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US bids yet again to bury the Venezuelan Revolution at all costs before it enters BRICS, escapes the blockade, and gains free use of its own coveted resources.
BBC ADMITS IT IS FALSE NEWS THAT MADURO BRIBED ELECTION OFFICIAL TO WIN ELECTION
On 19th August 2024 by Al Mayadeen/ thefreeonline /Eduardo Galeano/venezuelaanalysis — (thefree on Telegram – t.me/thefreeonline )
Massive hybrid ‘psyop’ campaign fails to persuade people impoverished by US Sanctions to finally vote against their beliefs and culture and deny the gains of 30 years resistance.
You couldn’t make it up.. The US has thrown crime after atrocious crime at Venezuela for 30 long years and failed time and again to bring down the Revolution. By sending Coup forces, stealing its assets, closing down its key oil industry, infiltrating the media and ruling classes and trying to starve the population into submission with a Blockade and draconian illegal Sanctions.
‘Venezuela resists US subversion and coercion based on starvation and hybrid class, race and media war to steal its resources’.
This photo above is a clue to what’s going down in Venezuela – the US sponsored elite may control the money, the land and the media, but everyone else is black, indigenous, working class and impoverished by US sanctions now covering one third of the planet..
So did ‘Maduro steal the election? Maybe.. probably not. But anyway- Would an election result based on illegal coercion by a foreign power even be valid? I mean… when a whole nation is coerced by 30 years of incessant illegal sanctions, lies, swindles, starvation, propaganda, multiple coup attempts and stolen resources in order to force a YES vote for a far-right settler elite in the pay of the USA? Of course not, the US itself wouldn’t dream of accepting that in the name of “democracy”. Venezuela – Another Failed Coup Attempt – What’s Next?
The ‘elephant in the room’ is that Latin American States have been blatantly colonized, robbed and impoverished for generations by US power politics, and the final reason the Venezuelan Revolution survived was because Chavez and later Maduro had committed ‘unbribeable’ Army support as well as massive public backing.
BBC ADMITS IT WAS FALSE NEWS THAT MADURO BRIBED ELECTION OFFICIAL TO WIN ELECTION
AFTER THE MASSIVE CYBER ATTACK ON THE ELECTION THERE FOLLOW A FAKE NEWS PANDEMIC – INCLUDING THIS FALSE BBC REPORT CLAIMING MADURO PAID $32 million TO WIN THE ELECTION .- FACEBOOK, INSTAGRANM AND THREADS PUBLISHED MILLIONS OF COPIES OF THESE LIBELOUS LIES
The US rolls out its sanctions again for not following exactly its style of “democracy” – of voting once every 4 years for the millionaire, corporate (and usually Israeli backed) candidates, while countries like Venezuela, though maybe forced to accept military control to survive, have a rich participatory culture of solidarity and community ‘democracy’.
Honestly, after all this time few of us can really believe the US and Co rulers care two cents about “democracy” in Venezuela or anywhere else.
The opposition has released some ‘copies’ of official tally sheets’ collected by ‘poll watchers’ from some of the nation’s polling centers. The sheets they present show an apparent landslide victory of 80% for Gonzalez, a claim that is now being widely circulated and amplified by the Western press.
But others disagree. Denis Rogatyuk, a reporter with El Ciudadano who covered the election for the independent media platform, told RT: “The days preceding the election showed a monumental advantage that Nicolas Maduro and the PSUV had over the opposition in terms of manpower and the sheer strength of its electoral mobilization.”
The US has shown once again it is happy to crucify Venezuela and force into Civil War and chaos for its greedy ‘geopolitical ends.
“The closing rallies for President Maduro drew in crowds six to seven times larger than those of Gonzalez and Machado. And the second bulletin released by the CNE on August 2nd, showing 6,408,844 votes for Maduro, aligns perfectly with this notion, and the fact that the combined membership of the PSUV and its allied parties is just over 6 million as well,” he concluded.
However, the more interesting dynamic with regard to the situation in Venezuela is the fact that the US is failing to garner the requisite support needed to apply the pressure it wants on Caracas. It shows a dwindling of American soft power in what was once considered the empire’s backyard.
