Protesters rip an electoral poster of president Jovenel Moïse during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on November 6, 2015. Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters. In recent months, Haitians have demonstrated their overwhelming opposition to President Jovenel Moïse. There have been massive protests and multiple general strikes demanding Moïse leave. We
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Canadian Dimension: Canada’s Complicity in the Venezuela Crisis
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland addresses a meeting of the Lima Group in Ottawa on February 4, 2019. Photo by Adam Scotti. The crisis in Venezuela has put the entire Latin American region on alert. The once booming petrostate was led by the leftist Hugo Chávez during a time known
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Why the Canadian Government is Confronting Venezuela
Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/AP Since the attempted U.S. coup against Venezuela on January 23, backed by the Lima Group of which the Justin Trudeau government is an active member, Canada’s corporate media have joined in a chorus of hate and disinformation against the Bolivarian Revolution, with the criticism focusing on
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Liberals use ‘human rights’ to push coup in Venezuela
Photo by Joseph Morris The modern way to overthrow a government the capitalist world doesn’t like is by claiming to do it in the name of supporting ‘human rights’. This requires that the target be portrayed as a rights violator. As part of their effort to overthrow Nicolas Maduro’s government,
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Ugly Canadian supports status quo in original banana republic
Porfirio Lobo • Photo by Eduardo Verdugo In 1901, US author O. Henry coined the term “banana republic” to describe Honduras, which was dominated by the US-based United Fruit Company. According to Wikipedia: “Typically a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Meet the hired gun Ottawa is using to overthrow the Venezuelan government
Allan Culham, Permanent Representative of Canada to the OAS The brazenness of Ottawa’s intervention in the South American country’s affairs is remarkable. Recently Global Affairs Canada tendered a contract for an individual to coordinate its bid to oust President Nicolás Maduro. According to buyandsell.gc.ca, the Special Advisor on Venezuela needs
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Trudeau government squeezes Cuba
Chrystia Freeland and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Ottawa faces a dilemma. How far are Trudeau’s Liberals prepared to go in squeezing Cuba? Can Canadian corporations with interests on the island restrain the most pro-US, anti-socialist, elements of the ruling class? Recently, the Canadian Embassy in Havana closed its Immigration,
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Why is Ottawa aligning itself with Venezuela’s most anti-democratic elements?
Photo by Natacha Pisarenko Not only has Canada financed and otherwise supported opposition parties in Venezuela, Ottawa has allied itself with some of its most anti-democratic, hardline elements. While the Liberal government has openly backed Voluntad Popular’s bid to seize power since January, Ottawa has supported the electorally marginal party
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: ‘Progressive’ Trudeau Government Attacks Venezuela
Photo by Chrystia Freeland (Twitter) Anyone who still entertains any illusions in the ‘progressive’ nature of the Trudeau Government of Canada, would have been shocked to witness the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, assembling a collection of regional representatives of the Washington Consensus in Ottawa, on February 4, to
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada’s Ugly Role in the US-led Coup in Venezuela
Photo by Socialist Appeal Most Canadians think of their country as a force for good in the world, but recent efforts by Justin Trudeau’s government to overthrow Venezuela’s elected government have once again revealed the ugly truth about the Great White North. We are an important partner in imperialism, willing
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada brings Venezuela to International Criminal Court
Requesting the International Criminal Court to investigate Venezuela’s government is a significant escalation in Ottawa’s campaign of interference in the domestic affairs of another country. Supported by five like-minded South American nations, it’s the first time a member state has been brought before the ICC’s chief prosecutor by other members.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada vs. Venezuela: Have the Koch Brothers Captured Canada’s Left?
Illustration by DonkeyHotey With a U.S.-backed military coup or invasion in Venezuela looking ever more likely, Canada’s progressive leftists are pushing for the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) to abandon its “reactionary” foreign policy position on that country. As well, at the annual NDP convention (February 15 – 18), the
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Has it become NDP policy to support US-backed coups in Latin America?
NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Hélène Laverdière The Canadian social democratic party’s foreign critic Hélène Laverdière has certainly remained silent regarding US leaders musing about a military coup or invasion of Venezuela and has openly supported asphyxiating the left-wing government through other means. At the start of the month US Secretary
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada and the pirates of the Caribbean
1830 watercolour from Barbados Perhaps a new rule is in order: Everyone must take a history lesson before seeking some fun in the sun. Recently, NDP Member of Parliament Erin Weir asked if Canada should try to expand into the former British slave colonies. “The slush we’re getting in Regina
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