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> The people of Venezuela have mainly “suffered” under the suffocating grip of US sanctions, but even with these cruel constraints, the Venezuelan economy continues to outperform many in the region.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/05/roaming-charges-preliminary-notes-on-a-kidnapping/ #VenezuelaSanctions #WarByOthermeans #USASanctionsOnVenezuela
Roaming Charges: Preliminary Notes on a Kidnapping
The cocksure boast that the US will "run" Venezuela appears to be another Trumpian fantasy. It’s impossible to “run a country,” if you don’t have control of it, which the US doesn’t by any measure. The Maduro government remains in place and defiant, even with Maduro renditioned to New York City. Indeed, the attack appears to have only strengthened the resolve of the Venezuelan people, instead of inspiring the chimerical uprising Rubio led Trump to expect, much as Rumsfeld and Cheney deceived Bush into believing about Iraq.
> Machado has voiced support for U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and other efforts to topple the government; she aims to privatize the country’s state oil industry and has praised right-wing Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele... “It’s a perplexing choice,” says Greg Grandin, a historian of Latin America. “They’ve given it to somebody who’s completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/nobel_peace_prize #GregGrandin #VenezuelaSanctions
2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader MarĂa Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to MarĂa Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqualified by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, with fellow opposition leader Edmundo González standing in for her. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council ultimately declared Maduro the winner of the contested election, and he was sworn in for his third term in January.
Machado has voiced support for U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and other efforts to topple the government; she aims to privatize the country’s state oil industry and has praised right-wing Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele.
Friday’s Nobel announcement comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has openly campaigned for the award.
“It’s a perplexing choice,” says Greg Grandin, a historian of Latin America. “They’ve given it to somebody who’s completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism.”
[New York Oil Price]US Crude Inventories Plunge, Supply Concerns Drive Oil Prices Up - WTI Rises 0.9%
US crude inventories drop sharply, driving oil prices up amid supply concerns, with WTI rising 0.9% to $69.65 per barrel
> ... exit polling is illegal in Venezuela, because it can — it has the effect of altering votes. And also, a lot of the polling results that were used in the U.S. media, the polling predictions that were used in the U.S. media were discredited by
#VenezuelAnalysis, a trusted news source in Venezuela, that has also been critical of the Maduro government...
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/5/venezuela_maduro_gonzalez_election_crisis #VenezuelaSanctions #VenezuelaElections 🧵
As Tension over Venezuelan Election Escalates, the Left Debates Who Won Contested Vote
In Venezuela, tensions are rising over the contested results of last Sunday’s presidential election. In the latest developments, opposition candidate Edmundo González published a count of thousands of vote tally sheets alleging that he received more votes than sitting President Nicolás Maduro, who is claiming to have secured a third term fairly. Protesters from both sides have taken to the streets; more than a dozen have been killed by Venezuelan armed forces. Maduro has called for a “new revolution” if the U.S. and other foreign actors continue to back his opposition and dispute the integrity of the election. We hear opinions from both camps on the show today. “There’s no doubt that Maduro lost these elections,” says Venezuelan sociologist Edgardo Lander, who contends that sufficient evidence of Maduro’s win “that’s expected and established by the law is completely absent,” while legal scholar Nina Farnia, who served as electoral observer in this year’s election, says she witnessed a “free and fair election process” and supports the Electoral Council’s decision.
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> Washington['s].. policy of intense sanctions .. under President Donald Trump and.. continued by President Joe Biden ... to pressure the general population to force Maduro out of office. That aim has.. not been achieved, though it.. devastated the nation’s economy, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of Venezuelans and forcing millions more to flee — fueling the migration crisis at the U.S. border in the process.
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/02/venezuela-election-maduro-us-sanctions-democracy/ #VenezuelaSanctions #SanctionsOutMigration 🧵
U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela. How Does That Help Democracy?
In the chaotic aftermath of President Nicolás Maduro’s contested reelection, the case that U.S. policy worked in Venezuela is on shaky ground.
🧵 > ... the long history of Communist countries’ use of food as a weapon, the Venezuelan regime’s manipulation of the food supply comes as no surprise, either. Most Venezuelans—80 percent according to a recent survey—now rely on boxes of food, containing staples such as rice, grain, or oil, from the government.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/venezuelas-suffering-shows-where-illiberalism-leads/606988/
#AnneApplebaum #VuelvenCaras ? #VenezuelaSanctions ?
Venezuela's Suffering Shows Where Illiberalism Leads
Citizens of a once-prosperous nation live amid the havoc created by socialism, illiberal nationalism, and political polarization.
The US announces a reimposition of oil sanctions on Venezuela, citing election concerns and Maduro's unmet commitments.
A 45-day wind-down period for businesses is set as the Treasury Department ends a license easing previous sanctions.
#VenezuelaSanctions #USPolicy #OilSanctions #BidenAdministration
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