Is Venezuela about to Seize Guyana's Oil-rich Essequibo Territory? | DW News

Dec 4, 2023 | Authorities in Venezuela say 95% of voters have supported the country's claim to Essequibo, a disputed, oil- and mineral-rich part of neighboring Guyana. It is not clear how the government will act on this outcome, but the vote has raised concern in Guyana.

Au Venezuela, l’opposition rentre dans le rang

Depuis les élections législatives de décembre dernier, Juan Guaido conteste leur résultat et prétend prolonger les mandats des députés sortants pour mieux se maintenir comme président intérimaire. YURI CORTEZ/AFP
LE FIGARO : Les principaux adversaires de Nicolas Maduro se sont résignés à prendre part aux élections locales du 21 novembre. Un désaveu pour Juan Guaido, qui a échoué à mobiliser l’armée dans sa lutte contre le régime.

L’opposition vénézuélienne participera aux élections du 21 novembre prochain. Il s’agit d’élire 23 gouverneurs, 335 maires, 253 députés locaux et 2 459 conseillers. 19 428 candidats ont été enregistrés par le Conseil national électoral. Une première depuis 2017. Lors de sa dernière participation à des élections, l’opposition avait largement remporté les législatives, malgré un conseil électoral composé uniquement de recteurs chavistes. Cette fois, le CNE comprend deux recteurs de l’opposition sur cinq. » | Par Patrick Bèle | jeudi 2 sptembre 2021

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Die Venezolaner suchen Zuflucht in Kryptowährungen, um der Inflation zu entkommen

NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Venezuela gehört zu den Ländern, in welchen Kryptowährungen besonders häufig gebraucht werden. Da dazu digitales Know-how und eine funktionierende Internetverbindung benötigt wird, ist der Kreis der User aber beschränkt.

Die Inflation zwingt die Venezolaner ihre Ersparnisse in Kryptowährungen anzulegen. | Juan Carlos Hernandez / Imago
Die Inflationsrate in Venezuela steigt weiter an, und kaum jemand bezahlt mehr mit Bargeld. Könnten Kryptowährungen hier bald den Alltag erleichtern? Die venezolanische Zentralbank hat im vergangenen März eine neue Banknote im Wert von 1 Million Bolívares in Umlauf gebracht, um mit der wachsenden Inflation Schritt zu halten. Diese neue Banknote entspricht zurzeit ungefähr 0.30 US-Dollar, und die Inflation beträgt zurzeit 1984 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr (Juli 2020 bis Juli 2021). Wie lange diese neue Note hilfreich sein wird, bleibt also dahingestellt.

Kryptowährungen als neue Möglichkeit

Immer mehr Venezolaner legen jetzt ihre Ersparnisse in Kryptowährungen an, und auch im Alltag kann vermehrt mit Bitcoin oder anderen digitalen Währungen bezahlt werden. Laut der Blockchain-Analysefirma Chainalysis war Venezuela vor kurzem weltweit an dritter Stelle in Bezug auf den täglichen Gebrauch von Kryptowährungen. Dabei geht es vor allem um sogenanntes Peer-to-Peer-Krypto-Trading (P2P), also Transaktionen im Alltag. » | Helena Küng, Mérida | Montag, 30. August 2021

Venezuela : Joe Biden réaffirme le soutien américain au leader de l’opposition, Juan Guaido

LE MONDE : Les Etats-Unis, comme une cinquantaine de pays, n’ont pas reconnu l’élection du président Nicolas Maduro lors du scrutin de 2018 boycotté par l’opposition.

Le président américain, Joe Biden, a réaffirmé dans un courrier lundi 5 juillet, jour de la fête nationale vénézuélienne, le soutien de son pays au leader de l’opposition vénézuélienne Juan Guaido, qu’il reconnaît comme le président par intérim.

« Plus que jamais, nous restons déterminés à soutenir la lutte pour la liberté pour tous les Vénézuéliens à travers une transition pacifique et démocratique », a écrit le président américain dans une lettre adressée à « M. le président ». » | Le Monde avec AFP | mardi 6 juillet 2021

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US Indictment of Maduro Is Cruel & Inhuman Action – Prof. Salas

In the latest move against an already struggling Venezuela, US Attorney General William Barr has announced the indictment of President Maduro and more than a dozen other Venezuelan officials for a narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Author and professor of Latin American History at Pomona College Miguel Tinker Salas shares his expertise.

US Sanctions Venezuela Again to Prove Socialism Doesn't Work

Shortly after Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaidó got a standing ovation at Trump's State of the Union address, United States officials promised more sanctions on Venezuela. Why?

Trump Starves Venezuela, Democrats Are Silent

The Trump administration is intensifying its economic warfare on the people of Venezuela with a crippling embargo -- and facing no resistance from the Democratic Party. Aaron Maté takes a look.

'John Bolton Tried to Assassinate Me': Interview with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal sits down with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. We discuss the plots to kill him, US sanctions on food distribution, corruption allegations, and the corporate media's industrial grade demonization campaign against him and his elected government.

