[rad-green] Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 5.15.2020 While 2030 Cuban doctors and nurses fight pandemic overseas, US declares Cuba "state sponsor of terrorism"
"stansfield smith" (via rad-green Mailing List) <[email protected]> Sat, 16 May 2020 12:36:05 +0000 (UTC)
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(Cuba has 2,030= medical personnel=C2=A0 in other countries combating COVID-19).=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Cuba=20 =20 Xinhua Net: Cuba=E2=80=99s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade contr= ibutes to fighting COVID-19 worldwide Currently, 2,030 Cuban health profess= ionals from the Henry Reeve medical contingent are working in 22 Latin Amer= ican and Caribbean nations as well as in Africa and Europe to help fight th= e coronavirus. The island country has called on the international community= to beef up cooperation rather than isolation against the pandemic. Earlier= this month, Cuba criticized the United States for =E2=80=9Cthreatening gov= ernments that request Cuba=E2=80=99s medical assistance.=E2=80=9D=20 =20 CubaSi: US Lawmakers Support Cuba in the Purchase of Medical Supplies At l= east 25 U.S. lawmakers Tuesday signed a letter requesting President Donald = Trump=E2=80=99s administration to allow Cuba access to medical supplies to = fight COVID-19. Senator Patrick Leahy and Representative Jim McGovern are l= eading the initiative through a letter sent to Secretary of State Mike Pomp= eo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.=20 =20 Resumen Latinoamericano: Trump=E2=80=99s Anti-Cuba Delusions Just one day = after Cuba urged a terrorism probe over gunfire that hit its embassy in Was= hintgton,=C2=A0 the US put Cuba on the state sponsor of terrorism list! The= U.S. government has not made mention of the attack. At the time of the att= ack there were ten Cuban officials in the building. In the course of 2019 a= lone, 86 measures were adopted against Cuba; among them, the total activati= on of the extraterritorial Helms-Burton Act and the punitive actions agains= t the companies involved in the transportation of vital fuel to Cuba. The p= urpose is the same as always: to make the people, suffocated by shortages, = rise up against the government.=20 =20 RT: Covid-19: Cuba=E2=80=99s people-before-profit approach pays off as cap= italism proves a bitter pill for the US Despite a high percentage of people= over the age of 60 and a high number of visitors to the country, Cuba has = kept Covid-19 cases to just under 1,830 as of May 14, with just 79 deaths. = This is largely due to Cuba having the highest ratio of doctors to populati= on in the world, and a free, universal health system based on proactive, co= mmunity response. Now for the first time, Cuban doctors have been received = with open arms in European countries like Italy and Andorra, and they have = even been welcomed back by some of the very same US-allied governments in L= atin America that kicked them out just months ago.=20 =20 To be fair, even if it had the will, the US government is not in a positio= n to lend much support to anyone at the moment.The weaknesses of America=E2= =80=99s health system, which paradoxically has the highest per capita fundi= ng in the world by far, were laid bare even before the pandemic, yet more t= han 70 million lack adequate health care..=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Venezuela=20 =20 Grayzone (Alan Macleod): Guaid=C3=B3=E2=80=99s mercenary hit contract on V= enezuela=E2=80=99s Maduro mirrors official US bounty, authorizes death squa= d killings=C2=A0 The leaked contract between Juan Guaid=C3=B3 and the Silve= rcorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on the head = of President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle this March. The= deal tacitly authorizes the elimination of working class Venezuelans in pr= oposed death squad activities.=20 =20 DN: Joe Biden Supports Unelected Juan Guaid=C3=B3 in Venezuela, Says U.S. = Should Keep Sanctions Against Cuba Joe Biden said last month that as presid= ent he would engage with Cuba, but that U.S. sanctions over its support for= the government of Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro in Venezuela could remain in place. = Joe Biden also recently expressed support for Venezuelan opposition leader = Juan Guaid=C3=B3 and his =E2=80=9Cefforts to restore democracy.=E2=80=9D=20 =20 Green Party=E2=80=99s Howie Hawkins: Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela This US= aggression comes at a time when Trump is inept and Biden is invisible in m= ounting an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic depress= ion. When the US needs federal health care, income, job, housing, and small= business protections, Trump is pitting the 50 states against each other an= d the nations of the world against each other in a mad scramble for medical= supplies and virus testing.=20 =20 MintPressNews (Leonardo Flores): The Botched Infiltration of Venezuela Lea= ves Guaid=C3=B3 Tainted Beyond Repair Page 11 of the contract=E2=80=99s att= achment B authorizes the =E2=80=9Con scene commander=E2=80=9D of an operati= on to lethally target certain civil servants of institutions =E2=80=93 incl= uding the Foreign Ministry, Planning Ministry and Youth Ministry =E2=80=93 = even in cases that could result in high collateral damage. The message is c= lear; anyone close to a chavista can be considered expendable.=20 =20 In the U.S., Democrats have been almost entirely silent on the matter, wit= h the exception of a letter by Senators Chris Murphy, Tom Udall and Tim Kai= ne that questions the Trump administration=E2=80=99s tactics, but not its s= trategy or objectives.