Press TV – May 21, 2018 Nicolas Maduro has been re-elected for a second term in office as Venezuela’s president in an election rejected as “illegitimate” by his main rival, who has also demanded that a repeat vote be held later this year. With more than 90 percent of the ballots cast in Sunday’s presidential […]
Nicholas Maduro has won reelection in an election process that the US and its allies refuse to acknowledge as legitimate, together with the Venezuelan opposition candidate, Henri Falcon. Maduro won with over 68% of the popular vote, while Falcon received considerably less.
Falcon, perhaps taking a cue from Hillary Clinton, seems as if he just won’t concede the fact that the people of Venezuela just didn’t want him to govern them.
telesur reports:
Press TV – May 20, 2018 The United States government says it is not going to recognize the outcome of Venezuela’s presidential election which will be held on Sunday. US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan made the announcement in a press briefing on Sunday and stressed that Washington was actively considering strict sanctions against […]
As Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday, the U.S. is working to disrupt the re-election of Nicolas Maduro and rollback left-wing governments in the region. (CN Op-ed) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is the frontrunner in the presidential elections that will take place on Sunday. If past pronouncements and practice by the United States are any indication, […]
As Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday, the U.S. is working to disrupt the re-election of Nicolas Maduro and rollback leftwing governments in the region, reports Roger D. Harris. By Roger D. Harris Special to Consortium News Venezuelan President Nicolás…Read more →
Humanitarian crisis, starvation, migration, repressive government, economic crisis, sanctions, resistance, Communist Party, Chavez, hyperinflation, crackdown on corruption, election fraud: just some of the keywords used by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Reuters and the Miami Herald to describe Venezuela as it heads to the polls on May 20 to select its next president.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is the frontrunner in the presidential elections scheduled for May 20. If past pronouncements and practice by the US empire are any indication, every effort will be made to oust an avowed socialist from what is considered the US’ “backyard.”
With a week to go to the election, the leftist president of Bolivia Evo Morales tweeted:
Sputnik | May 16, 2018 MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that it considers calls to disrupt voting in Venezuela’s presidential elections due May 20 to be interference in the affairs of a sovereign state. “Assertions about the illegitimacy of the election campaign continue to be circulated, calls for disruption of the voting process are […]
New fissures, the olympics of beer and heavenly whiskey + this day in history w/the Queen of America and our song of the day by Okkervil River on your Morning Monarchy for May 16, 2018.
