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And in Bangladesh and other places, too. Lots of funny business going on. Not that I am a fan of some of these leaders. I just really do not appreciate our slithering and meddling. God forbid if we were ever in a place of weakness for whatever reason I fear we would have other powers completely causing havoc in our land and we would have absolutely no moral leg to stand on in complaining about it. Too many here are comfortable with making brash "might makes right" tier replies to criticism. Foolish arrogance and hubris.
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There's an apparent consensus amongst experts that Brazil outrageously hurts Venezuela's sovereignty in strictly requiring the election minutes:
Does Brazil hurt Venezuela's sovereignty by asking for election minutes? Analysts differ, by Ana Lívia Esteves for SputnikBrazil. 08.09.2024.
Brazil, Mexico and Colombia insist on the request of the Venezuelan electoral minutes, demanding their disclosure by the National Electoral Council, and not by the Supreme Court of Justice. By making the recognition of elections conditional on the disclosure of data from each of the country's polling stations, is Brazil interfering in Venezuela's internal politics?
On Thursday (, the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico issued a new joint statement on the elections in Venezuela, requesting that the electoral minutes by polling station of the country be released by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela.
The statement reinforces the support of the three countries for "the sovereignty and will of the Venezuelan people" and their determination to "hold high-level talks" so that solutions to the current situation emerge from Venezuela.
After a ministerial meeting at the Planalto Palace, the ministers of the Civil House, Rui Costa, and Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, reaffirmed Brazil's desire to act as a mediator on the Venezuelan issue, reported Poder 360.
"Brazil wants to be part of the solution, not the problem. And part of the solution, at the moment, is to ask the authorities responsible for the election to present the voting minutes by section, detailed, so that the whole world can look and confirm the result of the election, or – if it has problems – seek a solution to it," said Mauro Vieira during the ministerial meeting.
The Brazilian position has emphasized the release of" electoral minutes", which are technically the disaggregated data of the Venezuelan elections by polling station in the country, as fundamental to define the electoral results in the country. Thus, Brazil has not yet recognized the victory of Nicolás Maduro announced by the CNE, nor the self-proclaimed victory of the opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia.
"If you have a problem, how Are you going to solve it? Present the minutes. If there is doubt between the opposition and the situation about the minutes, the Opposition files an appeal and will wait for the court to run the process. There will be a decision that we have to accept," President Lula said in an interview with Globonews (Brazilian far-right outlet).
However, the presentation of the minutes does not seem to be as simple a process as the Brazilian authorities imply. Although the day of the elections in Venezuela went without major hiccups, the problems began as soon as the electronic polls were closed. According to the CNE, there was a problem in transmitting the data regarding the votes from the polling centers to the central one. The council, the independent constitutional body that organises elections in the country, said it had been the target of a cyber attack.
On Monday (5), the President of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, reported having sent the minutes to the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ), which confirmed the delivery of the material. The court, the highest body of the Venezuelan judiciary, said it will clear the data and investigate accusations of fraud.
According to the president of the agency, Caryslia Rodrigues, the process could take up to 15 days.
The communiqué of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia issued on Thursday (
For the reporter and director of Comunicasur and master of the Latin American Integration Programme PROLAM of the University of São Paulo (USP), Vanessa Martina Silva, who was in Caracas during the electoral process, the Brazilian request configures interference in Venezuela's internal affairs.
"Imagine that a country like Mexico, or France, or Russia, after the elections and Lula's victory in Brazil – which was a tight victory – demanded access [not to the TSE data], but to each of the Brazilian polls, and only then recognize Lula's victory. They demanded access to the source code of the polls – as, by the way, Bolsonarism requested. That would be absurd, an interference. The Brazilian process is legitimized by Brazilians. And so it should be for all sovereign countries, " Silva told Sputnik Brasil.
The expert regrets that Brazil did not send observers from the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court to Venezuela for clumsy reasons and recalls that the Venezuelan opposition has legal methods to challenge the results of the elections, through the request for objection.
The opposition has not called for any table to be objected. It preferred to simply allege fraud and subsequently self-proclaimed Edmundo Gonzalez [... as president, " Silva said.
"By making this request for the minutes, Brazil contributes to internal political uncertainty and throws water into the mill of the Venezuelan right, which is using President Lula's statements to make political proselytizing."
On the other hand, the Brazilian mediating position was celebrated by the researcher of the nucleus of Latin American Studies of the University of Brasilia (UnB), Robson Valdez. For him, the posture "is in accordance with the tradition of Brazilian foreign policy of defending peace, non-intervention and preserving channels of dialogue in situations such as those experienced by Venezuela".
"This is a very sensitive situation. Despite all the allegations of human rights violations by the Maduro government that have swelled in a context that has involved severe economic sanctions imposed by the United States, coup attempts with U.S. support, and mismanagement of the country's economy, the Venezuelan electoral system has been enjoying credibility with the international community," Valdez said.
For him, "the role of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico is not to strictly solicit anything, but to build, in a purposeful way, the opportunity for the government of Venezuela to present in a clear and transparent way the official result of the elections.
Regiane Nitsch Bressan, an expert on Latin America and professor of international relations at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), points out that it is up to Brazil to draft proposals, but not to resolve Venezuela's internal political disagreements.
"Brazil will not and does not have to solve Venezuela's domestic problems. Countries will press for Democracy, at the limit they will apply sanctions, but states are independent, they are sovereign, and we cannot invade a country so that it is democratic, otherwise that is precisely what the United States claimed in 2003 with the war in Iraq," Bressani said.
The pressures exerted by the media and international leaders for Lula to adopt a "more emphatic position" on Venezuela, according to Bressani, should be removed by Brazil, which "has the prerogative of non-interference."
Déjà-vu of self-proclamation
On July 29, the main opposition party Plataforma Unitaria began violent street protests – called guarimbas, which gradually lost strength. This Monday (5), the group published a letter in which candidate Edmundo González Urrutia proclaims himself "elected president" of the country. The candidate also incites a military uprising in the country by calling on the Armed Forces to "disobey the orders" of the civilian government.
For the analysts heard by Sputnik Brasil, González's self-proclamation makes it difficult, but not unfeasible, for Brazil to mediate the electoral imbroglio.
"The self-proclamation is another complicating element that seeks to mobilize the opposition along with its demand for recognition as winners of the electoral dispute," said UnB researcher Valdez. "I do not believe that this self-proclamation interferes in the mediation process of Brazil and other countries, because the focus of all mediation is the verification of electoral results by the electoral authorities of Venezuela."
For USP master Vanessa Martina Silva, Brazil should maintain its traditional position and not recognize González's self-proclamation and focus its stance on dialogue with Venezuelan Justice. The Unifesp professor recalls that, like Guaidó, the self-proclamation has no concrete effects, since it does not change the support base of the Maduro government.
"It is in Brazil's interest that the continent enjoy an environment of peace and stability," Valdez argued. "Brazil is the country with the largest economy and largest territorial extension on the continent, so it has borders with most of its neighbors, important markets and destinations for Brazilian direct investments. Thus, the increased instability in Venezuela brings profound negative impacts in the fields of economy and security."
On July 28, general elections were held in Venezuela, after international negotiations established agreement in opposition and local government. On August 2, The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced the re-election of the governing Nicolás Maduro with 51.97% of the votes, against 43.18% of the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. On the occasion, the president of the CNE, Elvis Amoroso, reiterated his denunciation of "massive computer attacks" made against the Venezuelan electoral system, which would have delayed the final accounting of the results.
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Venezuela should not make public the results for individual polling stations since this can lead to reprisals against particular voters.
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Venezuela government should implement an ample nationwide popular housing investment programme for dealing with the unemployment and emigration reality.
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Same as with Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who's not an expert on economic matters, Special Adviser for Foreign Policy Celso Amorim enjoys favouritism from President Lula because both of them cunningly supported Lula when he was arrested in prison a while back, in an open cronyism attitude which currently characterizes Brazilian politics.
