[rad-green] Venezuela & ALBA Weekly 5.8.2020 Venezuela shuts down US-Backed Rambo Operation
"stansfield smith" (via rad-green Mailing List) <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2020 23:33:07 +0000 (UTC)
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Many= in the Opposition, particularly in the U.S., have already been coming down= hard on Guaid=C3=B3 for abandoning the former Venezuelan military officers= .=20 =20 This case proves several fundamental points: That Guaid=C3=B3 is handling = large sums of money; his constant attacks on the Venezuelan government are = to limited effect; and he has not managed to break the unity of the Venezue= lan military. It is also clear that he is financing semi-clandestine privat= e activities, with nothing to show for it so far. And he is willing to hire= mercenary forces to launch adventurous military attacks that risk the live= s of the participants and of civilians in Colombia and Venezuela.=20 =20 While the moderate opposition forces continue to engage in talks with the = government of Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro, an increasingly isolated hard-line facti= on continues in its efforts to uphold the U.S. sanctions, to validate forei= gn military intervention, and to launch paramilitary attacks.=20 =20 Daily Beast: Trump Just Inspired the Dumbest Damn Coup Plot in LatAm Histo= ry, Complete with a QAnon Crazy Washington=E2=80=99s $55 million in rewards= , that=E2=80=99s a bit of an incentive for would-be Rambos. They were an as= sault group of about 60 men, with another 50 or so fifth-columnists already= behind enemy lines, all hell bent on regime change. They were going up aga= inst the Venezuelan army=E2=80=99s 130,000 active duty soldiers and another= 220,000 paramilitary loyalists. Eight =E2=80=9Cprofessional American merce= naries=E2=80=9D had been killed and 23 captured, including two ex-Green Ber= ets and a retired DEA agent. Steve Ellner noted that=E2=80=9CGuaid=C3=B3 wa= s at first on board with the plan but then grew wary of it, realizing it wa= s doomed to failure.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CObviously Goudreau was confident tha= t once the military incursion showed signs of viability, the rebels could c= ount on the solid backing of Washington and Bogot=C3=A1.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9C= After having undertaken several abortive and embarrassing attempts to overt= hrow Maduro with the support of Washington in 2019, [Guaid=C3=B3] is now mo= re cautious, having learned from those frustrating experiences."=20 =20 AP reported that Goudreau=E2=80=94who allegedly first met opposition leade= r Guaid=C3=B3 through one of Trump=E2=80=99s bodyguards=E2=80=94had been ru= nning a series of paramilitary training camps in Colombia.=C2=A0=20 =20 OrinocoTribune: Pompeo, on the Failed Mercenary Incursion in Venezuela: = =E2=80=9CIf We Had Been Involved it Would Have Gone Differently=E2=80=9D (I= think it went the way it did because the US was involved) Pompeo said that= they will use =E2=80=9Call the tools=E2=80=9D to repatriate the US citizen= s detained in Venezuela. Pompeo, denied the US was =E2=80=98directly=E2=80= =9D involved in the attempted mercenary incursion into Venezuela. "As for w= ho bankrolled it, we're not prepared to share any more info about what we k= now took place. We'll unpack that at an appropriate time.. we'll share that= information that makes good sense.."=20 =20 MintPressNews (Alan Macleod): New Details Emerge Linking US to Latest Coup= Attempt in Venezuela The practice of regime change has been outsourced fro= m the US=C2=A0 government itself to semi-private corporations, giving the W= hite House some form of plausible deniability. The only reason Goudreau pro= duced the documents is that Guaid=C3=B3 stiffed him for the money, refusing= to pay even a $1.5 million retainer fee. =E2=80=9CThey kept promising to p= ay, week after week,=E2=80=9D he revealed in an interview with a Spanish-la= nguage TV station. This sort of behavior is perhaps not unexpected coming f= rom a politician who promised Mike Pence that he controlled half the Venezu= elan military and is widely accused of embezzling over $90 million of U.S. = public money.=20 =20 MintPressNews (Alan Macleod): Trump-Linked Mercenaries Implicate Themselve= s in Failed Venezuela Coup Last Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a= nnounced that his plans for =E2=80=9Crestoring democracy=E2=80=9D in Venezu= ela were =E2=80=9Cgaining momentum=E2=80=9D and that he had already made pl= ans to reopen the American embassy in Caracas. The next day, Washington=E2= =80=99s regime change specialist John Bolton cryptically announced that =E2= =80=9Cmorning is coming to Venezuela again=E2=80=9D soon.=20 =20 By Sunday, the coup plotters were lying face down on the concrete, zip-tie= d, some appearing to have wet themselves in terror when coming into contact= with the employees of the =E2=80=9Chouse of socialist fisherman=E2=80=9D i= n the sleepy coastal village of Chuao.=20 =20 Twitter deleted the accounts of Venezuela=E2=80=99s state-owned electricit= y company just before an attack on the power grid on Monday.=20 =20 =C2=A0Resumenlatinoamericano: UN Requests Authorization to Replicate Venez= uelan Model against Covid-19 The coordination of the United Nations System = (UN) in Venezuela requested authorization from the National Government to s= tudy the strategy of suppression of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the objecti= ve of replicating it in other nations..=20 =20 American HeraldTribune (Alan Macleod): Mike Pompeo Is Trying to Torture Ve= nezuela Again=20 =20 Pompeo: =E2=80=9CMaduro's thugs looted nine tons of gold bars and sent it = to the Iranian regime. The world's leading thieves are partnering with the = world's leading state sponsor of terror. The greatest victims are the Venez= uelan and Iranian people,=E2=80=9D he tweeted out Saturday, having earlier = told reporters that =E2=80=9Cthese flights [between the two nations] must s= top and countries should do their part to deny overflights just as many hav= e already denied landing rights to this sanctioned airline."=20 =20 Calling democratically-elected officials =E2=80=9Cthugs=E2=80=9D and =E2= =80=9Cthieves=E2=80=9D is pretty rich, especially coming from a government = that has been compulsively confiscating, stealing and hijacking shipments o= f lifesaving medical equipment during a global pandemic, from nations rich = and poor alike.=20 =20 The idea that the elected government of a sovereign nation using its gold = reserves in a time of crisis represents =E2=80=9Clooting=E2=80=9D is especi= ally notable, seeing as Pompeo himself ordered the United Kingdom to confis= cate $1.2 billion worth of Venezuelan gold in the Bank of England last year= , sparking a major diplomatic incident.