Venezuela

Embassy Protectors face court: A trial of our times

By Lauren Smith Smith is an independent journalist. On Feb. 11, four American peace activists, known as the Embassy Protectors…

January 27, 2020

Embassy Protectors speak in New York City

The four American peace activists who protected the Venezuela Embassy in Washington, D.C., for 37 days during the attempted coup,…

January 27, 2020

Challenges to people’s movements in the Americas

By Juan Diego Garcia Garcia is Colombian, residing in Spain. Published in lapluma.net on Jan. 1. Translation by John Catalinotto…

January 23, 2020

In Venezuela, reactionary Guaidó humiliated by assembly defeat

The self-appointed “interim president” of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, received a humiliating setback in that country’s National Assembly vote on Jan.…

January 17, 2020

Venezuela: Five coup attempts by opposition foiled in 2019

Caracas Published in Sputnik Mundo, Dec. 18. Translation by Michael Otto. Five major violent right-wing operations in Venezuela were put…

December 30, 2019

Attack on Bolivia and Venezuela followed the same playbook

Slightly edited version published in Sputnik World, Dec. 7. Translation by Michael Otto. The different steps followed by the coup…

December 11, 2019

U.S. hands off Venezuela!

At the meeting of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) in Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 3, some 15 countries took…

December 9, 2019

Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras

Hands Off Venezuela PDX sponsored an Oct. 9 Skype event with Temir Porras, a revolutionary Chavista who served as a…

November 15, 2019

Journalist and Venezuela government defender Max Blumenthal arrested on bogus charges

On the morning of Oct. 25, in a SWAT-style operation, Washington, D.C., police arrested Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone,…

November 5, 2019

First International Women’s Congress calls for unity and solidarity

The following is based on a slightly modified translation by Resumen Latinoamericano, published Sept. 21. The First International Women’s Congress…

October 17, 2019