=20 =20 Sputnik News: Maduro: Guaido Hammered Out Venezuela Coup at the White Hous= e in February=20 =20 =E2=80=9CIt was at the White House on 4 February of this year, 2020, where= Juan Guaido met with Jordan Goudreau, head of [private security firm] Silv= ercorp, by order of Donald Trump to articulate the plan of attack,=E2=80=9D= Maduro said.=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Nicaragua=20 =20 NicaNotes Opinion: Are You Asking Me about Nicaragua? The World Food Progr= am estimates that in addition to the 820 million people already going hungr= y in the world, there are135 million more because of the health crisis. The= main victims are women, infants, and children. This has major repercussion= s on health, nutrition, and humanitarian aid, causing larger flows of force= d migration, displacement, violence, and social conflict.In Latin America= =C2=A0 there are already 19 million more people suffering from hunger and 3= 7.71 million unemployed. But this is not Nicaragua=E2=80=99 case.=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Webinar Videos=20 =20 Sanctions Kill Coalition Webinar Saturday May 9th 2020=C2=A0 with: Venezue= la =E2=80=94 Carlos J. Ron Martinez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Syri= a =E2=80=94 Dr. Bashar Ja=E2=80=99afari, Syrian Ambassador to the United Na= tions; Nicaragua =E2=80=94 Francisco O Campbell, Nicaraguan Ambassador to t= he 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 Six months since Bolivia coup =E2=80=93 no to violent repression & austeri= ty Speakers: Ollie Vargas, Bolivia-based journalist;Manuel Bueno, Bolivian = Trade Unionist, Chair; Christine Blower, Labour Peer=20 =20 =C2=A0=20 =20 Upcoming Webinars and Campaigns=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 May 17: The Weaponization of the Global Financial System A talk by Sharat = G. Lin=20 =20 San Jos=C3=A9 Peace and Justice Center, 10:30 am =E2=80=93 12:30 pm PDT=C2= =A0 *Zoom Meeting ID: 873 3950 1810 Password: 795705=20 =20 May 19: Cuba, Africa, Caribbean: Paying Humanity=E2=80=99s Debt=20 =20 May 19, 10:30 am ET:=C2=A0 Regime Change and Resistance in Venezuela with = Dan Kovalik, Ricardo Vaz, Ana Felicien, Rachel Boothroyd=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=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 =E2=80=93 North America=20 =20 =C2=A0=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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50 years ago the United States would h= ave been leading the international battle to fight the pandemic, as it had = done with polio. Today, there is a vacuum that China =E2=80=93 and Cuba =E2= =80=93 are filling. (Cuba has 2,030 medical personnel in other countr= ies combating COVID-19). </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;m= argin-bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margi= n:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Cuba </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;ma= rgin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.sa= lsalabs.org/T82ff3122-5aec-4995-8a1a-71892d83b54a/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2= fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_bl= ank">Xinhua Net: Cuba=E2=80=99s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade c= ontributes to fighting COVID-19 worldwide</a> Currently, 2,030 Cuban health= professionals from the Henry Reeve medical contingent are working in 22 La= tin American and Caribbean nations as well as in Africa and Europe to help = fight the coronavirus. The island country has called on the international c= ommunity to beef up cooperation rather than isolation against the pandemic.= Earlier this month, Cuba criticized the United States for =E2=80=9Cthreate= ning governments that request Cuba=E2=80=99s medical assistance.=E2=80=9D <= /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/T50d0a9a0-ddab-4f8b-bc= 67-67468bd5f5bd/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(15= 2, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">CubaSi: US Lawmakers Support = Cuba in the Purchase of Medical Supplies</a> At least 25 U.S. lawmakers Tue= sday signed a letter requesting President Donald Trump=E2=80=99s administra= tion to allow Cuba access to medical supplies to fight COVID-19. Senator Pa= trick Leahy and Representative Jim McGovern are leading the initiative thro= ugh a letter sent to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary = Steven Mnuchin. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bot= tom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Td512= 667e-4767-456c-960b-5c7f9eb7df5b/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" styl= e=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Resumen Lati= noamericano: Trump=E2=80=99s Anti-Cuba Delusions</a> Just one day after Cub= a urged a terrorism probe over gunfire that hit its embassy in Washintgton,= the US put Cuba on the state sponsor of terrorism list! The U.S. gov= ernment has not made mention of the attack. At the time of the attack there= were ten Cuban officials in the building. In the course of 2019 alone, 86 = measures were adopted against Cuba; among them, the total activation of the= extraterritorial Helms-Burton Act and the punitive actions against the com= panies involved in the transportation of vital fuel to Cuba. The purpose is= the same as always: to make the people, suffocated by shortages, rise up a= gainst the government. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;mar= gin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.or= g/T24c504fc-eb3d-4813-b11c-d5d7e343e582/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb01262071= 9" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">RT: C= ovid-19: Cuba=E2=80=99s people-before-profit approach pays off as capitalis= m proves a bitter pill for the US</a> Despite a high percentage of people o= ver the age of 60 and a high number of visitors to the country, Cuba has ke= pt Covid-19 cases to just under 1,830 as of May 14, with just 79 deaths. Th= is is largely due to Cuba having the highest ratio of doctors to population= in the world, and a free, universal health system based on proactive, comm= unity response. Now for the first time, Cuban doctors have been received wi= th open arms in European countries like Italy and Andorra, and they have ev= en been welcomed back by some of the very same US-allied governments in Lat= in America that kicked them out just months ago. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> To be fair, even if it had = the will, the US government is not in a position to lend much support to an= yone at the moment.The weaknesses of America=E2=80=99s health system, which= paradoxically has the highest per capita funding in the world by far, were= laid bare even before the pandemic, yet more than 70 million lack adequate= health care.. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bott= om:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin= -bottom:1.25em;"> Venezuela </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:= 0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsala= bs.org/Tf88bd16d-7e2a-4c98-b98b-ed53ce4d4194/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012= 620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">= Grayzone (Alan Macleod): Guaid=C3=B3=E2=80=99s mercenary hit contract on Ve= nezuela=E2=80=99s Maduro mirrors official US bounty, authorizes death squad= killings</a> The leaked contract between Juan Guaid=C3=B3 and the Si= lvercorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on the he= ad of President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle this March. = The deal tacitly authorizes the elimination of working class Venezuelans in= proposed death squad activities. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;m= argin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.s= alsalabs.org/T90ef95dc-d554-4069-ac2c-93338fdb7ce0/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-= 2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_b= lank">DN: Joe Biden Supports Unelected Juan Guaid=C3=B3 in Venezuela, Says = U.S. Should Keep Sanctions Against Cuba</a> Joe Biden said last month that = as president he would engage with Cuba, but that U.S. sanctions over its su= pport for the government of Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro in Venezuela could remain i= n place. Joe Biden also recently expressed support for Venezuelan oppositio= n leader Juan Guaid=C3=B3 and his =E2=80=9Cefforts to restore democracy.=E2= =80=9D </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25e= m;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta57b04e0-7c15= -455b-9a6b-0180f3e5fc7d/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"colo= r:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Green Party=E2=80=99s= Howie Hawkins: Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela</a> This US aggression comes = at a time when Trump is inept and Biden is invisible in mounting an effecti= ve response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic depression. When the US n= eeds federal health care, income, job, housing, and small business protecti= ons, Trump is pitting the 50 states against each other and the nations of t= he world against each other in a mad scramble for medical supplies and viru= s testing. </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/Tee7a89eb-= 116b-4ada-ab2f-76ad590fd9bf/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"= color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">MintPressNews (Le= onardo Flores): The Botched Infiltration of Venezuela Leaves Guaid=C3=B3 Ta= inted Beyond Repair</a> Page 11 of the contract=E2=80=99s attachment B auth= orizes the =E2=80=9Con scene commander=E2=80=9D of an operation to lethally= target certain civil servants of institutions =E2=80=93 including the Fore= ign Ministry, Planning Ministry and Youth Ministry =E2=80=93 even in cases = that could result in high collateral damage. The message is clear; anyone c= lose to a chavista can be considered expendable. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> In the U.S., Democrats have= been almost entirely silent on the matter, with the exception of a letter = by Senators Chris Murphy, Tom Udall and Tim Kaine that questions the Trump = administration=E2=80=99s tactics, but not its strategy or objectives. </p> = <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shap= e=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T250f1dae-09b9-477c-9fd7-a= 3ef92999c8f/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0= , 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Sputnik News: Maduro: Guaido Hamm= ered Out Venezuela Coup at the White House in February</a> </p> <p dir=3D"l= tr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> =E2=80=9CIt was at= the White House on 4 February of this year, 2020, where Juan Guaido met wi= th Jordan Goudreau, head of [private security firm] Silvercorp, by order of= Donald Trump to articulate the plan of attack,=E2=80=9D Maduro said. </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;"> Ni= caragua </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25= em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T817c36b6-b81= e-4f26-a972-42c2e04110fb/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"col= or:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">NicaNotes Opinion: A= re You Asking Me about Nicaragua?