On 5 August, US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order imposing a new and even more brutal set of sanctions on Venezuela, as part of its campaign to remove the democratically elected government of President Maduro.
On 6 August, hundreds of peasants and their supporters marched in Caracas on the first anniversary of the Marcha Campesina Admirable (the Admirable Peasant March). They were demanding the fulfilment of the agreements they reached with the government at the time, an end to contract killings of land reform activists and in defence of Chavez’s land redistribution programme.
Juan Guaido and a small group of mutinous troops posted a live video on Twitter this morning to call on "the military and people" to overthrow the legitimate president Nicolás Maduro. In response, the government is calling on supporters to assemble at the presidential palace.
Jorge Martin, secretary for HOV, was interviewed for the FreshEd podcast about the on-going coup attempt in Venezuela, the role of US imperialism and Juan Guaido's elite education.
The failure of the 23 February “humanitarian aid” provocation on the Venezuelan border was a serious blow for Trump’s ongoing coup attempt. There were mutual recriminations between self-appointed Guaidó, Colombian president Duque and US Vice-President Pence. The US could not get a consensus from its own Lima Cartel allies in favour of military intervention.
On Saturday, 23 February, HOV secretary Jorge Martin was interviewed about Venezuela from Andrew Castle on the British LBC radio station, setting the record straight about the attempts of US imperialism and its Latin American agents to impose its will on the country under the cover of providing "humanitarian aid."
Over 250 people attended the Marxist Winter School organised by Fightback in Montreal at the weekend. Amongst other discussions there was a session on the current ongoing imperialist assault on Venezuela. Alex Grant (Fightback) stressed the International Marxist Tendency's opposition to the attempted coup and denounced the role played in it by Trudeau.
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