Month: February 2019

President Maduro: I am at disposal of the Montevideo Mechanism for the peace of Venezuela

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Written by Simon Garcia on 15/02/2019. Posted in News

During the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Angostura Congress, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ratified on Thursday his government’s willingness to initiate a new phase of national dialogue that includes sectors of the opposition, with the supreme objective of preserve the peace of the country.

“I am waiting for the convocation of a sovereign national dialogue that was approved at the meeting where the government of Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia and the 14 Caribbean governments were, I am at disposal of the Montevideo Mechanism to come with constructive proposals, to seek peace and harmony in Venezuela”, said the president.

From the Bolívar state, in the south of the country, the head of State stressed that dialogue should be the way to resolve political controversies and find possible solutions to the current situation of the republic.

“The coup failed and they will not be able to deal with Venezuela, so the only way is dialogue, understanding, and respect”, he added, referring to the coup plan orchestrated in Washington and to which several Latin American governments and the European Union were attached.

Cooperation with the UN

During his speech, President Maduro referred to the economic-financial blockade imposed by the United States government on Venezuela and the supposed “humanitarian aid” (upon which a media campaign has been spun).

“Now they have the tale of humanitarian aid; they freeze us and rob us 30 billion dollars abroad and offer the ultra right 20 million dollars in a rotten meal, that’s the truth”, he said.

In this context, he reported that the United Nations (UN) has expressed its willingness to cooperate with the South American country, in the sense to contribute to the acquisition of food and medicine to which, as a result of the blockade and unilateral coercive measures, the Venezuelan State have not access.

This Friday Venezuela commemorates the Bicentennial of the Congress of Angostura and the speech of the Liberator Simón Bolívar in which he raised, among other issues, the election of officials by popular vote, the elimination of slavery and the promotion of education, as a basis of the formation of a new citizen.

— Read on mppre.gob.ve/en/2019/02/15/president-maduro-disposal-montevideo-mechanism-peace-venezuela/

AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A month into Venezuela’s high-stakes political crisis, President Nicolas Maduro revealed in an AP interview that his government held secret talks with the Trump administration and predicted he would survive an unprecedented global campaign to force his resignation. While harshly criticizing President Donald Trump’s confrontational stance toward his socialist government, Maduro said Thursday that he holds out hope of meeting the U.S. president soon to resolve a crisis triggered by America’s recognition of opponent Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader.
— Read on www.apnews.com/21b641f6def1400894125e3a8117f66c

The Redirection [2007]

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?

The New Yorker, March 5, 2007

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Efforts to curb Iran’s influence have involved the United States in worsening Sunni-Shiite tensions.

A STRATEGIC SHIFT

In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, has significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. The “redirection,” as some inside the White House have called the new strategy, has brought the United States closer to an open confrontation with Iran and, in parts of the region, propelled it into a widening sectarian conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.

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VENEZUELA DEFINES THE FUTURE OF THE REGION BY CLAUDIO KATZ

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

H/T William Bowles

13 February 2019 — MROnline

by Claudio Katz

Originally published: Claudio Katz Blog – Translated by Nicolas Allen (February 8, 2019)

Guaidó’s self-proclamation as Venezuelan president is the most ridiculous and dangerous coup attempt in recent years. With the shameless backing of Washington, the Venezuelan rightwing intends to place a complete stranger at the helm of the state.

This time around, the starting signal was neither a terrorist attack nor an assassination attempt directed against Maduro. Trump has chosen a group of conspiracy experts (Abrams, Pence, Bolton, Rubio) to pursue escalation and has opted to seize the Venezuelan oil enterprise operating in the United States (CITGO). He has brushed aside all principles of legal guarantee in his quest to appropriate the world’s largest concentration of crude oil reserves.

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