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‘The burden on Venezuelan women has quadrupled’
ELENA LINARES, president of the Women’s International Democratic Federation-affiliated Clara Zektin Women’s Movement argues women now face four main obstacles — including the policy decisions of the ruling PSUV government
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
THE world is facing the consequences of a worsening global crisis of capitalism together with the Covid-19 pandemic which accelerated the deterioration of the majority of people’s living conditions — conditions which were already precarious due to the structural crisis underway.
Venezuela does not escape this reality, and in order to evaluate the current situation of Venezuelan women, we must take into account the following four aspects.
Firstly, the consequences of a capitalist crisis and pandemic, circumstances which have been taken advantage of by the forces of capital and the governments in its service to strip the masses of their gains and impose greater levels of over-exploitation, redoubling all shortages, particularly for women.
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