Vale la pena imaginar a Rusia imponiendo sanciones de hambre a EE. UU., pero EE. UU. aún permite abiertamente que candidatos respaldados por Rusia se presenten a las elecciones. Ahora imagine que a esos candidatos se les permite ganar, pero aún se quejan de la falta de "presencia publicitaria".
El resultado del domingo subraya la idea de que el pueblo venezolano culpa a las sanciones de Estados Unidos por su sufrimiento, en lugar de simplemente señalar con el dedo al gobierno.
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is celebrating as, with almost all votes counted, they appear to have won 20 out of the country’s 23 states in Sunday’s regional “mega elections.” More than 70,000 candidates stood for one of 3,082 public positions, including local mayorships, councillors, regional legislators and state governors
Si bien Washington no puede elegir al presidente de Venezuela, puede hacerles la vida imposible a funcionarios, como Alex Saab, que intentan desafiar su régimen de sanciones.
On Wednesday, November 24, MintPress News Editor in Chief Mnar Adley sat down to speak with Camila Saab, the wife of imprisoned Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. Saab was on a diplomatic mission to Iran in June 2020, where he was tasked with securing deals for food, medicine and personal protective equipment. His plane stopped off in Cabo Verde --
Creo que nuestra industria petrolera va a crecer y quizás será incluso más importante que antes, porque ahora sabemos cómo hacer muchas cosas por nosotros mismos que pensamos que no podíamos. Y las sanciones nos ayudaron en ese sentido. – Jorge Arreaza, Ministro de Industrias Básicas de Venezuela
UN Special Rapporteurs estimate that 100,000 people have died in Venezuela in the last decade because of the lack of medicine brought on by U.S. sanctions. Nearly 60% of those deaths took place under the Trump
Si bien se habla mucho de la supuesta falta de apoyo al presidente Maduro (los millones de votos que obtuvo su partido nunca serán reconocidos por Estados Unidos), es menos conocido que la oposición es profundamente impopular.
For the first time in four years, every major opposition party in Venezuela participated in elections. For the fifth time in four years, the left won in a landslide. Voters elected 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 state legislators, and 2,471 municipal councilors. The governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won at least 19 of
Countries like Nicaragua and Venezuela should be applauded for rejecting the overt hypocrisy, hubris, and cruelty of the West, and for asserting their right to national sovereignty.
CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- "We do not recognize ourselves as a colony of any power and we claim national dignity and decorum, in legitimate defense of our independence, sovereignty, and self-determination.” With these words, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada announced that Nicaragua would be joining Venezuela in
Lowkey y John McEvoy discuten cómo el Reino Unido está desempeñando un papel clave en la defensa del orden mundial establecido y haciendo el trabajo sucio para eliminar cualquier desafío.
The Watchdog podcast is dedicated to uncovering hidden truths and exposing the secret affairs of Western governments. One individual doing more than almost anyone in revealing the true nature of the British state and its affairs worldwide is journalist and academic John McEvoy. Today Lowkey and John
