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📰 NEWS | ALBA-TCP Condemns US Military Buildup Near Venezuela as China and Regional Allies Back Maduro An extraordinary summit of the ALBA-TCP alliance condemned the US' military buildup in the Caribbean to threaten Venezuela and ratified the region's commitment to peace. China likewise criticized Washington's escalation and urged respect for international law. Follow the link to read the report: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/alba-tcp-condemns-us-military-buildup-near-venezuela-as-china-and-regional-allies-back-maduro/ #Venezuela#ALBA#China#Solidarity

🖊 COLUMN | Keeping Up With the Venezuelan Economy In her latest VA column, Jessica Dos Santos takes stock of "good news" and "bad news" from the Venezuelan economy. GDP is set to grow for a fifth straight year and the oil sector weathered the recent escalation of US sanctions, but the inflation specter and low incomes for the majority remain to be addressed. 🔗 Read the column here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/columns/keeping-up-with-the-venezuelan-economy/ #Venezuela#Economy#Inflation#Inequality

📰 NEWS | US Threatens Venezuela With Southern Caribbean Sea Troop Deployment; Maduro Mobilizes People’s Militia The US has dispatched around 4,000 troops and naval assets to the southern Caribbean near Venezuela in a declared 'anti-narcotics' operation. In response, President Nicolás Maduro ordered the mobilization of more than 4 million members of the Bolivarian Militia, including campesino and workers’ units, to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty and national territory. 🔗 Read the full report: https://shorturl.at/fn4Eg #BolivarianMilitia#DonaldTrump#MarcoRubio#NicolasMaduro#USMilitaryThreats

🖊 COLUMN | The Cartel of the Suns: Leftovers That Were Never Edible In his latest VA column, Clodovaldo Hernández examines Washington’s renewed 'Cartel of the Suns' narrative: the US doubled its bounty for Pres. Maduro’s capture and deployed forces in the Caribbean, despite UN data showing Venezuela has no drug crops or laboratories. 🔗 Read the column here: https://shorturl.at/IpAX7 #USMedia#USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Oil Sector Maintains Stability as Crude Returns to US Refineries According to OPEC, Venezuela’s oil production in July stood at 914,000 barrels per day, maintaining stability near the 900,000 bpd mark. PDVSA reported slightly higher figures at 1.08 million bpd. Meanwhile, Chevron has resumed crude shipments from its joint ventures in Venezuela to US refineries following a new sanctions waiver. Companies such as Valero and Phillips 66 are reportedly in talks to secure supply agreements. 🔗 Read the full report: https://shorturl.at/fAAqS #Chevron#PDVSA#Sanctions

📝 OPINION | Trump’s Venezuela Drug War Gambit and the Militarization Playbook at Home In this article, solidarity activist Michelle Ellner takes stock of the Trump administration’s escalating rhetoric, militarization and migrant crackdown. The CodePink organizer examines how the manufacturing and exaggeration of "narco-terrorism" threats provide cover for terrorizing communities at home and expanding the US' military reach. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/trumps-venezuela-drug-war-gambit-and-the-militarization-playbook-at-home/ #DonaldTrump#MigrantCrackdown#DrugWar#Militarization

📝 INTERVIEW | Venezuela’s Communal Project: A Conversation with Ángel Prado Ángel Prado, a founder of El Maizal Commune and Minister of Communes, outlines Venezuela’s communal project as both a response to urgent needs and a long-term path toward socialism. One example is the popular consultations launched in May 2024. Every three months, communes across the country hold assemblies to debate local priorities, vote on a single project, and directly manage the allocated funds. Prado states this process has re-engaged citizens, strengthened trust in grassroots structures, and proven that “an organized pueblo can achieve more than any state institution alone.” 🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/yk0u9 #AngelPrado#Communes#HugoChavez#HugoChavezLegacy

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: CITGO Court-Mandated Sale in Upheaval Following Last Minute Bids The court-ordered sale of CITGO has taken a turn after late bids from Vitol ($8.5B) and Elliott Management ($8.8B) surpassed the $7.4B offer from Gold Reserve recommended by court-appointed Special Master Robert B. Pincus. The Delaware auction, initiated to satisfy creditor claims, has Crystallex, Tidewater, ConocoPhillips, and O-I Glass first in line. Both new bids could cover more claims and include settlements with PDVSA 2020 bondholders. Judge Leonard P. Stark will decide on a revised schedule this Friday. 🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/SMCmn #CITGO

📰 NEWS | Venezuelans Reject US Military Threats, ‘Narcoterrorism’ Allegations in Anti-Imperialist March Thousands joined the 'Great Anti-Imperialist March' in Caracas and other cities to reject US threats and the $50M bounty on President Maduro. The Trump administration accuses Maduro of ties to criminal groups, but has provided no court-tested evidence. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government has 'no proof' of such links, while Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro condemned possible US military action in Latin America. 🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/IlELJ #AntiImperialism#Chavismo#NicolasMaduro

📝 INTERVIEW | Esquisa Omaña: ‘Agroecology Is the Alternative to the Climate and Civilization Collapse’ In the latest VA interview, Venezuelan biologist and ecologist Esquisa Omaña, a researcher at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) and doctoral candidate in Agrarian Social Studies at the University of Córdoba (Argentina), discusses agroecology as a grassroots alternative to agribusiness. She is also active in the GMO-Free Venezuela Campaign and the Pueblo a Pueblo Plan. 'Agroecology or nothing,' states Omaña, stressing that only community-based farming rooted in Indigenous and Afro-descendant traditions can confront the climate and civilization collapse. She points to rotational conuco agriculture and initiatives like Pueblo a Pueblo, which supplies 100 tons of food monthly to schools, as proof that local models can feed people while challenging corporate control of food systems. 🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/zWvmQ #Agroecology#ClimateChange#PuebloaPueblo

📰 NEWS | Venezuela Condemns ‘Vile Murder’ of Al Jazeera Journalists, Rejects Israel’s Gaza Occupation Plan Venezuela condemned the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike, calling it a 'war crime' and urging decisive international action. Caracas also rejected Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza, calling for Palestine to be recognized as a full UN member with East Jerusalem as its capital, restoration of the 1967 borders, and the safe return of all Palestinians. 🔗 Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/dHwfC #Gaza#Palestine

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan and International Organizations, Intellectuals Demand Release of Activist Martha Lía Grajales Human rights lawyer and activist Martha Lía Grajales was detained Friday in Caracas after a protest. Witnesses report she was taken in an unmarked vehicle at a police checkpoint. Her location remains unknown. On Monday, around 100 people gathered in La Vega to demand her release. An online petition calling for her liberation and respect for due process has gathered over 800 signatures, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, writers Miguel Mazzeo and Michael Lowy, and feminist Alba Carosio. Authorities have not commented on her arrest. On Monday afternoon, the Attorney General’s Office announced that Grajales was charged with incitement of hatred, conspiracy with a foreign government and criminal association. It did not provide further details on the charges. 🔗 Read the full report here 👉https://shorturl.at/hXDpE #HumanRights#MarthaLíaGrajales#Surgentes