ANTONIO BANDERAS PRAISES CHAVEZ POLICIES TO COMBAT ECONOMIC CRISIS
http://coto2.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/antonio-banderas-chavez-ideas-will-solve-us-crisis/ 
 Antonio Banderas surprised CNN viewers when he criticized US President Barack Obama and suggested Europe and the US should apply the same economic policies as Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chávez.During his talk with Spanish journalist Ana Pastor, Banderas was asked several questions about the current financial crisis and possible solutions to it.The Malaga-born star pointed the finger of blame at “the markets, the lobbies, the big corporations” and suggested they didn’t have to take responsibility when countries and governments had problems.“We’re not being governed by the people we voted for,” he told Pastor. “How do you put a stop to that?” she asked. “You break it like Chávez did in his day, you get all these big corporations and you nationalize them,” answered Banderas in the midst of a deafening silence. “There was no other way out,” he added. The Hollywood actor also criticized the US’s President Obama for not fullfilling his promises during his two terms in office and succumbing to the pressure of big business and financial markets.

 
Venezuela expels three US diplomats due to sabotage
   Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expelled three U.S. diplomats for their alleged involvement in acts of sabotage to destabilize the South American country.Kelly Keiderling, who is the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela as the charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Elizabeth Hunderland and David Mutt "have 48 hours to leave the country," President Maduro said in an activity in western state of Falcon."Get out of Venezuela. Yankee go home. Enough abuses already against a homeland that wants peace. get out of here. We will not allow an imperial Government to come and bring money and see they bring basic companies to a standstill, how they cut power to turn Venezuela off," he said in remarks broadcast on state-run VTV.
The Venezuelan President said he has evidence that involve the U.S. Embassy officials in Caracas in acts to sabotage the country's economy and electrical sector.Assuming the responsibility for expelling the officials, Maduro said new actions will be taken to "defend the Venezuelan people's dignity and peace."The President said he will request justice institutions to act before those who connived with the U.S. Officials, particularly active in southern areas of the country, as in Bolivar state.The officials have met with opposition union and political leaders in Venezuela, Maduro said, specifically from political party Primero Justicia "and others who wear red hats (of the revolution) and stab the homeland in the back. Pay attention to see how they sabotage Sidor, aluminum companies and the electrical system.In this connection, The President urged people and Bolivarian National Armed Force to be on the alert. "Nobody should never agree to break the oath to the homeland, never, comrades of our heroic Armed Force. Arms of the Republic are aimed at defending independence and people's integrity, to defend us from empires that would attack us, to protect people. This Armed Force will never be the Cerberus of the bourgeoisie."
Independence continues Commemorating 200 years since the pro-independence Battle of Barbula, in Falcon state, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said "the struggle of 200 years remains untouched." Two models were faced 200 years ago, Maduro said: an imperial model of a racist and murderer army that despised the population, but which was halted by the strength of the other army with new values of respect to the population, "people became army and Republic was made in arms."
"We were born that way 200 years ago and that is the eternal, republican, anti-imperialist, anti-oligarch mark that rescued commander Hugo Chavez for history and those are the values we have to preserve," Maduro said.

Venezuela condemns attack of Russian embassy in Syria http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/venezuela-condemns-attack-russian-embassy-syria  
The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela condemned the attack against the Russian embassy in Damascus, Syria, where a mortar was launched leaving several people injured.Russia insists on finding a political solution to the Syrian conflict, in the face of threats of military invasion posed by the United States and other western countries.In a communique, the Venezuelan Government sends a message of solidarity for the diplomatic staff and reaffirms the need of negotiating a peaceful solution to the Syrian conflict.Following, the complete text of the statement:Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaMinistry of People's Power for Foreign AffairsCommunique[[[The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly condemns the attack perpetrated against the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Damascus; a direct consequence of an irresponsible policy on behalf of some western powers of fostering,supporting and providing weapons to terrorist groups that act in Northern Africa, that caused destruction in Libya and suffering among the Syrian people]]]]].[[[[The Venezuelan Government and people declare their support for the Government of the Russian Federation, for the diplomatic staff and all the Russian people before this deplorable affront.The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms and insists, before this coward terrorist attack, on the need of fostering conditions to find a negotiated and peaceful solution between the parties in conflict, which prevent these irrational groups from assuming control in the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic and expand through the region with their trail of death and destruction.]]]]]
[ed notes:also read...VENEZUELA PRESIDENT MADURO DENOUNCES UN,TURKEY,AND ISRAEL http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2013/09/venezuela-president-maduro-denounces.html
 VENEZUELA- CHAVEZ BLASTS EMPIRE ON SYRIA,ISRA-HELL AND STATES ''MANY WORLD PEOPLES WATCH ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND WITH HOPE,OUR REVOLUTION http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/venezuela-chavez-blasts-empire-on.html MUST READ-Chavez Warns That a Nuclear Conflict Looms Ahead in The Middle East,EXPOSED US SHADOW GOV BEHIND 9/11 ATTACKS AND SAYS ISRAELI COMMANDOS HAVE INFILTRATED INTO SYRIA..http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/chavez-warns-that-nuclear-conflict.html AMBASSADOR OF VENEZUELA TO UN - (IMPERIAL POWERS) Safeguarding civilians: an excuse to transgress peoples' sovereigntyhttp://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/ambassador-of-venezuela-to-un-imperial.html VENEZUELA-Maduro: Empire uses Syria's domestic problems to destroy this countryhttp://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/10/turkey-fails-at-natos-syrian-fandango.htm

