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WFTU Supports World Day in Solidarity with Venezuela

worker | April 2, 2015 | 8:16 pm | Action, Imperialism, International, political struggle, Venezuela, WFTU | Comments closed

01 Apr 2015

The World Federation of Trade Unions -WFTU-, international organization representing 90 million unionized workers in 126 countries worldwide and represented to the International Labor Organization (ILO), the United Nations (UN), UNESCO and FAO, closely committed to the advancement of the peoplses in search of the society they deserve, since the very beginning has been in solidarity with the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela against imperialist interference.

Throughout the 70 years of its existence, the WFTU has expressed solidarity with the struggles of the Venezuelan people and the peoples of Latin America against political and military interference of imperialism. We repeat our rejection to the Executive Order issued by the President of the United States against the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in which aggressive and absurd way, this country qualifies as a â€œthreat to US national security.â€

Today, we reaffirm our solidarity and support for the Venezuelan people and their democratically elected government. The WFTU supports the initiative of Venezuelan and international mass organizations for an International Day of World Solidarity with Venezuela on 19 April 2015. The international solidarity will launch a clear, forceful and immediate message that Venezuela is not alone in defending its sovereignty, peace and democratic gains, but is accompanied by all the class oriented , anti-imperialist, democratic, popular and revolutionary forces of the world.

In the context of practical solidarity with the people of Venezuela and the worldâ€™s peoples against imperialist maneuvers, the FSM has already called International Trade Union Conference in Brussels â€“ Belgium this June 1-2, 2015, themed â€œThe embargoes, blockades and sanctions of the US, NATO and the EU are a blow to the rights of workersâ€ who will discuss the response of the workers of the world to the maneuvers of imperialism.

The FSM, consistent with one of its principles; full respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of all peoples to decide for themselves about their present and future demands to end now the imperialist interference against Venezuela.

Response to “CNE to certify signatures demanding repeal of Obama’s decree”

worker | April 2, 2015 | 7:24 am | political struggle, Venezuela | Comments closed

By A. Shaw

Rodriguez is one of the top campaign managers and political consultants in the world. In this operation which overwhelms by its immensity, Rodriguez shows out, revealing what political talent reallyÂ looks like.

“The audit and certification of signatures” Â Rodriguez stressed, “is a requirement of the Venezuelan president to ensure that there is ‘no doubtful situation.’ “

Pres. Maduro doesn’t want to leave Obama withÂ any wiggle room. Maduro wants to catch ObamaÂ telling lies. Then Maduro willÂ tie Obama down until he stops lying.

The mostÂ likely lies that Obama willÂ tell areÂ :

(1) The signatures aren’t audited or

(2) The audited signatures stillÂ do not express the will of the Venezuelan people

As for (1) –Â namely,Â unaudited signatures –Â the National Electoral College will refute Obama’sÂ lie No. 1.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) is one of the five branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that is designed to be independent. It is the institution that has the responsibility of overseeing and guaranteeing the transparency of all elections and referendums in Venezuela at the local, regional, and national levels. The creation of the CNE was ratified by citizens in Venezuela’s 1999 constitutional referendum.

As for (2) — namely, the will of the people –Â an “activity” will take care of Obama’s lieÂ No. 2

“Rodriguez reported that an activity will be held in Venezuela before the signatures are presented at the Summit of the Americas,” the above-cited article states.

What is this “activity?”

Most likely, theÂ “activity” in CaracasÂ is a million Venezuelans marching in protestÂ against the insolence, arrogance, and perversity of US imperialists whose will Obama expresses.

When Obama issued his March 9th executive order, he presumes that he Obama, not the democratically elected MaduroÂ government, expresses the will of the Venezuelan people. Thinking like theÂ rogue that he is, Obama concludes heÂ is empowered to punish or sanctionÂ Venezuelan officials on account of their performance in public office, whether theÂ office is elected or appointed.

So, at the Summit, Obama most likely will try to palm-off garbage and filth as the true doctrine of democracy and freedom.

