🖊🗞OPINION | Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans under US Attack
Political journalist W.T. Whitney Jr. analyzes Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) initiative to organize internationalist brigades in solidarity with Venezuela amid growing US military pressure.
As MST leader João Pedro Stédile pointed out in a recent interview: “We want to repeat that historic epic that the global left achieved during the Spanish Civil War of 1936, when thousands of militants from around the world went to Spain to defend the Republic and the Spanish people.”
Read the full opinion piece here 👉https://shorturl.at/kaotK
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📊 INFOGRAPHICS | US Military Threats Against Venezuela
With its largest military deployment in decades, the US is threatening to attack Venezuela. In this infographic, we expose the Trump administration’s buildup, the ongoing extrajudicial strikes and the debunked “narcoterrorism” narratives.
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📰 NEWS | Top Venezuelan Official Denies Report Claiming Maduro Weighing Early Exit
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello rejected a New York Times report claiming negotiations with Washington included President Maduro stepping down in two years, stressing there are no talks toward a transitional government.
Separately, NBC News reported that SOUTHCOM’s senior JAG raised legal objections ahead of US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats, warning they could amount to “extrajudicial killings.” His concerns were reportedly overruled by higher-ranking officials.
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🖊🗞OPINION | ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Is a Euphemism for US-Inflicted Carnage
Solidarity activists Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies take stock of decades of US interventions.
Noting the 160th SOAR helicopter patrols from a US warship off Venezuela and Lula’s rejection of negotiations involving Marco Rubio, which led to Rubio’s removal from talks on US investments in Brazil’s rare earth sector.
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📝 ANALYSIS | Millions of Venezuelans Join Volunteer Militias as US Attacks Continue
As the Trump administration ramps up its threats and attacks, Jessica Dos Santos offers an on-the-ground look at Venezuela’s response. Over 8 million Venezuelans have joined the Bolivarian National Militia, while the U.S. has attacked 15 vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, leaving 64 dead.
Caracas has declared a state of “external commotion” and begun nationwide defense exercises.
🔗 Read the full analysis piece here: https://shorturl.at/YQOls
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🖊🗞OPINION | Pentagon Confirms ‘Decapitation Strikes’ for Venezuela as Armada Builds
Analyst Gary Wilson takes stock of the US military buildup and the prospects of military strikes against Venezuela.
The Pentagon has reportedly compiled target lists inside Venezuela and discussed “decapitation strikes” against the country’s leadership. The US Navy’s newest carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is leading a major regional deployment involving nearly 10,000 personnel, guided-missile destroyers, and air operations from Florida to Puerto Rico.
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📑🖊 OPINION | Will the US Attack Venezuela?
Solidarity activist and analyst Roger Harris takes stock of the rapidly escalating US military threats against Venezuela. The US has deployed 10,000 troops, carried out naval operations, and attacked alleged drug boats, resulting in extrajudicial deaths. Diplomatic relations have been broken since 2019.
Successive US administrations have also used sanctions, criminal indictments, and “foreign terrorist” designations against groups linked to President Maduro. Read the full opinion piece here.
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📑🖊 OPINION | US Acts Like Pirates in the Caribbean
Hank Kennedy contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth.
Venezuela accused Washington of waging an “undeclared war” and called for a UN investigation, as eight US warships — including a nuclear submarine — were sent to the Caribbean.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Trump Administration Announces Renewed Strikes Following ‘Armed Conflict’ Declaration
The Trump administration announced renewed military strikes in Caribbean waters, confirming two new attacks near Venezuela and declaring a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels. At least five vessels have been targeted since early September, leaving over 20 civilians dead, according to reports.
Meanwhile, Venezuela condemned recent US fighter jet incursions and warned of alleged “false flag” plots aimed at provoking conflict. Authorities said they will present the complaint to the United Nations.
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🖊🗞OPINION | Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions
With the US ramping up military threats, Roger Harris examines the economic war already underway against Venezuela with deadly consequences.
While nearly 100 deaths have been reported from US military actions at sea under “Operation Southern Spear,” with no narcotics recovered, Harris cites peer-reviewed studies estimating more than 100,000 excess deaths linked to US sanctions, noting that young children are disproportionately affected.
Read the full opinion piece here: https://shorturl.at/WQHnl
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On Saturday, thousands of Venezuelans marched to the UN headquarters in Caracas in solidarity with Palestine, calling for the UN Security Council to stop what experts have described as genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.
President Maduro criticized the portrayal of the conflict as religious, labeling it a colonialist project. Venezuela reaffirmed its support for Palestine and international law.
Full report here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/WNUNq
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Cooperation Jackson is a coop-based organization working for Black self-determination and economic democracy in Jackson, Mississippi. Activist and writer Kali Akuno is one of the project’s founders.
In the latest VA interview, Akuno discusses his long-standing relationship with the Bolivarian Revolution and his efforts to build connections between the revolutionary process in Venezuela and the work that is being done in Mississippi.
Read the full interview here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/nwm4z
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