=20 =20 TeleSur: Solidarity vs. Sanctions in Times of a Global Pandemic Chinese an= d Cuban doctors have been providing support in Iran, Italy, Spain and have = offered their services and expertise to the most vulnerable countries in La= tin America, Africa, and Europe. They have developed medicines and medical = treatments such as Interferon Alpha 2B in Cuba, one of the potential medici= nes to combat the virus, which reduces the mortality rate of people affecte= d by COVID19. But above all, they have offered their interest in distributi= ng them to the peoples of the world without any patent or benefit whatsoeve= r.=20 =20 China, for its part, has sent health aid to more than 80 countries during = this crisis. In the cases of Italy, Spain, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and other = countries, the Chinese government also sent doctors and infectologists spec= ialized in treating the pandemic.=C2=A0=20 =20 Bolivia and Venezuela:=20 =20 GreenLeftWeekly (Fred Fuentes) Bolivia vs Venezuela: COVID-19 response rev= eals true nature of governments In Bolivia, the government was quite slow t= o react to the pandemic and, when it finally acted, did so in an incoherent= manner.The government shifted to a complete lockdown on March 22, imposed = under threat of large fines (up to $450) and jail time (up to 10 years) for= those who did not comply. Police and military were granted special powers = to ensure compliance. By April 11, almost 10,000 people had been arrested f= or violating lockdown restrictions. In comparison, Bolivia had only carried= out 4800 COVID-19 tests by April 23.=20 =20 Unlike Bolivia, Venezuela was much quicker to move, contacting China early= to obtain details about how it dealt with the pandemic. On the basis of th= is information, it obtained a huge number of COVID-19 testing units and per= sonal protective equipment for health workers.=20 =20 Today, it leads the region in terms of testing, having carried out more th= an 350,000 tests. Due to this testing regime, it has only detected 288 case= s and registered just 10 deaths, despite having a population two-and-a-half= times larger than Bolivia. Doctors, together with local community activist= s, have been going door-to-door to seek out potential cases of COVID-19.=20 =20 Cuba=20 =20 Fidel Castro on Lenin: Excerpts from speeches by Fidel Castro Ruz in 1970,= 1981, 1992 and 2001=20 =20 Rarely in any process, perhaps never in a political process, has a thought= , a mind, an intellect been able to make such a significant contribution. L= enin was a tireless investigator and worker. It can be said that after acqu= iring political consciousness, he did not rest a single moment during his l= ifetime. He did not cease to investigate, to study, and to work on charting= the revolution's course.=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 ($1.20 from US) to: c/o Sharon Skup, 56 Riverwood Terrace, Bo= lton ON L7E 1S4=20 =20 Cuba and the Coronavirus: Webcast video with Cuba=E2=80=99s Ambassador to = the US Jos=C3=A9 Ram=C3=B3n Caba=C3=B1as=20 =20 Nicaragua=20 =20 President Daniel Ortega Message to the Virtual Summit of the Non-Aligned M= ovement "I believe the most terrible pandemic facing humankind is the use o= f force, the threat of the use of force, of wars promoted by the great powe= rs, and in particular by the United States of America"=20 =20 NicaNotes: Peasant Women Take Stance of Dignity in Face of Coronavirus Cri= sis Summary of Diana Mart=C3=ADnez, president of the Fundaci=C3=B3n Entre M= ujeres (FEM). =E2=80=9CThe hatred displayed by the opposition is visceral. = Those people couldn=E2=80=99t take power in their attempted coup a couple o= f years ago, so they are now hoping this virus will do for them what they w= ere unable to do. We Nicaraguans are handling this virus by trusting in the= transformations our society has been making, especially with community hea= lth.=E2=80=9D=20 =20 Webinars=20 =20 May 9 - Sanctions Kill Coalition Webinar Saturday May 9th 2020=C2=A0 with:= Venezuela =E2=80=94 Carlos J. Ron Martinez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affai= rs; Syria =E2=80=94 Dr. Bashar Ja=E2=80=99afari, Syrian Ambassador to the U= nited Nations; Nicaragua =E2=80=94 Francisco O Campbell, Nicaraguan Ambassa= dor to the US;=20 =20 Cuba =E2=80=94 Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, Charge des Affaires of the Cu= ban Mission to the UN;=20 =20 Zimbabwe =E2=80=94 Dr. Frank Guni, Secretary for Administration, ZANU-PF N= orth America; Iran =E2=80=94 Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iranian Ambassador to th= e United Nations=20 =20 May 11 Six months since Bolivia coup - no to violent repression & austerit= y Speakers: Ollie Vargas, Bolivia-based journalist;Manuel Bueno, Bolivian T= rade Unionist, Chair; Christine Blower, Labour Peer=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Sites to Follow Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua:=20 =20 Stand with Venezuela=20 =20 Orinoco Tribune=20 =20 Venezuela Solidarity New York=C2=A0=C2=A0=20 =20 End Venezuela Sanctions=20 =20 Friends of Sandinista Nicaragua=20 =20 Friends of Evo=E2=80=99s Bolivia=20 =20 Friends of Ecuador - North America=20 =20 Back issues of Venezuela-ALBA Weekly in 2018-2020 are here=20 | | | | |=20=20 |=20=20 |=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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0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel= =3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span= ><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-al= ign:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, s= ans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">TeleSur video: Interview wit= h President Maduro</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></sp= an> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"= > <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style= =3D"background-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.sa= lsalabs.org/Tfbdcd949-b669-455e-9e0d-e7d243fe22ef/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2= fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel= =3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span= ><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-al= ign:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">COHA: Guaid=C3=B3 and = the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Fi= nancial Corruption</span></span></span></span></span></span></a> <span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span styl= e=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">The ev= idence shows Guaid=C3=B3 and his advisors cannot deny their involvement. Th= e money comes from the ample funds the U.S. has illegally confiscated from = the Citgo oil company. Many in the Opposition, particularly in the U.S., ha= ve already been coming down hard on Guaid=C3=B3 for abandoning the former V= enezuelan military officers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></fon= t></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.