Thus, a million marching Venezuelans may take care of Obama’s lie No. 2.

CNE to certify signatures demanding repeal of Obama’s decree

worker | April 2, 2015 | 7:23 am | political struggle, Venezuela | Comments closed

April 1, 2015

Source: AVN

Caracas — The National Electoral Council (CNE) will certify the signatures gathered against interventionist decree of the United States government, calling Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the security and foreign policy of the United States. Such decree violates free determination of peoples,Â and that the principles of justice and international law, established in the Charter of the United Nations.

The signatures will support the document demanding the repeal of the interfering decree, which will be delivered by the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to his US counterpart Barack Obama during the Summit of the Americas, to be held on 10-11 April in Panama.

“We’re going to ask the Electoral Branch to certify the signatures,” Jorge RodriguezÂ said in an interview with Telesur.Â Rodriguez heads of the petitionÂ campaign.

Venezuela is not a threat, we are hope, Jorge Rodriguez insists.

So far more than 6,200,000 signatures have been collected in Venezuela, which are added to those that peoples of the world have stamped against the imperial decree.

The audit and certification of signatures â€“he stressedâ€“ is a requirement of the Venezuelan president to ensure that there is “no doubtful situation.”

“We’re going to attend (the Summit of the Americas) because it is the will of the people of Venezuela, it is the will of the peoples of the world who love freedom,” Rodriguez said, stressing that desire for peace, stability, sovereignty and self-determination is also reflected on social networks such as Twitter.

In that regard, he stressed that an hour after the launch of the fourth global mass-Tweet Campaign against theÂ meddlingÂ decree, theÂ Tweet CampaignÂ was among the top trends on Twitter worldwide. In Venezuela, the CampaignÂ ranks first.

Since the beginning of the Campaign on March 18, over 4,600,000 messages have been tweeted with the label #ObamaDerogaElDecretoYa (ObamaRepealTheExecutiveDecree).

They are messages of peace and, at the same time, messagesÂ of utmost firmness,” stressed the chief of Campaign.

Rodriguez reported that an activity will be held in Venezuela before the signatures are presented at the Summit of the Americas.

It is not the first time the United States has attacked in such way the countries that are on its target list, whose results have been countless cases of violation of human rights: 72 countries around the world have been invaded by the United States, who has several decades pursuing a policy of interference in the internal politics of 19 foreign countries, with the sole purpose of destabilizing and punish governments that are not compliant to US wishes or where there are natural resources of interest to the American nation.

He recalled that among the countries of the continent that have been intervened by the Unites States are Mexico (1836, 1846, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1923, resulting in the seizure of two thirds of its territory); Nicaragua (1856, 1857, 1894, 1899, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1933, 1981, 1990); Chile (1891 and 1973, that year General Augusto Pinochet headed a coup d’etat against the government); Panama (1895, 1901, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1958, 1964 and 1989); among others.

AVN 01/04/2015 15:51

Venezuela Promotes Diplomatic Actions Against Obama Decree

worker | April 1, 2015 | 9:12 pm | political struggle, Venezuela | Comments closed



Caracas, Apr 1 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela promotes today diplomatic actions and coordinates strategies to face the most recent US attack, in view of the VII Americas Summit, to be held in Panama. In this continental forum the Bolivarian government expects to denounce the interference in the northern nation by issuing an executive decree that categorizes Venezuela as an ‘ unusual and extraordinary threat for their security. The order announced last March 9 by President Barack Obama, was labeled by his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, as the most serious threat uttered against his government in 200 years of republican history. Maduro met yesterday with his cabinet to discuss about the diplomatic actions developed against the US measure. The Council of Ministers was also attended by executive deputy president, Jorge Arreaza, the National Assembly President, Diosdado Cabello and the mayor of the Liberator municipality, Jorge Rodriguez, among others. The late one coordinate campaigns that envisage the collection of 10 million signatures demanding the US President to repeal the decree against Venezuela. To that claim, that has already collected more than 200 signatures, have joined governments, social movements, personalities and international organizations. The Venezuelan Vice President affirmed yesterday that his country’s executive will use up all the peaceful ways to face the United States threat. sus/abo/tgj/evm
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Response to “Over 6 million anti-imperialist signatures collected by Tuesday”