Maduro calls to bring masterminds of April 15 violence to justice
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro called Sunday on bringing to justice the masterminds of violent events fostered by conservative sectors in the country after refusing to admit election results on April 14."Masterminds who ordered to murder people on April 15 and 16 2013 shall be brought to justice, for the memory of the fallen," wrote the President in his Twitter account @NicolasMaduro.Maduro emphasized the value of documentary "April, between anger and peace," by Angel Palacios.Premiered last night in local television, it gathered testimonies of witnesses and family of victims of the April 15-16 violence, which resulted in 11 murdered and a78 injured."It was a very convincing documentary. There's no doubt that only justice can guarantee Peace. No more impunity. Those responsible must be judged," Maduro wrote in the social network.Five months ago, conservative groups in Venezuela called on people to express their anger on the streets due to adverse electoral results. Some attacked citizens, public institutions and offices of socialist party PSUV.
 Venezuela's constitution is antifascist

 ALBA's humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees arrived in Lebanon
An airplane of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) carrying over 6.5 tons of food, medicines, water and blankets for Syrian refugees arrived Monday in Beirut, Lebanon, reported Telesur television network. The Political Council of the regional bloc decided to send humanitarian aid to Syrian citizens refuged in Beirut after a meeting held last Saturday in Caracas. About two million Syrian citizens have moved to Lebanese territory due to the situation in their country, which has been threatened of bombing by the United States and its allies. The aircraft of the Venezuelan air force arrived in Lebanon at 13:14 hours (GMT), coming from Greece as its last stopover before reaching its destination. Telesur special correspondent Madelein Garcia informed in her Twitter profile @madeleintlSUR: "We just reached the airport in Beirut, Lebanon. Mission accomplished." In other messages posted in the social network, she reported: "The crew was welcomed excitedly and with applauses by ALBA countries ambassadors and representatives #ALBAforSyria." Also, she wrote: "In this moment the humanitarian cargo is being unloaded and it was enthusiastically applauded by Lebanese people." While the airplane was being loaded in Venezuela last Wednesday, foreign minister Elias Jaua said that it was a gesture of peace and solidarity on behalf of sister nations that appeal to those who have the power to prevent a war. ALBA is made by Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia. Airplane from Venezuela reaches Beirut to assist displaced Syrians
 http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/13994/Airplane-from-Venezuela-reaches-Beirut-to-assist-displaced-Syrians
The first special airplane on Monday reached Beirut Airport to provide food and medical aid for displaced Syrians in Lebanon, under the supervision of the ambassadors of the member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). The plane carries food and medical equipments. The Venezuelan Ambassador to Lebanon, Souad Karam, received the plane at the airport. 
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VENEZUELA REJECTS WORLD BANK RULING ON EXPROPRIATION OF U.S OIL COMPANY 
Venezuelan Oil and Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez rejected a World Bank ruling against the Venezuelan government's expropriation of U.S. oil company Conoco Phillips in 2007. The ruling was made earlier Wednesday and handed down by the World Bank's arbitration court, the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Ramirez, who is also president of Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA, said Venezuela will appeal the decision. "This weekend, our lawyers are going to request a new hearing... We are not going to accept in any circumstances that something that was already signed and for which a mechanism of compensation was established be now skipped," Ramirez told a press conference. "Now we'll see if the tribunal respects what was signed between PDVSA and Conoco at that time. If there was to be any kind of indemnity, it had to be capped at US$27 per barrel," he added. The minister also said the ruling means Conoco will not get US$10 billion from the Venezuelan government as compensation under an investment protection law. Ramirez said new oil contracts will not be subject to foreign arbitration as Venezuela is a sovereign country with its own laws. Conoco Phillips' operations in the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela were expropriated in 2007 as part of a government drive to nationalize the oil industry. -- NNN-XINHUA