Amorim's positions and prejudices contrast with the pragmatic diplomacy approach of Brazilian FM Mauro Vieira and the Itamaraty Foreign Affairs Ministry who stand in a weak influential position in this standoff, but Lula persistently favours his special adviser in his pro Western policy, although Lula's mainly political backer, the Brazilian Workers' Party, is now beginning to review recent Brazil's position on the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan affairs.
Amorim's positions and prejudices contrast with the pragmatic diplomacy approach of Brazilian FM Mauro Vieira and the Itamaraty Foreign Affairs Ministry who stand in a weak influential position in this standoff, but Lula persistently favours his special adviser in his pro Western policy, although Lula's mainly political backer, the Brazilian Workers' Party, is now beginning to review recent Brazil's position on the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan affairs.
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Venezuela registers inflation of 0.7% in July, lowest result since 2008, 08.10.2024.
Accumulated inflation in the last three months was 3.2%, a variation comparable to that observed in 1985.
On Friday (9), the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) announced that the inter-monthly variation of the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) was 0,7% in July, the lowest value recorded for any month since the creation of the index in 2008. The information was released through a post on the official account of the BCV on the social network Instagram, according to Telesur.
According to the BCV, accumulated inflation in the last three months was 3,2%, reinforcing the price stabilization process in the country. The accumulated variation between May and July is comparable to that observed in 1985, when inflation was 1.1%, and that the current results put the Venezuelan economy at a level similar to that of four decades ago.
The Central Bank attributes this advance to the country's new economy and the joint effort of the entire Venezuelan population.
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Accumulated inflation in the last three months was 3.2%, a variation comparable to that observed in 1985.
On Friday (9), the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) announced that the inter-monthly variation of the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) was 0,7% in July, the lowest value recorded for any month since the creation of the index in 2008. The information was released through a post on the official account of the BCV on the social network Instagram, according to Telesur.
According to the BCV, accumulated inflation in the last three months was 3,2%, reinforcing the price stabilization process in the country. The accumulated variation between May and July is comparable to that observed in 1985, when inflation was 1.1%, and that the current results put the Venezuelan economy at a level similar to that of four decades ago.
The Central Bank attributes this advance to the country's new economy and the joint effort of the entire Venezuelan population.
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https://www.brasil247.com/americalatina/venezuela-registra-inflacao-de-0-7-em-julho-menor-resultado-desde-2008-uc3quhsa
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Caracas should call back its ambassador for consultations following this statement:
"Venezuela lives (with) a very unpleasant regime," says Lula, 08.16.2024.
The President again demanded the minutes of the vote that prove the re-election of Maduro or the victory of the opposition: "no one has proof".
President Lula (PT - Workers' Party) spoke again on Friday (16) about the political situation in Venezuela, where the electoral authority declared President Nicolás Maduro re-elected, while the opposition claims to have won the election.
For now, the Brazilian government has not recognized the election result and is demanding the Venezuelan administration's voting records.
When asked by Gaucho Radio about the note issued by the PT, in which the party recognizes the re-election of Maduro, Lula said he did not agree with the content of the statement. "I don't agree with the note, I don't think the same. But I am not the director of PT. Venezuela's problem will be solved by Venezuela."
"There was an election, the opposition says it won, Maduro says he won. What am I asking to be able to recognize? I want to know if the numbers are real. Where's the ata? Where is the ballot box? Here in Brazil, if the citizen enters the internet he will know how many votes Lula had in each city of Rio Grande do Sul. I said to President Maduro: ‘Maduro, for you it is essential for the world to understand that there was a clean and democratic election.’ He said he would. I sent people there on Election Day. Everything was normal. The opposition soon says ‘I won', Maduro soon says’ I won', but no one has proof. The opposition has to show the minutes to show the result. I can only recognize if it was democratic if they show the proof," he added.
When asked whether Venezuela lives under a democracy, the president called Maduro's government "a very unpleasant regime." "Venezuela lives a very unpleasant regime. I don't think it's dictatorship. It's different. It is a government with an authoritarian bias, but it is not a dictatorship as we know so many dictatorships in this world". Lula, on the other hand, extolled the importance of Venezuela to Brazil. "What I think is that Venezuela is an interesting country for Brazil, it is a country that has kilometers of border with Brazil, a country with which Brazil even had a$ 5 billion trade surplus, it is a country that can be a great partner for Brazil in building a political force in the world."
Regarding the sending of the special advisor of the Presidency for International Affairs, former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, to Venezuela as an observer of the elections, Lula said that "when Celso Amorim was going to travel to Venezuela, I was informed that they had asked Celso Amorim not to go. I told them that if Celso Amorim could not go, I would tell the Press that Venezuela was preventing Celso Amorim. Then they allowed".
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Biden's enthusiasm for Lula made me very suspicious and now Lula is confirming my suspicions. He's another globalist "leftist".
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Venezuela should basically say that they will make public the voting details without revealing personal information of course.... as soon as the US does the same for the Biden Trump election... that is disputed, but anyone who questions it seems to get put in jail or silenced...
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Venezuela's Supreme Court validates the re-election of Nicolás Maduro after electoral expertise, 08.22.2024.
The ruling also orders the publication of the final results of the election in the Electoral Gazette.
The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela validated on Thursday the results of the presidential elections issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), after the votes of last July 28.
After the expert examination made by the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ to the consigned material, the president of that instance, Caryslia Rodríguez, informed that the country's highest court "validates the results of the presidential election" issued by the CNE, where the current president, Nicolás Maduro Moros, was reelected for the period 2025-2031.
The TSJ urged the CNE to "publish the final results of the electoral process held on July 28, 2024" in the Electoral Gazette of the Republic.
Rodríguez pointed out that in an expert examination to verify the will of the electorate, they were able to show that the Venezuelan electoral system suffered "a massive cyber attack," which constituted an "obvious transgression" to the Electoral Power.
In her ruling, the also head of the TSJ informed that after the expert examination process has been completed, the Judiciary will be in charge of safeguarding all the material consigned by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the political parties, both physically and digitally.
In addition, he reported that the former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia did not comply with the orders of the Supreme Court, as the highest legal instance, nor did he consign any electoral material, so he incurred in contempt of the mandate of the country's highest judicial body.
When the transcription of the electoral records was completed, the experts, specialists and experts involved in the process analyzed the results to verify the votes obtained by each party on election day.
Likewise, the minutes were validated with the results of the databases in national totalization centers, which enables the certification of the information they contain, in relation to the data transmitted by the voting machines.
Why was an expert examination carried out?
This procedure began when the reelected President Nicolás Maduro, through the contentious appeal presented, requested that an evaluation of the results of the elections be made, due to the fact that the former opposition candidate Edmundo González did not accept the scrutiny of the Electoral Power and classified the elections as "fraud".
After the request, the representatives of the different political groups and the former candidates to the first magistracy were summoned by the TSJ to present their arguments, as well as submit the documents that supported their results.
González, the dolphin of former deputy María Corina Machado, was the only one who did not appear before the Electoral Chamber because he does not know the legitimacy of the highest instance of Justice and its impartiality. After his absence, the president of the Electoral Ward reported that he had incurred the "contempt" of a court order.
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The ruling also orders the publication of the final results of the election in the Electoral Gazette.
The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela validated on Thursday the results of the presidential elections issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), after the votes of last July 28.
After the expert examination made by the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ to the consigned material, the president of that instance, Caryslia Rodríguez, informed that the country's highest court "validates the results of the presidential election" issued by the CNE, where the current president, Nicolás Maduro Moros, was reelected for the period 2025-2031.
The TSJ urged the CNE to "publish the final results of the electoral process held on July 28, 2024" in the Electoral Gazette of the Republic.
Rodríguez pointed out that in an expert examination to verify the will of the electorate, they were able to show that the Venezuelan electoral system suffered "a massive cyber attack," which constituted an "obvious transgression" to the Electoral Power.
In her ruling, the also head of the TSJ informed that after the expert examination process has been completed, the Judiciary will be in charge of safeguarding all the material consigned by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the political parties, both physically and digitally.
In addition, he reported that the former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia did not comply with the orders of the Supreme Court, as the highest legal instance, nor did he consign any electoral material, so he incurred in contempt of the mandate of the country's highest judicial body.
When the transcription of the electoral records was completed, the experts, specialists and experts involved in the process analyzed the results to verify the votes obtained by each party on election day.
Likewise, the minutes were validated with the results of the databases in national totalization centers, which enables the certification of the information they contain, in relation to the data transmitted by the voting machines.
Why was an expert examination carried out?
This procedure began when the reelected President Nicolás Maduro, through the contentious appeal presented, requested that an evaluation of the results of the elections be made, due to the fact that the former opposition candidate Edmundo González did not accept the scrutiny of the Electoral Power and classified the elections as "fraud".
After the request, the representatives of the different political groups and the former candidates to the first magistracy were summoned by the TSJ to present their arguments, as well as submit the documents that supported their results.
González, the dolphin of former deputy María Corina Machado, was the only one who did not appear before the Electoral Chamber because he does not know the legitimacy of the highest instance of Justice and its impartiality. After his absence, the president of the Electoral Ward reported that he had incurred the "contempt" of a court order.
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https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/519694-supremo-venezuela-emitir-veredicto-elecciones
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Venezuela "is on a real path of recovery" with 13 quarters of economic growth, 08.29.2024.
CARACAS (Sputnik) — Venezuela has 13 quarters of economic activity growth until June 2024, the Central Bank (BCV) reported. The process is taking place while the Latin American country continues to experience the effects of US sanctions.
"The gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 8.78% in the second quarter of 2024, while in the first quarter the increase was 8.40%, with respect to the similar period of 2023, these results give continuity to the economic recovery process, started in the second quarter of 2021 [13 quarters ago]," the BCV published on its website.
The main banking entity recalled that Venezuela had significant economic losses since 2015, due to the beginning of sanctions.
"Unilateral coercive measures continue to adversely affect the dynamism of economic activity, even though procedures and different initiatives have been adopted that have made it easier to partially overcome this situation, they continue to impact on the fluidity of all sectors of the economy," he stressed.
He also indicated that the results of the last three years show that the country's economy "is on a real path of recovery, reinventing itself and overcoming its obstacles."
"The continuity of the positive results in the economic dynamics gives singular importance to the supreme effort of the Venezuelan people, in an environment of difficulties exacerbated by the scheme of unilateral aggressions with which the governments of the United States, the European Union and other countries have tried to bend Venezuela," the institution said.
In July, Venezuela registered an inflation of 0.7%, considered the lowest since 2008, according to the BCV. In April, the International Monetary Fund and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean projected a 4% growth of Venezuela's GDP by 2024.
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CARACAS (Sputnik) — Venezuela has 13 quarters of economic activity growth until June 2024, the Central Bank (BCV) reported. The process is taking place while the Latin American country continues to experience the effects of US sanctions.
"The gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 8.78% in the second quarter of 2024, while in the first quarter the increase was 8.40%, with respect to the similar period of 2023, these results give continuity to the economic recovery process, started in the second quarter of 2021 [13 quarters ago]," the BCV published on its website.
The main banking entity recalled that Venezuela had significant economic losses since 2015, due to the beginning of sanctions.
"Unilateral coercive measures continue to adversely affect the dynamism of economic activity, even though procedures and different initiatives have been adopted that have made it easier to partially overcome this situation, they continue to impact on the fluidity of all sectors of the economy," he stressed.
He also indicated that the results of the last three years show that the country's economy "is on a real path of recovery, reinventing itself and overcoming its obstacles."
"The continuity of the positive results in the economic dynamics gives singular importance to the supreme effort of the Venezuelan people, in an environment of difficulties exacerbated by the scheme of unilateral aggressions with which the governments of the United States, the European Union and other countries have tried to bend Venezuela," the institution said.
In July, Venezuela registered an inflation of 0.7%, considered the lowest since 2008, according to the BCV. In April, the International Monetary Fund and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean projected a 4% growth of Venezuela's GDP by 2024.
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"There is no paradise without hydrocarbons": Venezuela and its growing economic recovery, by José Negrón Valera for SputnikSpanish. 09.03.2024.
In a global environment that many describe as pre-recession and under the yoke of unilateral coercive sanctions from the United States, Venezuela has surprised the world by registering 13 consecutive quarters of economic growth.
A recent article highlighted this achievement, noting that the Caribbean country has managed to maintain a trend of sustained growth in the midst of various adversities. According to Jorge Pérez Mancebo, an economist and research professor at the Central University of Venezuela, the key to understanding this period of growth lies in the economic liberalization that the country has experienced in recent years.
"The basic explanation has been the de facto liberalization of the Venezuelan economy. Price controls have been suspended and the use of the dollar has been allowed since 2017 for internal transactions, which has generated a bimonthly economy," the analyst explained.
This structural change, although not formalized in laws, has allowed a relief in the economy, especially in productive sectors such as trade and import, which have shown signs of recovery after years of severe recession, he said.
"There was a relief, and it allowed to decompress a little some of the elements that were binding her and that had her suffocated. The unilateral coercive measures are maintained, but Venezuela, as well as other countries, have been learning to manage outside the environment of those measures and, therefore, it is beginning to triangulate, it is beginning to generate mechanisms that allow it to operate in the international market outside the scope of those coercive measures or what we commonly call sanctions," the expert points out.
The role of the Chevron company has also been fundamental in this process. The license granted to the American company has allowed the incorporation of approximately 200,000 barrels of oil to the American market, which has generated significant revenues for the country.
"This increase in production has had a positive impact on the economy, not only because of direct revenues to the state, but because Chevron needs to convert dollars to bolivars for its internal operations, which has injected liquidity into private banking," the economist explained.
Fiscal and monetary policy: a necessary adjustment
Another pillar in the economic recovery has been the fiscal and monetary adjustment implemented by the government. Pérez Mancebo stressed that the drastic reduction in government expenditures and the decrease in the issuance of money by the Central Bank have been crucial to control inflation.
"The government's expenses fall enormously, with which the issuance of money and loans to PDVSA and the government itself decrease substantially, causing inflation to decrease," he said.
Supporting the dollar, both through the Central Bank and Chevron, has been a key strategy to maintain exchange rate stability. However, Pérez warns that this approach has also generated distortions in the economy, especially in the allocation of dollars through banking, which could lead to imbalances in the future.
Economic diversification and exports
Despite the efforts to diversify the economy, Jorge Pérez Mancebo is skeptical about the progress in this area. "In Venezuela, in addition to gas and oil, what is really exported is scrap metal, coke, raw aluminum, and recently, coffee, cocoa and shrimp," he said. However, the economist emphasizes that these sectors, although important for certain actors, do not have a significant impact on the national economy.
"Really, the only major impact is when oil production and exports, both oil and gas, grow. As they would say in Venezuela, there is no paradise without hydrocarbons. We do not have any possibility of significant growth in the short or medium term if it is not through the oil sector," Pérez said.
For its part, foreign direct investment has shown signs of recovery, but the conditions for its long-term sustainability are uncertain. According to Pérez Mancebo, the Anti-Blocking Law, which serves as a legal framework for attracting investments, has inherent limitations due to its exceptional and confidential nature.
The analyst warns that, although the current conditions may be conducive to short-term investments, the lack of legal and constitutional stability could discourage long-term investments, especially in key sectors such as oil. "Capital is very fearful, it needs stable guarantees for its operation. The current conditions are favorable in the short term, but for an investment for 40, 50, 60 years, there will be problems convincing large companies to invest," he said.
The impact of social debt
Despite the economic growth registered, the impact on the daily life of Venezuelans remains limited. According to Pérez, social and labor indicators have not shown a significant improvement during these 13 quarters. "The growth of the Gross Domestic Product takes several periods to reach the population. Although there has been some improvement in everyday life, especially in trade, for this to permeate the bulk of the social structure, sustained growth is required for a long time," he explained.