= 25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><s= pan style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:base= line;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-seri= f" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">This case proves several fundamental= points: That Guaid=C3=B3 is handling large sums of money; his constant att= acks on the Venezuelan government are to limited effect; and he has not man= aged to break the unity of the Venezuelan military. It is also clear that h= e is financing semi-clandestine private activities, with nothing to show fo= r it so far. And he is willing to hire mercenary forces to launch adventuro= us military attacks that risk the lives of the participants and of civilian= s in Colombia and Venezuela.</font></span></span></span></span></span></spa= n></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.= 25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><s= pan style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:base= line;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-seri= f" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">While the moderate opposition forces= continue to engage in talks with the government of Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro, an= increasingly isolated hard-line faction continues in its efforts to uphold= the U.S. sanctions, to validate foreign military intervention, and to laun= ch paramilitary attacks.</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></= span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em= ;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style= =3D"background-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.sa= lsalabs.org/T7a2f9af1-ccb8-4e4f-a8a0-b6659e32f8ed/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2= fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel= =3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span= ><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-al= ign:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Daily Beast: Trump Jus= t Inspired the Dumbest Damn Coup Plot in LatAm History, Complete with a QAn= on Crazy</span></span></span></span></span></span></a> <span style=3D"font-= size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"verti= cal-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Washington=E2=80= =99s $55 million in rewards, that=E2=80=99s a bit of an incentive for would= -be Rambos. They were an assault group of about 60 men, with another 50 or = so fifth-columnists already behind enemy lines, all hell bent on regime cha= nge. They were going up against the Venezuelan army=E2=80=99s 130,000 activ= e duty soldiers and another 220,000 paramilitary loyalists. Eight =E2=80=9C= professional American mercenaries=E2=80=9D had been killed and 23 captured,= including two ex-Green Berets and a retired DEA agent. Steve Ellner noted = that=E2=80=9CGuaid=C3=B3 was at first on board with the plan but then grew = wary of it, realizing it was doomed to failure.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CObviously= Goudreau was confident that once the military incursion showed signs of vi= ability, the rebels could count on the solid backing of Washington and Bogo= t=C3=A1.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CAfter having undertaken several abortive and emb= arrassing attempts to overthrow Maduro with the support of Washington in 20= 19, [Guaid=C3=B3] is now more cautious, having learned from those frustrati= ng experiences."</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span> </= p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <spa= n style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D= "color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span= style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"= background-color:inherit;">AP reported that Goudreau=E2=80=94who allegedly = first met opposition leader Guaid=C3=B3 through one of Trump=E2=80=99s body= guards=E2=80=94had been running a series of paramilitary training camps in = Colombia.</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span styl= e=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background= -color:inherit;"> </font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:bo= th;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font = face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"= rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tb43284c8-f553-4446-8187-024a5f= f1ef67/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);= text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underl= ine;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:p= re-wrap;">OrinocoTribune: Pompeo, on the Failed Mercenary Incursion in Vene= zuela: =E2=80=9CIf We Had Been Involved it Would Have Gone Differently=E2= =80=9D</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical= -align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"> (</span></span></s= pan></span></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"col= or:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span sty= le=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">I think it went the way it did because the US = <i>was</i> involved) Pompeo said that they will use =E2=80=9Call the tools= =E2=80=9D to repatriate the US citizens detained in Venezuela. Pompeo, deni= ed the US was =E2=80=98directly=E2=80=9D involved in the attempted mercenar= y incursion into Venezuela. "As for who bankrolled it, we're not prepared t= o share any more info about what we know took place. We'll unpack that at a= n appropriate time.. we'll share that information that makes good sense.."<= /span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr"= style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-h= eight:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inhe= rit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tc14e552c-acd= 6-4c66-8004-d383466421d7/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"col= or:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_b= lank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decor= ation-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style= =3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">MintPressNews (Alan Macleod): New Details Emerge= Linking US to Latest Coup Attempt in Venezuela</span></span></span></span>= </span></span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000= 000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"w= hite-space:pre-wrap;"> The practice of regime change has been outsourced fr= om the US government itself to semi-private corporations, giving the = White House some form of plausible deniability. The only reason Goudreau pr= oduced the documents is that Guaid=C3=B3 stiffed him for the money, refusin= g to pay even a $1.5 million retainer fee. =E2=80=9CThey kept promising to = pay, week after week,=E2=80=9D he revealed in an interview with a Spanish-l= anguage TV station. This sort of behavior is perhaps not unexpected coming = from a politician who promised Mike Pence that he controlled half the Venez= uelan military and is widely accused of embezzling over $90 million of U.S.