Trump Sends Gun Boats to Venezuela While the World Partners to Fight a Deadly Pandemic
Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-07
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 deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircrafts and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters…doubling our capabilities in the region," he said. The point of this mission–which will be joined by other countries–is to…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/07/trump-sends-gun-boats-to-venezuela-while-the-world-partners-to-fight-a-deadly-pandemic/

Letter from President Nicolás Maduro to the People of the United States
Nicolas Maduro | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-07
In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments …
globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882

Bolivian Authorities Request Protection for Vulnerable Group
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
Bolivia's Ombudsman Office requested the de facto government provide benefits to the population during COVID-19 outbreak that has affected most of the world. | RELATED: | Bolivians Unable to Quarantine, Protest All Over the Country | The administrative body, who overlooks people's rights, asked the government to extend the "Family Coupon" program and a pension for the familiar basket. According to the people's defendant institution, these actions should benefit vulnerable and fe…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-public-defenders-request-protection-for-vulnerable-groups-20200407-0008.html

Italian Communists Send a Fraternal Hug to the People of Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
On Monday, the Italian Communist Party (PCI) issued a public thanks to the cooperation of the Cuban Health workers in this European country. | RELATED: | Cuban Medical Team Arrives in Barbados to Help Fight COVID-19 | "For 60 years, you have been an example and an invaluable resource for all the peoples of the world… A nation that is giving a great lesson in solidarity and humanity. Its doctors, who have cured the sick in 64 countries, testify to the value of a socialist societ…
telesurenglish.net/news/ItalianCommunists-Send-a-Fraternal-Hug-to-the-People-of-Cuba-20200407-0003.html

Venezuela's president sends message to U.S. population
Nicolás Maduro | workers.org | 2020-04-07
Caracas, April 3, 2020 To the People of the United States of America: For weeks now, the world stands still, trying to control a pandemic that, without any doubt, is the greatest challenge we have faced together as a society and as international community. Our priority is confronting it, as . . . | Continue reading Venezuela's president sends message to U.S. population at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47509/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelas-president-sends-message-to-u-s-population

Venezuela Pres Maduro's Message to American people
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-07
Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela's shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832148.php

Venezuelan Leader Pens Open Letter to US Public
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-07
In a letter issued on Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against making any unwise military decisions against the Bolivarian Republic. | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza read a letter on Sunday that Venezuelan …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelan-leader-pens-open-letter-us-public/5708938

60 Spanish associations call for lifting Iran sanctions
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-07
TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA)

Puerto Rico: The Number of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Reaches 573
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
Puerto Rico's Health Department Tuesday announced that the number of positive cases for COVID-19 has reached 573 so far, 23 of which have died. | RELATED: | Puerto Rico: Pro-Independence Fighter Cancel Miranda Dies at 8 | One of the deceased was a 79-year-old woman who died in a hospital in the Mayagàºez region. A 40-year-old man also died and became the Caribbean island's youngest victim. | "Every death confronts us with the unfortunate reality of the lethality of the ene…
telesurenglish.net/news/Puerto-Rico-The-Number-of-COVID-19-Confirmed-Cases-Reaches-573-20200407-0009.html

53% of Florida Voters Disapprove of Trump's COVID-19 Response
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
More than half of polled voters in the sunshine state of Florida said they disapprove of United States Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the results released Monday by the University of North Florida. | RELATED: | Puerto Rico: The Number of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Reaches 573 | "Floridians are clear in their stance on who they trust, and it's not thei…
telesurenglish.net/news/53-of-Florida-Voters-Disapprove-of-Trumps-COVID-19-Response-20200407-0014.html

Abe declares emergency in Japan's major centers until May 6, prepares $990bn stimulus
rt.com | 2020-04-07
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centers. The measure, giving authorities more power to press people to stay at home and businesses to close, will last through May 6. It will be imposed in the capital, Tokyo, and six other prefectures

World population stats verses CoVid-19
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-07
Coronavirus since the beginning

