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Venezuela

Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief

Iranian medical personnel cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an elderly woman who has infected by the new coronavirus disease in a COVID-19 section of the Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in western Tehran at midnight on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

'Pure Sadism': Biden Blasted for Continuing Trump's Recognition of Guaidó Coup Regime and Deadly Sanctions in Venezuela

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Londoners protest against U.S. and international meddling in Venezuelan affairs on January 28, 2019. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

"How about a new Good Neighbor Policy on non-interference?" asked CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin.

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Progressive International Calls on Biden to End Illegal US Sanctions Responsible for 'Untold Death and Devastation'

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

An Iranian citizen reads a newspaper in Tehran following U.S. President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, which many hope will lead to a restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal and a lifting of economic sanctions. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"Biden must take urgent action to restore the right of all countries to have...

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After Coup Effort in DC, Venezuela Offers Sympathy for US Suffering What 'It Has Generated' Elsewhere

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaidó climbs a railing in an attempt to reach the National Assembly building in Caracas, on January 5, 2020. A pro-Trump rioter sits at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) desk after storming the grounds of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. (Photos: Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images and Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images).

The government of President Nicolás Maduro condemned "the political...

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Amid US Sanctions, Venezuelan Oil Tanker at Risk of Spilling 1.3 Million Barrels and Devastating Caribbean Ecosystems

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet during a joint news conference in the capital, Georgetown, on September 18, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

US-Guyana Maritime Patrols Near Venezuela Border Denounced as Latest American Imperialism

The U.S. government seized the cargo of four ships, including the Bella, the U.S. Justice Department confirmed Friday. (Photo: DOJ)

Further Escalating Tensions, Trump Administration Seizes Alleged Iranian Fuel Bound for Venezuela

Trump Blasted for Naming 'War Criminal' and Iran-Contra Convict Elliott Abrams as Iran Envoy

Elliot Abrams Confirms to Senate Hearing That US Still 'Working Hard' to Overthrow Maduro in Venezuela

The United Nations announced Thursday that at least 75.9 million people were forcibly displaced as of the end of last year. (Photo: Houssam Hariri/UNHCR)

'Unimaginable Double Emergency': Record High of Nearly 80 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide Amid Pandemic

An Iranian oil tanker.

Iran Warns US Not to Interfere with Venezuelan Oil Flotilla

Venezuela said it would deploy naval vessels like these frigates—here on a 2019 exercise—to welcome Iranian tankers bringing much needed gasoline. (Photo: Zurimar Campos/ Venezuelan Presidency/AFP/File)

"We're Ready for Whatever, Whenever,' Says Maduro as Venezuela Vows Navy Escort to Protect Iranian Oil Tankers from US Threats

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro describes how mercenaries attempting a coup failed miserably on Sunday morning.

'Simply Unacceptable': Progressives Condemn Apparent Mercenary Coup Attempt on Venezuela in Midst of Pandemic

"Sanctions kill innocents indiscriminately just like bombs."

70+ Groups Demand Trump Immediately End US Sanctions Against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Others During Covid-19 Crisis

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro oversees a military parade in Caracas in 2017.

'Another Attempted Coup': US Rebuked for 'Absurd' Drug Trafficking Charges Against Venezuela's Maduro

Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are 'Feeding the Coronavirus Epidemic'

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Fire and Brimstone Hit Google's Blasphemous Peeps-Hating Socialists for Their Doodle of Chavez

The lovely Google Doodle of Cesar Chávez on Sunday, which would have marked the labor leader's 86th birthday, evidently didn't sit well with many right-wingers, who took to the blogosphere to shriek about conspiracy and sacrilege against poor Jesus and the Easter Bunny by that lousy Marxist dictator from Venezuela (really). They thus prove we need Chávez' message of respect for all - even brown-skinned - more than ever.

Newswire

Green Party of the US

Green Party of the United States Statement—Venezuelan Embassy

CODEPINK

Venezuelan Opposition Blockading Venezuelan Embassy in DC Blockading Building, Refusing to Allow Medicine and Food Inside

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Report Finds US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Deaths

Peace Action

Peace Action: Iraq War Anniversary Reminds Us That Regime Change Has a Disastrous Track Record

CODEPINK

Activists Arrested During Elliot Abrams Testimony in Congressional Hearing on Venezuela

Democratic Socialists of America

Stop Dangerous and Counterproductive US Intervention in Venezuela

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Alison Bodine

Venezuela Elections: A Key Victory for Anti Imperialist Movement in Latin America

Bryce Greene

NYT Erases US Economic War Against Venezuela

Leonardo Flores

Low Turnout, but Free, Elections in Venezuela Are a Blow to Regime Change

Juan Cole

Iran Sends Oil, Gas Flotilla to Venezuela. Will Trump Attack It to Sabotage Biden?

Bianca Mugyenyi

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Slams Canadian Actions

Bianca Mugyenyi

Canada's Support for Trump Administration's Venezuela Policy

Medea Benjamin, Steve Ellner

Long Overdue for Latin America: A New "Good Neighbor Policy"

Leonardo Flores

Biden and Trump on Venezuela: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Tom Gallagher

Killing Them Softly With Sanctions

Leonardo Flores

Bolton Weaves a Tall Tale in his Venezuela Chapter