Since the middle of the summer, the Trump administration has been dramatically escalating its campaign against the South American country of Venezuela and its president, Nicolas Maduro. On Dec. 10, U.S. forces, including the Coast Guard, F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security, seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast.
On Trump banning immigrants from 19 Black & Brown countries
On Nov. 27, “Thanksgiving Day,” a U.S. holiday supposedly dedicated to honoring friendship between the Indigenous peoples of North America and English immigrants to their lands, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new restrictions against people trying to move to the United States.
Antiwar message raised at homeport of U.S. ships threatening Venezuela
NORFOLK, VA, Nov. 22 — Of all the protests taking place around the world against escalating U.S. aggression against Venezuela, probably none are more significant than the one held today outside the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va., homeport for many of the Navy ships now stationed in the Caribbean.
The Venezuela embassy struggle in photos
The struggle to defend the Embassy of Venezuela from supporters of the U.S.-backed coup has been one of the most dynamic antiwar actions in recent years. Showing up or supporting it in some way has been a litmus test for any organization that says it stands for Justice.
Embassy Update
An update on the Venezuelan Embassy situation.
Antiwar activists take courageous stand against U.S. coup in Venezuela
With the permission of the government of Venezuela, volunteer members of the Embassy Protection Collective are living in the building that houses the Embassy of Venezuela in Washington, D.C. They are doing this because the U.S. government has expelled all embassy staff and have allowed supporters of coup leader Juan Guaido to mass outside the building.
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