[rad-green] Venezuela & ALBA Weekly #300, May 1, 2020: The US uses the Pandemic against Venezuela and Cuba; Ben Linder Remembered
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1588430535-22778-166249 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_116129_193387690.1588430517929" ------=_Part_116129_193387690.1588430517929 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20=20=20=20 |=20=20 |=20=20=20 |=20=20 |=20=20 | | |=20=20 | =C2=A0 | | |=20=20 |=20 Venezuela & ALBA Weekly #300, May1,2020:=20 =20 The US uses the Pandemic against Venezuela and Cuba; Ben Linder Remembered= =20 | | | | | | |=20=20 |=20=20 |=20=20 |=20 BlacklistedNews: Wikileaks Puts all their files Online=20 =20 Venezuela Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial: The U.S. does not need a war in Venezue= la=C2=A0 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the United States into crisis, an= d its citizenry is in desperate need of medical, economic and moral support= . What the people do not need, or want, is another war.=20 =20 The U.S. has built up a tremendous force in the waters north of the countr= y. =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ship= s, aircraft, and helicopters; Coast Guard cutters; and Air Force surveillan= ce aircraft, doubling our capabilities in the region.=E2=80=9DOfficials at = the Defense Department reportedly opposed the deployment, as the military h= as struggled with the spread of COVID-19. But their concerns were ignored.= =20 =20 The president claims that the operation is meant to combat drug traffickin= g, primarily cocaine smuggling, but such a force has never been previously = deployed solely for drugs. And data from the U.S. government=E2=80=99s own = Consolidated Counterdrug Database shows that Venezuela is not a primary tra= nsit country for U.S.-bound cocaine. Six times as much cocaine passed throu= gh Guatemala in recent years. Our government should focus on the more press= ing needs of its own people, who are trying to make it through the most sig= nificant crisis the country has faced in decades.=20 =20 OrinocoTribune: Ambassador Moncada Denounces Trump at the UN for his =E2= =80=9CGenocidal Policy=E2=80=9D Towards Venezuelans Moncada denounced the = =E2=80=9Cgenocidal=E2=80=9D management of the United States to the UN Secur= ity Council for using =E2=80=9Cthe pandemic as a weapon against Caracas.=E2= =80=9D Since at least 2015, the US, UK and other allied countries have impo= sed various illegal sanctions, =E2=80=9Cin an illegal action that repeats i= tself in the XXI century, the same acts of colonialism that characterized t= he nineteenth century.=E2=80=9D=20 =20 Orinoco Tribune: Now the US Navy Intimidates Venezuelan Fishing Vessel in = International Waters A Venezuelan fishing vessel was boarded in the Pacific Ocean by the US Coa= st Guard. The illegal boarding of the Venezuelan vessel was carried out fol= lowing US Southern Command orders and the excuse was that it was part of = =E2=80=9Cactions in the Caribbean and the Pacific, to stop the flow of drug= trafficking from South and Central America to the United States..=E2=80=9D= =20 =20 Maria Paez Victor: Despite the Siege, Venezuela Controls the Coronavirus A= review of the steps Venezuela took to effectively combat the virus, in spi= te of increased US measures to disrupt them.=20 =20 Venezuelanalysis: Venezuela: Guaido to Use Funds Frozen in US to Pay Loyal= ists $5000 Monthly Salaries The Trump administration recently moved $342m b= elonging to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) from a frozen Citibank accoun= t to an account at the New York Federal Reserve. The Guaido-led opposition = reportedly =E2=80=9Capproved=E2=80=9D the measure, which the BCV called =E2= =80=9Cplunder.=E2=80=9D Washington has repeatedly dispensed funds to the Ve= nezuelan opposition, including $98 million in October and $52 million in Se= ptember of last year.=20 =20 PeoplesDispatch: The US believes it has a =E2=80=9Cmessianic mission=E2=80= =9D against communism, says Venezuelan vice-minister Carlos Ron=C2=A0 Ron:T= he US strategy has been clear. And when I talk about the United States, I a= lso mean this group of Guaid=C3=B3, because there is no clear separation be= tween them.=20 =20 The interest is to promote a rebellion within the Armed Forces. If you hav= e military forces nearby, there=E2=80=99s always a chance that something wi= ll happen. I don=E2=80=99t think we are in that moment right now, but we ca= n=E2=80=99t rule out it being a possibility, because they are not acting ra= tionally.=20 =20 Upcoming Documentary on Embassy Protectors=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Cuba PrensaLatina: President Diaz-Canel condemns attack on Cuban Embassy in US = For his part, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez referred to the aggression, = saying that at dawn, on April 30, the Cuban Embassy in the US was the targe= t of an armed attack by an unidentified individual. Rodriguez pointed out t= hat the diplomatic personnel were not hurt and are safe, and that the inves= tigation into the event is underway. A press release from the Cuban Foreign= Ministry says, =E2=80=98There was no damage to the mission=E2=80=99s perso= nnel, who are safe and protected, but there was material damage to the buil= ding resulting from the impact of the shooting.