A woman casts her vote in the National Popular Consultation, April 21, 2024 | Photo: teleSUR-Newsletter “Venezuela won in this electoral party,” CNE spokesperson Arellano pointed out. On Sunday the 2024 National Popular Consultation concluded with a massive participation of citizens throughout Venezuelan territory. Carried out through over 15,000 voting centers, this democratic process allowed […] – Venezuela/Nicolás Maduro proposes National Popular Consultations every 3 months– April 2024
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INTRODUCTION ———————————————————
“The Bolivarian process is based on the independence, anti-imperialist and Latin American ideology of the hero Simón Bolívar and on the theses formulated by Simón Rodríguez and Ezequiel Zamora.
The Bolivarian Revolution is the term used by Hugo Chavez to designate the ideological and social change that began on February 4, 1992 and has continued to this day. In this work we present the achievements of the revolution, in addition to the political, economic, social and military aspects.”
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BOLIVARIAN PROCESS
In Venezuela scarce resources are shared through strong community solidarity, following the agenda worked out during the elected Constituent Assembly, and the network of local communes, in resistance to the reimposing of the criminal blackmail of the US and UK blockade –
Long Live the Commune! 1st laws of Communal Power presented to Venezuela parliament -thefreeonline —Venezuela has 3,230 Active Communes Throughout the Country …
“The Bolivarian Revolution is how the political, ideological and social process of the regime in Venezuela is defined since 1998 with the election of Hugo Chavez as president. According to its supporters, the revolution is based on the ideology of Simon Bolivar, on the doctrines of Simon Rodriguez and Ezequiel Zamora. Its purpose is to promote Hispanic American patriotism and reach a new socialism.
Since the arrival of Commander Hugo Chavez to power in Venezuela, the path was opened that points to social equality, inclusion and the vindication of fundamental rights, this being a strength that the country displays as a flag of victory in the world”.
“Among the achievements of the Revolution, there is the expansion and creation of new formulas that include millions of citizens in terms of health, education, food, culture, sports and recreation.
Over the course of 21 years, the Bolivarian Government has joined forces to optimize the National Public Health System, since the arrival of Commander Hugo Chávez, until the current administration of President Nicolás Maduro, through the creation of different Social Missions aimed at preventive, free and quality care for the people”.
“Today, the National Public Health System (SPNS) is free and of quality and Venezuela stands out as the second nation in the world with the greatest capacity for primary health care, surpassed by the Republic of Cuba.
The Public Health System has been strengthened by the Barrio Adentro Mission that allows quality and free access throughout the territory to the entire population.
In terms of education, educational missions such as Robinson (literacy and primary education), Ribas (high school) and Sucre (university) were Hugo Chávez’s great dream. During his administration, more than 6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was allocated to education.
On October 28, 2005, UNESCO declared Venezuela a “Territory Free of Illiteracy.”
The Robinson Mission was formalized in 2003 as a mass literacy program that reached traditionally excluded sectors of the population: the poor, indigenous people, prisoners and people with disabilities”.
“University education stopped being a privilege of a few and became a right of all Venezuelans. Since the triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution, 42 universities have been created.
Venezuela ranked as the fifth country in the world and the second in Latin America with the highest university enrollment, according to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
US sanctions on Venezuela caused crises 3x worse than Great Depression / by Al Mayadeen
The South American country maintains a 6% expansion in school enrollment and in 2019 reached a third of the national territory enrolled in the educational system, which is equivalent to 10 million students at all levels”.
Venezuelans Celebrate Day of Indigenous Resistance
“Upon assuming power through elections, Commander Chávez focused his efforts on achieving the good living of the Venezuelan people.
Since the beginning of the Great Venezuela Housing Mission (GMVV) in 2011, 3,300,000 homes with their habitat have been built and delivered and by 2025, it is expected to reach 5 million decent roofs.
While the Great Mission Barrio Nuevo Barrio Tricolor (Gmbnbt) obtained the 1,432,699th rehabilitated dwelling and the National Institute of Urban Lands (INTU) has delivered document number 1,083,685.”. (continues below)
The Open Veins of Latin America – summary in English – Eduardo Galeano
The U.S. government’s role in the Guatemalan coup is a stark example of this. However, it’s not just historical instances that Galeano points to. He argues that this form of exploitation continues today, with foreign corporations and governments maintaining their economic dominance through mechanisms such as free trade agreements and foreign debt.