 Venezuela:Zionist Caprilles endorses agressions against Syria... http://www.contrainjerencia.com/?p=73903
JEAN-GUY ALLARD - The prospect of a Yankee intervnetion against the Syrian people thru military aggression, announced by Obama with all the cynicism of the imperial rhetoric, has been championed by the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Henrique Capriles Radonski, who this weekend abandoned his usual prudence with the theme and launched into a defense of the war claimed by Israel, teaching blindly as ever his Zionist fanaticism. Attacking the claims of peace of the Venezuelan Government positions,he tried to justify the war developed by the US and its medieval client regimes in the region .The Governor of the State of Miranda and chief spokesman of the Venezuelan opposition has published via his Twitter account that the Government should go to Syria to defend the "butcher" of al - Assad. While President Nicolas Maduro sympathized with the Syrian people after the announcement of the attack and that Vice-President Jorge Arreaza, urged the United Nations (UN), the Governments and peoples to react, Capriles said that the world must defend what he calls human rights thru "punishing" Syria "with the full weight of the law". Although it is not "politically correct" to point it out , Capriles bonding with the Zionist regime begins with his Jewish origins that led him to develop a powerful connection with those who provide them today support. The candidate to the Presidency of Venezuela who was defeated benefits from the anti-venezuelan speech of the israeli Government and its system of propaganda, support Venezuela Zionist circles and the unfailing presence on its side of the Zionist State intelligence mechanisms. They are known connections between Capriles and Miguel Truzman, Secretary general of the Confederation of Venezuela (CAIV) Israelites associations, openly Zionist, Bierman Alberto of the Federation Zionist of Venezuela, and leaders of the brotherhood Hebrew B 'nai B' rith. Bonding was confirmed in spectacular fashion last year with a trip to Israel, in full electoral campaign of Antonio Ledezma, Mayor of Caracas and ally of Capriles, culminating with a fraternal meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu where revealed the identity of views between the two sides. "We talk about solidarity of the people of Venezuela with the Jewish community. In addition to our disposal, in a new Government, led by Henrique Capriles Radonski, to restore relations with the State of Israel», then said Ledezma, who argued, on the other hand, meetings with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and "other authorities" unidentified. There was no mention of any meeting with officials of the Mossad, the service of espionage whose agents, among other tasks, advised the "safety" of Caprio Capriles, according to informed sources. LEDEZMA was the guest in Israel of the Council American of the Judaism worldwide, led by American Tycoon Jack Rosen, personal friend of George W. Bush, and powerful head of the American Jewish Congress. More recently, Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, Executive Secretary of the Democratic Unity table (MUD) paid a visit to Washington where he held a meeting with the Congressman "Cuban" Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, fanatical anti-Chávez and incorrigible Zionist, which also calls for the destruction of Syria in the name of "human rights". It is good tone in Venezuela underline the ethnic origin of the opposition leader, but the israeli press is not subject to such a rule. Thus "Israel on line" website announced on 16 February last 2012: "Jew faces Chavez in presidential elections" and provided the following clarifications: -"Capriles Radonski comes from two families of Jewish immigrants who came to Venezuela to escape from Nazism and who made their fortunes. -The Capriles are associated with banking, construction and the printed media. "-The Radonski are owners of the country's largest cinema circuit" -Capriles was the Mayor of Baruta: the second of the five richest municipality. The Alliance declared Capriles Radonski with Israel, evidenced last year by his representative Ledezma conspiring with Netanyahu and his troop, explains his exaltation when Obama announces in advance their bloodthirsty plans towards Syria. Netanyahu is one of the leading representatives of the Zionist fundamentalism, who recently reaffirmed: "Always keep your finger on the trigger". His statements of the past few weeks claiming a direct U.S. intervention in Syrian territory followed with the Declaration of war of the "Commander in Chief" of the troops of the Empire, are a powerful orientation for all Zionist activism, both in Israel and for the whole of its operating centres in the world. An orientation that is running Capriles, with his hatred to the peace of incorrigible coup.

Obama bypassing UN, making Congress his world court: Venezuela http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/09/01/321512/obama-making-congress-his-personal-un/
Venezuela has condemned US President Barack Obama for bypassing the United Nations and asking US Congress to approve a military offensive against Syria, saying the move can lead to destruction of international institutions. During a visit to the South American country of Guyana on Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that the US president was shamelessly bypassing the UN and turning Congress into his personal world court. "If multilateral bodies and the international system are disregarded like this, what lies ahead of us in this world is war, is destruction," Maduro warned. "It is a very serious thing indeed when President Obama tries to take the place of UN bodies, and that he has tried and convicted the Syrian government, and that he has decided to invade, to militarily attack the people of Syria, and that he has chosen the US Congress as a sort of high world court in place of the UN Security Council," Maduro said after holding a meeting with his Guyanese counterpart Donald Ramotar.

