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🖊OPINION | ‘It Is Venezuela Today. It Will Be South Africa Tomorrow,’ NUMSA Trade Union Warns Marching to the US consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest trade union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), protested against US aggression on Venezuela on January 24. The union demanded the release of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, stating that “in defending Venezuela, we defend the sovereignty of all nations,” and warning that “no country is safe from America’s greedy appetite.” In the same context, NUMSA said that US tariffs and threats to South Africa’s participation in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) are contributing to job losses. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/yytW1 #InternationalSolidarity#SouthAfrica#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Progressive Activists, Officials Condemn Venezuela Attacks, Call for Joint Action Against Monroe Doctrine On January 25, delegates from more than 20 countries gathered in Bogotá for the inaugural “Nuestra América” summit, convened by Progressive International. The meeting was convened in response to the January 3 US military operation in Venezuela, which included bombings in Caracas and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The summit adopted the San Carlos Declaration, denouncing a revived Monroe Doctrine and calling for coordinated international solidarity to defend regional sovereignty and international law. Organizers also announced that a follow-up meeting will take place in Havana in the coming weeks. Meanwhile in Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez launched the “Program for Democratic Coexistence and Peace” and reported the release of 626 detainees, with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights invited to accompany the process. Read the full report here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/bG1h2 #InternationalSolidarity#ProgressiveInternational#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Healthcare Workers Demand Maduro’s Release as Rodríguez Defends ‘Fearless’ Diplomacy with the US Venezuelan healthcare workers rallied at UN offices in Caracas on January 23, calling for the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores after their January 3 detention by US forces. Demonstrators submitted a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights requesting condemnation of the action and their immediate release. At the same time, diplomatic engagement between Caracas and Washington is moving forward. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed ongoing talks with US officials, and the White House announced a prospective visit by the Venezuelan leader. Read our report 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/CzH4c #NicolasMaduro#USmilitaryattack#USVenezuelaRelations

🗓️ MILESTONE | January 23, 1958 is often remembered as the day Venezuela regained democracy. The reality is more complex. A mass civic-military uprising, shaped by a broad political front and driven by workers, students, trade unions, and popular sectors, brought down a dictatorship and opened a moment of profound democratic expectation. That convergence made the rupture possible. Yet within months, the horizon narrowed: an elite pact stabilized power, sidelined popular forces, reoriented the political order toward foreign interests, and launched widespread persecution against communists and leftist forces. This carousel revisits January 23 not as a closed chapter, but as a living historical dispute between popular mobilization and elite accommodation, sovereignty and dependency, democracy from below and democracy administered from above. Click here to explore more 👉🏽https://www.instagram.com/p/DT3ibZ5jbRP/?igsh=MTI0dHd3bDk0cnd6Yw== #vamilestone#venezuelanhistory#selfdetermination#sovereignty#popularmobilization

🖊OPINION | Invasion and Constitution In this opinion piece, distinguished writer Luis Britto García blasts US colonial pretenses, reviews constitutional provisions on sovereignty and hydrocarbons, and recounts events described as the April 2002 kidnapping of Venezuela’s head of state and the resulting civilian deaths. Access the complete column here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/wfawJ #Constitution#PDVSA#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Banks Receive 300M From US-Administered Crude Sales, Gov’t Officials Defend Oil Reform Four Venezuelan private banks received US$300 million from an initial US-administered sale of Venezuelan crude, part of a broader US$500 million operation involving oil previously held in storage. The funds were partially injected into the foreign exchange market through bank auctions, with further allocations pending. At the same time, Venezuela’s National Assembly has begun debating a reform of the Hydrocarbon Law. Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said the legislation seeks to adapt to current economic conditions and ensure that foreign investment is “protected and profitable,” including through Productive Participation Contracts introduced under the 2020 Anti-Blockade Law. Read our full report here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/Zg3aF #PDVSA#Sanctions#USVenezuelaRelations

🖊OPINION | Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law From January 3–5, leading US newspapers ran 223 articles mentioning Nicolás Maduro. Most described US actions using “capture” or “arrest,” while references to “abduction” or “kidnapping” appeared rarely and only in quoted statements. On this opinion piece, Greg Shupak exposes the corporate media's work in trying to legitimize the Trump administration's kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/zyBC0 #MediaCoverage#NicolasMaduro#USmilitaryattack

📸 IN IMAGES | Venezuelan Gov’t Deploys Social Programs, Cultural Events in Areas Affected by US Strikes The Venezuelan government has begun a series of cultural and social initiatives in communities impacted by the January 3 US bombings, including La Guaira and Ciudad Tiuna in Caracas. Officials reported damage to housing complexes and announced food distribution, healthcare, and psychological support services for affected families. During a visit to Ciudad Tiuna, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez also detailed upcoming economic reforms. These include the creation of two sovereign wealth funds, one focused on social protection and another on infrastructure, as well as a proposed reform of the Hydrocarbon Law and additional legislative initiatives. Click here to explore the full gallery 👉🏽https://shorturl.at/7IfRU #Culture#DelcyRodríguez#USmilitaryattack

📸 IN IMAGES | CHAMBA: Venezuelan Resistance Through a Photographic Lens The photographic project CHAMBA: Portraits of the Venezuelan People by Venezuelan photographer Rome Arrieche was inaugurated in New York City on January 10. The exhibit, hosted at The People’s Forum, focuses on the Venezuelan working class and documents forms of popular organization and resistance under US economic sanctions. The project includes a book, a public exhibition, and printed works, with photographs taken across several regions of Venezuela. The exhibition will remain open to the public until February 13. 👉 Click here to explore the full gallery: https://shorturl.at/JFK6z #Photography#Sanctions

🖊OPINION | After the Bombs: Venezuelans Concerned About a Future of Coercion and Colonization In her latest opinion piece, Jessica Dos Santos takes stock of Venezuelans’ concerns and local expert assessments pointing to a politically and economically difficult road ahead, with the country portrayed as being held hostage by the US, following what officials describe as “a new political moment.” Read the full opinion piece here: https://shorturl.at/cfU4Z #USmilitaryattack#USVenezuelaRelations

On January 3, the US launched a military attack against Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The actions blatantly violated international law. But with Maduro and Flores now set to face charges on a very flimsy case, will Trump's judicial farce turn into a nightmare?

📰 NEWS |Venezuela: Rodríguez Touts US ‘Energy Cooperation,’ Diplomacy in Address to the Nation Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez defended diplomacy and "energy cooperation" with the United States in the annual address before the National Assembly. In recent days, Rodríguez held a phone call with US President Donald Trump and met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Caracas. Read our report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-rodriguez-touts-us-energy-cooperation-diplomacy-in-address-to-the-nation/ #DelcyRodríguez#CIA#Cooperation#Diplomacy