The Alliance for Global Justice along with other defenders of Venezuelan sovereignty call on Congresspeople, the President, members of Parliament and the Prime Minister of Canada to support the recent progress in dialogue made in Venezuela, rather than impose more sanctions, and remove those now in place. Previously there were longstanding mediation talks talking place in the Dominican Republic, presided over by the former Prime Minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Dominican president, Danielo Medina, and the foreign ministers of Chile, Mexico, Bolivia, Nicaragua and others. These talks have been supported by Pope Francis. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who is up for re-election, has just recently reached an agreement with four other presidential candidates to hold presidential elections on May 20.
At this important moment, we call on the US and Canadian governments to support this process, allowing the Venezuelan people to vote democratically, free of foreign threats, for their next president.
Sanctions added by the Trump and Trudeau administrations to Obama era sanctions against Venezuela impose new burdens on ordinary Venezuelans who are just trying to live their lives. Unilateral sanctions are illegal under international law. Over 150 prominent US and Canadian individuals and organizations have signed the letter below which is being delivered to US Senators and Congress Members as well as Canadian Parliamentarians.
Text of Letter:
We urge the United States and Canadian governments to immediately remove their illegal* sanctions against Venezuela and to support efforts at mediation between the government of Venezuela and the nonviolent segments of the political opposition.
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals in the US and Canada, support hemispheric relations based on respect for the sovereignty of all peoples of the Americas. We are deeply concerned by the use of illegal sanctions, whose effect falls most heavily on the poorest and most marginal sectors of society, to coerce political and economic change in a sister democracy.
Polls in Venezuela show that the large majority of Venezuelans oppose sanctions, regardless of their opinion of the Maduro government. Sanctions merely complicate efforts by the Vatican, Dominican Republic, and other international actors to mediate a resolution to the deep polarization in Venezuela. Moreover, sanctions undermine efforts of the democratically elected government and Constituent Assembly to address critical economic issues and determine their own political destiny.
Despite the high-minded rhetoric of officials in Washington and Ottawa, it is not a genuine concern for democracy, human rights, and social justice that drives the belligerent interventionist posture towards Caracas. From President Obama’s admittedly untrue presidential decree that Venezuela represents a national security threat to the United States, to UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s declaration that Venezuela is “an increasingly violent narco-state” that threatens the world, the use of hyperbole in diplomatic situations seldom contributes to peaceful solutions on the world stage.
It is no secret that Venezuela, unlike Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Egypt, or Saudi Arabia, is targeted for regime change by the US precisely because of Venezuela’s leadership in resisting US hegemony and the imposition of the neoliberal model in Latin America. And of course, Venezuela holds the largest oil reserves in the world, attracting more unwanted attention from Washington.
The US and Canada tried and failed to use the Organization of American States (OAS) to build a bloc to hypocritically evoke the Democratic Charter against Venezuela. Recently, Luis Almagro, the rogue Secretary General of the OAS, went so far as to publicly support the swearing in of a parallel Supreme Court unconstitutionally appointed by opposition legislators and allowed them to use the OAS headquarters in Washington DC for their ceremony – without the approval of any OAS member state. Almagro has thereby delegitimized the OAS, emboldened the most extreme and violent elements of the Venezuelan opposition, and side-lined efforts at mediation.
The US-Canadian sanctions represent a cynical use of coercive economic power to attack a nation that is already dealing with hyperinflation and shortages of basic commodities. While said to be in the name of advancing democracy and freedom, the sanctions violate the Venezuelan peoples’ basic human right to sovereignty, as outlined in the UN and OAS Charters.
We call on the political leaders of the United States and Canada to reject overheated rhetoric and to contribute to the search for real solutions to Venezuela’s political and economic problems. We urge the US and Canadian governments to rescind their sanctions and support the mediation efforts pursued by the Chancellor of the Dominican Republic Miguel Vargas, the President of Dominican Republic Danilo Medina, former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Vatican, and supported by a growing number of Latin American nations.
* Chapter 4 Article 19 of the OAS Charter states:
No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or against its political, economic, and cultural elements.