Venezuela rejects imperial attempts to intervene Syria militarily http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/venezuela-rejects-imperial-attempts-intervene-syria-militarily
The Venezuelan Government strongly rejected and condemned any attempt of imperial powers to intervene militarily in Syrian territory.
 In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Venezuela denounced that threats made by the United States and its allies against Damascus "repeat the same pattern of lies and manipulations used against Libya, Iraq and Egypt" and that it only intends to control "the oil wealth of the region and to expand the western markets."Last Monday, the United States informed it was analyzing the possibility if intervening Syria militarily, in the face of an alleged attack with chemical weapons, though its truthfulness or people responsible for it have not been confirmed so far.Following, the complete text of the statement:Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaMinistry of People's Power for Foreign AffairsStatement President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, in the name of the Venezuelan Government and People, strongly rejects and condemns any attempt by the imperialist powers to intervene militarily in the Syrian territory, using as an excuse the attack with chemical weapons, which was perpetrated by unidentified elements, on 21 August of this year.In the events of recent days, all the typical elements of the imperialist plans to invade countries, subjugate peoples and trample their dignity are observed, leaving devastation and death in their trail.In order to justify their act of barbarism, the United States along with its allies accuse the Syrian Government in the absence of any evidence at all and without awaiting the conclusive report of the UN Commission.The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounces that the threats made by the United States and its allies against Damascus repeat the same pattern of lies and manipulations used against Libya, Iraq and Egypt. They just want to obtain control over the oil wealth of the region and to expand the western markets.
The United States and the NATO member countries have armed and trained terrorist squads in Syria, in order to intervene and maintain control over the country.This has led to a war for the conquest and destruction of the Syrian people that has been a historic bulwark of civilization and a bastion of stability in the Arab Region.The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela holds the imperial forces responsible for putting the world on the threshold of a disastrous war of incalculable consequences for mankind.The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, and the Venezuelan Government and People reiterate their deep bonds of friendship with the Syrian Arab Republic and ratify their commitment to make every effort to achieve peace for the Syrian people, respecting their sovereignty, self-determination, independence and territorial integrity.
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 Venezuelan lawmaker vows to fight for Syrian army http://www.25segundos.com/?id=48686&ids=1&accion=deta
  A Venezuelan congressman has requested indefinite leave from office to fight alongside the Syrian army, as Western powers debate a military attack on the nation ravaged for more than two years by civil war.Abdel el-Zabayar, a member of the ruling socialist party who is of Syrian descent, has requested authorization from Venezuela’s National Assembly to fight against the rebels, according to Venezuelan media reports Thursday. The permission appears to have been granted.“Syria needs full support against these criminals,” Zabayer wrote in his request, according to a fellow lawmaker speaking to state television.
 [ed notes;also read...
VENEZUELA- CHAVEZ BLASTS EMPIRE ON SYRIA,ISRA-HELL AND STATES ''MANY WORLD PEOPLES WATCH ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND WITH HOPE,OUR REVOLUTION http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/venezuela-chavez-blasts-empire-on.html MUST READ-Chavez Warns That a Nuclear Conflict Looms Ahead in The Middle East,EXPOSED US SHADOW GOV BEHIND 9/11 ATTACKS AND SAYS ISRAELI COMMANDOS HAVE INFILTRATED INTO SYRIA..http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/chavez-warns-that-nuclear-conflict.html AMBASSADOR OF VENEZUELA TO UN - (IMPERIAL POWERS) Safeguarding civilians: an excuse to transgress peoples' sovereigntyhttp://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/ambassador-of-venezuela-to-un-imperial.html VENEZUELA-Maduro: Empire uses Syria's domestic problems to destroy this countryhttp://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/10/turkey-fails-at-natos-syrian-fandango.htm

Venezuela Watch- Captured two Colombian citizens involved in assassination attempts against President Maduro 
The Minister for the Interior, Justice and Peace, Miguel Rodriguez Torres, reported Monday that two Colombian citizens involved in assassination attempts against President Nicolas Maduro were captured.At a press conference, broadcast by state media, Rodriguez Torres said that after the investigations conducted by the security forces of the Venezuelan state, last August 15, two subjects who formed a destabilizing group were captured. Such group consists of 10 individuals: Victor Johan Gueche Mosquera, 22 years old, and Erick Leonardo Huertas Rios, 18, who entered the country on August 13 through San Antonio del Tachira. "We found their location on August 15 and captured them in the hotel Guaracarumbo, on the Pan American Highway, which travels through the state of Aragua and Miranda to get to Caracas," he said. He explained that the capture of these two citizens was informed 11 days after "due to the seriousness of the information and the process" of research and intelligence carried out by the state security agencies. The Minister added that two rifles equipped with laser sights, along with a photo of President Nicolas Maduro, with