VideoUS Sanctions on Venezuela: 'Attempt to Destroy the Economy' Venezuela's recession is making it difficult for the country to meet its debt payments, but US sanctions are making a difficult task almost impossible explains CEPR's Mark Weisbrot. By The Real News Nov 13th 2017 at 9.55pm Source: The Real News Network
Jun 12th 2018 Venezuela After the Elections: More Concessions to the Capitalists, While Economic Crisis Worsens Jorge Martin examines the post‐electoral situation in Venezuela in the context of the crisis, the imperialist siege, and the most recent actions from the...
Apr 26th 2018 The Reality of Wages and Workers’ Struggle in Venezuela Ricardo Vaz reports from a public conference held in Caracas by a number of social movements and trade union organisations.
Jan 16th 2018 Why More Sanctions Won’t Help Venezuela Torino Capital economist Francisco Rodriguez argues that US policy makers have misunderstood the situation in Venezuela, and that the people are paying the...
Jan 5th 2018 US Sanctions Venezuelan Governor, Military Officials Under the sanctions, the four officials are now subject to asset freezes, and “US persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them”.
Jan 4th 2018 Venezuela Opens Registration for Potential Cryptocurrency Miners The creation of Venezuela’s cryptocurrency the “Petro” was announced in December 2017.
Jan 2nd 2018 Venezuela Indicts Soldier for Death in Holiday Protests Small protests have erupted in a number of Venezuelan cities in recent days over delays in government distribution of pork.
Dec 18th 2017 US Tacitly Threatens Venezuela With Fresh Sanctions The State Department declaration reiterated earlier calls for President Nicolas Maduro to "stop denying the needs of its people and to allow aid from the...
Dec 4th 2017 Four Effects of the Blockade Against Venezuela The financial blockade directly affects routine international payments for goods and services.
Nov 24th 2017 Venezuela’s Maduro Blasts 'Kidnapping' of Venezuelan Funds The Venezuelan president accused Belgian financial services company Euroclear of withholding USD$450 million.
Nov 14th 2017 Trump Doubles Down on Sanctions and Regime Change for Venezuela Trump's sanctions are not "democracy promotion", but regime change by any means necessary, argues economist Mark Weisbrot.
Oct 6th 2017 Venezuela Accuses Almagro, US of Plotting More Sanctions Venezuela has accused the head of the Organization of American States Luis Almagro of discussing new sanctions on Caracas with a top US military official.
Sep 22nd 2017 US Not Ruling Out Possibility of Venezuela Oil Embargo US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Thursday Washington hadn’t ruled out an oil embargo on Venezuela, among other possible measures.
Sep 15th 2017 Weisbrot: Trump Wants ‘Regime Change’ for Venezuela Speaking to Al Jazeera, economist Mark Weisbrot warned the Trump administration is now “unambiguously” seeking regime change in Venezuela.
Aug 29th 2017 Trump's Tough New Sanctions Will Harm the People of Venezuela The Trump team pretends that the sanctions are only directed at the government. But as any economist knows, this is clearly false. By starving the economy of...
Aug 25th 2017 The Real Price of Trump’s Venezuela Sanctions Trump has now passed the fifth round of economic sanctions on Venezuela since he has come into office. Though previous sanctions have proven to have been...
Aug 1st 2017 Harsher Sanctions on Venezuela Will Only Worsen the Nation's Crisis The Trump administration extended current economic sanctions against Venezuela last week, adding 13 more Venezuelans to the list of sanctioned...
May 26th 2023 Agroecology for Life: Pueblo a Pueblo Builds Food Sovereignty (Part III) A grassroots organization is building a new model for the production and distribution of food based on mutuality.
May 25th 2023 Venezuela Rejects ‘Cynical’ US Report on Terrorism: ‘Sanctions Are the Real Terror’ Caracas condemned the US’ “infamous war on terror” and the imposition of economic sanctions against one-third of the planet.
May 24th 2023 Circumventing the Blockade: Pueblo a Pueblo Builds Grassroots Food Sovereignty (Part II) An organization that brings together rural producers with urban consumers breaks with the dictates of the market.
May 22nd 2023 Venezuelan Communist Party Denounces ‘Fake Congress’ by Parallel Organization The leftist organization has struck an increasingly critical stance in recent years against the government’s economic policies.
May 21st 2023 US Will Unblock Venezuela Fund Agreed in Mexico Talks The Biden administration has reportedly greenlighted the release of Venezuelan frozen resources for social programs after six months of stalling.