These mechanisms ensure the continued flow of wealth from Latin America to foreign entities, perpetuating the region’s underdevelopment. Galeano provides a powerful critique of the role of foreign corporations and governments in the modern exploitation of Latin America
Here’s my personal fave: a religious procession, reincarnated as an anti-government protest in Venezuela by the US financed media frenzy
“The heroic resistance of our indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, the Venezuelan Jacobins, revolutionary Bolivarianism, the Venezuelan war of independence, liberating Christianity and the revolutionary armed struggle of the 60s and 70s, among other more recent struggles. We wish to highlight that these lines of work and study are part of the Sociopolitical Training Workshop, implemented in Venezuela during the Government of President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías.
Feb 1, 2024The revelation comes at a fraught moment in U.S.-Venezuela relations and offers a rare window into the lengths the DEA was willing to go in a country that banned U.S. drug agents nearly two
Members of the Venezuelan opposition have been accused of conspiring with an American private military company, Silvercorp USA, to invade Venezuela and overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro.
[Source: venezuelaanalysis.com] Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity 
Venezuela failed ‘invasion’: 2020
US has a history of using mercenaries to undermine other regimes. May 18, 2020 12.57pm- CEST. Members of the Venezuelan opposition have been accused of conspiring with an American private military company, Silvercorp USA, to invade Venezuela and overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Juan Guaidó, the Venezuelan opposition leader, also denied involvement in the thwarted coup attempt. Some of his advisers who were allegedly involved in planning the mission have resigned.
‘Is Maduro a dictator? By whose standards? Remember how we were fooled by the blitz of fake news into condemning Gaddafi, so they could destroy the best welfare state in Africa, leaving him raped and murdered in the street and the country in horrific chaos to this day. Remember the mega-lying witch hunt against Saddam which ended up with half a million dead ..Why? To steal rights over their oil and continue looting their resources’ .
Aug 1, 2024The United States on Thursday night recognized Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate, Edmundo González, as the winner of the country’s disputed election.
So.. again we have 2 presidents in Venezuela, as happened with Guaidó , the last US puppet who finally stole money and fled.
A total of zero Venezuelans voted for US proxy Guaidó, since he didn’t even stand for president, and the western media applauded and accepted him! On that occasion Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly for Maduro despite sanctions and imposed poverty . While Guaidó just stood up in the street and farcically declared himself ‘interim president’, to the support of 50 US client countries (out of 150 more countries not recognizing this Western financed stooge). Even the EU finally dropped its recognition of Guaidó as interim president. But the US still supported him.
Trump’s tactics were a more basic maximum pressure campaign imposing crippling sanctions on Venezuela and issuing criminal indictments of key government figures. It didn’t work either.
According to former National Security Advisor John Bolton, the sanctions were projected to cause Venezuela to lose $11 billion annually in revenue from oil exports, the primary motor of Venezuela’s economy.
Biden actually suspended some sanctions. But in April 2024, the Biden administration suspended any sanctions relief , and millions of stolen dollars have not been released, in retaliation for the banning of their candidate for president, the ‘popular’ fascist
A typical right wing tweet accusing Venezuela of torture, but the photo is of Unai Romano, tortured by the Spanish police in 2005
Here’s a heart-wrenching picture of babies in laundry-baskets, with the question, What kind of revolution is this? But the photo is from Honduras. see many more false images at…. Exposed: Tsunami of Blatant Lies by Western Media on Venezuela
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Here’s Why The US Is Playing Dumb About Ukraine’s Plans To Invade Kursk, by Andrew Korybko
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We are not gone, we are still here! – Join us in the struggle against capitalism, the state, and all forms of oppression!
via thefreeonline on 17th August 2024 Squat . Net / nieuwsopbeeld / Kraakers ( thefree on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )
The squatters want to use the building for various purposes. For example, the squatters wanted to start a free childcare facility, set up a kitchen where free meals would be prepared for people who were short of money and a living space for themselves on the top floor. .
After the many threats and an attempt at eviction by the police, they decided to leave because we were ready to resist the eviction with a lot of people.
We are still here the next day, and we are not planning on leaving.
Yesterday, we revealed that we have been living at the unused school on Catullusweg 11.
Aside from being a living space, it will also be a space to gather, meet each other, share and sharpen skills, and host events. It will be a place to learn outside of institutionalised education.
We want to create a space where everybody can feel safe, no matter the colour of your skin, sexual orientation, gender, class, or any such characteristic. Our house and common spaces are vegan, because we are also against the oppression of other species.
