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VENEZUELA PREPARES RETURN TO CLASSROOMS AS TEACHERS' UNIONS CALL FOR PRUDENCE

President Nicolás Maduro announced the government’s strategy to resume in-person classes for nearly 9 million students by the end of the month, though teachers’ unions argued for a gradual return instead.

Dubbed the “Bicentennial Victory” plan, the government’s strategy includes provisions for biosecurity measures but also calls on civil society groups to help convince students to return to school after an 18-month absence due to pandemic-related measures.

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#Covid19 #Coronavirus #StayAtHome

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THE VENEZUELANALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 02: POPULAR POWER UNDER DURESS

The corporate media coverage of Venezuela has always placed its focus on Chávez and Maduro, what the government did or said. This narrative, and the respective counter-narrative, ignore one key element of the Bolivarian Process: popular power.

The second episode of the Venezuelanalysis podcast focuses on grassroots organizations under conditions of duress: a years-long economic crisis and devastating US sanctions.

Listen to the Podcast 👉👉👉 here

Listen to Episode 01 of the Podcast 👉👉👉 here

#Podcast #PopularPower #Communes

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ADVOCACY GROUPS BLAST US TREASURY SANCTIONS REVIEW FOR FAILING TO ADDRESS CIVILIAN HARM

US-based advocacy groups have criticized the US Treasury Department for conducting a sanctions policy review that failed to address these measures' harmful impact on millions of people worldwide.

In a joint press release published on Tuesday, three organizations noted that the seven-page review “at no point considers how sanctions hurt millions of human beings as a result of the dire effect [...] on entire economies.” Instead, the text focuses on how to “strengthen or modernize” the unilateral measures and link them to a “policy objective.”

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#Sanctions #Imperialism #Washington

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VENEZUELA PREPARES RETURN TO CLASSROOMS AS TEACHERS' UNIONS CALL FOR PRUDENCE

The head of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers, Orlando Alzuru, said that schools and teachers may not be prepared for a return of the entire student population at once.

“It cannot be 100% of the students, it must be evaluated in parallel with the pandemic,” Alzuru told local media.

Alzuru said most education workers did not respond to a call in September for a return for administrative tasks and a sizable portion of teachers had not yet been vaccinated.

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BARRIO CULTURE & SOCIAL PREJUDICES: A CONVERSATION WITH OTRO BETA (PART II)

Otro Beta is a self-organized project aimed at youth from Venezuela’s barrios. The project’s new emphases include technical education and counseling for victims of machista violence. Through a variety of approaches, Otro Beta has always sought to bring the barrio youth out of the dead-ends that capitalism imposes on them. Today Otro Beta has almost three hundred cells or “confluence points” and eight Socialist Endogenous Development Nuclei spread throughout the country.

We met with three key Otro Beta organizers in the populous Petare barrio in eastern Caracas. In part I of this interview we talked about the origins of Otro Beta. Here we focus on education and the concept of “territorialization.”

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#Communities #Socialism #Culture

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VENEZUELA: CONOCOPHILLIPS CLOSER TO ENFORCING $9.7B AWARD AFTER GUAIDÓ OPPOSITION MISSES PAYMENTS

A World Bank international arbitration tribunal has suspended proceedings to annul a multi-billion ConocoPhillips award.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) announced its decision on October 14 after the Venezuelan so-called “interim government” reportedly failed to meet its obligations.

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#ConocoPhillips #Oil #CITGO

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ADVOCACY GROUPS BLAST US TREASURY SANCTIONS REVIEW FOR FAILING TO ADDRESS CIVILIAN HARM

The statement was signed by Cavan Kharrazian, Progressive Foreign Policy Campaigner from Demand Progress; Alexander Main, Co-Director of International Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR); and Erik Sperling, Executive Director at Just Foreign Policy.