UK extends its 'immense gratitude' to Cuba for helping British cruise ship
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-04-07
UK ambassador to Cuba Dr Antony Stokes has formally thanked the Cuban government for taking in British cruise ship MS Braemar. The vessel, with a number of people infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) onboard, was refused permission to dock in the Bahamas and Barbados. | But the Cu…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/07/uk-extends-its-immense-gratitude-to-cuba-for-helping-british-cruise-ship/

Trump Should Fight COVID-19, Not Venezuela
Leonardo Flores | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-07
Trump has been threatening military action against Venezuela since August 2017 and a naval blockade since August 2019. The recent deployment of the Navy towards Venezuela is the first step in backing up both threats.
mintpressnews.com/trump-should-fight-covid-19-not-venezuela/266427/

A Simple Democratic Transition Framework for Venezuela: End All "Sanctions"
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-07
On March 31 the US Secretary of State issued a press statement proposing a "pathway" by which all Venezuelans would live happily ever after. At least that is what Mike Pompeo seems to wish. He…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/07/a-simple-democratic-transition-framework-for-venezuela-end-all-sanctions/

US blocks export of crucial N95 masks to Canada and Latin America
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-07
At a time when countries like Cuba and China are offering assistance and providing doctors and medical supplies to others, the US move is being criticized as self-centered…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/07/us-blocks-export-of-crucial-n95-masks-to-canada-and-latin-america/

Cuba Receives Medical Aid From China
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-07
Cuba received a large donation from China, as they delivered medical aid and supplies amid the COVID-19's outbreak on the island. | RELATED: | Italy: 1 in 3 Patients Are Discharged Thanks to Cuban Doctors | This batch contained 2,000 sanitary masks, 10,000 surgical masks. Also, as bio-safe equipment, China sent two thousand disposable protective suits, 500 infrared thermometers, two thousand protective goggles, two thousand pairs of surgical gloves and two thousand pairs of insu…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-receives-medical-aid-from-china-20200407-0005.html

Coronavirus: Latest tally of deaths, cases in Americas
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-07
Originated in China last December, coronavirus increases its effect on the Americas, and the continent can become the new epicenter after Europe, with the U.S. recording the highest case count globally.Although the number of coronavirus-related deaths and infections is not as alarming as the U.S., the tallies in Canada, as well as the Caribbean, Central and South American countries are rising each day.Many countries have restricted travel from the most affected areas, and implemented lockdowns as the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global pandemic.All figures shared below are compiled according…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-latest-tally-of-deaths-cases-in-americas-3516229

Letter from President Maduro as U.S. threatens Venezuela with war
Nicolás Maduro Moros | mronline.org | 2020-04-06
In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments should be focused on the protection of the life and health of their citizens, due …
mronline.org/2020/04/06/letter-from-president-maduro-as-u-s-threatens-venezuela-with-war/

Letter from President Maduro as U.S. threatens Venezuela with war
Nicolás Maduro Moros | mronline.org | 2020-04-06
In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, at a time when the concern of the States and Governments should be focused on the protection of the life and health of their citizens, due …
mronline.org/2020/04/06/letter-from-president-maduro-as-u-s-threatens-venezuela-with-war/

President Maduro's Message to the People of the US
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the people of the US. The Trump administration is escalating attempts to bring down President Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution, making bogus charges against Maduro and other officials. The Trump administration also published a plan that would radically alter the Venezuelan government's branches of power. This is to prepare for yet another coup attempt by the U.S. in support of unelected scoundrels. This past week President Trump ordered a serious increase of US Naval ships patrolling Caribbean w…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/6/president-maduro-s-message-people-us

Amid Sanctions and Military Mobilization, Maduro Pens Letter Urging Americans to Question Trump
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-06
"I wholeheartedly ask you not to allow your country to be dragged once again into another unending conflict, another Vietnam, another Iraq, but this time, closer to home."
mintpressnews.com/nicolas-maduro-letter-oppose-war-venezuela-coronavirus/266397/