For Pérez Mancebo, "the depression with hyperinflation" that impacted Venezuelan society had its escape valves, one of them was migration.
"Migration has two positive economic effects. One, domestic needs go down, therefore domestic demand goes down. But on the other hand, to the extent that they are inserted abroad, they generate remittances that go to their relatives, therefore increasing domestic income. So, this double effect has also helped to alleviate the population or a part of it. Some consulting companies say that 30% of the Venezuelan population receives remittances”" explains Pérez Mancebo.
Pérez Mancebo is cautious about the economic projections for the coming years. And although he recognizes the progress made, he warns that maintaining the growth trend will be a titanic challenge: "We have an environment of very acute, unresolved internal conflict, and a group of external threats that make transit difficult. It will be very difficult to sustain this 13-quarter growth. The third and fourth quarters of 2024 will probably show less favorable indicators".
Pérez anticipates a complicated 2025, with possible setbacks in the progress achieved. However, it leaves open the possibility that a process of internal and external negotiation could ease tensions and open a new path for the country. "There are wills inside and outside to reach some kind of agreement, but projecting beyond that is risky," he concluded.
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In a global environment that many describe as pre-recession and under the yoke of unilateral coercive sanctions from the United States, Venezuela has surprised the world by registering 13 consecutive quarters of economic growth.
A recent article highlighted this achievement, noting that the Caribbean country has managed to maintain a trend of sustained growth in the midst of various adversities. According to Jorge Pérez Mancebo, an economist and research professor at the Central University of Venezuela, the key to understanding this period of growth lies in the economic liberalization that the country has experienced in recent years.
"The basic explanation has been the de facto liberalization of the Venezuelan economy. Price controls have been suspended and the use of the dollar has been allowed since 2017 for internal transactions, which has generated a bimonthly economy," the analyst explained.
This structural change, although not formalized in laws, has allowed a relief in the economy, especially in productive sectors such as trade and import, which have shown signs of recovery after years of severe recession, he said.
"There was a relief, and it allowed to decompress a little some of the elements that were binding her and that had her suffocated. The unilateral coercive measures are maintained, but Venezuela, as well as other countries, have been learning to manage outside the environment of those measures and, therefore, it is beginning to triangulate, it is beginning to generate mechanisms that allow it to operate in the international market outside the scope of those coercive measures or what we commonly call sanctions," the expert points out.
The role of the Chevron company has also been fundamental in this process. The license granted to the American company has allowed the incorporation of approximately 200,000 barrels of oil to the American market, which has generated significant revenues for the country.
"This increase in production has had a positive impact on the economy, not only because of direct revenues to the state, but because Chevron needs to convert dollars to bolivars for its internal operations, which has injected liquidity into private banking," the economist explained.
Fiscal and monetary policy: a necessary adjustment
Another pillar in the economic recovery has been the fiscal and monetary adjustment implemented by the government. Pérez Mancebo stressed that the drastic reduction in government expenditures and the decrease in the issuance of money by the Central Bank have been crucial to control inflation.
"The government's expenses fall enormously, with which the issuance of money and loans to PDVSA and the government itself decrease substantially, causing inflation to decrease," he said.
Supporting the dollar, both through the Central Bank and Chevron, has been a key strategy to maintain exchange rate stability. However, Pérez warns that this approach has also generated distortions in the economy, especially in the allocation of dollars through banking, which could lead to imbalances in the future.
Economic diversification and exports
Despite the efforts to diversify the economy, Jorge Pérez Mancebo is skeptical about the progress in this area. "In Venezuela, in addition to gas and oil, what is really exported is scrap metal, coke, raw aluminum, and recently, coffee, cocoa and shrimp," he said. However, the economist emphasizes that these sectors, although important for certain actors, do not have a significant impact on the national economy.
"Really, the only major impact is when oil production and exports, both oil and gas, grow. As they would say in Venezuela, there is no paradise without hydrocarbons. We do not have any possibility of significant growth in the short or medium term if it is not through the oil sector," Pérez said.
For its part, foreign direct investment has shown signs of recovery, but the conditions for its long-term sustainability are uncertain. According to Pérez Mancebo, the Anti-Blocking Law, which serves as a legal framework for attracting investments, has inherent limitations due to its exceptional and confidential nature.
The analyst warns that, although the current conditions may be conducive to short-term investments, the lack of legal and constitutional stability could discourage long-term investments, especially in key sectors such as oil. "Capital is very fearful, it needs stable guarantees for its operation. The current conditions are favorable in the short term, but for an investment for 40, 50, 60 years, there will be problems convincing large companies to invest," he said.
The impact of social debt
Despite the economic growth registered, the impact on the daily life of Venezuelans remains limited. According to Pérez, social and labor indicators have not shown a significant improvement during these 13 quarters. "The growth of the Gross Domestic Product takes several periods to reach the population. Although there has been some improvement in everyday life, especially in trade, for this to permeate the bulk of the social structure, sustained growth is required for a long time," he explained.
For Pérez Mancebo, "the depression with hyperinflation" that impacted Venezuelan society had its escape valves, one of them was migration.
"Migration has two positive economic effects. One, domestic needs go down, therefore domestic demand goes down. But on the other hand, to the extent that they are inserted abroad, they generate remittances that go to their relatives, therefore increasing domestic income. So, this double effect has also helped to alleviate the population or a part of it. Some consulting companies say that 30% of the Venezuelan population receives remittances”" explains Pérez Mancebo.
Pérez Mancebo is cautious about the economic projections for the coming years. And although he recognizes the progress made, he warns that maintaining the growth trend will be a titanic challenge: "We have an environment of very acute, unresolved internal conflict, and a group of external threats that make transit difficult. It will be very difficult to sustain this 13-quarter growth. The third and fourth quarters of 2024 will probably show less favorable indicators".
Pérez anticipates a complicated 2025, with possible setbacks in the progress achieved. However, it leaves open the possibility that a process of internal and external negotiation could ease tensions and open a new path for the country. "There are wills inside and outside to reach some kind of agreement, but projecting beyond that is risky," he concluded.
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US meddling has ensured Maduro stays in power, by Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English, for RT. 09.08.2024.
Washington demands proof that the Venezuelan president really won the election – why should he bother?
The West wants recently re-elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to prove that he actually won. He doesn’t have to prove anything; endless Western interventionist shenanigans in Venezuelan domestic affairs have virtually guaranteed that to be the case.
“If Maduro insists on saying he has won and does not want to understand that, for the international community, without verification, there is no assumption of results, Venezuela could enter a serious crisis – we are all trying to prevent this from happening,” said European Union chief diplomat Josep Borrell. The US State Department, meanwhile, said that the international community was running out of patience in waiting for the electoral proof. They’re all demanding answers now, as in-country opposition protests persist. Or what? You’ll threaten to regime change Maduro? You’ll rally government-linked NGO fronts against him? You’ll send some proxies over to do your dirty work for you? You’ll name some random dude as your chosen president and demand that your allies around the world treat him like he’s the real leader of the country?
All these things have been tried already. And the very fact that they have is precisely why it’s virtually impossible for the West to mount a credible case against Maduro. There has been enough blatantly overt foreign intervention to plant reasonable doubt in the minds of a critical mass of Venezuelans about the motives and connections of any opposition.
Even if they don’t particularly like Maduro, let’s face it – what’s even more off-putting is foreigners mucking around and telling them what to do. It’s like when you’re dating a bit of a douchebag and your friends and family keep telling you to dump him. Who do they think they are? You’ll dump him on your own terms when you’re good and ready.
If Maduro is going to face off against opposition protests, he needs to do it alone for the sake of all involved. Because any foreign involvement – rhetorical, military, economic, or otherwise – is just going to lead to a result that lacks any credibility in the eyes of Venezuelans.
It’s not like anyone in Washington would give a toss about Venezuela if it wasn’t a target for resource plundering. It’s all so predictable. Since Maduro hasn’t made that plundering sufficiently Western-friendly, they’d like to replace him with someone who would.