President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello were seized in the operation. "In their bags they also had 10 Venezuelan Army military uniforms in full regalia." Rodriguez Torres said the two young men were led by Alejandro Caicedo Alfonso (aka David) from the Colombian municipality of Soacha, near Bogota. "David is the link, in jail, with Oscar Alcantara Gonzalez (aka Gancho Mosco), who is being held in Colombia since March 2013 and convicted of using minors to commit crimes, including murder, conspiracy and trafficking, manufacture or possession of drugs," he said. The senior officer also said that Gancho Mosco "is constantly visited by David, who is receiving instructions directly from him (Gancho Mosco) in jail and carries them out by means available". "David was on the trip from Bogota to Cucuta with these two young men who came to Venezuela," said Rodriguez, who added that the Colombian authorities were provided with all information processed by security and investigative forces of Venezuela on the case.
Maduro thanks Colombia's cooperation to fight plans to murder him
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 MADURO-THE CONSPIRACY COMES DIRECTLY FROM WASHINGTON http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/maduro-conspiraci%C3%B3n-pa%C3%ADs-viene-directamente-desde-estados-unidos
"This Conspiracy comes directly from the United States, and we have enough evidence," said President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro on detailed plans of assassination against this Monday by the Minister for the Interior, justice and peace, Miguel Rodríguez Torres.The head of State gave these statements to his departure from the end of the infant national fencing Championship, developed at Fort Tiuna in Caracas.Maduro stressed that the Government of Venezuela has reported consistently from where comes the conspiracy in whichthe self confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, is linked and  being protected by the United States Government. "President Obama: is it that you don't know that in the United States is conspiring from the Group of Posada Carriles, monitored and advised by (the former senior US officials) Otto Reich and Roger Noriega to commit acts of terrorism and an assassination in Venezuela?", asked the Venezuelan President in reference to the U.S. President."Is it that President Obama does not know it it? Is it the first thing, if you don't know it?Or is it that the President Obama whos make decisions thru him in the United States to aim at killing of a head of State of America Latin without his knowing about it is so weak? Is that it is so weak that it knows, and there are instances of the power of the United States who have decided to kill me and he can't stop them? or is he decided to physically eliminate me? "he questioned Maduro, at the time who insisted that Obama should answer these questions in any way.On the other hand, it was considered suspected positions of the Venezuelan right rejected, once again, the evidence submitted by the Minister Rodríguez Torres this Monday."There is a strange nervousness, they try to take it by the mockery," he said pointing out that the attitude of the opposition before the denunciation of assassination groups leaves them "very bad stood before the country".Two Colombian citizens involved in assassination against President Maduro plans were captured on 15 August at the hotel Guaracarumbo, located on the Pan-American Highway, Miranda State, reported this Monday evening the Minister Rodríguez Torres.The holder of the office of Interior said that the two subject, members of a destabilizing group consisting of 10 individuals, identified by the Directorate of intelligence of Colombia, respond to the names of Víctor Johan Gueche Mosquera, 22 years of age, and Erick Leonardo Huertas rivers, 18, who entered the country on 13 August by San Antonio de el Táchira.In this context, Maduro said that the capture of these Hitmen is carried out after continuous monitoring that has made the Government to various conspiracies."After the physical loss of Commander Chávez International right started a process of conspiracy against Venezuela to destroy this wonder who we are," said the President.Request for deliveryDuring the statements offered to VTV, the President of the Republic asked Carlos Salcedo, Venezuelan involved in assassination plans discovered by the national Government, which was handed over to the authorities of the country."We guarantee their procedural rights and a fair trial. But surrender. If you are Venezuelan, has family and want this country, somehow (...) must understand that murdering Nicolas Maduro is to launch a civil war in Venezuela, said the President, who is defined as "the guarantee that the peace in Venezuela follow building".He stressed that the fascist sectors in Venezuela should know that there are legal and constitutional limits. "I have no doubt that the main leaders of the fascist right agree this type of event (magnicidas)," Maduro said."They do not accept that the Venezuelan people is Government (...) "do not accept that this man is here, a man standing in the street, is President of the Republic and is consolidating the Bolivarian revolution", said.The President said that not shake you the pulse to enforce the laws and the Venezuelan justice on those who try to carry out the assassination plans.He called to the sectors of right to reflect on its plans "for the wrath of the gods, peoples fall upon you leaders of the right and our country would be in the most fervent general insurrection".In this regard, it indicated that "what the leaders of the opposition are seeking are scenarios such as those of Syria, Egypt and Libya, all against all, widespread violence, chaos and intervention of the army of United States disguised as Blue Helmets". However, "whatever happens they cannot nor will be able with the Bolivarian revolution."In this regard, he added that the national Government is preparing to guarantee respect for the victory of the Venezuelan people on December 8.