Carta del Presidente Maduro al Pueblo de EE.UU
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Lucha y Resiste está promoviendo una declaración del Presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro al pueblo de los Estados Unidos. El administracion del Trump esta subiendo el nivel de atentados a derrotar el Presidente Maduro y La Revolucion Bolivariana por poniendo cargas de narco-terrorismo al Maduro y otros en el gobierno. El administración del Trump también publicó un plan a alterar el gobierno Venezolano para permitir la oposición de los elites que toman más poder. Eso es a preparar un otro atentado del golpe del estado por los EEUU en apoyo de los no elegidos bobolongos. La semana pasada el Presidente Trump orde…
www.fightbacknews.org/node/7975

Henry Kissinger: "The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order". Depopulation is on the Agenda
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-06
What a post-COVID-19 world will look like will best be known in hindsight. Some clues: | The manufactured 2008-09 financial crisis enabled powerful interests to consolidate to greater size and influence. | It facilitated an enormous transfer of wealth from ordinary people …
globalresearch.ca/henry-kissinger-world-change-post-covid-19/5708752

Nearly 60 Groups Demand End to Sanctions During COVID-19 Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-06
Approximately 60 organizations in Spain on Monday demanded the suspension of sanctions and blockades against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and Palestine so that they can face the COVID-19 outbreak with full force. | RELATED: | US Weaponizing COVID-19 Against Venezuela, Iran: Oliver Stone | In a joint statement, the political groups indicated that these coercive measures are preventing various international organizations from supplying food and medicine to the population of these countri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-60-Groups-Demand-End-to-Sanctions-During-COVID-19-Crisis-20200406-0004.html

Cuban Medical Team Arrives in Barbados to Help Fight COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-06
A team of Cuban medical professionals including 100 intensive care specialists arrived Sunday in Barbados to join the Caribbean nation in its fight against the rapid spread of the new coronavirus. | RELATED: | Nearly 60 Groups Demand End to Sanctions During COVID-19 Crisis | Barbados Health Minister Jeffrey Bostic held a virtual press conference Sunday in which he…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuban-Medical-Team-Arrive-in-Barbados-to-Help-Fight-COVID-19-20200406-0011.html

Team Trump Won't Let a Pandemic Get in the Way of Its Far Right Agenda
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-06
It's understandable that the media is almost entirely obsessed with the coronavirus crisis. After all, more than 70 percent of the U.S. population is on "stay at home" orders and deaths are rising exponentially. Needless to say, the Trump administration's erratic and inconsistent response to the crisis has requires tremendous media resources and attention simply to convey the basic facts on the ground and let people know what to do. | There has been plenty of criticism of the news networks for carry…
truthout.org/articles/team-trump-wont-let-a-pandemic-get-in-the-way-of-its-far-right-agenda/

Sanctioning the Way for COVID-19
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-06
MarketWatch See article on original site While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, US sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus' spread abroad. They've already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela's experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures. COVID-19 …
cepr.net/u-s-sanctions-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-are-morally-depraved-as-well-as-illegal-under-international-law/

Sanctioning the Way for COVID-19
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-06
MarketWatch See article on original site While the United States is fighting COVID-19 here at home, US sanctions against other governments are aiding the virus' spread abroad. They've already likely contributed to many unnecessary deaths in Iran, and Venezuela's experience with the pandemic may also be much more deadly due to these punitive measures. COVID-19 …
cepr.net/u-s-sanctions-in-a-time-of-coronavirus-are-morally-depraved-as-well-as-illegal-under-international-law/

Sweden: PM Announces Thousands of Deaths Due to COVID
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-06
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven warned citizens to prepare for thousands of deaths. Despite the forecast, the Swedish government does not enforce restrictive measures to face COVID-19. | RELATED: | U.S. Seizes Ventilators Destined for Barbados | In prior statements, Lofven dismissed the COVID-19 threat naming it a "little flu." Currently, the Swedish government is facing strong criticism for the lack of preventive measures taken to prevent the virus from spreading. | The authorities of the…
telesurenglish.net/news/sweden-pm-announces-thousands-of-deaths-due-to-covid-20200406-0005.html