worker | April 1, 2015 | 8:19 pm | Analysis, political struggle, Venezuela | Comments closed

by A. Shaw

For sure, the revolutionary people of Venezuela will gather at least 10,000,000 anti-imperialist signatures by Friday week, April 10,Â when 35 heads of stateÂ and government convene the 7th Summit ofÂ Americas in Panama City, Panama.

Venezuelan Pres. Nicolas Maduro and U.S. Pres. Barack Obama and Cuban Pres. Raul CastroÂ have allÂ confirmed their attendance.

The 34 western hemisphere.Â countries areÂ Â ramming Cuba down the throat of the USA which is ruled by ruthlessÂ imperialists. TheÂ US imperialists violently objected to Cuba’s presence at the Summit, alleging that Cuba wasn’t a democracy like other member-states. Cuban allies repliedÂ Â that Cuba is aÂ democracy with multi-candidate rather than multi-party elections. A number of Cuba’s friendsÂ added that they would boycott a summit without Cuba’s presence.

Humiliated, the US imperialists backed down and withdrew their objections to Cuba’s presence.

Naturally, Venezuela played a prominent role in ramming Cuba down the imperial throat. So, the imperialists decided “to get” Venezuela.

March 9, 2015, the US imperialists told the world that VenezuelaÂ is a national security threat to USA.

The timing ofÂ the viciousÂ imperial announcement shows that imperialists plan to use the April 10 Summit as a stage on which to put the countries ofÂ Latin America and the Caribbean back in their historic placesÂ –Â the “backyard.”

The region must keep its guard up.

By March 31, over 6,000,000 VenezuelansÂ had signed a petition which denounces the bourgeois regime in Washington under ObamaÂ as a liar and enemy of allÂ ofÂ humanity,including its own citizens.

The goal is 10,000,000 anti-imperialist signatures.

The petition will be delivered to Obama at the Summit.

Over 6 million anti-imperialist signatures collected by Tuesday

worker | April 1, 2015 | 8:13 pm | political struggle, Venezuela | Comments closed

April 1, 2015

Source: AVN

Caracas, 01 Abr. AVN.- The campaign Venezuela is no a threat, we are hope, promoted by the Venezuelan people, has exceeded 6,200,000 signatures collected until Tuesday to require the US government to repeal the decree, which considers the homeland of Bolivar a “unusual threat” to national security, said Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, from Falcon state.

During the broadcast of his weekly show In Touch with Maduro, President announced that this figure is approaching 10 million signatures. The government expects to gather them before April 10, to deliver them at the 7th Summit of the Americas, to be held in Panama on 10-11 April.

“We exceeded 6 million 200 thousand signatures, which are wills of men, women, youth, workers, peasants, farmers, singers, artists, sportsmen,” he said.

He also said that during Easter, organized communities will go to tourist sites to collect signatures, for all Venezuelans to have a chance to defend their homeland of imperial attacks.

Venezuelans can also sign their names through the web site wwww.obamaderogaeldecretoya.org.ve.

“I think the threat of Obama has awakened within people the greatest love for what we are doing for our country,” said the President, noting the massive participation of the Venezuelan people to defend their sovereignty and self-determination.