International rightists foster Maduro's assassination
Assassination plans are being fostered by right-wing leaders internationally against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and other revolutionary leaders, as well as attempts against sister nations as Ecuador and Bolivia. Venezuelan minister of Interior relations, justice and peace Miguel Rodriguez Torres detailed such information last Wednesday night at an interview with Telesur network. According to intelligence investigations, ex-presidents of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, and Hondura, Roberto Micheletti (who took office after a coup against Manuel Zelaya) and terrorist Luis Posada Carriles would be involved in plots against the Venezuelan president. Meetings to arrange the plot would had been held outside Venezuela, in countries as Colombia, Panama and the United States and they took place since last month of April, before presidential elections in this South American nation. "The first information we have dates back to April 4, 2013. They agreed there to meet again to plan violent actions in Venezuela prior elections. People involved are Alvaro Uribe, Roberto Micheletti, a delegate from Posada Carriles, an officer we think is active in Colombia and an alleged CIA official," explained the Minister. There, they agreed to get in touch with Venezuelan far-rightists to carry out destabilizing actions, he added. "We saw some lights in Venezuela before the elections, such as rallies and protests, but they did not reach the target." The local extreme right, Rodriguez Torres said, is made by those who took part on an oil sabotage in Venezuela in 2003, violent actions at Altamira square in Caracas, riots and the assassination of attorney Danilo Anderson, as well as those who contracted paramilitary soldiers in 2004 to murder Hugo Chavez. "These have always been brazen, irresponsible people who have never been so brave as to accept their mistakes." A second meeting would had been held on April 29 to plan subversive actions from Colombia. Rodriguez Torres said information was received in San Antonio, bordering state of Tachira, about an alleged order to elements tied to Alvaro Uribe. "In that opportunity, they talked about a patriotic strategic plan and we have a document from a Colombian armed group which certifies this." A more dangerous action was undertaken since May 8, 2013 according to the Venezuelan minister: "They thought that such hysteric rage suffered by the Right when president Maduro won (on April 14), they would overthrow the new government and they realized it did not happen. So, they start to change destabilizing plans to a plan to assassinate the Venezuelan Head of state." For it, a meeting was held in Bogota, Colombia, with Cuban citizens who live in Florida, United States, he detailed. It was attended by Eduardo Macaya aka Eddie, member of an anticommunist group in Miami and link with Posada Carriles; aka Julio, member of an armed group in Miami "which had dreamed of murdering Fidel Castro, Chavez and now Maduro;" and Many, an 80-year-old man who provides resources. As a matter of fact, minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said that in order to achieve the plan of attempting against president Maduro's life, these groups count on about 2.5 million dollars. A scheduled event Interior relations, justice and peace minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres informed that assassination plans against president Nicolas Maduro were scheduled for last July 24, when Venezuela commemorates the birthday of liberator Simon Bolivar. "They start talking about carrying out the assassination on July 24 and it is absolutely logical. They know what a President does on July 24 because it is historic. The President takes a floral tribute to the Pantheon, then goes to the National Assembly, to a parade; I mean, the President is exposed the entire day. It is a tradition. They know exactly what the President does that day. Not a great intelligence analysis is needed to find out that," Rodriguez Torres said. Assassination plans would include revolutionary leaders as National Assembly chairperson Diosdado Cabello and members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). "Armed men in Venezuela expected to go against several political targets. The main target was president Nicolas Maduro. They think that killing president Maduro they would divide Chavez's movement and so they think it is the main target." Harassment on behalf of local and international rightists to end with the Bolivarian Revolution has been reported since the year 2002 and up to date, commented minister Rodriguez Torres. "There is a very extremist group in the Right, that we have been monitoring, which we may not point it as involved in this but we know they are linked to Alvaro Uribe. Among them Henrique Capriles." In addition, Rodriguez Torres recalled that Uribe is well known for his ties to drug trafficking and paramilitarism. "Between June 21 and July 8, we have a long list of calls from these elements to another in Venezuela, which we are still investigating. We refer to five calls in which they talk about logistics, weapons, dates, extension and they were even planning to bring weapons to Venezuela through Venezuelan ports, which they could not do." Another meeting to discuss the assassination of the Venezuelan president took place at Hotel Holiday Inn Express, in Bogota, Colombia, on July 22. The minister said it dealt with changing the date of the plan and actions on Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. "They baptized our president as Baby. As the plan had been leaked and they start to investigate how the information is leaking, they change the plan, change the date. They hold another meeting in the surroundings of the mentioned hotel the following day at 21:45 hours in a vehicle, where they even request intelligence labors over Miraflores Palace, pictures of Palace, so as to continue with intelligence labors and delay the date," he explained. Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said rightists are talking now about carrying out their assassination plan against president Maduro by the second quarter of August. The plan now would include a sniper in a people assembly attended by Maduro in his Street Government program. "As they cannot do it in a date as the one they had on July 24, then they talk about monitoring Street Government to find a place where they may attempt against the President," Rodriguez Torres warned. Investigations are under way to get more details about the matter, he said, while all evidence will be submitted to the Public Ministry. Venezuelan bodies will reinforce the presidential security force and protect the Venezuelan people. "We have to watch for the security of our people and the president of the Republic," Rodriguez Torres affirmed. Other nations targeted Venezuelan minister of interior relations, justice and peace Miguel Rodriguez Torres warned that far-right groups have also discussed plots against the governments of Ecuador and Bolivia. Some groups proceed irrationally in the pursuit of power but they would abandon for the time being assassination plans disclosed by the Venezuelan government, he said. Those groups, Rodriguez Torres added, have as well rejected claims about oil sabotage by the end of 2002 and early 2003, as well as the 2002 coup against president Hugo Chavez; more recently, violent actions carried out on April 15-16 fostered by unconstitutional and fascist people, which resulted in 11 deaths and over 70 injured. As plots has been disclosed, these sectors cease their plans temporarily though actions against president Maduro go on, Rodriguez Torres stated. "While we cannot have access to masterminds of the plan, the best alternative is to denounce it regardless of what they may say," said the Minister and he added that Venezuelan intelligence groups are expected to request Colombia's support to go deeply into this investigation. Previous plans Previous investigations had also led to plans to carry out riots, seize the presidential palace and murder president Hugo Chavez during the last years have been, such as that which involved former metropolitan mayor of Caracas, Alfredo Peña, Orlando Urdaneta and Orbert Alonso. They had contracted a group of over 100 Colombian paramilitary soldiers back in 2004 for such action. "It is a complete group of extremist thinking with no moral, ethical or spiritual limitations to commit events of the kind and it is the same that wants to assassinate president Maduro today and murdered Danilo Anderson," he said. Furthermore, Rodriguez Torres mentioned Francisco Chavez Abarca, arrested in Venezuela in 2010. He figures in police records as accomplice and disciple of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