Cuban Medical Aid in Italy Shows Positive Results
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-06
One out of three patients with COVID-19 that were treated by Cuban doctors in Lombardy have already recovered and been discharged. | RELATED: | Cuba Suspends International Passenger Flights | According to Dr. Carlos Pérez Díaz, head of the Cuban medical brigade in Italian territory, 12 of the 36 affected by the virus in Lombardy have already recovered. | Perez Diaz explained that the Cuban medical team received 16 cases on the first day of work. These patients came from the Intensive Care Unit…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuban-medical-aid-in-lomabadia-shows-positive-results-20200406-0001.html

Cuba's Promising Approach to Cancer
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-06
In 1991, I headed a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) mission of Latin American physicians to evaluate a national Cuban project involving the use of interferon to treat inoperable lung cancer. At the time, there was a rumor that Fidel Castro had lung cancer and had a particular interest in the research about it. Castro…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/06/cubas-promising-approach-to-cancer/

Washington Slams Cuba's Doctors as US Embargo Blocks Coronavirus Aid
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-06
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the cruelty of US imperialism to the world as Washington's crippling economic sanctions remain in full effect. The decades-old US embargo on Cuba blocked a coronavirus aid shipment from a Chinese entrepreneur last month, another …
globalresearch.ca/washington-slams-cuba-doctors-us-embargo-blocks-coronavirus-aid/5708787

Venezuelan Leader Pens Open Letter to US Public
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
In a letter issued on Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against making any unwise military decisions against the Bolivarian Republic. | RELATED: | Nearly 600 Venezuelans Return to Their Country From Colombia | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza read a letter on Sunday that Venezuelan President Maduro sent to the people of the United States, following Washington's recent threats toward the Bolivarian Republ…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Leader-Pens-Open-Letter-to-US-Public–20200405-0003.html

Israeli Forces Detain Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
Israel has detained Sunday the Palestinian Authority (PA) Governor of Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith over "illegal" activities and imprisoned him for the seventh time in the previous 18 months period. | RELATED: | High Population Density Challenge for Gazans to Fight COVID-19 | "Adnan Ghaith was detained this morning for Palestinian activity in Jerusalem, which is illegal," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. | Ghaith's lawyer, Rami Othman, said his client, who was taken for q…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Forces-Detain-Palestinian-Governor-of-Jerusalem-20200405-0010.html

US Weaponizing COVID-19 Against Venezuela, Iran: Oliver Stone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
"As a number of religious scholars have warned, 'plagues expose the foundations of injustice' in our societies," film director Oliver Stone wrote in an op-ed Saturday exposing the United States (U.S.) government "profound lack of human decency" amid the new coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | 'The US Has Become a Force of Evil': Oliver Stone | In the piece published by the New York Daily News, Stone denounces the U.S. government for refusing to remove murderous sanctions on Iran and Venezuela…
telesurenglish.net/news/Oliver-Stone-Slams-Sanctions-on-Iran-Venezuela-Amid-Pandemic–20200405-0008.html

US Seizes Ventilators Destined for Barbados
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
The United States government seized 20 ventilators destined for Barbados, the island's Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic informed Sunday. | RELATED: | The US Hinders Exports of Medical Supplies to Other Countries | "They were seized in the United States. Paid for, but seized, so we are trying to see exactly what is going to transpire there," Bostic said, explaining that the ventilators donated to the Barbados government were barred from exportation. | "Ventilators…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Seizes-Ventilators-Destined-For-Barbados-20200405-0009.html

Trump sends gun boats to Venezuela while the World partners to fight a deadly pandemic
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-04
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 deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, aircrafts and helicopters, Coast Guard cutters…doubling our capabilities in the region," he said…
mronline.org/2020/04/04/trump-sends-gun-boats-to-venezuela-while-the-world-partners-to-fight-a-deadly-pandemic/