AVN 01/04/2015 10:31

Obama, Venezuela and Cuba: The Same Policy

worker | March 31, 2015 | 8:08 pm | Cuba, Venezuela | Comments closed

MONCADA LECTORES (blog) Obama, Venezuela and Cuba: The Same Policy Esteban Morales UNEAC A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann. http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs4319.html In actual fact, there is nothing inconsistent in the US stating its intention to restore relations with Cuba, while rolling out an aggressive escalation against Venezuela and going as far as declaring Venezuela an imminent threat to US national security. Both actions are part of the same policy, because Obama has not yet taken a strategic decision regarding US policy towards Cuba, only a tactical one. These are only different tactics to deploy the aggressive US policy. With Cuba he is willing to do it with the carrot, in the case of Venezuela, with the stick. Obama is trying to cater to several needs with his attitude toward Venezuela, which seems in contradiction with the position taken toward Cuba. -Obama is compelled to counter the internal right that opposes the new political agenda toward Cuba. -Obama is trying to win the hemisphere over into accepting both variants of his policy. And thus to affect the unity achieved in the case of Cuba, as in that of Venezuela. -Obama wants to take advantage of the popularity that his attitude toward Cuba has earned him, to drop it on Venezuela. -Obama is trying to escape the demand of the hemisphere that asked not only that he soften his attitude toward Cuba, but to finally come to terms with the island; and accept it as a definite reality, as the hemisphere has accepted it. -Obama does not yet accept that Cuba is here to stay. As with China which produced the “Ping pong war” with the policy of Nixon. -Obama wants to project an image of strength, which seems to be his favorite option to rebuild hemispheric relations. -Obama wants to maintain his strategy in the case of Cuba, so that this will also serve his strategic purposes with Latin America and the Caribbean. Obama overestimates his strength to overcome what a setback the loss of its formerly “safe backyard” would mean for the empire. In fact, he has already lost it. In the struggle now being waged Obama realizes that the losses would be strategic, because other powers playing as opponents, such as China and Russia, are moving quickly to build relationships in the hemisphere that the United States still believes it owns. However, not even Europe has gone along on the Venezuela issue. And on Cuba, Europe has its own strategy. Although it resembles strategic intentions of the United States a lot, Europe is trying to play to its own advantage, approaching the island with similar intentions, but looking at results that would not be for the United States. What has the US gained with its aggressive attitude toward Venezuela? Losing a war before starting to fight it. Because not even its allies in the hemisphere are willing to enroll in a battle against Venezuela: a battle which is already lost. Solidarity –one can say globalâ€”with Venezuela is working. The US Ambassador to the recent meeting of the OAS looked extremely ridiculous trying to say it had all been a misunderstanding; and practically pulling back the resolution against Venezuela. Rarely in history is a power like the United States seen making a fool of itself as Obama has with Venezuela. Still, there is a great benefit for all as a result of the aggression of the United States against Venezuela: First, it shows the strength of the changes that are occurring in the former “safe backyard”; second, it shows the inability of the current US foreign policy to meet its objectives. These are facts that may bring relief to some. But Obama still has the challenge –I would say historic– for his diplomacy, of proving whether actually it will be able to negotiate with Cuba on an equal footing and with respect for the sovereignty of the Island. We can predict that Obama should expect a real beating in the April Summit in Panama. Havana, March 21, 2015
