📝 INTERVIEW | Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
The US blockade disrupted food, fuel, and medicine supplies in Palmarito, a fishing community on Lake Maracaibo.
But instead of despair, residents relied on solidarity: reviving ancestral recipes, inventing fuel-saving motors, and sustaining schools with communal contributions. They also reopened their health center, now running 24/7 with communal funds.
🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/fisherfolk-resisting-imperialism-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-iv
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📝 INTERVIEW | Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
The US blockade disrupted food, fuel, and medicine supplies in Palmarito, a fishing community on Lake Maracaibo.
But instead of despair, residents relied on solidarity: reviving ancestral recipes, inventing fuel-saving motors, and sustaining schools with communal contributions. They also reopened their health center, now running 24/7 with communal funds.
🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/fisherfolk-resisting-imperialism-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-iv
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In Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State, fisherfolk have had to adapt to US sanctions by returning to traditional methods. Gas shortages and the high cost of boat maintenance have reduced their fleet by 70%. "The river is here, but fishing gear is scarce and expensive," says Xiomara Díaz, spokesperson for the Ayacucho Commune and UBCH. Yet, collective organization has provided some solutions, including fuel allocations through the local government.
🔗 Learn more here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/the-ayacucho-commune-the-impact-of-the-us-blockade-on-amazonian-fisherfolk-part-iii/
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📝 INTERVIEW | ‘Fishing Provides for Everyone’: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
On the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo, communards sustain themselves through fishing, but equally through practices of solidarity. Nearly 90% of residents rely on fishing, and in Palmarito, the catch is distributed collectively so that no household is left behind.
Fisherfolk organize through councils (CONPPAs), including an all-women council, to manage resources, secure boats and nets, and ensure wealth stays in the community.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/kdIT2
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📝 INTERVIEW | Chávez’s Legacy in Action: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
In Palmarito, an Afro-descendant commune on Lake Maracaibo’s southern shore, Chávez’s legacy lives on through collective work and self-governance. Residents recall how the Bolivarian Revolution brought education, paved roads, and political inclusion to a once-invisible community.
Now, through popular consultations, they directly decide and manage local projects, turning participatory democracy into daily practice.
🔗 Learn more in the latest VA interview:https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/chavezs-legacy-in-action-the-palmarito-afro-descendant-commune-part-v/
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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.
RT en français • Osez questionner !
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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Зачастую ранее принимались отказы при рассмотрении таких вопросов.
https://www.rbc.ru/economics/06/09/2023/64f85ca69a79476f474467af?ysclid=lm8oener7535290388
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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.
RT en français • Osez questionner !
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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📝 INTERVIEW | Culture and Resistance: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
Afro-Venezuelan communards on the southern shore region of Lake Maracaibo discuss the intersection of culture and organization. The Chimbánguele drumming cycle around San Benito of Palermo is not only a religious devotion but also a way of learning leadership, collective responsibility, and self-governance.
While men lead the drumming, women take part through the Gaita de tambora, using song to tell stories, critique, and celebrate, ensuring their voices are central in the community.
Culture here is both memory and organization, a living practice that anchors communal life.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/Cy0Yr
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📝 INTERVIEW | A Story of Resistance and Renewal: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
The Palmarito Afrodescendant Commune, founded in 2011, gathers around 3,000 people along Lake Maracaibo’s southern shore. Its roots, however, stretch back to centuries of anti-colonial resistance and Afro-Venezuelan cultural traditions such as devotion to San Benito and the Chimbánguele.
In the latest VA interview, commune members reflect on syncretism, anti-colonial struggles, and grassroots organization.
🔗 Read the full interview here: https://shorturl.at/hase1
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