Oh, and spare me the human rights and economic suffering arguments. If that was the real concern, then there are a lot of other countries without resources that Washington could obsess about “saving”. If they really cared about the people, they wouldn’t impose endless sanctions in an attempt to make the average Venezuelan so desperate as to resort to regime change.
It was thanks to former US President Donald Trump – whose theme song for his former TV show, The Apprentice, had just a single word in its chorus: “money” – that the intentions were laid bare. Trump says that he hates foreign wars. He loves other countries’ resources though. Which is why he pulled US troops out of Syria while still maintaining enough of a presence to keep the oil. Trump said recently in an interview with Elon Musk on the X Platform that he was miffed about Biden lifting sanctions on the Nord Stream pipeline of cheap Russian gas into Europe because the Trump administration had plans to make a fortune for the US selling gas to Europe instead.
Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote in his memoir, “The Room Where It Happened”, that Trump told him to “get it done,” referring to ousting Maduro, adding that it was the fifth time that he had asked for it — like a butler who hadn’t yet brought him his Diet Coke. The US “should take the oil in Venezuela after ousting Maduro,” Trump said, according to Bolton.
Over the course of Trump’s term, the administration had a bounty of up to $15 million placed on Maduro for “narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices” – a profile far more aligned with FARC actors in US-allied Colombia, which also hosted the handpicked fake “President” named by the West, Juan Guaido, and his acolytes.
Colombia was also the launching pad for mercenaries plotting incursions into Venezuela during the Trump administration. One of them was an ex-Venezuelan general who also supplied the FARC with weapons. Just last month, a former US Green Beret, Jordan Goudreau, owner of a Florida-based private security outfit called Silvercorp USA, was federally charged with violating US arms control laws for allegedly bringing American weapons to Colombia to stage a mercenary incursion to oust Maduro in 2020 — a plan called “Operation Guideon”, which ultimately failed and landed him in a Venezuelan prison. Surely it’s just a coincidence that he also accompanied Trump’s longtime bodyguard, Keith Schiller, to a meeting with Guaido’s reps in Miami, according to the Associated Press. If he had been successful at regime change and not an embarrassment for the US and tied to Trump’s mandate, would the Biden administration have charged him?
Earlier this month, Erik Prince, the founder of the former US private military contractor Blackwater and an overt Trump supporter, popped up in a video on the X Platform with an intro that looks like the product of about five minutes of Duolingo Spanish. Sitting in front of a cross and sporting a shirt emblazoned with “Venezuelan Resistance”, with Venezuela pictured in red crosshairs, Prince said that the opposition’s “friends from the North” were “coming soon.” That’s great for low-cost personal branding and buzz; not so great for actual covert action. But it’s just more evidence that Venezuela has become a trendy backdrop for neocon interventionist tourism in the same way that influencers flock to Dubai for bikini shots.
Team Biden doesn’t seem any less determined than Trump was to oust Maduro – the offer of the cash reward for his capture is still posted on the State Department’s website – but since every trick has seemingly already been tried unsuccessfully, they seem to be at a loss for options. The White House even had to deny reports of an offer not to pursue Maduro criminally for those “narco-terrorism” charges if he just quietly bails out of power. Even if there was any truth to it, outright public blackmail or bribery by the White House of a non-bootlicking president of a resource-rich country probably wouldn’t be a great look.
Thanks to Washington and its allies, it’s now virtually impossible to ascertain what’s really going on in Venezuela, or how much of the opposition to Maduro is organic. Why would Maduro even bother trying to prove anything to his Western critics, on demand? As if there’s anything that he could provide to them to which they’d just say, “Yeah, ok. Fair enough. Carry on, then.” If anything, the West has guaranteed Maduro a longevity that he may not have enjoyed had they not muddied the waters so badly for the average Venezuelan voter under the eyes of the entire world.
https://www.rt.com/news/603658-maduro-venezuela-us-meddling/
Washington demands proof that the Venezuelan president really won the election – why should he bother?
The West wants recently re-elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to prove that he actually won. He doesn’t have to prove anything; endless Western interventionist shenanigans in Venezuelan domestic affairs have virtually guaranteed that to be the case.
“If Maduro insists on saying he has won and does not want to understand that, for the international community, without verification, there is no assumption of results, Venezuela could enter a serious crisis – we are all trying to prevent this from happening,” said European Union chief diplomat Josep Borrell. The US State Department, meanwhile, said that the international community was running out of patience in waiting for the electoral proof. They’re all demanding answers now, as in-country opposition protests persist. Or what? You’ll threaten to regime change Maduro? You’ll rally government-linked NGO fronts against him? You’ll send some proxies over to do your dirty work for you? You’ll name some random dude as your chosen president and demand that your allies around the world treat him like he’s the real leader of the country?
All these things have been tried already. And the very fact that they have is precisely why it’s virtually impossible for the West to mount a credible case against Maduro. There has been enough blatantly overt foreign intervention to plant reasonable doubt in the minds of a critical mass of Venezuelans about the motives and connections of any opposition.
Even if they don’t particularly like Maduro, let’s face it – what’s even more off-putting is foreigners mucking around and telling them what to do. It’s like when you’re dating a bit of a douchebag and your friends and family keep telling you to dump him. Who do they think they are? You’ll dump him on your own terms when you’re good and ready.
If Maduro is going to face off against opposition protests, he needs to do it alone for the sake of all involved. Because any foreign involvement – rhetorical, military, economic, or otherwise – is just going to lead to a result that lacks any credibility in the eyes of Venezuelans.
It’s not like anyone in Washington would give a toss about Venezuela if it wasn’t a target for resource plundering. It’s all so predictable. Since Maduro hasn’t made that plundering sufficiently Western-friendly, they’d like to replace him with someone who would.
Oh, and spare me the human rights and economic suffering arguments. If that was the real concern, then there are a lot of other countries without resources that Washington could obsess about “saving”. If they really cared about the people, they wouldn’t impose endless sanctions in an attempt to make the average Venezuelan so desperate as to resort to regime change.
It was thanks to former US President Donald Trump – whose theme song for his former TV show, The Apprentice, had just a single word in its chorus: “money” – that the intentions were laid bare. Trump says that he hates foreign wars. He loves other countries’ resources though. Which is why he pulled US troops out of Syria while still maintaining enough of a presence to keep the oil. Trump said recently in an interview with Elon Musk on the X Platform that he was miffed about Biden lifting sanctions on the Nord Stream pipeline of cheap Russian gas into Europe because the Trump administration had plans to make a fortune for the US selling gas to Europe instead.
Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote in his memoir, “The Room Where It Happened”, that Trump told him to “get it done,” referring to ousting Maduro, adding that it was the fifth time that he had asked for it — like a butler who hadn’t yet brought him his Diet Coke. The US “should take the oil in Venezuela after ousting Maduro,” Trump said, according to Bolton.
Over the course of Trump’s term, the administration had a bounty of up to $15 million placed on Maduro for “narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices” – a profile far more aligned with FARC actors in US-allied Colombia, which also hosted the handpicked fake “President” named by the West, Juan Guaido, and his acolytes.
Colombia was also the launching pad for mercenaries plotting incursions into Venezuela during the Trump administration. One of them was an ex-Venezuelan general who also supplied the FARC with weapons. Just last month, a former US Green Beret, Jordan Goudreau, owner of a Florida-based private security outfit called Silvercorp USA, was federally charged with violating US arms control laws for allegedly bringing American weapons to Colombia to stage a mercenary incursion to oust Maduro in 2020 — a plan called “Operation Guideon”, which ultimately failed and landed him in a Venezuelan prison. Surely it’s just a coincidence that he also accompanied Trump’s longtime bodyguard, Keith Schiller, to a meeting with Guaido’s reps in Miami, according to the Associated Press. If he had been successful at regime change and not an embarrassment for the US and tied to Trump’s mandate, would the Biden administration have charged him?