= public money.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span> </p>= <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span = style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"backgr= ound-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.or= g/T6afd4f87-0e43-4c88-9c38-a95c0bee31aa/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb01262071= 9" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollo= w" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span styl= e=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baselin= e;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">MintPressNews (Alan Macleod): Tru= mp-Linked Mercenaries Implicate Themselves in Failed Venezuela Coup</span><= /span></span></span></span></span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span= style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baselin= e;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"> Last Wednesday, Secretary of Sta= te Mike Pompeo announced that his plans for =E2=80=9Crestoring democracy=E2= =80=9D in Venezuela were =E2=80=9Cgaining momentum=E2=80=9D and that he had= already made plans to reopen the American embassy in Caracas. The next day= , Washington=E2=80=99s regime change specialist John Bolton cryptically ann= ounced that =E2=80=9Cmorning is coming to Venezuela again=E2=80=9D soon.</s= pan></span></span></span></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-hei= ght:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><s= pan><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-spa= ce:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:in= herit;">By Sunday, the coup plotters were lying face down on the concrete, = zip-tied, some appearing to have wet themselves in terror when coming into = contact with the employees of the =E2=80=9Chouse of socialist fisherman=E2= =80=9D in the sleepy coastal village of Chuao.</font></span></span></span><= /span></span></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:= 0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"v= ertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face= =3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Twitter deleted = the accounts of Venezuela=E2=80=99s state-owned electricity company just be= fore an attack on the power grid on Monday.</font></span></span></span></sp= an></span></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;m= argin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial= , sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;"> </font></span><span= style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"backg= round-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.o= rg/T1fd63402-485d-42bf-ba44-e253bcb8f717/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb0126207= 19" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofoll= ow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span sty= le=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseli= ne;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Resumenlatinoamericano: UN Reque= sts Authorization to Replicate Venezuelan Model against Covid-19</span></sp= an></span></span></span></span></a> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span s= tyle=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;= "><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">The coordination of the United Nati= ons System (UN) in Venezuela requested authorization from the National Gove= rnment to study the strategy of suppression of the Covid-19 pandemic, with = the objective of replicating it in other nations..</span></span></span></sp= an></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;mar= gin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><a shape=3D"= rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T203e93d8-1452-4bae-ac1b-f00652= 59fb9b/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);= text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underl= ine;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:p= re-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inheri= t;">American HeraldTribune (Alan Macleod): Mike Pompeo Is Trying to Torture= Venezuela Again</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span= > </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> = <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span styl= e=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><= span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style= =3D"background-color:inherit;">Pompeo: =E2=80=9CMaduro's thugs looted nine = tons of gold bars and sent it to the Iranian regime. The world's leading th= ieves are partnering with the world's leading state sponsor of terror. The = greatest victims are the Venezuelan and Iranian people,=E2=80=9D he tweeted= out Saturday, having earlier told reporters that =E2=80=9Cthese flights [b= etween the two nations] must stop and countries should do their part to den= y overflights just as many have already denied landing rights to this sanct= ioned airline."</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p= > <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span= style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"= color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span = style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"b= ackground-color:inherit;">Calling democratically-elected officials =E2=80= =9Cthugs=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cthieves=E2=80=9D is pretty rich, especially = coming from a government that has been compulsively confiscating, stealing = and hijacking shipments of lifesaving medical equipment during a global pan= demic, from nations rich and poor alike.</font></span></span></span></span>= </span></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;marg= in-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-si= ze:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertica= l-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"aria= l, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">The idea that the electe= d government of a sovereign nation using its gold reserves in a time of cri= sis represents =E2=80=9Clooting=E2=80=9D is especially notable, seeing as P= ompeo himself ordered the United Kingdom to confiscate $1.2 billion worth o= f Venezuelan gold in the Bank of England last year, sparking a major diplom= atic incident.