This is an invitation to come by and organise!
Catullusweg 11
3076 KB Rotterdam, Netherlands
https://radar.squat.net/en/rotterdam/catullus.
Some squats in the Netherlands: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/NL/squated/squat
Groups (social center, collective, squat) in the Netherlands: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/NL
Events in the Netherlands: https://radar.squat.net/en/events/country/NL
Tags: Catullus, Catullusweg 11, Netherlands, occupation, Rotterdam
Rotterdam – On Tuesday evening, the police were deployed on a large scale after a group of squatters occupied an empty school building on the Catullusweg in Rotterdam.
The group of squatters consisted of more than 40 people. They were discovered by a security guard after a report was received by the security company.
Upon arrival, the security guard found people in the building and the lights were on.
A sign at the entrance read: ‘Welcome to our square’ The police were present in large numbers. Several officers, including two dog handlers and the Team Parate Eenheid were on site. They had surrounded the building. Officers saw several people walking in the school building.
It was suspected that the squatters were hiding in the classrooms. – When they saw the police, most of the squatters left the building via the emergency exit and fire escape at the back of the building.
The squatters shouted that they would only leave the building once a lawsuit was started.
After a deployment of more than four hours, it was decided that the police officers were not allowed to enter the building and that legal action would be taken by the owner of the building. .
The squatters returned to the schoolyard when the police had left, avoiding possible mass arrests, after which they re-entered the school building.
They are also working on accessibility: today the stair lift is being repaired, so that everyone has access to the building, including people with walking difficulties.
In the evening they are organizing a film screening to invite local residents and to start a conversation.
The police, together with the Public Prosecution Service and the municipality, have started an investigation into the squatters, but as of 17th August 2024 we have no word of a State attack.
Butch and Suni lost in Space till 2025? Boeing’s Starliner still stuck on 1st crewed flight
via thefreeonline on 17th August 2024 by Agencies — (thefree now on Telegram– t.me/thefreeonline )
The two NASA astronauts are stranded aboard the International Space Station as their spacecraft, a Boeing Starliner, continues to ‘experience endless but lucrative technical difficulties’.
NASA astronauts Butchy Wilmore and Suni Williams The long, thorny history of Boeing’s Starliner spaceship – MSN –
Way back in 2014 Boeing got $5.6 BILLION so far for the relatively simple task to develop a «commercial crew» transportation system.
It was just too embarrassing to have to always depend on the Russians.
10 years later, after unbelievable farcical delays and a $1.4 billion cost overrun the maiden trip set off, only to have at least 4 helium leaks and thruster problems, and leave its 2 US astronauts STRANDED on the Space Station awaiting repairs.
Incredibly Starliner’s first flight carrying astronauts was actually targeted for a launch seven years ago. About two years later, in December 2019, Boeing was at last ready to send an empty Starliner up to the Space station but new faults set back the date again and again until 2024.
Comparisons have surged with the ongoing safety plague on Boeing Jets with various whistleblowers denouncing a culture of safety shortcuts to boost profits.
However in the ongoing Starliner debacle saving money can hardly be the reason. Answers from Boeing leaders have been at times stunningly opaque.
Of course meanwhile Space X has built a system, after multiple failures, capable of rescuing the Unfortunate American Astronauts but it seems they won’t be ready to do so till 2025
US international tech prowess is in an shambles – though of course the media keeps mum and talks instead about how brave Butch is and Suni’s Silly Space Antics.
In fact on 14th Aug ’24 the Russian ‘Progress MS-28’ spacecraft took off, carrying fuel, water and food is reached the International Space Station in two days.
Brave Butch and Silly Sumi could surely hitch a ride home, but must spend up to 8 months quietly cooped in a metal box with four (always unmentioned) other astronauts – Just to ameliorate American Arrogance till the media can report their triumphant return.
..”Silly Suni could surely hitch a ride home..”
NASA has said it will decide by the end of the month how it might bring home two astronauts who were stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) when their Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned yet again.
Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams took off for the ISS on June 5 as the crew on the Boeing-built Starliner’s first ever crewed flight after a 10 year delay.
They were meant to be in space for eight days but found themselves stuck on the ISS after the Starliner’s thrusters malfunctioned yet again.
Prior to the flight, the company also stated that the spacecraft already had a “small helium leak” but insisted it was not a critical “safety of flight issue” and could be managed.
Next stop Mars??
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