The signatories went on to stress their disappointment with the long-expected report, which was announced by the Joe Biden administration on January 21 and is the first assessment in 20 years. The review “fails to address [...] whether sanctions work, what economic or humanitarian effects they have on ordinary citizens,” they argued.

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BARRIO CULTURE & SOCIAL PREJUDICES: A CONVERSATION WITH OTRO BETA (PART II)

I think that young people are rebellious by nature. And while we believe that discipline is important, our processes are not directed from above but from below. Here young people question, define, and build. Otro Beta does not impose on people – instead, we call ours a “practice of listening.”

All this has an impact on the communal councils around us: many young people are now working in self-managed spaces and doing so with a more horizontal spirit.

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VENEZUELAN INDEPENDENCE IN A NUTSHELL

Hugo Chávez built the Bolivarian Revolution on centuries of popular struggles. There was a thread from slave and indigenous rebellions to Simón Bolívar's liberation movement to the current fight against US imperialism.

Recently, the Caribbean country celebrated the 200th anniversary of the most important episode of its fight for independence: the Battle of Carabobo. How did anti-colonial efforts lead to this moment? Who were the main characters? What did the independence battle represent then and today?

In a country that reveres its history, this epic period and its hero, Bolívar, continue to play a role in present efforts to uphold sovereignty and freedom. Our latest video with Tatuy Tv recaps the Venezuelan independence and its legacy.


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VENEZUELA: CONOCOPHILLIPS CLOSER TO ENFORCING $9.7B AWARD AFTER GUAIDÓ OPPOSITION MISSES PAYMENTS

The Houston-based corporation was awarded US $8.5 billion by the ICSID in March 2019 as compensation for three oil projects (Corocoro, Hamaca and Petrozuata) nationalized in 2007 by the former Hugo Chávez government. The amount has since accrued almost $1.2 billion in interest to total $9.7 billion.

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself “interim president” in January 2019, and in December 2019 filed to have the award annulled. Recognition from Washington has seen the “interim government” take over litigation in several cases involving the country, particularly in US courts.

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#ConocoPhillips #Oil #CITGO

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'EL POLLO' CARVAJAL EXTRADITION TO US SUSPENDED, EXPECTED TO PROCEED SHORTLY

Spanish judicial authorities have temporarily halted Hugo Carvajal’s extradition to the United States.

Known as “El Pollo,” Venezuela’s former intelligence chief’s expected extradition on Saturday was suspended due to a “material error in the writing up of the case” and is due to proceed once the error is corrected. It comes after Madrid rejected a similar extradition request from Caracas last month.

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#HugoCarvajal #Extradition #US

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CRISIS & CRITIQUE: US BACK TO 'MAXIMUM PRESSURE' WITH SAAB EXTRADITION

VA columnist Ociel López examines some of the implications of Washington’s recent move.

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS UNDERMINING THE VENEZUELA DIALOGUE

Analyst and Code Pink's activist Leonardo Flores recaps Washington's sabotage of the Venezuela talks.

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#Biden #Imperialism #AlexSaab

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NEW INVESTIGATION REVEALS CIA KNEW ABOUT OPERATION GIDEON BUT FAILED TO STOP IT

A report by VICE News published Tuesday revealed that the US government had knowledge of the coup plot known as “Operation Gideon.”

Despite being aware of Venezuelan opposition-sponsored plan to stage an invasion and remove the government of Nicolas Maduro, the Trump administration and its agencies failed to take any action to stop it or warn Caracas about the threat.

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#CIA #Opposition #OperationGideon

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THE VENEZUELANALYSIS PODCAST EPISODE 02: POPULAR POWER UNDER DURESS

The corporate media coverage of Venezuela has always placed its focus on Chávez and Maduro, what the government did or said. This narrative, and the respective counter-narrative, ignore one key element of the Bolivarian Process: popular power.

The second episode of the Venezuelanalysis podcast focuses on grassroots organizations under conditions of duress: a years-long economic crisis and devastating US sanctions.

Listen to the Podcast 👉👉👉 here

Listen to Episode 01 of the Podcast 👉👉👉 here

#Podcast #PopularPower #Communes

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'EL POLLO' CARVAJAL EXTRADITION TO US SUSPENDED, EXPECTED TO PROCEED SHORTLY

A longtime official under the Hugo Chávez governments, Carvajal publicly broke with the Bolivarian process in 2017 before declaring himself a “soldier” of self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaidó’s cause in 2019. The former lawmaker and army general became an outspoken critic of the Nicolás Maduro government, which he describes as “betraying” Chávez’s legacy. Carvajal even went as far as calling for the armed forces to stage a coup in 2019.

The former intelligence chief claims to be in possession of “valuable information” allegedly incriminating the Maduro government and entourage and reports to have shared it with the UN Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is currently considering opening an investigation into the Maduro government for alleged crimes against humanity.

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#HugoCarvajal #Extradition #US

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CRISIS & CRITIQUE: US BACK TO 'MAXIMUM PRESSURE' WITH SAAB EXTRADITION

For some, it has proved difficult to fight for a businessman as rich as Saab, especially considering that he rarely entered the public limelight. Saab benefited from Venezuelan state contracts and enjoyed privileged conditions to acquire state assets that had been nationalized for the people by Hugo Chávez. These included [supermarket chain] Abastos Bicentenario.

However, Washington’s double standards in the case are stark.

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#OcielLopez #Crisis&Critique #AlexSaab

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NEW INVESTIGATION REVEALS CIA KNEW ABOUT OPERATION GIDEON BUT FAILED TO STOP IT

The involvement of US authorities has long been suspected, with Goudreau, head of the security contractor Silvercorp, having previously claimed that he had support from the White House and held meetings with officials at the Trump Hotel in Washington DC and the Trump Doral resort in Florida.

“[I]n the winter of 2020, according to two sources aware of the background machinations surrounding Operation Gideon, a representative of the CIA approached Goudreau somewhere on an undisclosed Carribean island [...] as he was putting together the doomed plot. They brought a clear message: end Operation Gideon; if it is launched, the U.S. government will offer zero support,” wrote Makuch.

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#CIA #Opposition #OperationGideon

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VENEZUELAN CAMPESINOS DENOUNCE DIESEL PRICE HIKE, LACK OF GOV'T SUPPORT

Venezuela’s Campesino Struggle Platform denounced that a number of state-owned gas stations have begun to sell diesel at US $0.50 per liter.

In a communique issued on October 26, the rural movements emphasized that elevating diesel prices represents a “devastating blow” for thousands of small and midsize food producers, with increased costs falling upon consumers.

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#Campesinos #Diesel #Protests

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AS CHÁVEZ SAID, ‘LET’S NOT CHANGE THE CLIMATE, LET’S CHANGE THE SYSTEM!’: A CONVERSATION WITH MAX AJL

This week and through November 12, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 brings together heads of state and other prominent figures to talk about climate change. However, the conference won’t address the central environmental problem: capitalism. In this interview we talk to Max Ajl, author of A People’s Green New Deal (Pluto Press, 2021), which examines the capitalist roots of the environmental crisis, and addresses its impact on countries of the Global South such as Venezuela.

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#COP26 #Climatechange #Ecosocialism

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VENEZUELAN CAMPESINOS DENOUNCE DIESEL PRICE HIKE, LACK OF GOV'T SUPPORT

The countryside organizations asked President Nicolás Maduro to clarify these measures and called for national mobilizations to prevent the new diesel cost imposition. No date for the march had been announced at the time of writing.

According to users, on Monday, a selected number of gas stations across the country began selling previously-subsidized diesel at the $0.50 “international price” after receiving authorization from a state oil company PDVSA general manager. The company’s president and the Oil Ministry have yet to confirm if the measure will be permanent and applied nationwide.

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#Campesinos #Diesel #Protests

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