#President #NicolasMaduro: #OpenLetter to the #People of the #UnitedStates

An Open Letter to the People of the United States from President Nicolas Maduro
By Nicolas Maduro
I address these words to the people of the United States of America to warn of the gravity and danger that intend some sectors in the White House to invade Venezuela with unpredictable consequences for my country and for the entire American region. Read more...

Venezuela: From Oil Proxy to the Bolivarian Movement and Sabotage. Abysmal Poverty under US Proxy Rule (1918-1998)
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner
We discuss the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, its history as an oil proxy nation since the discovery of oil in 1918, through successive dictatorships, coups d’etats, a fake nationalization of the oil industry, the Chavista movement and destabilization through financial warfare, with a special emphasis on Michel Chossudovsky’s personal experience there conducting a study on poverty in 1975 as Advisor to the Venezuelan Minister of Planning. Read more...

US Influence in Venezuela Is Part of a Two Centuries-old Imperial Plan
By Shane Quinn

#Capitalism, #Poverty and the #Environment

Venezuela: From Oil Proxy to the Bolivarian Movement and Sabotage
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner
In the period prior to the Bolivarian Revolution, extending into the 1990s, the levels of poverty were abysmally high. More than 70 percent of the Venezuelan population did not meet minimum calorie and protein requirements, while approximately 45 percent were suffering from extreme undernourishment. More than half of Venezuelan children suffered from some degree of malnutrition. Read more...

Al-Nusra Front: Islamic State’s Breakaway Faction in Syria’s Idlib
By Nauman Sadiq
In April 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released an audio statement in which he announced that al-Nusra Front had been established, financed and supported by the Islamic State of Iraq. Read more...

Venezuela – The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back?