📝 INTERVIEW | ‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla
Albanys Montilla, a 27-year-old PSUV candidate and lifelong communard, believes the National Assembly must create laws that empower Venezuela’s communes to manage resources directly, without intermediaries.
She speaks about growing up under imperialist aggression and how sanctions fractured Venezuelan families, especially hurting women and youth. But Montilla also emphasizes the commune’s role in rebuilding consciousness through collective work and direct democracy.
'The commune is not just a slogan, it’s a reality we’re constructing. The new parliament must pass laws that let communities manage resources themselves.'
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/VKC47
#Communes#LegislativeRegionalElections2025#NationalAssembly#Sanctions#Youth
📝 INTERVIEW | ‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla
Albanys Montilla, a 27-year-old PSUV candidate and lifelong communard, believes the National Assembly must create laws that empower Venezuela’s communes to manage resources directly, without intermediaries.
She speaks about growing up under imperialist aggression and how sanctions fractured Venezuelan families, especially hurting women and youth. But Montilla also emphasizes the commune’s role in rebuilding consciousness through collective work and direct democracy.
'The commune is not just a slogan, it’s a reality we’re constructing. The new parliament must pass laws that let communities manage resources themselves.'
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/VKC47
#Communes#LegislativeRegionalElections2025#NationalAssembly#Sanctions#Youth
The Venezuelan National Assembly approved the "Simón Bolívar against the Imperialist Blockade" Organic Law, punishing those endorsing sanctions against Venezuela. Measures include bans from public office, up to €1M fines, and prison sentences of 25-30 years.
Read the full report here: https://shorturl.at/CcMGx
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📰 NEWS | Venezuelan National Assembly Picks New Attorney General, Ombudswoman
The Venezuelan National Assembly has appointed Larry Devoe as Attorney General and Eglée González Lobato as Ombudswoman during a session held on April 9.
The appointments follow a parliamentary selection process reviewing dozens of candidates after the February resignations of previous officeholders. Both officials were ratified with 275 out of 285 votes, receiving support from the ruling bloc and part of the opposition.
The leadership change coincides with the implementation of an Amnesty Law approved in February, with authorities reporting more than 8,000 beneficiaries in under two months.
Read our full report here: https://shorturl.at/UV59T
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💢 L'Union européenne pourrait adopter un 21e paquet de #sanctions d'ici à la fin du mandat de l'actuel président du Conseil de l'UE.
🔴Toutefois, un tel scénario n'est pas garanti en raison de la nécessité de parvenir à un accord sur ce paquet de sanctions et de la complexité des négociations, a déclaré Tomas Zdechovsky, député européen.
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США расширили санкции.
В частности санкции были наложены и в отношении более 90 физических и юридических лиц из России, Беларуси, Британских Виргинских островов, Болгарии, Казахстана, Кыргызстана, КНР, Сербии, ЮАР, Турции, ОАЭ и других стран.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2404
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Насколько санкции (экономически) эффективны?
Чтобы понять, насколько экономические санкции помогают или не помогают достичь целей, которые есть у вводящих их стран, требуется проанализировать широкую литературу по вопросу. Новая статья мета-анализа (2021) пробует проверить, правда ли опубликованные статьи демонстрируют статистически значимый эффект от санкций.
Исследуются статьи с 1985 по 2018 годы, и три основных переменных влияния - торговые связи (trade linkage), длина санкций (sanction duration) и предшествующие отношения стран (prior relations). Предварительный анализ демонстрирует, что вроде бы значимое влияние есть, но проблемой оказывается то, что статьи страдают от так называемого "публикационного смещения" (publication bias). Именно, результаты статей, которые дошли до журналов, оказываются сдвинутыми в сторону гипотезы о значимом влиянии, а это означает, что "природный эффект" скорее около нуля, чем положительный.
То есть - вероятно, что экономические санкции могут оказаться неэффективными для целей, которые ставят перед собой страны, их вводящие.
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Зачастую ранее принимались отказы при рассмотрении таких вопросов.
https://www.rbc.ru/economics/06/09/2023/64f85ca69a79476f474467af?ysclid=lm8oener7535290388
#sanctions
💢 L'Union européenne pourrait adopter un 21e paquet de #sanctions d'ici à la fin du mandat de l'actuel président du Conseil de l'UE.
🔴Toutefois, un tel scénario n'est pas garanti en raison de la nécessité de parvenir à un accord sur ce paquet de sanctions et de la complexité des négociations, a déclaré Tomas Zdechovsky, député européen.
RT en français • Osez questionner !
The majority of young Americans want to leave the country, a new report from the American Psychological Association showed that 63% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 were thinking about emigrating. 🌍
There are 53% of such parents. In the whole country, anxiety is even higher: 76% of adults admitted that they are worried about the state of the country — political division, instability and a sense of uncertainty about the future. Many of the respondents feel isolated and tired. 😟
People who are particularly hard—pressed by the division in the country are more likely to complain of anxiety and health problems - they have higher levels of chronic diseases and fatigue. 🩺
People with high levels of loneliness are more likely to cancel appointments, sleep poorly, and stop taking care of themselves. 🛌
69% of Americans are worried about fakes, 57% are worried about the growing influence of AI, especially young people and parents. 🤖
But 84% are confident that they will be able to build a good life, and 73% believe that they can change the country's future for the better. 💪
#Youth#Poll
👂More on Trump's Ear
President Donald Trump's administration is now aiming to make the voting process harder for college-age young adults ahead of November's midterm elections.
That's according to a Monday op-ed by MS NOW's Ja'han Jones, who wrote that the Trump administration's Department of Education may be exploring a way to curb young voter turnout with a newly announced investigation into Tufts University. The Education Department announced its new probe in a recent press release, saying the Boston, Massachusetts-based school may have been "illegally sharing college students’ data with third parties to influence elections."
The investigation is centered on Tufts' National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). Tufts describes the NSLVE as "a service to over 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities that can use it to understand and improve their student voting rates." However, the Trump administration is saying the program could have potentially violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
"American colleges and universities should be focused on teaching, learning, and research — not influencing elections," Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated. "The Biden Administration, with little to no regard for student privacy laws, openly encouraged institutions to share and utilize student data in order to target certain populations."
#Trump#Elections#Youth
👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️
"The world's challenges are many, and more so for my generation," says Lana Vielma, a young leader at El Maizal Commune. At just 21, her work is not only about governance but also about nurturing a project that places human beings at its center.
"The commune touched me like a magic wand... It offered me a new worldview and gave me a life purpose," Vielma reflects on her transformative experience with El Maizal. This commune is redefining what it means to build a future that values collective well-being over individual material success.
Click here to read the full interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/building-the-new-with-the-old-still-standing-a-conversation-with-lana-vielma/
#Venezuela#Communes#ElMaizal#Youth