Earlier this month, Erik Prince, the founder of the former US private military contractor Blackwater and an overt Trump supporter, popped up in a video on the X Platform with an intro that looks like the product of about five minutes of Duolingo Spanish. Sitting in front of a cross and sporting a shirt emblazoned with “Venezuelan Resistance”, with Venezuela pictured in red crosshairs, Prince said that the opposition’s “friends from the North” were “coming soon.” That’s great for low-cost personal branding and buzz; not so great for actual covert action. But it’s just more evidence that Venezuela has become a trendy backdrop for neocon interventionist tourism in the same way that influencers flock to Dubai for bikini shots.
Team Biden doesn’t seem any less determined than Trump was to oust Maduro – the offer of the cash reward for his capture is still posted on the State Department’s website – but since every trick has seemingly already been tried unsuccessfully, they seem to be at a loss for options. The White House even had to deny reports of an offer not to pursue Maduro criminally for those “narco-terrorism” charges if he just quietly bails out of power. Even if there was any truth to it, outright public blackmail or bribery by the White House of a non-bootlicking president of a resource-rich country probably wouldn’t be a great look.
Thanks to Washington and its allies, it’s now virtually impossible to ascertain what’s really going on in Venezuela, or how much of the opposition to Maduro is organic. Why would Maduro even bother trying to prove anything to his Western critics, on demand? As if there’s anything that he could provide to them to which they’d just say, “Yeah, ok. Fair enough. Carry on, then.” If anything, the West has guaranteed Maduro a longevity that he may not have enjoyed had they not muddied the waters so badly for the average Venezuelan voter under the eyes of the entire world.
https://www.rt.com/news/603658-maduro-venezuela-us-meddling/
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Venezuela's Vice President: opposition figure Edmundo González left the country and requested asylum in Spain, 09.08.2024.
Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of Venezuela, reported that on September 7, opposition leader Edmundo Gonzales left the country and requested political asylum in Spain, two days after the national Public Prosecutor's Office ratified the arrest warrant against him.
"In that sense, once the relevant contacts between the two governments have occurred, the extremes of the case have been fulfilled and in accordance with international legality, Venezuela has granted the due safe conducts for the sake of tranquility and political peace of the country,” the official said in a statement shared through her social networks.
Vice President Rodríguez assured in her message that this behavior reaffirms the respect for the law that has prevailed in Venezuela before the international community.
Subsequently, the Spanish Administration confirmed that it will host the opponent on national territory. "Edmundo González has taken off from Caracas heading to Spain on a Spanish Air Force plane. The Government of Spain has arranged the necessary diplomatic and material means for his transfer, carried out at his request," the Foreign Ministry said.
The Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office requested on September 5 that González be put on the right for the investigation that that body is carrying out against him for the alleged commission of several crimes, according to the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab.
The prosecutor offered the statements after the meeting he held with José Vicente Haro, González's defense lawyer, who promised to do the due diligence to convince him to appear. In this regard, Saab pointed out that Haro advised his client to present himself to the Prosecutor's summonses, but said that people outside the legal team pressured him not to attend.
The prosecutor also stressed that the letter sent by González through his lawyer, and in which he indicated the reasons why he did not appear at the summons, is "out of place."
In the same way, he indicated that the former candidate of the Unitary Democratic Platform (PUD, right), sought to disassociate himself from the website on which that sector published results contrary to those issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
González is accused of usurpation of functions, forging of a public document, instigation to disobey laws, conspiracy, sabotage to damage systems and association.
According to the CNE, President Nicolás Maduro, for the Great Patriotic Pole coalition (left), obtained 51.95% of the votes in the last presidential elections, while González, his closest contender, reached 43.18% of the votes.
The PUD did not know the results and released CNE minutes that would prove that González was the winner of the elections.
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Delcy Rodríguez, vice president of Venezuela, reported that on September 7, opposition leader Edmundo Gonzales left the country and requested political asylum in Spain, two days after the national Public Prosecutor's Office ratified the arrest warrant against him.
"In that sense, once the relevant contacts between the two governments have occurred, the extremes of the case have been fulfilled and in accordance with international legality, Venezuela has granted the due safe conducts for the sake of tranquility and political peace of the country,” the official said in a statement shared through her social networks.
Vice President Rodríguez assured in her message that this behavior reaffirms the respect for the law that has prevailed in Venezuela before the international community.
Subsequently, the Spanish Administration confirmed that it will host the opponent on national territory. "Edmundo González has taken off from Caracas heading to Spain on a Spanish Air Force plane. The Government of Spain has arranged the necessary diplomatic and material means for his transfer, carried out at his request," the Foreign Ministry said.
The Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office requested on September 5 that González be put on the right for the investigation that that body is carrying out against him for the alleged commission of several crimes, according to the Attorney General, Tarek William Saab.
The prosecutor offered the statements after the meeting he held with José Vicente Haro, González's defense lawyer, who promised to do the due diligence to convince him to appear. In this regard, Saab pointed out that Haro advised his client to present himself to the Prosecutor's summonses, but said that people outside the legal team pressured him not to attend.
The prosecutor also stressed that the letter sent by González through his lawyer, and in which he indicated the reasons why he did not appear at the summons, is "out of place."
In the same way, he indicated that the former candidate of the Unitary Democratic Platform (PUD, right), sought to disassociate himself from the website on which that sector published results contrary to those issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
González is accused of usurpation of functions, forging of a public document, instigation to disobey laws, conspiracy, sabotage to damage systems and association.
According to the CNE, President Nicolás Maduro, for the Great Patriotic Pole coalition (left), obtained 51.95% of the votes in the last presidential elections, while González, his closest contender, reached 43.18% of the votes.
The PUD did not know the results and released CNE minutes that would prove that González was the winner of the elections.
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I want proof that Biden won in 2020. But the corrupt US governors destroyed the ballots so we can't even have a recount. Apparently the US
legal system can now get convictions if the cops catch someone flushing stuff down the toilet (supposedly drugs) even if they fail to retrieve the
evidence of what was flushed. So the act of looking guilty is a crime in the US. Thus all these governors should be automatically convicted for
destroying evidence and more serious crimes. Their corruption of the voting system is vastly worse than some junky flushing drugs down the toilet.
They are also engaged in a gang criminal enterprise and should be subject to RICO statutes. But they are above the law.
Yet the corrupt toilet US demands of Venezuela proof of voting results. Based on nothing but the BS claim that any oppositionist must win as if
Venezuelans are morons who will vote for a US stooge because they believe that sucking yanqui schlong will bring miracles.
legal system can now get convictions if the cops catch someone flushing stuff down the toilet (supposedly drugs) even if they fail to retrieve the
evidence of what was flushed. So the act of looking guilty is a crime in the US. Thus all these governors should be automatically convicted for
destroying evidence and more serious crimes. Their corruption of the voting system is vastly worse than some junky flushing drugs down the toilet.
They are also engaged in a gang criminal enterprise and should be subject to RICO statutes. But they are above the law.
Yet the corrupt toilet US demands of Venezuela proof of voting results. Based on nothing but the BS claim that any oppositionist must win as if
Venezuelans are morons who will vote for a US stooge because they believe that sucking yanqui schlong will bring miracles.
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Venezuela is the "laboratory" of the right to carry out "fascist" coups, by José Negrón Valera for SputnikSpanish. 09.11.2024.
In a world in which extremist ideologies are resurging strongly, Venezuela is taking a leading role in organizing the World Congress against Fascism, which opened this September 10 in Caracas and to which Sputnik was invited.
This event, which brings together more than 1,200 guests from 95 countries, including the representative of Sputnik, aims to discuss the new forms of fascism that are presented on the global scene, with special emphasis on how Venezuela has been a laboratory of resistance in the face of these threats.
In an interview with Sputnik, Tania Díaz, vice president of formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and rector of the International University of Communications, addressed the importance of this congress and the experiences that have forged the Venezuelan resistance in the face of what she considers a global aggression.
"Venezuela is making a broad call because the country is coming from defeating a cyber fascism operation," Diaz said when asked about the relevance of organizing a congress of this nature. For her, the struggle against fascism is not a purely historical issue, but a reality that has affected the nation for more than two decades.