</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p>= <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span = style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"backgr= ound-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.or= g/T2c2d43ea-f31a-40c7-b1b6-d4638dca1cc3/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb01262071= 9" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollo= w" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span styl= e=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baselin= e;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">TeleSur: Solidarity vs. Sanctions= in Times of a Global Pandemic</span></span></span></span></span></span></a= > <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><spa= n><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-w= rap;">Chinese and Cuban doctors have been providing support in Iran, Italy,= Spain and have offered their services and expertise to the most vulnerable= countries in Latin America, Africa, and Europe. They have developed medici= nes and medical treatments such as Interferon Alpha 2B in Cuba, one of the = potential medicines to combat the virus, which reduces the mortality rate o= f people affected by COVID19. But above all, they have offered their intere= st in distributing them to the peoples of the world without any patent or b= enefit whatsoever.</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span> = </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <s= pan style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style= =3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><s= pan style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style= =3D"background-color:inherit;">China, for its part, has sent health aid to = more than 80 countries during this crisis. In the cases of Italy, Spain, Cu= ba, Venezuela, Iran and other countries, the Chinese government also sent d= octors and infectologists specialized in treating the pandemic.</font></spa= n></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:1.2;= "><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">&nbs= p;</font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bo= ttom:1.25em;"> <strong><span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font= -size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vert= ical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"a= rial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Bolivia and Venezuela= :</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> <p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span styl= e=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background= -color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T3= d7f45b2-9c8f-4855-a34d-1f9870b1442d/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" s= tyle=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" t= arget=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D= "text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;">= <span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">GreenLeftWeekly (Fred Fuentes) Bolivi= a vs Venezuela: COVID-19 response reveals true nature of governments</span>= </span></span></span></span></span></a> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><sp= an style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:basel= ine;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">In Bolivia, the government was = quite slow to react to the pandemic and, when it finally acted, did so in a= n incoherent manner.The government shifted to a complete lockdown on March = 22, imposed under threat of large fines (up to $450) and jail time (up to 1= 0 years) for those who did not comply. Police and military were granted spe= cial powers to ensure compliance. By April 11, almost 10,000 people had bee= n arrested for violating lockdown restrictions. In comparison, Bolivia had = only carried out 4800 COVID-19 tests by April 23.</span></span></span></spa= n></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;marg= in:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style= =3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font f= ace=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Unlike Bolivi= a, Venezuela was much quicker to move, contacting China early to obtain det= ails about how it dealt with the pandemic. On the basis of this information= , it obtained a huge number of COVID-19 testing units and personal protecti= ve equipment for health workers.</font></span></span></span></span></span><= /span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-botto= m:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= "><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:= baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-= serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Today, it leads the region in te= rms of testing, having carried out more than 350,000 tests. Due to this tes= ting regime, it has only detected 288 cases and registered just 10 deaths, = despite having a population two-and-a-half times larger than Bolivia. Docto= rs, together with local community activists, have been going door-to-door t= o seek out potential cases of COVID-19.</font></span></span></span></span><= /span></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margi= n-bottom:1.25em;"> <strong><span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"= font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"= vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face= =3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Cuba</font></spa= n></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-hei= ght:1.2;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T066aaa70= -4cb5-4dbf-ae13-f1beacb188a5/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D= "color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target= =3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text= -decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span= style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"= background-color:inherit;">Fidel Castro on Lenin: Excerpts from speeches by= Fidel Castro Ruz in 1970, 1981, 1992 and 2001</font></span></span></span><= /span></span></span></a></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;mar= gin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style= =3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font f= ace=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Rarely in any= process, perhaps never in a political process, has a thought, a mind, an i= ntellect been able to make such a significant contribution. Lenin was a tir= eless investigator and worker. It can be said that after acquiring politica= l consciousness, he did not rest a single moment during his lifetime. He di= d not cease to investigate, to study, and to work on charting the revolutio= n's course.