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By region

CBS NEWS

Jan 14, 2025

Biden to lift Cuba's designation as terror sponsor in exchange for release of prisoners

BBC

Jan 10, 2025

US announces $25m reward for arrest of Venezuela's Maduro

The reward from the US cites narcotics and corruption charges dating back to 2020. It accused them of flooding the US with cocaine and using drugs as a weapon to undermine the health of Americans.

The Venezuelan president has blamed an economic collapse in his country on US-led sanctions he calls illegitimate and imperial.

TELESUR

Jan 10, 2025

President Nicolas Maduro Celebrates Victory Over U.S.-Led Conspiracy

CNN

Nov 19, 2024

US recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as president-elect

TELESUR

Nov 19, 2024

Venezuela Rejects U.S. Recognition of Edmundo González as President-Elect

CNN

Nov 19, 2024

US recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as president-elect

TELESUR

Nov 19, 2024

Venezuela Rejects U.S. Recognition of Edmundo González as President-Elect

MILITARY TIMES

Sep 4, 2024

Enlisted US Sailor Detained in Venezuela as Tensions Between the 2 Countries Simmer

FRANCE 24

Sep 3, 2024

Venezuela's Maduro condemns 'piracy' after US seizes his 'smuggled' plane

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Aug 1, 2024

U.S. Recognizes Maduro’s Rival as Winner of Venezuelan Election

THE NEW YORK TIMES

July 31, 2024

Ex-Green Beret Who Planned Failed 2020 Venezuela Coup Is Arrested by U.S.

WATCH

GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT

July 30, 2024

USA backs another coup attempt in Venezuela - with Elon Musk's help

The USA and its allies in Latin America have refused to recognize the results of Venezuela's elections, as far-right opposition extremists try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, with the help of billionaire oligarch Elon Musk. Ben Norton documents the many US-backed coups since Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez came to power and launched the Bolivarian Revolution.

WATCH

BREAKTHROUGH NEWS

July 30, 2024

Here’s What the Media Isn’t Telling You About the Venezuelan Election

GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT

July 30, 2024

US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

WATCH

BREAKTHROUGH NEWS

July 30, 2024

Here’s What the Media Isn’t Telling You About the Venezuelan Election

GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT

July 30, 2024

US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

REUTERS

July 29, 2024

US accuses Venezuela of election manipulation, leaves door open to sanctions

WATCH

GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT

July 27, 2024

Why is USA obsessed with overthrowing Venezuela? Is it oil, China, Russia, socialism, multipolarity?

Why has the US constantly tried to overthrow Venezuela's leftist government, backing coup attempts against Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro? Ben Norton analyzes the role of Venezuela's large oil reserves and natural resources; socialist system; anti-imperialist foreign policy; partnership with China, Russia, and Iran; and key role in building a multipolar world.

THE HILL

Apr 17, 2024

Biden administration reinstates sanctions on Venezuelan oil

Officials said Venezuela has not progressed enough toward free and fair elections, and as a result, the administration is reimposing the sanctions that were lifted in October.

COMMON DREAMS

Nov 2, 2023

US and Israel Only 'No' Votes as UN Members Demand End to 61-Year Cuba Embargo

As they have done every year since 1992, United Nations member states voted near-unanimously on Thursday to demand an end to the U.S. economic blockade on Cuba.

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HINDUSTAN TIMES

Aug 1, 2023

Mexico Revolts Against U.S.-Led Ukraine Peace Summit Without Russia WATCH

LE MONDE

Apr 18, 2023

United States condemns Brazil's 'parroting' of Russian and Chinese propaganda

"The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace. The European Union needs to start talking about peace," said Brazil's president Lula.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby responded by telling reporters, "in this case, Brazil is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda without at all looking at the facts."

FINANCIAL TIMES

Apr 13, 2023

Brazil’s Lula calls for end to dollar trade dominance

During his first trip to China, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has called on developing countries to work towards replacing the US dollar with their own currencies in international trade, lending his voice to Beijing’s efforts to end the greenback’s dominance of global commerce.

“Every night I ask myself why all countries have to base their trade on the dollar,” Lula said in an impassioned speech at the New Development Bank in Shanghai, known as the “Brics bank”.

“Why can’t we do trade based on our own currencies?” he added, drawing loud applause from the audience of Brazilian and Chinese dignitaries. “Who was it that decided that the dollar was the currency after the disappearance of the gold standard?”

GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT

Apr 16,, 2023

Peru’s coup-plotting congress has 6% approval, 91% disapproval (but full US backing)

Mar 29, 2023

Brazil, China strike trade deal agreement to ditch US dollar

Mar 21, 2023

‘They’re liars,’ US neighbor’s president says - Mexico’s leader has blasted Washington for believing it’s the “government of the world” after report alleging human rights abuses

TELESUR

Mar 21, 2023

Cuba & Venezuela Reject US Allegations On Human Rights Abuses

DAILY MAIL

Jan 2, 2023

Venezuela leader says willing to work at normalizing US ties

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he is willing to work towards normalizing relations with the United States, despite the continued sanctions crippling his country.

