Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered to help forge a diplomatic solution, saying, “If there’s one thing we don’t want here in South America, it’s war.” By Jake Johnson. Published 12-8-2023 by Common Dreams U.S. forces held joint military drills within Guyanese airspace on Thursday as a longstanding and intensifying territorial dispute between […]
Iran’s ambassador to Venezuela, Hojad Soltani, said that neither the ships nor their owners are Iranian but did not address whether the gasoline came from his country. By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-14-2020 In an escalation of President Donald Trump’s sanction regimes against Iran and Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the […]
In an ironic twist worthy of an Alanis Morissette song, participants in U.S.-backed coup are now in an ICE detention camp. By Alan Macleod. Published 12-27-2019 by MintPress News The Venezuelan soldiers who participated in the U.S.-backed coup attempt in April of this year and subsequently fled to the U.S. have been incarcerated in […]
“We do not authorize any of the coup leaders to enter our embassy in Washington D.C.,” said deputy foreign minister on behalf of Maduro government By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-16-2019 Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron on Thursday urged the Trump administration not to hand over the country’s embassy in […]
“Attacking [Venezuela] for any reason,” warned one legal expert, “would violate the most fundamental of all international law.” By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-5-2019 After U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday morning that President Donald Trump has a “full range of options” when it comes to possible next moves […]
“There is nobody in that White House or in this administration that cares at all for the Venezuelan people.” By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 3-16-2019 Denouncing the “strangling” of the Venezuelan economy via sanctions and demanding the Trump administration allow the South American country to determine its own fate, pro-democracy protesters […]
“They tried a false flag operation, that supposedly the people of Venezuela had burned a truck carrying rotten food — no, no, no — it was they themselves” By Common Dreams. Published 3-10-2019 On February 23, a caravan of large cargo trucks was crossing a bridge from Colombia into Venezuela delivering food and other aid […]
“If the US had a major state TV network it would sound exactly like this. 100% pure, uncritical cheerleading.” By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 2-18-2019 Ahead of a speech in Miami on Monday in which President Donald Trump promoted the ouster of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, progressive media critics continued their warnings that […]
“It’s no coincidence that this seems copy/paste from Bush’s lies to justify his wars.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 2-7-2019 As a U.S.-backed effort to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro continues,U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Wednesday that Hezbollah “has active cells” in Venezuela—a claim that was immediately scrutinized and compared with […]
“It’s not up to the U.S. or anyone else to decide Venezuela’s future. After all, when has U.S. meddling ever ended well for the people in the targeted country?” By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 2-3-2019 As demands intensify for the U.S. government to cease its “dangerous” and anti-democratic meddling in the internal affairs of Venezuela, […]