Category: Venezuela

Venezuela Under Siege: What Should Progressives Do?

by Roger Harris, published at Counterpunch  September 2, 2026 Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the US. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of a larger and accelerating assertion of US imperial power worldwide. The Bolivarian Revolution … Read More

The U.S. Tried to Decapitate Venezuela: The Revolution Survived

https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/decapitate-venezuela by Roger D. Harris,  Francisco Dominguez, María Páez Victor Washington’s assault removed Maduro but failed to destroy Chavismo, fracture the military or unleash the regime-change collapse its architects expected.   “Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the US military kidnapped the lawful … Read More

Venezuela: Don’t Blame The Victim

By Roger D. Harris, Francisco Dominguez, and María Paez Victor Originally published at https://popularresistance.org/venezuela-dont-blame-the-victim/ “Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” Karl Marx, 1858 Under cover of night, the US military kidnapped the lawful Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores on January 3, 2026. … Read More

Excellent Webinars on Venezuela

Venezuela in Washington Crosshairs: Breaking the Information Blockade Just World Ed and the Task Force on the Americas presented this timely three-part webinar series in early January 2026, in the immediate aftermath of the very violent operation Pres. Trump launched that kidnapped Venezuela’s President and First Lady. These conversations, co-moderated by TFA’s Roger Harris and JWE’s Helena Cobban, brought … Read More

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