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98The indiv= idual, whose identity the Cuban Government does not have information, was d= etained by local authorities at the scene and is in custody,=E2=80=99 the c= ommuniqu=C3=A9 adds. Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Re= public of Cuba, Bruno Rodr=C3=ADguez Parrilla=20 =20 Granma: Another life-saving brigade travels to South Africa More than 1,45= 0 men and women in white lab coats from Cuba=E2=80=99s Henry Reeve Continge= nt have traveled to 22 nations in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, = Africa and the Middle East to battle the pandemic.A brigade of 217 Cuban he= alth professionals has arrived in South Africa to support the battle agains= t COVID-19 in that country, bringing to 22 the total number of =E2=80=9Cmed= ical embassies=E2=80=9D that have traveled abroad to help save lives.=20 =20 Canadian Network on Cuba:=C2=A0 Campaign to Support Cuba=E2=80=99s Contrib= ution to World Fight Against COVID-19 Cuba has more than 800 medical person= nel serving humanity in the trenches of 16 countries against the dreaded co= ronavirus.To contribute to the Campaign to Support Cuba=E2=80=99s Contribut= ion to World Fight Against COVID-19: cheques should be made out to the =E2= =80=9CCNC,=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=9CCOVID-19=E2=80=9D written in the memo, an= d then mailed to: c/o Sharon Skup, 56 Riverwood Terrace, Bolton ON L7E 1S4= =20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Nicaragua NicaNotes: Is Nicaragua Hiding COVID-19 Cases?=C2=A0 Ben Linder=E2=80=99s = Legacy Remembered =C2=A0The=C2=A0 disinformation campaign against Nicaragua= over its coronavirus success.=20 =20 Jacobin: The American That Reagan Killed=20 =20 Ben Linder was a living embodiment of the best of the internationalist spi= rit of sacrifice for the benefit, not dispossession, of people in other cou= ntries under the boot of repression and poverty.=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Bolivia Peoples Dispatch: Bolivia=E2=80=99s socialist presidential candidate Luis = Arce speaks about elections, COVID-19 and fascist oppression Since the coup= , a number of social programs, such as the Bono Juancito Pinto, Bono Juana = Azurduy and Renta Dignidad cash transfer schemes, have been either cut dras= tically or effectively discontinued. At the same time, the regime has used = the crisis to mount an authoritarian crackdown. While those who breach curf= ew and quarantine measures risk up to 10 years=E2=80=99 imprisonment, the g= overnment has done nothing to guarantee financial assistance or even job se= curity for workers. This has led to riots throughout the working class subu= rbs in El Alto and Oruro, and at least 1,200 arrests. This is in addition t= o the persecution of hundreds of social activists and militants of Morales= =E2=80=99s Movement for Socialism (MAS) over the past few months.=20 =20 Sputnik News: Bolivian Gov=E2=80=99t Mishandles COVID-19 Crisis, Steps Up = Persecution of Morales=E2=80=99 Supporters Bolivia=E2=80=99s de facto gover= nment headed by Jeanine Anez has intensified the persecution of Evo Morales= =E2=80=99 partisans and left-leaning movements under the smokescreen of qua= rantine measures, says La Resistencia Bolivia journalist Alberto Echazu, de= nouncing La Paz=E2=80=99 response to the COVID-19 crisis as highly insuffic= ient.=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Webinar May 2: Celebrate May Day =E2=80=93 Solidarity, Not Sanctions and Blockades= in the Struggle Against Covid-19 =E2=80=93 from Cuba, South Africa, Venezu= ela, NY nurses, CUPW=20 =20 Sites to Follow Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua: Stand with Venezuela Orinoco Tribune Venezuela Solidarity New York End Venezuela Sanctions Friends of Sandinista Nicaragua Friends of Evo=E2=80=99s Bolivia Friends of Ecuador =E2=80=93 North America=20 | | | | |=20=20 |=20=20 |=20=20 | =C2=A0 | | |=20=20 |=20 About the Weekly=20 =20 It is AfGJ's conviction that we in the US defend=C2=A0Venezuela's sovereig= nty and recognize that the Bolivarian Revolution has improved the lives of = its citizens, led the movement toward Latin America integration, and is bui= lding participatory democracy structures that are an example for us in the = US as well. -AfGJ staff=20 =20 Friends =E2=80=93 we would like to include statements, events, and actions= in solidarity with=C2=A0Venezuela. 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https://default.salsalabs.org/T1d4568ba-bd14-4381-b6c5-31e52e1ff7e4/eb781c4= 3-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofol= low" target=3D"_blank">BlacklistedNews: Wikileaks Puts all their files Onli= ne</a> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25e= m;"> <strong>Venezuela</strong><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href= =3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T70c427aa-9cfa-4b8a-923c-866a8d1df9d6/eb7= 81c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"n= ofollow" target=3D"_blank">Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial: The U.S. does= not need a war in Venezuela</a> The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the= United States into crisis, and its citizenry is in desperate need of medic= al, economic and moral support. What the people do not need, or want, is an= other war. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1= .25em;"> The U.S. has built up a tremendous force in the waters north of th= e country. =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re deploying additional Navy destroyers, com= bat ships, aircraft, and helicopters; Coast Guard cutters; and Air Force su= rveillance aircraft, doubling our capabilities in the region.=E2=80=9DOffic= ials at the Defense Department reportedly opposed the deployment, as the mi= litary has struggled with the spread of COVID-19. But their concerns were i= gnored. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25= em;"> The president claims that the operation is meant to combat drug traff= icking, primarily cocaine smuggling, but such a force has never been previo= usly deployed solely for drugs. And data from the U.S. government=E2=80=99s= own Consolidated Counterdrug Database shows that Venezuela is not a primar= y transit country for U.S.-bound cocaine. Six times as much cocaine passed = through Guatemala in recent years. Our government should focus on the more = pressing needs of its own people, who are trying to make it through the mos= t significant crisis the country has faced in decades. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href= =3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Te69ddfb0-40f4-4a8d-b624-94133c672839/eb7= 81c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"n= ofollow" target=3D"_blank">OrinocoTribune: Ambassador Moncada Denounces Tru= mp at the UN for his =E2=80=9CGenocidal Policy=E2=80=9D Towards Venezuelans= </a> Moncada denounced the =E2=80=9Cgenocidal=E2=80=9D management of the Un= ited States to the UN Security Council for using =E2=80=9Cthe pandemic as a= weapon against Caracas.=E2=80=9D Since at least 2015, the US, UK and other= allied countries have imposed various illegal sanctions, =E2=80=9Cin an il= legal action that repeats itself in the XXI century, the same acts of colon= ialism that characterized the nineteenth century.=E2=80=9D </p> <p dir=3D"l= tr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" = href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T3a2c98c2-e52f-4afa-a071-c48edeb521e1= /eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel= =3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Orinoco Tribune: Now the US Navy Intimidate= s Venezuelan Fishing Vessel in International Waters</a><br clear=3D"none"> = A Venezuelan fishing vessel was boarded in the Pacific Ocean by the US Coas= t Guard. The illegal boarding of the Venezuelan vessel was carried out foll= owing US Southern Command orders and the excuse was that it was part of =E2= =80=9Cactions in the Caribbean and the Pacific, to stop the flow of drug tr= afficking from South and Central America to the United States..=E2=80=9D </= p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a s= hape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tbd7ad2a9-2f03-4a50-a28= 6-8ed5d673503e/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152= , 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Maria Paez Victor: Despite the= Siege, Venezuela Controls the Coronavirus</a> A review of the steps Venezu= ela took to effectively combat the virus, in spite of increased US measures= to disrupt them. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-b= ottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T48= b4b1b5-fbb6-4b98-a21c-5290d7bd2251/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" st= yle=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Venezuelan= alysis: Venezuela: Guaido to Use Funds Frozen in US to Pay Loyalists $5000 = Monthly Salaries</a> The Trump administration recently moved $342m belongin= g to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) from a frozen Citibank account to an= account at the New York Federal Reserve. The Guaido-led opposition reporte= dly =E2=80=9Capproved=E2=80=9D the measure, which the BCV called =E2=80=9Cp= lunder.=E2=80=9D Washington has repeatedly dispensed funds to the Venezuela= n opposition, including $98 million in October and $52 million in September= of last year. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bott= om:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T93f62= 54e-86e2-441b-b8b7-b98120d84d71/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style= =3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">PeoplesDispat= ch: The US believes it has a =E2=80=9Cmessianic mission=E2=80=9D against co= mmunism, says Venezuelan vice-minister Carlos Ron</a> Ron:The US stra= tegy has been clear. And when I talk about the United States, I also mean t= his group of Guaid=C3=B3, because there is no clear separation between them= . </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> = The interest is to promote a rebellion within the Armed Forces. If you have= military forces nearby, there=E2=80=99s always a chance that something wil= l happen. I don=E2=80=99t think we are in that moment right now, but we can= =E2=80=99t rule out it being a possibility, because they are not acting rat= ionally. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.2= 5em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tdf811174-fd= 02-4d51-9644-446d09d78cd6/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"co= lor:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Upcoming Documentar= y on Embassy Protectors</a> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:= 0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;ma= rgin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <strong>Cuba</strong><br clear=3D"none"> <a = shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T33b52846-c380-4a59-a6= 6a-04dea23271ff/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(15= 2, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">PrensaLatina: President Diaz-= Canel condemns attack on Cuban Embassy in US</a> For his part, Foreign Mini= ster Bruno Rodriguez referred to the aggression, saying that at dawn, on Ap= ril 30, the Cuban Embassy in the US was the target of an armed attack by an= unidentified individual. Rodriguez pointed out that the diplomatic personn= el were not hurt and are safe, and that the investigation into the event is= underway. A press release from the Cuban Foreign Ministry says, =E2=80=98T= here was no damage to the mission=E2=80=99s personnel, who are safe and pro= tected, but there was material damage to the building resulting from the im= pact of the shooting.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98The individual, whose identity the = Cuban Government does not have information, was detained by local authoriti= es at the scene and is in custody,=E2=80=99 the communiqu=C3=A9 adds. <a sh= ape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T2bc52b16-c078-4c6c-a166= -d636264ad250/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152,= 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Statement by the Minister of Fo= reign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodr=C3=ADguez Parrilla</a> </= p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a s= hape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta849de09-8366-458c-a61= 7-3f93f909906e/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152= , 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Granma: Another life-saving br= igade travels to South Africa</a> More than 1,450 men and women in white la= b coats from Cuba=E2=80=99s Henry Reeve Contingent have traveled to 22 nati= ons in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East = to battle the pandemic.A brigade of 217 Cuban health professionals has arri= ved in South Africa to support the battle against COVID-19 in that country,= bringing to 22 the total number of =E2=80=9Cmedical embassies=E2=80=9D tha= t have traveled abroad to help save lives. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"cle= ar:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://= default.salsalabs.org/T6ecdf231-06a0-4cdd-ba3a-ed4f58b0a247/eb781c43-cfa7-4= fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" tar= get=3D"_blank">Canadian Network on Cuba: Campaign to Support Cuba=E2= =80=99s Contribution to World Fight Against COVID-19 </a>Cuba has more than= 800 medical personnel serving humanity in the trenches of 16 countries aga= inst the dreaded coronavirus.To contribute to the Campaign to Support Cuba= =E2=80=99s Contribution to World Fight Against COVID-19: cheques should be = made out to the =E2=80=9CCNC,=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=9CCOVID-19=E2=80=9D writ= ten in the memo, and then mailed to: c/o Sharon Skup, 56 Riverwood Terrace,= Bolton ON L7E 1S4 </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-= bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;ma= rgin-bottom:1.25em;"> Nicaragua<br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href= =3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T7ae70988-9843-44d8-9ea8-9f0133ea17f7/eb7= 81c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"n= ofollow" target=3D"_blank">NicaNotes: Is Nicaragua Hiding COVID-19 Cases?&n= bsp; Ben Linder=E2=80=99s Legacy Remembered</a> The disinformat= ion campaign against Nicaragua over its coronavirus success. </p> <p dir=3D= "ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect= " href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T81b96bd9-6c55-4aed-8af3-4764c90248= 8c/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" re= l=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Jacobin: The American That Reagan Killed</= a> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;">= Ben Linder was a living embodiment of the best of the internationalist spi= rit of sacrifice for the benefit, not dispossession, of people in other cou= ntries under the boot of repression and poverty. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <strong>Bolivia</stron= g><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.o= rg/Tafd0ddcf-f062-435e-881f-d220ad79658f/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb0126207= 19" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Peop= les Dispatch: Bolivia=E2=80=99s socialist presidential candidate Luis Arce = speaks about elections, COVID-19 and fascist oppression</a> Since the coup,= a number of social programs, such as the Bono Juancito Pinto, Bono Juana A= zurduy and Renta Dignidad cash transfer schemes, have been either cut drast= ically or effectively discontinued. At the same time, the regime has used t= he crisis to mount an authoritarian crackdown. While those who breach curfe= w and quarantine measures risk up to 10 years=E2=80=99 imprisonment, the go= vernment has done nothing to guarantee financial assistance or even job sec= urity for workers. This has led to riots throughout the working class subur= bs in El Alto and Oruro, and at least 1,200 arrests. This is in addition to= the persecution of hundreds of social activists and militants of Morales= =E2=80=99s Movement for Socialism (MAS) over the past few months. </p> <p d= ir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D= "rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tc468dff1-bd72-4e30-bef0-6ee54= dc31957/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0)= ;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Sputnik News: Bolivian Gov=E2=80=99t = Mishandles COVID-19 Crisis, Steps Up Persecution of Morales=E2=80=99 Suppor= ters</a> Bolivia=E2=80=99s de facto government headed by Jeanine Anez has i= ntensified the persecution of Evo Morales=E2=80=99 partisans and left-leani= ng movements under the smokescreen of quarantine measures, says La Resisten= cia Bolivia journalist Alberto Echazu, denouncing La Paz=E2=80=99 response = to the COVID-19 crisis as highly insufficient. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" sty= le=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <strong>Webinar</strong><= br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/= Tdff7a0fa-e865-4762-b71f-9312810d81b8/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719"= style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">May 2: = Celebrate May Day =E2=80=93 Solidarity, Not Sanctions and Blockades in the = Struggle Against Covid-19 =E2=80=93 from Cuba, South Africa, Venezuela, NY = nurses, CUPW</a> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bo= ttom:1.25em;"> <strong>Sites to Follow Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua:</stro= ng><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.= org/T5e77697e-12a1-43ad-a4be-99eefd1a42a0/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620= 719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Sta= nd with Venezuela</a><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://= default.salsalabs.org/T2b8d5e90-3fab-4790-829c-440559ee0045/eb781c43-cfa7-4= fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" tar= get=3D"_blank">Orinoco Tribune</a><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" hre= f=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T3330fff5-3836-4526-b936-b4fd50743ba8/eb= 781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"= nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Venezuela Solidarity New York</a><br clear=3D"n= one"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T7a2fad7c-dbf= 2-4a62-8e1c-bcd4e35a20af/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"col= or:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">End Venezuela Sancti= ons</a><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsal= abs.org/Ta9bc53a8-d3ae-4663-9047-f44dde12c875/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb01= 2620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"= >Friends of Sandinista Nicaragua</a><br clear=3D"none"> <a shape=3D"rect" h= 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ns-serif;font-size:14px;color:#222222;border-width:0;padding:0;"><td colspa= n=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;fon= t-size:14px;color:#222222;vertical-align:top;border-width:0;padding:0;"> = <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100%" s= tyle=3D"display:table;"><tbody style=3D"display:table-row-group;"><tr style= =3D"display:table-row;"><td colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" id=3D"ydp5d68182fyi= v6315115642ydpdb0f2722yiv5677200206id_167e52c1-f1e0-4ea8-824b-3443dd8c308b"= style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#22= 2222;vertical-align:top;display:table-cell;"><h2 style=3D"clear:both;margin= :.5em 0;"> <strong>About the Weekly</strong> </h2> <p style=3D"clear:both;m= argin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> It is AfGJ's conviction that we in the US d= efend Venezuela's sovereignty and recognize that the Bolivarian Revolu= tion has improved the lives of its citizens, led the movement toward Latin = America integration, and is building participatory democracy structures tha= t are an example for us in the US as well. -AfGJ staff </p> <p style=3D"cle= ar:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Friends =E2=80=93 we would like to= include statements, events, and actions in solidarity with Venezuela.= If you are aware of any or are planning any, please send them to us: = <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T79dd0daa-edea-4e91= -861e-4826f7a6df16/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb= (152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= om</a>. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=3D"ydp5d681= 82fyiv6315115642ydpdb0f2722yiv5677200206sli-email-element ydp5d68182fyiv631= 5115642ydpdb0f2722yiv5677200206sli-text" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvet= ica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#222222;border-width:0;padding:0;"><td= colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-se= 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