Venezuela

Jacqueline Luqman
Venezuela Continues To Be the Model for True Democracy in the Americas
03 May 2022
The 2002 attempted coup against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was undone because of popular action. The Bolivarian Republic recently held an international summit commemorating events which…
Dan Beeton
The Venezuela Coup 20 Years Later
26 Apr 2022
The legacy of Venezuela’s short-lived 2002 coup d’etat, and the subsequent countercoup, endures for US-Latin American relations.
Roger D. Harris
US’s Flaunting of Diplomatic Immunity Challenged in Court – Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Contests Extraterritorial Judicial Abuse
12 Apr 2022
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations protects the rights of Alex Saab. But the Trump administration violated international law in charging him with a crime and the Biden administration…
Roger D. Harris
Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context
06 Apr 2022
Alex Saab’s April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft
09 Mar 2022
The U.S. claims the right to sanction, to steal from other nations, with one-third of humanity suffering from these crimes. Sanctions are war by other means and cause great suffering…
Benjamin Norton
US and Colombia Do Military Exercises with Nuclear Submarine Near Venezuela, After Sending Warship Through Taiwan Strait
08 Mar 2022
Events in Ukraine have not stopped the US drive for domination.
Benjamin Norton
US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine also target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba
02 Mar 2022
The U.S. and Western powers talk about a "Troika of Tyranny" in Latin America because the nations in that region recognize the dangers of the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination. But any tyranny taking…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Racist, Imperialist War on Venezuela
24 Nov 2021
We are reprinting Glen Ford’s 2019 article on Venezuela not to demonstrate that he was prescient on the issue of U.S.-Venezuela policies, but because it is still relevant and demonstrates the t
Lauren Smith
Miami Defenders of Twice US Kidnapped Venezuelan Ambassador, Alex Saab, Rally for his Release
26 Oct 2021
The U.S. has twice kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab.
Dan Kovalik
The U.S. Flies Alex Saab Out from Cabo Verde Without Court Order or Extradition Treaty
20 Oct 2021
The U.S. kidnapped Venezuela's envoy Alex Saab in Cabo Verde in 2020 and rendered him to Miami without a court order or extradition treaty in violation of international law.