 VENEZUELA- 800 MW have been added to the national grid
Vice minister for New Sources of Energy and Management for Wise Use, Hector Constant, reported Monday that around 800 megawatts have been added to the National Electricity Grid, as part of the strategy designed by the government to stabilize the electrical system in the short term.

 

ALBA Bank to Invest Millions in Social Programs

 The ALBA Bank is accumulating investments for around $170 million USD to finance social initiatives, as part of the actions for cooperation in this field, sources of the institution reported today. In that reference, ALBA Bank's President Rafael Isea held a meeting with Ismael Gonzalez, coordinator of social policies of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our Americas (ALBA).The funds are mainly devoted to support the programs ALBA Education, Cultural ALBA and ALBA Health, the entity said.According to Isea, turning education into the main force of change to continue consolidating the historic memory of the Latin American people is among the precepts that conceive these alternatives announced by the financial entity.Among those precepts, there is also integration and promotion of artists, as well as developing and implementing a single harmonized and centralized system for the bloc's member countries to register medicines.ALBA Education is already being implemented with the educational methods "Yes, I Can" and "Yes, I Can Continue," created by Cuban teachers, and is currently applied in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Dominica.In the altiplano, more than 500,000 Bolivians have received elementary education and in Nicaragua, approximately 800,000 people have accessed the same kind of education.In Dominica, a pilot experience with this method is being developed.The ALBA Bank not only boosts socio-productive projects and programs that are in line with a social reality, but also contribute to economic, political, cultural and trade integration, Isea concluded.

Under Electronic Surveillance of US Special Services http://www.tiwy.com/news.phtml?id=279
Snowden has not revealed everything he knows as yet, but what has become the public knowledge so far has evoked high alarm, at least in Latin America. If the empire is watching the NATO closest allies, then how far can it go to the south of Rio Grande, the region it considers to be its own «backyard»? There is a huge building without windows in the heart of Miami that belongs to Terremark Company. Three big Global Crossing white domes with electronic equipment are located on the roof. It is used for keeping tabs on phone conversations and Internet messages in Latin America and the Caribbean. Brazil's minister for communications Paulo Bernardo has said the government will ask the United States for explanations about the Internet spying and the role of the American companies. According to him, Google and other majors were to provide explanations to their clients in Brazil and other countries concerning their relationship with US security services. According to him, the media reports pose a great problem related to guaranteeing privacy of Brazilians granted to them by the country’s Constitution. The Brazilian government expresses legitimate concern. The United States started to pay special attention on Brazilian leaders’ private lives, the country’s internal and external policies during the tenure of Bush Jr. Brazil is viewed by the United States as a «South America giant», the major geopolitical rival in the Western Hemisphere, the leading nation of Latin American integration and a loyal partner of Cuba and other «populist regimes». The US embassy in Brazil has been involved in intelligence activities. The US operatives never shied away from recruiting Brazilians on US soil. The first US special services failures took place in 1999-2004 in the days when Rubens Barbosa served as Brazil’s ambassador to the United States. The communications of Brazil’s offices, cell phones of diplomats and auxiliary personnel were intercepted. There have been cases when the bags of Brazilian diplomats were open. According to Brazilian competent sources, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency hunted for decoders. Protests against eavesdropping and bags checking have been sent to the State Department, but there has never been a clear response. The Panama’s Democratic Revolutionary Party asked State Secretary John Kerry to explain the details related to the use of surveillance equipment transferred to Panamanian security services. The devices allowed to conduct eavesdropping operations, Internet monitoring and intercept of text messages. The local analysts say the activities are timed with general elections on May 2014 and the desire of the Martinelli’s government to discredit the opposition by using «tarnishing» information. There are also other reasons provided to explain the fact of sharing the top secret equipment, it’s all done in order to deploy the PRISM elements in the Western Hemisphere. Another row has taken place in Argentina. The national police database was under control of US embassy in Buenos Aires. In 2005 Proyecto X 4.1 was acquired from Microsoft to systemize the data related to public activists, political and trade union leaders. According to the contract, Argentinian experts had no right to make changes to the program. This could only be done by special staff in the United States embassy or, in other words, by those who work for the CIA. There are other reasons to believe the Agency used the police computers in order to collect data on other Brazilian law enforcement agencies according to PRISM program. Regional media puts the issue of US eavesdropping high on agenda. On June 6 Gaceta Mercantil.com published an interview with Henoch Aguiar, former Argentinian communications minister, who told how they tried to make him work for the United States. He was invited to meet an American by an Argentine entrepreneur who had close ties with US partners. Having a chat in a restaurant the American he was «recommended to meet» suddenly said he was a high standing CIA official. He put it straight and asked Aguiar to lend him a helping hand in eavesdropping efforts in Argentina. When refused he hurried away.[ed notes:click link for whole article..