"The Venezuelan people, once again, who have been the victim of a continuous coup since 1999 to date, we believe that it is the laboratory of an escalation in that global agenda of the extreme right that has the advance of fascism as one of its components," Diaz said.
The rector of the International University of Communications detailed how the nation was attacked from multiple fronts during the July 28 presidential elections. For Díaz, this offensive included a "fifth-generation diffuse war operation," which sought to destabilize both the military and the moral and cognitive aspects of the Venezuelan people. He explained that a paramilitary operation was organized that "violently seized the territories where Chavismo is in the majority" and, at the same time, implemented in parallel a cyber attack on key web portals of the country, such as those of the National Electoral Council, the banking system and transportation.
"One of the most criminal phases was the sabotage of the national income system," Díaz denounced, recalling how this attack directly affected 360,000 families who were waiting for the results of the university quota allocation. "It was to attack, it was to demoralize and strike at the moral and spiritual strength of Venezuela," she stressed.
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In a world in which extremist ideologies are resurging strongly, Venezuela is taking a leading role in organizing the World Congress against Fascism, which opened this September 10 in Caracas and to which Sputnik was invited.
This event, which brings together more than 1,200 guests from 95 countries, including the representative of Sputnik, aims to discuss the new forms of fascism that are presented on the global scene, with special emphasis on how Venezuela has been a laboratory of resistance in the face of these threats.
In an interview with Sputnik, Tania Díaz, vice president of formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and rector of the International University of Communications, addressed the importance of this congress and the experiences that have forged the Venezuelan resistance in the face of what she considers a global aggression.
"Venezuela is making a broad call because the country is coming from defeating a cyber fascism operation," Diaz said when asked about the relevance of organizing a congress of this nature. For her, the struggle against fascism is not a purely historical issue, but a reality that has affected the nation for more than two decades.
"The Venezuelan people, once again, who have been the victim of a continuous coup since 1999 to date, we believe that it is the laboratory of an escalation in that global agenda of the extreme right that has the advance of fascism as one of its components," Diaz said.
The rector of the International University of Communications detailed how the nation was attacked from multiple fronts during the July 28 presidential elections. For Díaz, this offensive included a "fifth-generation diffuse war operation," which sought to destabilize both the military and the moral and cognitive aspects of the Venezuelan people. He explained that a paramilitary operation was organized that "violently seized the territories where Chavismo is in the majority" and, at the same time, implemented in parallel a cyber attack on key web portals of the country, such as those of the National Electoral Council, the banking system and transportation.
"One of the most criminal phases was the sabotage of the national income system," Díaz denounced, recalling how this attack directly affected 360,000 families who were waiting for the results of the university quota allocation. "It was to attack, it was to demoralize and strike at the moral and spiritual strength of Venezuela," she stressed.
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Maduro: "We are not Hispanic America, we are our rebellious America", by José Negrón Valera for SputnikSpanish. 10.13.2024.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, addressed via telephone the crowd commemorating the Day of Indigenous Resistance today in Caracas. The march aimed to remember the more than five centuries of resistance of the original peoples against colonialism and its heirs.
The mobilization of indigenous peoples and popular sectors that support the Bolivarian government is gaining strength in the context of diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Spain, as part of a call for European non-interference in the internal political affairs of the South American country.
The Day of Indigenous Resistance, celebrated every October 12th in Venezuela since 2002, replaces the commemoration of Columbus Day and serves as a platform to make visible the historical demands of indigenous peoples, who are still fighting for their rights in the country and on the continent.
In this sense, Maduro's statements had a firm tone, calling for the definitive de-colonization, a struggle that according to him is still in force, 532 years after the arrival of European colonizers in America.
The president began by greeting the "fighting people" and underlined the long march that still continues towards the total liberation of the oppressed peoples.
"Greetings to the fighting people and we have only one march, 532 years marching towards the process of definitive de-colonization," he said, referring to the historical resistance of indigenous peoples against colonialism.
This resistance, according to Maduro, is not only against historical oppression, but against contemporary expressions of colonialism, which he links directly with fascism. In his words, Maduro emphasized a statement that he qualifies as "a great historical truth": the direct connection between colonialism and fascism.
For the president, the forces that today try to deny the rights of indigenous peoples and subjugate the free nations of Latin America are heirs of the same ideologies and power structures that drove the conquest and genocide of the original peoples.
"They, surnames, empires, are the heirs of colonialism, slavery and all forms of discrimination and crime," he said vehemently.
"The fascism of today are the heirs of the worst, the worst of the history of humanity," he emphasized, drawing a parallel between colonialism and the new forms of oppression.
"We are the Rebellious America"
In his speech, the Venezuelan president also highlighted the fundamental role of the indigenous resistance in shaping the identity of the region.
“We are not Hispanic America, we are our rebellious America, we are the Bolivarian America, the America of the resistance, make no mistake," he declared.
By evoking historical figures such as Guaicaipuro, the great cacique who fought against the conquistadors, Maduro reinforced the idea that the history of Latin America is a history of resistance and struggle against oppression. "We are proud, and you women are proud, of our roots, of our worldview, and that's where we come from," he added.
Critiques to Milei
The international context did not go unnoticed by the president. In his speech, Maduro referred critically to the recent statements of political figures such as Javier Milei, president of Argentina, who on his social networks praised October 12 as the day when America was “civilized.”
Maduro described these comments as a denial of genocide and a reproduction of the colonial narrative. "Today, the accomplice of the genocide, Javier Milei, posted on his social media accounts. You have seen what Javier Milei published in Argentina... they want to impose their false story of the past, to impose their fascist project in the present," he denounced.
In addition to his criticism of elites and colonialism, the president addressed the current challenges faced by indigenous communities in Venezuela. He called for the consolidation of communal power in these communities, stressing the importance of the organization of indigenous youth and communal circuits as a power base.
"We have to consolidate the communal circuits of the people and of grassroots power in the indigenous communities.
Consolidate Indian power," he said.
He also highlighted the need to strengthen housing, health and education plans in indigenous communities, ensuring that the preservation of native languages is fundamental to keep their worldview alive.
Part of Maduro's speech was also aimed at reaffirming the role of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces in the defense of the rights of indigenous peoples, proposing the consolidation of the "Indian militia", a component that, according to him, will be key to protect indigenous communities from possible external aggressions.
“We have to consolidate the Bolivarian national militia, the Indian militia," he stressed, in a call for not only cultural, but also military resistance.
The international context and the diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Spain were key elements of Maduro's speech. Recently, the Venezuelan government has demanded that Spain apologize for the crimes committed during the conquest and colonization, a request that reinforces the narrative of historical justice defended by the Maduro administration. "May Spain ask the world for forgiveness," the president urged a few days ago in a context in which his government has intensified its anti-imperialist rhetoric.
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https://noticiaslatam.lat/20241013/maduro-nosotros-no-somos-hispanoamerica-somos-nuestra-america-rebelde--1158215701.html
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, addressed via telephone the crowd commemorating the Day of Indigenous Resistance today in Caracas. The march aimed to remember the more than five centuries of resistance of the original peoples against colonialism and its heirs.
The mobilization of indigenous peoples and popular sectors that support the Bolivarian government is gaining strength in the context of diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Spain, as part of a call for European non-interference in the internal political affairs of the South American country.
The Day of Indigenous Resistance, celebrated every October 12th in Venezuela since 2002, replaces the commemoration of Columbus Day and serves as a platform to make visible the historical demands of indigenous peoples, who are still fighting for their rights in the country and on the continent.
In this sense, Maduro's statements had a firm tone, calling for the definitive de-colonization, a struggle that according to him is still in force, 532 years after the arrival of European colonizers in America.
The president began by greeting the "fighting people" and underlined the long march that still continues towards the total liberation of the oppressed peoples.
"Greetings to the fighting people and we have only one march, 532 years marching towards the process of definitive de-colonization," he said, referring to the historical resistance of indigenous peoples against colonialism.