Signers
UNITED STATES
Noam Chomsky
Danny Glover, Citizen-Artist
Estela Vazquez, Executive Vice President, 1199 SEIU
Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Archdiocese of Detroit
Jill Stein, Green Party
Peter Knowlton, General President, United Electrical Workers
Dr. Alfred de Zayas, former Chief, Petitions Dept, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Medea Benjamin, co-founder, Code Pink
Dan Kovalik, Counsel, United Steelworkers Union
Clarence Thomas, ILWU Local10 (retired)
Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, President, National Lawyers Guild
Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Alliance for Global Justice
James Early, Articulation of Afro Descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gloria La Riva, coordinator, Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
Karen Bernal, Chair, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party
Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers, co-directors, Popular Resistance
Chris Bender, Administrator, SEIU 1000, retired
Mary Hanson Harrison, President Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section
Alfred L. Marder, President, US Peace Council
Tamie Dramer, Executive Boardmember, California Democratic Party
Greg Wilpert, journalist
School of Americas Watch (SOAW) Coordinating Collective
Gerry Condon, President, Board of Directors, Veterans for Peace
Tiana Ocasio, President, Connecticut Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Leah Bolger, Coordinator, World Beyond War
Alexander Main, Senior Assoc for Intl Policy, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Kevin Martin, President, Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund
Dr. Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Berthony Dupont, Director, Haiti Liberté Newspaper
Marsha Rummel, Adlerperson, City of Madison Common Council, District 6
Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party
Kim Ives, Journalist, Haiti Liberté
Cindy Sheehan, Cindy’s Soapbox
Claudia Lucero, Executive Director, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
William Camacaro, Venezuela activist
Baltimore Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace
David W. Campbell, Secretary-Treasurer, USW Local 675 (Carson, CA)
Alice Bush, retired Northwest Indiana Division Director SEIU Local 73
Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director International Action Center
Dr. Frederick B. Mills, Department of Philosophy, Bowie State University
Claire Deroche, NY Interfaith Campaign Against Torture
Eva Golinger, journalist and writer
The Cross Border Network (Kansas City)
Antonia Domingo, Pittsburgh Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
David Swanson, Director of World Beyond War
Matt Meyer, National Co-chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Rev. Daniel Dale, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), CLRN Board of Directors
Daniel Chavez, Transnational Institute
Kathleen Desautels, SP (8th Day Center for Justice*)
Michael Eisenscher, National Coord. Emeritus, U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW)
Dr. Paul Dordal, Director, Christian Network for Liberation and Equality
Dr. Douglas Friedman, Director International Studies, College of Charleston
Fr. Charles Dahm, Archdiocesan Director of Domestic Violence Outreach
Blase Bonpane, Director, Office of the Americas
Larry Birns, Director, Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Task Force on the Americas
Dr. Sharat G. Lin, former president, San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA Solidarity
Alicia Jrapko, U.S. coordinator, International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
National Network on Cuba
Diana Bohn, Co-coordinator, Nicaragua Center for Community Action
Joe Jamison, Queens NY Peace Council
Jerry Harris, National Secretary, Global Studies Association of North America
MLK Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
Charlie Hardy, author, Cowboy in Caracas
Dan Shea, National Board, Veterans For Peace
Houston Peace and Justice Center
Dr. Christy Thornton, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Code Pink Houston
Workers Solidarity Action Network.org
Rochester Committee on Latin America
Patricio Zamorano, Academic and International Affairs Analyst
Cliff Smith, business manager, Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, Local 36
Michael Bass, Convener, School of the Americas Watch-Oakland/East Bay
Joe Lombardo, Marilyn Levin, Co-Coordinators of United National Antiwar Committee
Dr. Jeb Sprague-Silgado, University of California Santa Barbara
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC)
Dr. Pamela Palmater, Mi’kmaq lawyer Chair in Indigenous Governance Ryerson University
