Cuba Slams US ‘Imperialism’ Against Venezuela

teleSUR | February 19, 2019

Foreign Minister Rodriguez stressed that Venezuela is not at war, “but it would be an excellent business for US companies.” | Photo: Twitter: @CubaMINREX

Cuba has called the international community “to unite against “a clumsy and crude declaration of imperialist domination over our America. (Trump’s speech in Miami).”

Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, called upon the United Nations (UN) Security Council and the international community to reject interventionism from the United States government against Venezuela.

March on Wall Street to Defend Venezuela!Saturday, February 23 | 1pm Rally at Trump Building on Wall Street (40 Wall Street)

Join us for a planning meeting this Saturday, February 16 at 3pm to organize for the Saturday, #23Feb demonstration at the Trump building on Wall Street to defend Venezuela. The meeting will be held at the Solidarity Center (147 W 24th St, 2nd floor) – more info on the meeting here

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We’ll march on Wall Street to expose the force behind the coup in Venezuela: U.S. imperialism, capitalism, and white supremacy! More than 40 actions around the globe have been called on February 23 in defense of Venezuela. See the growing list here! 

Venezuela Denounces Terrorist Attack On PDVSA

teleSUR | February 19, 2019

Venezuela’s oil minister Quevedo reports that there were no fatalities. However the attack was aimed at economic damage since the target was a crude oil processing plant. | Photo: VTV

The attack ocurred against the pumping station Orinoco 50 of PDVSA in Monagas state.

The Venezuelan Minister of Popular Power of Oil and President of state-owned company Oils of Venezuela (PDVSA), Manuel Quevedo, has denounced an attack against the pumping station Orinoco 50 of PDVSA in Monagas state.

Venezuelan Military Head ‘Amazed’ by Trump ‘Celebrating Terrorism’

teleSUR | February 19, 2019

Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 19, 2019. REUTERS | Photo: Reuters

Venezuela’s minister of defense: ‘We could not stop being amazed at the arrogance of the president, how terrorism is celebrated.’

Venezuela’s Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino told the media Tuesday morning: “We observed and listened to the United States President Donald Trump’s speech and we could not stop being amazed at the arrogance of the president in his speech where terrorism is celebrated.”

Facts Don’t Interfere With Propaganda Blitz Against Venezuela’s Elected President

by Joe Emersberger

teleSUR | February 19, 2019

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio poses for a photo as he awaits the arrival of U.S. President Trump to speak about Venezuela at Florida International University in Miami. | Photo: Reuters

Calling for international aid and being democratically elected will do as little to protect Maduro’s government from U.S. aggression.

The Miami Herald (2/8/19) reported, “Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro continues to reject international aid—going so far as to blockade a road that might have been used for its delivery.“

ACTION ALERT: MSNBC’s ‘Resistance’ to Trump’s Venezuela Coup Ranges from Silence to Support

by Adam Johnson

fter much behind the scenes angling and plotting, the Trump administration is now waging an overt campaign to overthrow the government of Venezuela—coordinating directly with the Venezuelan military, lobbying other countries to support the opposition government-in-waiting, threatening a military invasion and engaging in aggressive PR stunts under the guise of “aid.”

How America’s Dictatorship Works

by Eric Zuesse

Sheldon Adelson (DonkeyHotey. (CC BY-SA 2.0) •. ERIC ZUESSE | 16.02.2019 | WORLD /AMERICAS

Trump could not have become America’s President if he had not won the “vote” of his nation’s second-largest political donor in 2016, casinos-owner Sheldon Adelson.

In publicly recorded donations, as of 25 December 2018, Adelson and his wife donated $82,522,800 to Republican candidates in 2016, and this amount doesn’t include any of the secret money. Of that sum, it’s virtually impossible to find out how much went specifically to Trump’s campaign for President, but, as of 9 May 2017, the Adelsons were publicly recorded as having donated $20.4 million to Trump’s campaign. Their impact on the Presidential contest was actually much bigger than that, however, because even the Adelsons’ non-Trump-campaign donations went to the Republican Party, and the rest went to Republican pro-Trump candidates, and the rest went to Republican PACS — and, so, a large percentage (if not all) of that approximately $60 million non-Trump-campaign political expenditure by the Adelsons was boosting Trump’s Presidential vote.

U.S. racism and imperialism fuel turbulence in Haiti

by W. T. Whitney Jr.

Peoples’ World | February 19, 2019

Haitians are protesting government corruption. Billions of dollars worth of oil came from Venezuela but the money was expropriated by corrupt Haitian officials. Carrying a Haitian flag, protesters approach national police as the officers start firing at them, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 13, 2019. A protester from this group was fatally shot. Dieu Nalio Chery | AP

Beginning on February 7, Haitians have been in the streets protesting against corruption, high prices, shortages, inflation, and power outages. Demonstrators are demanding that President Jovenel Moïse, in power since January 2017, resign. Moïse blames the disturbances on “armed groups and drug traffickers” and is calling for negotiation.

Facing police brutality, masses of Haitians have blocked roads, stoned officials, burned vehicles, and ransacked stores; nine are dead and over 100 wounded. Food and drinkable water are scarce.  The United States withdrew non-emergency diplomatic representatives and issued travel warnings. The Trump administration indicated humanitarian aid may be on the way.

U.S: Nationwide rallies protest “Trumped-up” national emergency

by Mark Gruenberg

Peoples’ World | February 19, 2019

Protest in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. against Trump’s “national emergency.” | Carolyn Kaster/AP

WASHINGTON – Pouring into the streets of 234 cities nationwide to protest what one D.C. speaker termed a “Trumped-up – pun intended” crisis, tens of thousands of people demanded Congress end GOP President Donald Trump’s “national emergency,” which Trump declared so he could grab $6 billion to build his racist wall at the U.S.-Mexican border.

Speakers at the rallies alternated between denouncing Trump, opposing the wall, and demanding Congress invoke a never-used portion of the National Emergencies Act to overturn the president’s edict. “#FakeEmergency #FakePresident” one big handmade sign in Lafayette Square said.

Militarization and interference in affairs of others impedes Green New Deal

by Cameron Orr

Peoples’ World | February 15, 2019

The military and the weapons industry is the biggest user of fossil fuels that generate waste and cause damage to the environment. Common Dreams

Fighting for a Green New Deal in the United States will require uniting all popular forces against the main barriers to social and ecological progress.

The Sunrise Movement, which has brought the Green New Deal to the forefront of conversations about the environment, has identified fossil fuel interests as a main barrier to a green economy. Leaders like Aru Shiney-Ajay have rightly noted that solving climate issues will require “transforming our agriculture, transport, and energy systems,” and “massively investing in communities hit first and worst.”