</a> The World Food Program estimates that= in addition to the 820 million people already going hungry in the world, t= here are135 million more because of the health crisis. The main victims are= women, infants, and children. This has major repercussions on health, nutr= ition, and humanitarian aid, causing larger flows of forced migration, disp= lacement, violence, and social conflict.In Latin America there are al= ready 19 million more people suffering from hunger and 37.71 million unempl= oyed. But this is not Nicaragua=E2=80=99 case. </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;"> Webinar Videos </p> <p di= r=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"= rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T7a2dd828-853d-46c8-972c-e97e2a= 686034/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);= " rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Sanctions Kill Coalition Webinar Satur= day May 9th 2020</a> with: Venezuela =E2=80=94 Carlos J. Ron Martinez= , Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Syria =E2=80=94 Dr. Bashar Ja=E2=80=99a= fari, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations; Nicaragua =E2=80=94 Francisc= o O Campbell, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the US; </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Cuba =E2=80=94 Ana Silvia Rodr= iguez Abascal, Charge des Affaires of the Cuban Mission to the UN; </p> <p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Zimbabwe = =E2=80=94 Dr. Frank Guni, Secretary for Administration, ZANU-PF North Ameri= ca; Iran =E2=80=94 Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iranian Ambassador to the United N= ations </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25e= m;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta14cec37-9415= -460a-908c-d6638ff9263a/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"colo= r:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Six months since Boli= via coup =E2=80=93 no to violent repression & austerity</a> Speakers: O= llie Vargas, Bolivia-based journalist;Manuel Bueno, Bolivian Trade Unionist= , Chair; Christine Blower, Labour Peer </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:b= oth;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"cl= ear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Upcoming Webinars and Campaigns <= /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/Tc53c620e-c6f7-4b0b-aa= f0-ab1d99658fe8/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(15= 2, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Canadian Network on Cuba:&nbs= p; Campaign to Support Cuba=E2=80=99s Contribution to World Fight Against C= OVID-19 </a>Cuba has more than 800 medical personnel serving humanity in th= e 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: 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, and then mailed ($1.20 from= US) to: c/o Sharon Skup, 56 Riverwood Terrace, Bolton ON L7E 1S4 </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/T04a582cd-f8d0-47e2-ac3c-58f13= 0d37e5f/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0)= ;" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">May 17: The Weaponization of the Glob= al Financial System A talk by Sharat G. Lin</a> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> San Jos=C3=A9 Peace and Jus= tice Center, 10:30 am =E2=80=93 12:30 pm PDT *Zoom Meeting ID: 873 39= 50 1810 Password: 795705 </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;m= argin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.= org/T999eacae-e0a2-4c1d-9ae4-ef4c7cc94c13/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620= 719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">May= 19: Cuba, Africa, Caribbean: Paying Humanity=E2=80=99s Debt</a> </p> <p di= r=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a shape=3D"= rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/T50e03a52-34b2-403a-a0c9-90076b= e8ce15/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0, 0);= " rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">May 19, 10:30 am ET: Regime Chan= ge and Resistance in Venezuela</a> with Dan Kovalik, Ricardo Vaz, Ana Felic= ien, Rachel Boothroyd </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;marg= in-bottom:1.25em;"> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0= ;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Sites to Follow Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua: </p= > <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> <a sh= ape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://default.salsalabs.org/Tab27169e-1312-4593-9841= -2803573a514e/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152,= 0, 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Stand with Venezuela</a> </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/T65f05ee9-ad1d-4d01-a273-26= 89accd3a1b/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" style=3D"color:rgb(152, 0,= 0);" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">Orinoco Tribune</a> </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/Tf0730ae5-cfee-4901-8a35-af6e68736f= 27/eb781c43-cfa7-4fb2-adf7-2fb012620719" 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f;font-size:14px;color:#222222;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;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> It is AfGJ's conv= iction that we in the US defend Venezuela's sovereignty and recognize = that the Bolivarian Revolution has improved the lives of its citizens, led = the movement toward Latin America integration, and is building participator= y democracy structures that are an example for us in the US as well. -AfGJ = staff </p> <p style=3D"clear:both;margin:0;margin-bottom:1.25em;"> Friends = =E2=80=93 we would like to include statements, events, and actions in solid= arity with Venezuela. 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