</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p> <p= dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span sty= le=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"backgroun= d-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T= 9abb6d65-b659-4c05-9a92-fdec4d951cea/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" = style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" = target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style= =3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Canadia= n Network on Cuba: Campaign to Support Cuba=E2=80=99s Contribution to= World Fight Against COVID-19 </span></span></span></span></span></a><span = style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span = style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Cu= ba has more than 800 medical personnel serving humanity in the trenches of = 16 countries against the dreaded coronavirus.To contribute to the Campaign = to Support Cuba=E2=80=99s Contribution to World Fight Against COVID-19: che= ques should be made out to the =E2=80=9CCNC,=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=9CCOVID-1= 9=E2=80=9D written in the memo, and then mailed ($1.20 from US) to: c/o Sha= ron Skup, 56 Riverwood Terrace, Bolton ON L7E 1S4</span></span></span></spa= n></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;marg= in:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><a shape=3D"r= ect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tcdccac59-8aff-4ab8-927c-ca63552= a2cd8/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);t= ext-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underl= ine;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:p= re-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inheri= t;">Cuba and the Coronavirus: Webcast video with Cuba=E2=80=99s Ambassador = to the US Jos=C3=A9 Ram=C3=B3n Caba=C3=B1as</font></span></span></span></sp= an></span></span></a></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin= :0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <strong><span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span s= tyle=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><fo= nt face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Nicaragua= </font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> <p d= ir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style= =3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-= color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T3a= 1d7fef-2aad-4481-9ce4-be633426815a/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" st= yle=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" ta= rget=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"= text-decoration-line:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><= span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">President Daniel Ortega Message to the= Virtual Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement </span></span></span></span></s= pan></span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000= ;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"whit= e-space:pre-wrap;">"I believe the most terrible pandemic facing humankind i= s the use of force, the threat of the use of force, of wars promoted by the= great powers, and in particular by the United States of America"</span></s= pan></span></span></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2= ;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;"><a = shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Td9353b1c-1a94-4781-8d= de-cf8693c8bcef/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(15= 2, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><sp= an style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decoration-lin= e:underline;"><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white= -space:pre-wrap;">NicaNotes: Peasant Women Take Stance of Dignity in Face o= f Coronavirus Crisis</span></span></span></span></span></span></a> <span st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span st= yle=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Summ= ary of Diana Mart=C3=ADnez, president of the Fundaci=C3=B3n Entre Mujeres (= FEM). =E2=80=9CThe hatred displayed by the opposition is visceral. Those pe= ople couldn=E2=80=99t take power in their attempted coup a couple of years = ago, so they are now hoping this virus will do for them what they were unab= le to do. We Nicaraguans are handling this virus by trusting in the transfo= rmations our society has been making, especially with community health.=E2= =80=9D</span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <strong><span= style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"= color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span = style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"b= ackground-color:inherit;">Webinars</font></span></span></span></span></span= ></span></span></strong> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;m= argin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"arial= , sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D= "https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta93d1768-41b9-4fb4-b021-0e1bff6c2b9d/eb781c= 43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decorati= on-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span st= yle=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">May = 9 - Sanctions Kill Coalition Webinar Saturday May 9th 2020</span></span></s= pan></span></span></span></a> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span s= tyle=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;= "><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">with: Venezuela =E2=80=94 Carlos J.