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in that country:
Urgently call on the Venezuelan (...)

Venezuela, an impossible intervention

by Julio Yao Villalaz

Venezuela, an impossible intervention

Panama (Panama) | 3 March 2018
After violently criticizing the Venezuelan government and its president Nicolás Maduro, after making a further request for the presidential election to be brought forward, the Lima Group, which consists of 12 states, all of which are members of the Organization of American States (OAS), has now made a statement against the early presidential election that Caracas has just called for. This inconsistency on the part of the Lima Group is part of the US’s international campaign against the Bolivarian Republic. A psy-ops seeking to make us think that the country of Hugo Chávez is sinking; that a humanitarian crisis has erupted there on a scale that opens the door to the legitimacy of “humanitarian intervention”. A diplomat from Panama, Julio Yao presents a series of arguments to negate (...)

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Plan to overthrow the Venezuelan Dictatorship – “Masterstroke”

by Kurt W. Tidd

Plan to overthrow the Venezuelan Dictatorship – “Masterstroke”

Miami (USA) | 23 February 2018

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