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Venezuela: from Fraud to a Coup

The Venezuelan Supreme Court’s certification of sham election results amounts to a coup d’etat against the people’s sovereignty.

Jorge Castañeda: Cuba is the only government that truly has influence over Maduro and the Venezuelan Armed Forces.

Not even the Sandinista-allied organizations have escaped the dictatorship’s push to gain control over all projects in the country.

The Attorney General wants the opposition candidate to testify for alleged “disobedience”, for not accepting the election fraud.

Today’s featured artist is Carlos Mejia Godoy with Los de Palacaguina from Nicaragua with the song “El Meon” (The pisser) (2000).

This is the third crackdown of the week on NGOs and associations. The latest 151 organizations eliminated belonged to the business sector.

As expected by all concerned, today’s announcement tries to close the door on any challenges and leave Maduro in power until 2031.

The thinking goes: Organized civil society in all its forms must be eliminated and total dependence on the government fomented.

The National Assembly approved laws obligating non-profit organizations to work in partnership with the Ortega-Murillo government.

“The decision by the Nicaraguan authorities to ban a further 1,500 civil society organizations is deeply alarming…”