Eduardo Vasco
In 2019, Washington threatened aid cuts to pressure Security Council members against Venezuela - but secret ballots foiled the plot. Open votes ? Then the empire gets its way.
The years 2018 and 2019 were among the most dramatic in Venezuela's recent history (which is permeated by dramatic events). The country was suffering from an economic war imposed by imperialism, expressed through sanctions by the United States and the European Union, exclusion from the international financial system, the inability to import basic goods such as food and medicine, and internal sabotage by capitalists aligned with the foreign bourgeoisie.