This resistance, according to Maduro, is not only against historical oppression, but against contemporary expressions of colonialism, which he links directly with fascism. In his words, Maduro emphasized a statement that he qualifies as "a great historical truth": the direct connection between colonialism and fascism.
For the president, the forces that today try to deny the rights of indigenous peoples and subjugate the free nations of Latin America are heirs of the same ideologies and power structures that drove the conquest and genocide of the original peoples.
"They, surnames, empires, are the heirs of colonialism, slavery and all forms of discrimination and crime," he said vehemently.
"The fascism of today are the heirs of the worst, the worst of the history of humanity," he emphasized, drawing a parallel between colonialism and the new forms of oppression.
"We are the Rebellious America"
In his speech, the Venezuelan president also highlighted the fundamental role of the indigenous resistance in shaping the identity of the region.
“We are not Hispanic America, we are our rebellious America, we are the Bolivarian America, the America of the resistance, make no mistake," he declared.
By evoking historical figures such as Guaicaipuro, the great cacique who fought against the conquistadors, Maduro reinforced the idea that the history of Latin America is a history of resistance and struggle against oppression. "We are proud, and you women are proud, of our roots, of our worldview, and that's where we come from," he added.
Critiques to Milei
The international context did not go unnoticed by the president. In his speech, Maduro referred critically to the recent statements of political figures such as Javier Milei, president of Argentina, who on his social networks praised October 12 as the day when America was “civilized.”
Maduro described these comments as a denial of genocide and a reproduction of the colonial narrative. "Today, the accomplice of the genocide, Javier Milei, posted on his social media accounts. You have seen what Javier Milei published in Argentina... they want to impose their false story of the past, to impose their fascist project in the present," he denounced.
In addition to his criticism of elites and colonialism, the president addressed the current challenges faced by indigenous communities in Venezuela. He called for the consolidation of communal power in these communities, stressing the importance of the organization of indigenous youth and communal circuits as a power base.
"We have to consolidate the communal circuits of the people and of grassroots power in the indigenous communities.
Consolidate Indian power," he said.
He also highlighted the need to strengthen housing, health and education plans in indigenous communities, ensuring that the preservation of native languages is fundamental to keep their worldview alive.
Part of Maduro's speech was also aimed at reaffirming the role of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces in the defense of the rights of indigenous peoples, proposing the consolidation of the "Indian militia", a component that, according to him, will be key to protect indigenous communities from possible external aggressions.
“We have to consolidate the Bolivarian national militia, the Indian militia," he stressed, in a call for not only cultural, but also military resistance.
The international context and the diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Spain were key elements of Maduro's speech. Recently, the Venezuelan government has demanded that Spain apologize for the crimes committed during the conquest and colonization, a request that reinforces the narrative of historical justice defended by the Maduro administration. "May Spain ask the world for forgiveness," the president urged a few days ago in a context in which his government has intensified its anti-imperialist rhetoric.
Yandex Translate from Spanish.
https://noticiaslatam.lat/20241013/maduro-nosotros-no-somos-hispanoamerica-somos-nuestra-america-rebelde--1158215701.html
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Good to see the Venezuelan people standing up for their rights and their country and against outside negative influences.
Shame western people have no balls to do the same to solve some of their problems.
Shame western people have no balls to do the same to solve some of their problems.
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GarryB wrote:Shame western people have no balls to do the same to solve some of their problems.
@kvs, Garry: Not that the right is any better, thought. The whole western political system is corrupted. https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/whitewashing-imperialism-the-western-left-and-venezuela/
Whitewashing Imperialism: the Western ‘Left’ and Venezuela
Disingenuous 'left' critiques that echo imperialist regime-change propaganda against Venezuela.
Every time Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution is faced with renewed threats to its survival, a stratum of US-based intellectuals is always ready with ‘left’ critiques that deliberately obscure the permanent imperialist siege against the country.
Writing for New Left Review and The Nation, respectively, Gabriel Hetland and Alejandro Velasco present the contentious post-electoral panorama as the result of essentially endogenous factors – namely, Maduro’s ‘increasingly neoliberal, and even rightwing, policies,’ including ‘austerity, corruption, repression, and dollarization’ – in which US hybrid warfare is at best epiphenomenal. They urge the international left to ‘resis[t] apologism for Maduro’ and accept the victory of a fascist-led opposition movement.
Hetland’s and Velasco’s articles belong to a broader genre of deeply disingenuous ‘left’ critique emanating from the global North, which has periodically attacked Southern governments and anti-systemic movements targeted by Washington, including Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, Zimbabwe, China, Cuba, Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua, among others.
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@kvs, Garry: Not that the right is any better, thought. The whole western political system is corrupted. https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/whitewashing-imperialism-the-western-left-and-venezuela/
Sorry, I wasn't clear.
When I said:
Good to see the Venezuelan people standing up for their rights and their country and against outside negative influences.
Shame western people have no balls to do the same to solve some of their problems.
What I am saying is that the Venezuelan people are fighting imperial western colonial influences that just want to rip apart their country and exploit their economic market to drain money from their society into the pockets of already a very very rich, very select few people in the west... for which politicians take a cut... which is why they are so keen to destroy these places and keep them poor.
It is a shame the people in the west do not realise those same few are destroying their economies and stealing their countries resources from them.
In most western countries the licence to mine the ground for resources is cheap and pays no attention to who owns the land or what country the land is in... someone can get a mining licence and dig billions of dollars or valuable materials out of the ground and it is theirs... it does not belong to the people who live in that country or even the owners of the land... it belongs to the mining company.
Ironically the people of other countries have it better because they have more sensible rules... Libya was a developing growing country because the mineral wealth of the country was owned by the people of the country. The west hates Iran more for the fact that they nationalised their energy and didn't let western companies come in and make billions extracting it and leaving them with bugger all.
It is good the people of Venezuela are defending themselves, but it is a shame the people of the west don't defend themselves from these same people too.
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GarryB wrote:Sorry, I wasn't clear.
No, actually it was my fault to be not clear. I was only meant to expand the discussions based on your information, I did not mean to argue against your opinions.
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Nothing has changed since the 1980s. The US is still engaged in the same regime change colonial racket. This is why the supposed "commie"
advance via woke and critical race theory makeovers is a sham. You know it's a sham when it is pushed by corporations. The same corporations
that push for regime change operations to lubricate their profits. The real left is being destroyed in the USA and the rest of the fascist west.
It has been turned into a joke that is already leading to a rightist backlash. This is possible because western democracy is a joke itself, especially
in the USA. There is no real left party in the USA. The Democrats and Republicans are sock puppets of the oligarchy. The oligarchy is not
going to allow the real left to function. Sure, it will throw some co-opted crumbs such as labour unions but we see how it is in the process of
destroying the left by perverting its "leftist" puppets. Soon it will not have to deal with leftist sentiment in the masses, since the masses will
have woke degeneracy as being leftism planted in their minds. Anyway, that appears to be the plan but I do not think it will work in the long
run. The elite is perpetually in an abusive relationship with the proles and any brainwashing of the proles can only transient since it reality will
always reassert itself.
advance via woke and critical race theory makeovers is a sham. You know it's a sham when it is pushed by corporations. The same corporations
that push for regime change operations to lubricate their profits. The real left is being destroyed in the USA and the rest of the fascist west.
It has been turned into a joke that is already leading to a rightist backlash. This is possible because western democracy is a joke itself, especially
in the USA. There is no real left party in the USA. The Democrats and Republicans are sock puppets of the oligarchy. The oligarchy is not
going to allow the real left to function. Sure, it will throw some co-opted crumbs such as labour unions but we see how it is in the process of
destroying the left by perverting its "leftist" puppets. Soon it will not have to deal with leftist sentiment in the masses, since the masses will
have woke degeneracy as being leftism planted in their minds. Anyway, that appears to be the plan but I do not think it will work in the long
run. The elite is perpetually in an abusive relationship with the proles and any brainwashing of the proles can only transient since it reality will
always reassert itself.
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