= Ron Martinez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Syria =E2=80=94 Dr. Bashar= Ja=E2=80=99afari, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations; Nicaragua =E2= =80=94 Francisco O Campbell, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the US;</span></span>= </span></span></span></span></font></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"cle= ar:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><= span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><= span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap= ;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Cub= a =E2=80=94 Ana Silvia Rodriguez Abascal, Charge des Affaires of the Cuban = Mission to the UN;</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> = </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <s= pan style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;"><span style= =3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><s= pan style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style= =3D"background-color:inherit;">Zimbabwe =E2=80=94 Dr. Frank Guni, Secretary= for Administration, ZANU-PF North America; Iran =E2=80=94 Majid Takht-Rava= nchi, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations</font></span></span></span><= /span></span></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:= 0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><font face=3D"ar= ial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href= =3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T07a6e341-d069-4418-8d8a-79b3e3416dff/eb7= 81c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decor= ation-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-si= ze:11pt;"><span><span><span style=3D"text-decoration-line:underline;"><span= style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">M= ay 11 Six months since Bolivia coup - no to violent repression & auster= ity</span></span></span></span></span></span></a> <span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-a= lign:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Speakers: Ollie Varga= s, Bolivia-based journalist;Manuel Bueno, Bolivian Trade Unionist, Chair; C= hristine Blower, Labour Peer</span></span></span></span></span></span></fon= t></span> </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-bott= om:1.25em;padding:12pt 0pt 0pt;"> <strong><span style=3D"line-height:1.2;">= <span style=3D"color:#444444;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:ba= seline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-se= rif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;"><font>Sites to Follow Venezuela, B= olivia, Nicaragua:</font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span><= /strong> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.2= 5em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"background-color:#fc= fcfc;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T5bc8f9d7-23= f8-42a2-8bd6-ad2ff59b5c74/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"co= lor:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_= blank"><span style=3D"color:#0000ff;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-a= lign:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, = sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Stand with Venezuela</font>= </span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-hei= ght:1.2;"><span style=3D"background-color:#fcfcfc;"><a shape=3D"rect" href= =3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T4340f909-36e1-475f-909c-5d48b6ce9626/eb7= 81c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decor= ation-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:#= 0000ff;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style= =3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"backgr= ound-color:inherit;">Orinoco Tribune</font></span></span></span></span></sp= an></a></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;marg= in-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><span style=3D"backgro= und-color:#fcfcfc;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-co= lor:inherit;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Td7b7= cafd-3354-459a-81d2-1148c7dcd97d/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" styl= e=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" targ= et=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:#0000ff;"><span><span><span style=3D"ver= tical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Venezuela Soli= darity New York</span></span></span></span></span></a> </font></= span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom= :1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https= ://default.salsalabs.org/T00140c8f-51ce-4a13-ad7c-1ad3cdb66142/eb781c43-cfa= 7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-lin= e:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:#0000ff;">= <span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-s= pace:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:= inherit;">End Venezuela Sanctions</font></span></span></span></span></span>= </a></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:= 1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https:= //default.salsalabs.org/T2db33301-a6e2-47a1-a20b-bee4fb1915c4/eb781c43-cfa7= -4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line= :none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span><span><span style=3D"verti= cal-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"ar= ial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:inherit;">Friends of Sandinista = Nicaragua</font></span></span></span></span></a></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr"= style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-h= eight:1.2;"><span style=3D"background-color:#fcfcfc;"><a shape=3D"rect" hre= f=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T67befc06-21dd-4730-bd70-925513829a48/eb= 781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-deco= ration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:= #0000ff;"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style= =3D"white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"backgr= ound-color:inherit;">Friends of Evo=E2=80=99s Bolivia</font></span></span><= /span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:b= oth;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><span= style=3D"line-height:1.2;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsa= labs.org/T0577da68-8f27-4da2-b672-0da4b28d8cfe/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb0= 12620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"= nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:basel= ine;"><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap;">Friends of Ecuador - North Amer= ica</span></span></span></span></a></span></font> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <span style=3D"line-height:= 1.2;"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tc91c9341-2f2= 6-4b95-afbb-07cc88a7ea95/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"col= or:rgb(152, 0, 0);text-decoration-line:none;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_b= lank"><span><span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;"><span style=3D"w= hite-space:pre-wrap;"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"background-= color:inherit;"><font>Back