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Dec 30, 2022

Venezuela’s U.S.-Backed Opposition Removes Juan Guaidó as Its Leader

Venezuela’s biggest opposition parties voted to remove Juan Guaidó as their leader, marking an end to a bold, U.S.-backed political gambit in which he was recognized as the country’s legitimate president as part of an unsuccessful bid to oust authoritarian Nicolás Maduro from power

MULTIPOLARISTA

Dec 14, 2022

Peru coup: CIA agent turned US ambassador met with defense minister day before president overthrown

MULTIPOLARISTA

Dec 10, 2022

Peru rises up after coup against elected President Pedro Castillo

ANTIWAR.COM

Nov 27, 2022

US Grants Chevron License to Pump Oil Again in Venezuela

MULTIPOLARISTA

Nov 2, 2022

Colombia’s new president reverses US coup, visits Venezuela, pledges unity in ‘spirit of Bolívar’

ANTIWAR.COM

Oct 24, 2022

Biden Administration Steps Up Sanctions on Nicaragua

EURASIAN NEWS

Oct 17, 2022

Canadian, US Warplanes Land In Haiti With Military Equipment; Locals Warn Of ‘Foreign Invasion’

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Oct 5, 2022

U.S. Looks to Ease Venezuela Sanctions, Enabling Chevron to Pump Oil

REUTERS

Aug 11, 2022

Argentina orders seizure of Venezuelan plane at U.S. request

REUTERS

Biden unveils new Latin America economic plan at reboot summit dogged by dissent

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a proposed new U.S. economic partnership with Latin America aimed at countering China's growing clout as he kicked off a regional summit marred by discord and snubs over the guest list.

Hosting the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Biden sought to assure the assembled leaders about his administration's commitment to the region despite nagging concerns that Washington, at times, is still trying to dictate to its poorer southern neighbors.

REUTERS

Mexican president renewed asylum offer for Assange in letter to Biden

CNN

Snubs from key leaders at Summit of the Americas reveal Biden's struggle to assert US leadership in its neighborhood

VENEZUELA ANALYSIS

Venezuela to Engage with Oil Companies as Washington Eases Restrictions

CNN

Snubs from key leaders at Summit of the Americas reveal Biden's struggle to assert US leadership in its neighborhood

The decision by Mexico's President to boycott this week's summit for regional leaders in Los Angeles rendered futile months of work by President Joe Biden and other top officials to convince him to attend.

Now, key nations in Central America are following President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's lead, dispatching only lower-level delegates instead of their leaders.

In the end, the White House announced Tuesday that 23 heads of state will attend this week's Summit of the Americas, with the absences of the presidents of Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala being notable since the United States has worked to cultivate those leaders as partners on immigration, an issue that looms as a political liability for Biden.

LIBERTARIAN INSTITUTE

US Declares Support for Venezuela Regime Change Effort

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington would continue to back Juan Guaido’s claim to power in Venezuela. The statement came just weeks after the White House held talks with Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.

ABC NEWS

Amid boycotts, US scrambling to make Summit of the Americas a success

UPI

Nicaragua withdraws from "diabolical" and colonial OAS, saying it is an "instrument" of U.S. "imperialism"

Nicaragua announced it has closed the offices of the Organization of American States and expelled its staff from within its borders, accusing the 35-member bloc of being an instrument of U.S. meddling.

"Nicaragua is not a colony of anyone, therefore it is not part of a ministry of colonies," the government said in a statement, referring to the OAS as a "diabolical instrument."

"By confirming our irrevocable denunciation and resignation, in the face of this calamitous, truculent and lying dependency of the State Department of Yankee imperialism, we also communicate that as of this date we cease to be part of all the deceitful mechanisms of this monstrosity," it said.

ULTIMAS NOTICIAS

Venezuela announced support of Nicaragua's decision, saying the OAS has become "an instrument of US imperialism."

REUTERS

Biden unveils new Latin America economic plan at reboot summit dogged by dissent

REUTERS

Mexican president renewed asylum offer for Assange in letter to Biden

CNN

Snubs from key leaders at Summit of the Americas reveal Biden's struggle to assert US leadership in its neighborhood

VENEZUELA ANALYSIS

Venezuela to Engage with Oil Companies as Washington Eases Restrictions

LIBERTARIAN INSTITUTE

Biden Reaffirms Support for Regime Change in Venezuela, But Says US Could ‘Calibrate’ Sanctions

MULTIPOLORISTA

ALBA secretary: Summit of the Americas is ‘failure,’ US ‘empire is losing its power’

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