		LA MISMA POLITICA: Obama, Venezuela y Cuba Esteban Morales UNEAC MONCADA En realidad no es nada incoherente que Estados Unidos haya declarado su intenciÃ³n de restablecer relaciones con Cuba y al mismo tiempo se vea enrolado en una escalada agresiva contra Venezuela. Al punto de declarar a esta Ãºltima como una inminente amenaza para la seguridad nacional norteamericana. Ambas acciones forman parte de la misma polÃtica, porque aun Obama no ha tomado ninguna decisiÃ³n estratÃ©gica respecto a la polÃtica hacia Cuba, sino solo tÃ¡ctica. Solo se trata de tÃ¡cticas diferentes para desplegar la agresividad de la polÃtica norteamericana. Con Cuba estÃ¡ dispuesto a hacerlo con zanahoria, en el caso de Venezuela, con el garrote. Trata Obama de llenar varias necesidades con esa actitud hacia Venezuela, que parece una contradicciÃ³n con la posiciÃ³n adoptada con Cuba -Obama se ve obligado a contrarrestar a la derecha interna que se opone a la nueva agenda de polÃtica hacia Cuba. -Obama trata de poner a prueba al hemisferio para que acepte ambas variantes de polÃtica. Y asÃ afectar la unidad lograda, tanto en el caso de Cuba, como en el de Venezuela. -Obama quiere aprovechar la popularidad que le ha granjeado su actitud hacia Cuba, para descargarla sobre Venezuela. -Obama trata de escapar a la solicitud del hemisferio, que le pidiÃ³, no solo suavizar su actitud hacia Cuba, sino terminar de entenderse con la Isla, aceptÃ¡ndola como una realidad definitiva, tal y como el hemisferio la ha aceptado. -Obama no acepta aun que Cuba llego para quedarse. Como la China que produjo laâ€ Guerra del pim pomâ€ con la polÃtica de Nixon. -Obama quiere aun dar imagen de fuerza, que parece ser su variante preferida para reconstruir sus relaciones hemisfÃ©ricas. -Obama quiere mantener su estrategia en el caso de Cuba, para que esta tambiÃ©n le sirva para sus propÃ³sitos estratÃ©gicos con AmÃ©rica Latina y el Caribe. -Obama sobredimensiona su fuerza para superar el descalabro que significarÃa para el imperio la pÃ©rdida de su otrora â€œtraspatio seguroâ€. Traspatio que de hecho ya ha perdido. En esa lucha que libra ahora, Obama se percata de que las perdidas serian estratÃ©gicas, porque otras potencias, que le hacen la contrapartida, como China y Rusia, se mueven con velocidad para entablar relaciones en el hemisferio, que Estados Unidos cree aun que le pertenece. Sin embargo, ni Europa le ha seguido la corriente con Venezuela. Y con Cuba, juega su propia estrategia. Que aunque se parece mucho a la intenciÃ³n estratÃ©gica de Estados Unidos con Cuba, trata de sacar su propio provecho, acercÃ¡ndose a la Isla con intenciones similares, pero buscando resultados que no serÃan para Estados Unidos. Â¿QuÃ© ha sacado Estados Unidos de la actitud agresiva hacia Venezuela? Perder una guerra antes de comenzar a librarla. Porque ni aun sus aliados, que el hemisferio tampoco le falta, estÃ¡n dispuestos a enrolarse dentro de una batalla, contra Venezuela, que de hecho ya estÃ¡ pÃ©rdida. La solidaridad, se puede decir, mundial hacia Venezuela, estÃ¡ funcionando y se vio sumamente ridÃculo el Embajador de Estados Unidos ante la reciente reuniÃ³n de la OEA, tratando de decir que todo habÃa sido un mal entendido. Y prÃ¡cticamente echando hacia atrÃ¡s la resoluciÃ³n contra Venezuela. Pocas veces en la historia a una potencia como Estados Unidos se le ve haciendo el ridÃculo que ha hecho Obama con Venezuela. De todos modos, hay un gran provecho para todos como resultado de la agresividad asumida por Estados Unidos con Venezuela; pues, por un lado, prueba la fortaleza de los cambios que estÃ¡n ocurriendo en el antes â€œtraspatio seguroâ€, mientras que al mismo tiempo, muestra la incapacidad que exhibe la actual polÃtica exterior norteamericana para cumplir sus objetivos. Algo con lo que muchos se pueden sentir aliviados. Pero aÃºn le queda a Obama el desafÃo, yo dirÃa histÃ³rico, para su diplomacia, de si realmente serÃ¡ capaz de negociar con Cuba en igualdad de condiciones y con respeto para la soberanÃa de la Isla. Por lo que podemos augurar que a Obama le espera una verdadera paliza en la Cumbre de abril en PanamÃ¡. La Habana, 21 de marzo del 2015 http://moncadalectores.blogspot.com/2015/03/la-misma-politica-obama-venezuela-y-cuba.html