Energy
Oil Wars: Interview with Rafael Ramírez
Very interesting interview with Venezuela’s former minister of energy about corporate power, geopolitics and oil. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Venezuela
Geopolitics
Michael Roberts – Venezuela: the end game
Venezuela is neither evidence of the failure of socialism nor does the Venezuelan regime have to be defended as an example of socialism, because Venezuela has never had a truly socialist economy, something Hugo Chavez […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – The ‘discombobulator’: Did US use ‘secret weapon’ in Maduro abduction?
We all need to know what weapons the US has in its armoury and what their capacities are, so we can prepare to resist them. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Jeremy Corbyn – Starmer’s Passivity on Venezuela is Cowardice
“Keir Starmer’s evasiveness towards Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela is a clarifying example of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ of unthinking submission to the White House’s interests.” In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
DropSite News – Maduro pleads not guilty in U.S. court; DOJ drops claim that “Cartel De Los Soles” exists
Catch-up with the latest regarding the Venezuela coup from a quality news source. Read the newsletter HERE.
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – My Briefing to the UN Security Council Regarding US Aggression Against Venezuela
The following remarks, as prepared for presentation, were made by Jeffrey D. Sachs, president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University during an emergency […]
Geopolitics
Sami Al-Arian – Venezuela extends the lesson of Gaza into the western hemisphere
If Netanyahu can get away with genocide, then why can’t Trump get away with abducting another country’s President? Barbarism is as barbarism does. Sami Al-Arian is the Director of the Center for Islam and Global […]
Geopolitics
Michael Roberts – Venezuela and oil
American oil giants exploiting Venezuela’s oil is more complicated than it sounds. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Within hours of the US […]
Geopolitics
Juan Cole – Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
Of all these errors, no day-after planning sticks out as the most important point of comparison between Iraq and Venezuela. Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell collegiate professor of history at the University of […]
Geopolitics
Luke Goldstein, Lucy Dean Stockton – Corporations Are Ready to Cash In on Venezuela
‘Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalisation, international sanctions, and political instability. A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favour.’ In Jacobin. […]