Secret Recording of Trump Official Goes Public

There has been another leak in the Trump Administration. Ana Kasparian, Maytha Alhassen, and Nando Vila, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

Col. Wilkerson: US Would Face a Unified Venezuelan Military in an Armed Intervention

Col. Larry Wilkerson describes the limits of a 'gringo invasion' and warns of repeating the failures of Vietnam and Iraq

Pompeo Won’t Seek OK to Attack Venezuela

Juan Guaidó's back. The Venezuelan opposition leader is once again inviting US military intervention, after another failed coup attempt last week. US Secretary of State Pompeo, meanwhile, says he won't promise to consult Congress before launching a potential attack. All this while the Venezuelan embassy in DC continues to be under siege by Guaidó supporters. For more on this, we turn to investigative journalist Ben Swann.

As Venezuela Coup Fizzles, Pompeo Threatens US Attack

Self-proclaimed Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó's coup yesterday failed to get off the ground. The military did not join him and protests were barely seen outside a few of Caracas's wealthy neighborhoods. Frustrated and furious, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded by threatening direct US military action to overthrow President Maduro. An urgent call with Russian foreign minister is scheduled today. Are neocons about to ignite the earth?

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: US Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela & Killed Over 40,000 Since 2017

More than 40,000 people have died in Venezuela since 2017 as a result of US sanctions, according to a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research co-authored by economists Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Weisbrot.

The report examines how US sanctions have reduced the availability of food and medicine in Venezuela and increased disease and mortality.

We speak with Jeffrey Sachs in our New York studio. In the report, he writes, “American sanctions are deliberately aiming to wreck Venezuela’s economy and thereby lead to régime change. It’s a fruitless, heartless, illegal, and failed policy, causing grave harm to the Venezuelan people.”

What's Next for Venezuela after 'Attempted Coup'? | Inside Story

President Nicolás Maduro vows to prosecute those behind dramatic attempt to oust him. Venezuela's president is hailing victory after what he calls an attempted coup. Nicolas Maduro is promising to prosecute those behind a dramatic attempt to remove him from office.

On Tuesday, opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on the army to oust Maduro. But by the end of the day, Guaidó was in hiding, and dozens of his supporters were injured in scuffles with security forces.

Both sides are urging Venezuelans to hold more protests. Who's backing them? And what's next in this drawn-out political crisis?

Presenter: Imran Khan | Guests: Ramon Muchacho - former mayor of Chacao District, an opposition stronghold in Caracas; Paul Dobson - journalist at venezuelaanalysis.com; Tom Long - Professor of South American Politics at Warwick University, UK

Guaidó’s Coup Is a ‘Farce’ – Daniel McAdams

Venezuela’s opposition leader and US-back presidential aspirant Juan Guaidó has called for a military uprising in his latest effort to topple President Nicolás Maduro. Clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Caracas. Meanwhile police in Washington, DC have set up barricades between the pro-Maduro activists occupying Venezuela’s embassy and more recent arrivals protesting in favor of Guaidó. Rachel Blevins reports. Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute joins News.Views.Hughes to weigh in.

Venezuelan Government Says 'Coup Attempt' Failed | Al Jazeera English

Chaos and violence fill the streets of Caracas after Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for a "military uprising" against the government of Nicolás Maduro. Warning: this video contains some graphic content.

Venezuela Crisis: Maduro Claims Victory over 'Deranged' Coup Attempt

THE GUARDIAN: President blames Trump imperialists and ‘coup-mongering far right’ as rival Juan Guaidó calls for more protests

Nicolás Maduro claimed his troops have thwarted a botched attempt to topple him masterminded by Venezuela’s “coup-mongering far right” and Donald Trump’s deranged imperialist “gang”.

In an hour-long address to the nation on Tuesday night – his first since the pre-dawn uprising began – Maduro accused opposition leader Juan Guaidó and his political mentor Leopoldo López of seeking to spark an armed confrontation that might be used as a pretext for a foreign military intervention.

However, “loyal and obedient” members of Venezuela’s Bolivarian armed forces had put down the mutiny within hours of it starting shortly after 4am, Maduro claimed, in direct contradiction to Guaidó’s earlier remark that the president no longer had military backing. » | Wednesday, May 1, 2019


THE GUARDIAN: Venezuela: Moscow persuaded Maduro not to step down, US claims » | Julian Borger in Washington and Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá | Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Paul Craig Roberts Interview on Julian Assange Arrest, Brexit, Venezuela

My talk with Paul Craig Roberts, secretary to the treasury with Ronald Reagan, about the brutal arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Equadorian Embassy today, we also discuss the suppression of freedom of speech, the Washington coup in Venezuela, and the Brexit façade.

Pence Asks UN to Recognize Guaidó in Venezuela

At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US Vice President Mike Pence called on the UN to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president and revoke the credentials of Venezuela’s ambassador. RT’s Dan Cohen has more.

Guaidó Stripped of Immunity by Venezuelan Legislators | Al Jazeera English

Politicians loyal to Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro have stripped opposition leader Juan Guaidó of immunity. It means he could now be prosecuted on accusations of violating the constitution -- after declaring himself interim president. The trial will likely start soon but this pits Maduro's government against the more than 60 countries that have backed Guaidó. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Caracas.