Colombia: A Stepping Stone for U.S. Operations against Venezuela
http://www.tiwy.com/news.phtml?id=278
The arrests of Colombian paramilitares on the territory of Venezuela are not seen as anything sensational. There are more and more cases like that. And nobody asks why the fighters are methodically infiltrating the country, cleverly disguised as seasonal workers or tourists. They are being used by the enemies of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as part of a wide-reaching conspiracy, coordinated by U.S. and NATO intelligence agencies, to overthrow the lawfully elected authorities. Earlier the paramilitares fought in the ranks of the AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia), created by Colombian military intelligence to combat the leftist-Marxist partisan groups FARC and ELN. The formal «disarmament» of the AUC in Colombia did not lead to their full demobilization. Now they are used to fight against «populist» regimes. A significant number of the subdivisions of the AUC were «redirected» by the CIA field station and advisors of the U.S. military mission to specific assignments for destabilizing Venezuela. In June alone in the states of Tachira and Portuguesa, two groups of paramilitares whose leaders were well known in Colombia for their bloody exploits were captured. An active search for a third group operating in Caracas is underway. Information about other armed cells of the AUC operating in the country has been coming in. As Venezuelan Minister of Internal Affairs Miguel Rodriguez Torres has stated, the investigation has shown that the paramilitares had maintained connections with the ultra-right-wing circles of the Venezuelan opposition and were preparing an attempt against President Nicolas Maduro. The confiscated explosives; firearms, including a Bushmaster rifle with a telescopic sight; dozens of cases of cartridges; grenades and Venezuelan military uniforms are direct proof of this. The «fifth column» has been especially active in the oil state of Zulia, which is traditionally considered «separatist». In recent years the CIA and U.S. military intelligence field stations in Colombia have been implementing measures to reinforce «centrifugal tendencies» in the state, spur on conflicts between the local elite and the central authorities, and promote the idea that the «Republic of Zulia» would have a higher standard of living as an independent state among the «masses». The sabotage in Zulia has really become quite alarming. President Maduro has met several times recently with the state's governor, Francisco Arias, to discuss measures to stop the smuggling of gasoline and food products and establish uninterrupted energy delivery, which is extremely important for the hottest region of the country.
[ed note:click link for whole article..i should note that author should make correction,where he speaks of the initial statement of Santos stating he and NATO would sign an agreement,then after being chastised by ALBA block he was forced to reconsider and abandon it,its not true,he did recant,but one week later it was afirmed that agreement will be signed in brussels this or next week...see my colombia section...

Irregular groups attack the Central University of Venezuela http://www.albatv.org/Grupos-irregulares-atacan-la.html
More than 50 masked men attacked, on Wednesday, the Central University of Venezuela, UCV, Caracas, the capital, where they fired guns and burned three vehicles, including two buses.According to the Minister of the Popular power for Interior, Justicia y Paz, Miguel Rodríguez Torres, the assailants, after entering the University "burned three vehicles within these facilities, using hoods, motorcycle without plates, causing fear and terror in that House of study".Attackers seek to provoke the Venezuelan security forces, but they don't know that the Venezuelan State is supporter of the dialogue, and human rights, said the Minister."We know that behind all this there is a plan to try to destabilise and break the stability and governability in Venezuela," said the Venezuelan official.On the other hand, the Secretary general of the University, Amalio Belmonte, claimed that this group tries to hinder, democratic protest that the University maintain since last June 7Venezuelan public universities demand to the Government a salary increase for teachers and an increase in the budgets for schools.

Anti-Government Economic War in Venezuela Denounced
The speculative bourgeoisie is currently involved in a conspiracy and economic war against the Venezuelan government, National Assembly member Jose Avila said today."They are trying to overthrow the government economically," asserted the parliamentarian in reference to the bourgeois commodities speculators that he said aremainly responsible for inflation in the country.

[[[[[[[It is a bourgeoisie that imports 10 times more than it exports and lives from the printing of cheap dollars which are then maneuvered in order to take profits in the parallel foreign-currency market as well as increasing the cost of products to extract additional profit,]]]]]]]he explained to Venezolana de Television."What the importing bourgeoisie is doing in the country is shameful," he said.[[[[["Denouncing it is not sufficient. We would have to build an entire prison to jail speculators,"]]]]] said Avila.He added that the problem cannot be eradicated solely by the Institute for Defense of People to Access Goods and Services and the National Superintendency of Costs and Prices. "We should be organized with the people," he said.In this reference, the parliamentarian recalled that the opposition remains mute on the subject of speculation and media and opposition spokespeople are even generating the opinion that investment in Venezuela is pointless, something that is completely false, he said.Faced with opposition criticism against the foreign-currency exchange adjustment by the Government to strengthen the productive mechanism in the country, Avila disarmed the assertions by defeated presidential candidate and governor of the state of Miranda Henrique Capriles, who called those measures a "commie" move.Avila rejected those statements, recalling the inclusive policy by the Executive, shown in the variety of social programs implemented to improve the Venezuelans' standard of living, "a different strategy from truly dirty measures such as those in 1989, which included budget cuts for social services."

[ed notes;thats an amazing idea in my opinion ..create a new mission called ''mission speculators prison'' this would send a strong message and majority of Venezuelans would support it! and that would be a strong message to foreign northern imperialist govts that unlike them,they truly stand against those harming public and nations interests!

VENEZUELA ROUND UP...
Imposed 324 fines for speculation this year
722 families get keys to their homes Thursday
Housing Mission finished over 8,000 houses

No. 480: Integración suramericana: temas estratégicos  Descargar edicion PDF
América Latina, y particularmente América del Sur, vive importantes procesos de integra- ción regional que buscan promover una inte- gración y unidad de largo plazo y de carácter multidimensional: económico, político, cul- tural, educacional, de infraestructura, etc. En este contexto, se retoma el debate sobre el desarrollo como proyecto regional. Temas claves como soberanía, recursos naturales e hidro-energéticos, preservación de la biodi- versidad y los recursos bio-genéticos, la Ama- zonía como área de preservación y de disputa, se colocan en el centro del debate político. (ed note;spanish only sorry )

Koch Brothers Driving Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada to Cut Out Venezuelan Oil
Greg Palast: Koch brothers could save two billion dollars a year if they can replace Venezuelan heavy crude crude with Canadian tar sands – one of the dirtiest sources of carbon emissions on the planet.

[ed notes;click link for whole article,just citing preface..