[Research Paper] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection
Shaoqing Lei, Fang Jiang, Wating Su, Chang Chen, Jingli Chen, Wei Mei, Li-Ying Zhan, Yifan Jia, Liangqing Zhang, Danyong Liu, Zhong-Yuan Xia, Zhengyuan Xia | thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
In this retrospective cohort study of 34 operative patients with confirmed COVID-19, 15 (44 ∑1%) patients needed ICU care, and the mortality rate was 20 ∑5%.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30075-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Nearly 600 Venezuelans Return to Their Country From Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-04
The Venezuelans, who voluntarily decided to leave the national territory of Colombia for Venezuela, arrived in the city of Cúcuta in more than 20 buses in two different groups. | The first of them made up of 50 people, including six minors, who arrived in the city of Cúcuta late last night from the town of Soacha. | The second group arrived in the morning of today from the city of Bucaramanga. This group included 337 men, 167 women, and 35 children and adolescents. | #FOTOS | Desde el paso fronterizo en San Antonio del Táchira, el Gob…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-600-Venezuelans-Return-to-Their-Country-From-Colombia-20200404-0011.html

'Overwhelmed' health systems have little room for sick refugees, migrants, UN agencies warn
news.un.org | 2020-04-03
Four prominent United Nations system entities have called on countries to protect refugees, migrants, stateless persons and those forcibly displaced by disasters and conflict

Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running 'mafia racket' against Venezuela
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-03
Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US is behaving…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/03/un-narcotics-mob-treasury-running-mafia-venezuela/

The $15 Million Bounty On Maduro Is One More Attempt To Unseat Him
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-03
The US says Maduro collaborated with the FARC to "flood the US with cocaine." It's an additional legal pressure to get Venezuela's president to step down.
therealnews.com/stories/15-million-maduro-venezuela-cocaine-drug-trafficking-arrest-attorney-general

ECLAC: Tens of Millions Will Be Pushed into Poverty Amid COVID-Induced Recession
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-03
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has lowered regional GDP growth projections from positive 1.3 percent to negative 1.8 percent in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. ECLAC projects that, with such a growth rate, poverty and extreme poverty will increase by 34 million and 23.3 million, respectively. In an op-ed, …
cepr.net/eclac-tens-of-millions-will-be-pushed-into-poverty-amid-covid-induced-recession-2/

ECLAC: Tens of Millions Will Be Pushed into Poverty Amid COVID-Induced Recession
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-03
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has lowered regional GDP growth projections from positive 1.3 percent to negative 1.8 percent in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. ECLAC projects that, with such a growth rate, poverty and extreme poverty will increase by 34 million and 23.3 million, respectively. In an op-ed, …
cepr.net/eclac-tens-of-millions-will-be-pushed-into-poverty-amid-covid-induced-recession-2/

Indigenous Men, Suicides, Racism, and Health Care. Who is Watching?
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
The suicide rate for Indigenous men across North America, especially within Canada, is disproportionate to the rest of the population and racism may very well play a huge role in…
projectcensored.org/indigenous-men-suicides-racism-and-health-care-who-is-watching/

What Happened To Cuba-US Relations Under Trump?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-02
Eddie Conway talks to Dr. Ken Morgan from Baltimore and Professor Luis Montero-Cabrera about Cuba's relief efforts and doctors, the cost of hostile relations with the US, and how Americans can still travel to Cuba under Trump's restrictions.
therealnews.com/stories/what-happened-united-states-cuba-relations-trump

Pompeo's 'transition' plan tells Venezuela to suffer into submission
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-01
Declaring that "Nicolas Maduro will never again govern Venezuela," Mike Pompeo unveils a so-called "transition" plan that tells Venezuelans to…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/01/pompeos-transition-plan-tells-venezuela-to-suffer-into-submission/

Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington's 13 Point Plan for Venezuela
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-01
The State Department released what it called its "democratic transition framework for Venezuela" yesterday; a 13-point plan for the removal of Nicolas Maduro and a radical overhaul of the country's political system. The principal and most fundamental change Washington proposes is to "restore all powers to the National Assembly," the one branch of government the right-wing pro-U.S. opposition coalition currently holds. This would place the entire country under the…
mintpressnews.com/coronavirus-aid-washington-gives-venezuela-ultimatum/266298/

Brazil's ex-President Lula on Venezuela: Maduro is democratic, Guaidó should be in prison, US blockade kills civilians
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-31
In comments ignored by English-language media, Lula da Silva slammed the US coup attempt against Venezuela, calling Nicolás Maduro a…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/30/brazil-lula-maduro-guaido-us-blockade/