Author Archive: Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He is the chief editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has written more than 20 books, including The Darker Nations and The Poorer Nations. His latest book is Washington Bullets, with an introduction by Evo Morales Ayma.

Paola Estrada is in the Secretariat of the International Peoples Assembly and is a member of the Brazilian chapter of ALBA Movements (Continental Coordination of Social Movements toward the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America).

Ana Maldonado is in the Frente Francisco de Miranda (Venezuela).

Zoe PC is a journalist with Peoples Dispatch and reports on people’s movements in Latin America. She is also associated with Congreso de los Pueblos in Colombia.

Defeat of a Dirty Military Incursion into Venezuela on a Sunday Morning

Released for Syndication: 05/04/2020

In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to...

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Colombia’s Government Acts Like a Doormat for the United States—and Its People Aren’t Going Along With It

Released for Syndication: 04/10/2020

Last year, on November 21, the Colombian people took to the streets in massive numbers to reject the policies of the government led by...

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Trump Sends Gun Boats to Venezuela While the World Partners to Fight a Deadly Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 04/03/2020

On April’s Fools Day, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a press conference where he announced a new “counter-narcotics effort” by U.S. Southern Command. “We’re...

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As the World Tackles the COVID-19 Pandemic, the U.S. Raises the Pressure on Venezuela

Released for Syndication: 03/26/2020

In a press conference on March 26, it was almost comical how little evidence the U.S. Department of Justice provided when it accused Venezuela’s...

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IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis

Released for Syndication: 03/18/2020

On March 16, 2020, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva wrote a blog post on the Fund’s website; it represents...

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