Tag: Putsch

Venezuela’s Maduro wins UK court appeal over $1 billion in gold reserves held by the Bank of England

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Venezuela’s Maduro wins UK court appeal over $1 billion in gold reserves held by the Bank of England

– Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro won a UK court appeal that ruled the legal battle over $1 billion in gold reserves held by the Bank of England must be reconsidered.

– Britain’s second-highest court reversed a previous ruling that recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president.

– The UK’s recognition of Venezuela’s de facto leader “is to my mind ambiguous, or at any rate less than unequivocal,” court justices led by Judge Stephen Males said on Monday.

– Earlier this year, Maduro had demanded the gold held in the vaults of the Bank of England to help his cash-starved nation battle the COVID-19 pandemic. But his administration was refused access.

US: Democrats, Rubio Ask EU to Not Observe Venezuela Elections

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

teleSUR | September 30, 2020 The U.S.-based peace organization CODEPINK, on Tuesday, condemned a bipartisan letter sent to the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, requesting that the European body neither recognize nor send an electoral observation mission to Venezuela’s legislative elections this December 6.

US – Democrats, Rubio Ask EU to Not Observe Venezuela Elections

A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand’s Constitution

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand’s Constitution

For the US, its involvement in Thailand’s internal affairs stems from Thailand’s growing relationship with China and Washington’s desire to reverse this by placing into power political groups of its choosing.

China is now Thailand’s largest trading partner, investor, source of tourism, arms supplier, and a key partner for major infrastructure projects including a regional high-speed rail network.

Nations Should Begin Removing Facebook, Twitter, and Google from Their Information Space

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Thai government has begun legal proceedings against US-based social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Google. This comes at a time when nations around the globe have begun pushing back against the abusive American tech firms and their role in advancing US foreign policy and in particular, illegal US interventions including war.

Nations Should Begin Removing Facebook, Twitter, and Google from Their Information Space

What the OAS Did to Bolivia

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

What the OAS Did to Bolivia

According to the Los Angeles Times, “Carlos Trujillo, the U.S. ambassador to the OAS, had steered the group’s election-monitoring team to report widespread fraud and pushed the Trump administration to support the ouster of Morales.”

This week, US Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Chuy Garcia called for the US Congress to “investigate the role of the OAS in Bolivia over the past year, and ensure that taxpayers’ dollars do not contribute to the overthrow of democratically elected governments, civil conflict, or human rights violations.”

As Venezuela Foils CIA “Terror Plot” Pompeo Tours Its Neighbors To Talk Regime Change

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As Venezuela Foils CIA “Terror Plot” Pompeo Tours Its Neighbors To Talk Regime Change

Matthew John Heath was arrested with three other Venezuelans outside the Amuay and Cardon refineries in Falcon state in the west of the country, reportedly carrying a submachine gun, a grenade launcher, four blocks of C4 explosives, a satellite phone, and stacks of U.S. dollars. He has been charged with terrorism and weapons trafficking. The country’s prosecutor general, Tarek William Saab, claimed that Heath entered Venezuela illegally via the Colombian border without a passport, although police found a photocopy hidden on his person. Saab also said that Heath was carrying a small coin or badge that CIA employees use to prove their identity to one another without raising suspicions.

Maduro says ‘American spy’ captured near Venezuelan oil refineries

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Maduro says ‘American spy’ captured near Venezuelan oil refineries

“Yesterday we captured… an American spy who was spying in Falcon state on the Amuay and Cardon refineries,” Maduro said in a televised address in capital Caracas on Friday.

The individual, Maduro said, was a member of the US Marine Corps who worked with the CIA in Iraq, and was captured with “heavy, specialized weapons and a large amount of cash” in the northwestern state.

The arrest took place after authorities had “discovered and dismantled” a “plan to cause an explosion” at El Palito refinery in Carabobo state, west of the capital.