issues of Venezuela-ALBA Weekly in 2018-2020 are= here</font></font></span></span></span></span></a></span> </p></td></tr></= tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> = </td></tr><tr id=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv23= 60978682id_2b5039cc-3491-4105-a29b-f841e44ddba2" style=3D"border-width:0;pa= dding:0;"><td colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" class=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651= ydp533c38yiv2360978682one-column"> <t= able align=3D"left" class=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682= column 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sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#222222;border-width:0;padding:0;"><td co= lspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif= ;font-size:14px;color:#222222;vertical-align:top;border-width:0;padding:0;"= > <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100= %" style=3D"display:table;"><tbody style=3D"display:table-row-group;"><tr s= tyle=3D"display:table-row;"><td colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" id=3D"ydpa33ccb= 25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682id_167e52c1-f1e0-4ea8-824b-3443dd8c308= b" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#= 222222;vertical-align:top;display:table-cell;"><h2 style=3D"clear:both;marg= in:.5em 0;"> <strong>About the Weekly</strong> </h2> <p style=3D"clear:both= ;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> It is AfGJ's conviction that we in the US= defend Venezuela's sovereignty and recognize that the Bolivarian Revo= lution has improved the lives of its citizens, led the movement toward Lati= n America integration, and is building participatory democracy structures t= hat are an example for us in the US as well. -AfGJ staff </p> <p style=3D"c= lear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Friends =E2=80=93 we would like = to include statements, events, and actions in solidarity with Venezuel= a. If you are aware of any or are planning any, please send them to us:&nbs= p;<a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tba578029-10f7-41= bb-ba38-dff0c9330b66/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:r= gb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">stansfieldsmith100@gmail= .com</a>. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=3D"ydpa33= ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682sli-email-element ydpa33ccb25yiv327= 2371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682sli-text" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetic= a, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#222222;border-width:0;padding:0;"><td c= olspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-seri= f;font-size:14px;color:#222222;vertical-align:top;border-width:0;padding:0;= "> <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"10= 0%" style=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"ydpa33cc= b25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682id_882b9121-8aeb-406f-a267-02a6c90b37= 3b" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:= rgb(34, 34, 34);vertical-align:top;display:table-cell;background-color:tran= sparent;padding:1em;border-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-width:5px;border-style= :solid;border-radius:0px;background-attachment:scroll;background-size:cover= ;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-left:0px;margin-right:auto;float:none;cl= ear:both;"><h3 style=3D"clear:both;margin:.5em 0;text-align:center;"> <stro= ng>Receive the News from Venezuela Each Week- </strong> </h3= > <h3 style=3D"clear:both;margin:.5em 0;text-align:center;"> <strong><a sha= pe=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T3e0d6200-b20e-42d0-b0ab-= e26cce73563d/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, = 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Sign U</a></strong><a shape=3D"r= ect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tfee1bc8f-c097-4f23-8239-86973ba= c0772/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);"= rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank"><strong>p</strong></a><strong> </strong= > </h3> <h3 style=3D"clear:both;margin:.5em 0;text-align:center;"> <strong>= for the Venezuela Weekly!</strong> </h3></td></tr></tbody></table= ></td></tr><tr class=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682sli-e= mail-element ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682sli-spacer" styl= e=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);border-= width:0px;padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:1px !impor= tant;"><td colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetic= a, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);vertical-align:top;border-width:0px;pad= ding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:1px !important;"> = <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100%"><tbo= dy><tr><td colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" id=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533= c38yiv2360978682id_2825c92a-9a1f-4467-9caa-4c5c4eb6cd04" style=3D"font-fami= ly:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);vertical-align:top;ma= rgin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;min-height:30px;font-size:1px !important;">&= nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371= 651ydp533c38yiv2360978682sli-email-element ydpa33ccb25yiv3272371651ydp533c3= 8yiv2360978682sli-callout" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-seri= f;font-size:14px;color:#222222;border-width:0;padding:0;"><td colspan=3D"1"= rowspan=3D"1" style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:= 14px;color:#222222;vertical-align:top;border-width:0;padding:0;"> = <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100%" style=3D= "display:table;"><tbody style=3D"display:table-row-group;"><tr style=3D"dis= play:table-row;"><td colspan=3D"1" rowspan=3D"1" class=3D"ydpa33ccb25yiv327= 2371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682callout-without-border-bg" id=3D"ydpa33ccb25yi= v3272371651ydp533c38yiv2360978682id_c59e6b10-208f-4823-8780-fefbd9268a5d" s= tyle=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(3= 4, 34, 34);vertical-align:top;display:table-cell;background-color:rgb(255, = 165, 0);padding:1em;border-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);border-style:none;border-r= adius:0px;background-attachment:scroll;background-size:cover;max-width:100%= ;margin-left:0px;margin-right:auto;float:none;clear:both;border-width:0px != important;"><h2 style=3D"clear:both;margin:.5em 0;text-align:center;"> <str= ong><span style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Like What we'= re doing? 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