President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. Photo: Carolina Cabral/Getty Images By BO Staff Writer “In expressing my solidarity to you in this important historic challenge, as well as our consternation and grief for the consequences of the pandemic in the U.S., I also have the obligation to make you aware that as the world focuses on …
By BO Staff Writer In recent weeks, there has been a concerted effort to increase aggression against Venezuela from Western imperialism. The aim of this attack against Venezuela, and its democratically elected president, Nicolas Maduro, has been to trigger a coup de tat and allow the oppressive, capitalist class to take control of the country. …
By BO Staff Writer The following article was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) condemns the attempted assassination on Saturday of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, at the instance of US imperialism via the outgoing …
By BO Staff Writer United States sponsored anti-government protests, similar to the Save SA and opposition party protests in South Africa, have flared up in Venezuela with the aim of removing the democratically elected president, Nicolas Maduro. Bolivia’s Evo Morales said the anti-government protests were orchestrated by the US to “overthrow Venezuela to steal oil.” …
By Ignacio Ramonet In early 2016,Venezuela’s authorities had very difficult problems to solve. Namely, 1) the neoliberal opposition had won the legislative elections of 2015 and controlled the National Assembly, 2) the price of oil, the main export of Venezuela, had fallen to its lowest point in decades, and 3) US President Barack Obama had …
