What’s going on in Venezuela? Chronicle of a Failed Intervention

 Tatuy TV| March 19, 2019

In the first months of 2019, after apparently becoming part of Donald Trump’s Anti-Socialist presidential campaign for 2020, Venezuela was the object of a barrage of confusing and unprecedented political maneuvers designed to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. In this video report, produced by the Venezuelan community media collective Tatuy Tv, you will see the events of those tumultuous days in five phases. From the self-proclaimed president and “humanitarian aid” to the massive nationwide blackout, this Chronicle of a Failed Intervention lays out what is really happening in Venezuela and what we can expect in the months to come.

US Imposes New Sanctions as Venezuelan Government Denounces Takeover of Diplomatic Offices

by Ricardo Vaz

venezuelanalysis.com | March 20, 2019

State-owned mining company Minerven gold processing plant. Minerven has become the latest target of US sanctions. (Ultimas Noticias)

Caracas, March 20, 2019 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The US Treasury Department sanctioned the Venezuela General Mining Company, known as Minerven, and its president, Adrian Perdomo, on Tuesday.

The move blocks all eventual assets in the US in which Minerven and Perdomo hold more than 50 percent of shares, and also blocks all US persons and companies from dealing with them.

Maduro: US Withholding $5bn of Medical Supplies in ‘Criminal’ Measure

by Paul Dobson

Venezuelanalysis.com | March 21, 2019

President Nicolas Maduro at the Jipana medical supply warehouse in Miranda State (@NicolasMaduro / Twitter)

Merida, March 21, 2019 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The US government is withholding US $5 billion which was meant for the purchase of medicines and raw materials used in medical production, President Nicolas Maduro claimed Wednesday.

Speaking from Miranda State, Maduro denounced that US authorities “have ‘kidnapped’ US $5 billion [in] one of the most criminal, brutal, fascist economic measures which has been seen in the economic history of the world.” “Trump is the person responsible,” he added.

Chile: Activists, Social Movements Protest Against US-Backed Integration Body Prosur

teleSUR | March 22, 2019

Presidents and delegates arrive to pose for a family photo during the Prosur summit, at the presidential palace La Moneda, in Santiago. | Photo: Reuters

Chilean social and political organizations were holding demonstrations Friday against the Forum for the Latin American Progress and Development (Prosur), a meeting convened by the right-wing Latin American governments which are coordinating actions to dissolve the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and consolidate the U.S. interventionist agenda against Venezuela.

Ex-Brazilian President Michel Temer Arrested Over Corruption

teleSUR | March 21, 2019

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer has been arrested by a Lavo Jato task force. | Photo: Reuters

A task force for the Lavo Jato corruption case has arrested Michel Temer, the former president of Brazil Thursday morning. Agents also have a warrant out for former Minister of Energy and Mining Moreira Franco.

What Can Karl Marx Offer to the 21st Century?

by Anjan Basu

The Wire | March 14, 2019

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Eric Hobsbawm, the well-known historian, recalls how George Soros once asked him about what Hobsbawm thought of Karl Marx. This was at the turn of the 21st century.

Surprised, and also aware that there was hardly any meeting ground between the billionaire hedge-funds wizard and champion of the free market and a Marxist historian who refused to renounce his membership of the British Communist Party even when the party faced liquidation, Hobsbawm chose to give an ambiguous answer.

U.S: Media response to college admissions scandal reveals challenge of class struggle

by Tim Libretti

Peoples’ World | March 21, 2019

U.S. Attorney for District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling announces indictments in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal, during a news conference, Tuesday, March 12, in Boston. | AP

Americans experienced a Casablanca moment March 12 when federal prosecutors charged dozens of wealthy parents with paying a consultant to help them bribe their children’s ways into elite universities such as Yale, Stanford, USC, and others.

FACE OF AN ECONOMY: U.S. farmers are facing a tough time and confronting a mental health crisis and suicide

A Journal of People report

The U.S. farmers are passing a tough time.

A CNN report said:

“President Donald Trump’s trade war made last year tough for American soybean farmers, but 2019 could be the year they really start feeling the pain — despite Beijing’s pledge to resume buying from the United States.”

The report (“Soybean farmers are still paying for Trump’s trade war”, by Katie Lobosco) said: