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Autonomy Proposed in State Legislature of Venezuelan Oil State Zulia

An autonomy initiative in Zulia, Venezuela could become a "half-moon" secessionist movement if the opposition prevails in upcoming state and local elections, President Chávez speculated Sunday. (VTV)
On Tuesday, state legislators from the opposition political party A New Time (Un Nuevo Tiempo) in the oil-rich state of Zulia, Venezuela, proposed a feasibility study for potential autonomy from the federal government, which they compared to the autonomy efforts in Bolivia’s wealthiest province.

Uribe Would Be Involved in the “Final Offensive” Against Venezuela

Former Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez (Archive)
According to former Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez, the so-called “final offensive” against Venezuela is being planned presumably from Colombia, and would be executed by that country’s army, according to agreements between Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and US Ambassador William Brownfield.

Venezuela Calls for Oil Profits to Fund Food in Latin America

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro proposed that Latin American countries create a food bank to counter food supply problems and that oil profits of the region go towards a new food fund. Maduro made the proposal during the Food summit held in Nicaragua on Wednesday.

Venezuelan Inflation Holds Steady at 1.7% in April

Planning and Development Minister Haiman El Troudi (Archive)
Venezuelan Planning and Development Minister Haiman El Troudi announced on Tuesday that inflation closed at 1.7 percent for April, unchanged from the previous month.

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Leaders Warn of Autonomy Attempts in Venezuela, Ecuador

Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Rafael Correa of Ecuador warned of possible "contagion" in their countries by the autonomy movement in the eastern Bolivian province of Santa Cruz.

U.S. is Promoting Secession in Bolivia, Repeating Venezuela Effort

In an effort to rollback social and political change in Bolivia, the U.S has funneled millions of dollars to opposition groups through USAID and the NED. What’s more, USAID explicitly supports demands of the right wing for greater regional autonomy in the east. It’s not the first time, however, that the U.S. has sought to encourage secessionist sentiment within South American regions possessing rich natural resources. Venezuela came first.

The Albert Einstein Institute and Venezuela

Masquerading under the banner of "nonviolent action," the Albert Einstein Institution has come to play a central role in a new generation of warfare, one which has incorporated the heroic examples of past nonviolent resistance into a strategy of obfuscation and misdirection that does the work of empire.

"This Year May Day is Very Special"

As May Day approaches once again, Federico Fuentes from www.greenleft.org.au interviews Stalin Pérez Borges (SPB), national coordinator of the National Union of Workers (UNT) and member of the editorial board of the newspaper Marea Socialista and Marcos Garcia (MG), national coordinator of the public sector federation, FENTRASEP and member also of Marea Socialista.

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