Lee Gloster, Steward IBT 364, Trustee, N. Central IN Labor Chapter, N. IN Area Labor Federation
Celeste Howard, Secretary, WILPF, Portland Branch (Oregon)
Mario Galván, Sacramento Action for Latin America
Hector Gerardo, Executive Director, 1 Freedom for All
Jorge Marin, Venezuela Solidarity Committee
Ricardo Vaz, writer and editor of Investig’Action
Dr. T.M. Scruggs, University of Iowa, Professor Emeritus
Dr. Mike Davis, Dept. of Creative Writing, Univ. of CA, Riverside; editor of the New Left Review
Dr. Lee Artz, Dept of Media Studies; Director, Center for Global Studies, Purdue University Northwest
Dr. Arturo Escobar, Dept. of Anthropology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cheri Honkala, Director, Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign
Suren Moodliar, Coordinator, Encuentro5 (Boston)
Dr. Jack Rasmus, Economics Dept., St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California
Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Rich Whitney, Co-chair, Green Party Peace Action Committee
David Bacon, independent photojournalist
Dr. Kim Scipes, Department of Sociology, Purdue University Northwest
Jeff Mackler, National Secretary, Socialist Action
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
Henry Lowendorf, Co-chair, Greater New Haven Peace Council
Judith Bello, Ed Kinane (founders), Upstate Drone Action
Dr. Daniel Whitesell, Lecturer in the Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, UCLA
Dr. William I. Robinson, Sociology and Global and International Studies, UC-Santa Barbara
Emmanuel Rozental, Vilma Almendra, Pueblos en Camino, Abya Yala
Ben Manski, President, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
Frank Pratka, Baltimore-Matanzas Association/Maryland-Cuba Friendship Coalition
Dr. Hilbourne Watson, Emeritus, Department of International Relations, Bucknell University
Dr. Minqi Li, Economics Department, University of Utah
Christina Schiavoni, PhD researcher, Boston
Dr. Robert E. Birt, Department of Philosophy, Bowie State University
Topanga Peace Alliance
Judy Somberg, Susan Scott, Esq., Co-chairs, National Lawyers Guild Task Force on the Americas
Audrey Bomse, Esq., Co-chair, National Lawyers Guild Palestine Subcommittee
Daniel Chavez, Transnational Institute
Barby Ulmer, Board President, Our Developing World
Barbara Larcom, Coordinator, Casa Baltimore/Limay; President, Nicaraguan Cultural Alliance
Nick Egnatz, Veterans for Peace
Dr. Marc Becker, Latin American Studies, Truman State University
Dr. John H. Sinnigen, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Dr. Dale Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Rutgers University
Sulutasen Amador, Co-coordinator, Chukson Water Protectors
Mara Cohen, Communications Hub, Trade Justice Alliance
Dorotea Manuela, Co-Chair Rosa Parks Human Right Committee
Efia Nwangaza, Malcom X Center – WMXP Community Radio
Dr. Chris Chase-Dunn, Sociology, University of California-Riverside
Dr. Nick Nesbitt, Comparative Literature, Princeton
Timeka Drew, coordinator, Global Climate Convergence
Jack Gilroy, Friends of Franz & Ben http://www.bensalmon.org
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Social Justice Committee
Victor Wallis, Professor, Liberal Arts, Berkeley College of Music
CANADIAN
Jerry Dias, President, UNIFOR
Mike Palecek, National President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Harvey Bischof, President, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
Mark Hancock National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
Stephanie Smith, President of the British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union
Linda McQuaig, journalist and author, Toronto
Raul Burbano, Program Director, Common Frontiers
Miguel Figueroa, President, Canadian Peace Congress
Heide Trampus, Coordinator, Worker to Worker, Canada-Cuba Labour Solidarity Network
Rights Action (U.S. and Canada)
Joe Emersberger, writer, UNIFOR member
Nino Pagliccia, Jorge Arancibia, Marta Palominos, Frente para la Defensa de los Pueblos Hugo Chavez
Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice Venezuela Solidarity Campaign – Vancouver
The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
Maude Barlow, Chairperson, Council of Canadians
Canadian Network on Cuba
Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO) – Vancouver
Dr. William Carroll, University of Victoria, Canada
Andrew Dekany, LL.M, Lawyer
Dr. Leo Panitch, Professor Emeritus, York University, Toronto
Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights (CPSHR)
Alma Weinstein, Bolivarian Circle Louis Riel Toronto
Maria Elena Mesa, Coord, Sunday Poetry and Festival Internacional de Poesia Patria Grande, Toronto
Dr. Radhika Desai, University of Manitoba
OTHER
Sergio Romero Cuevas, former Mexican Ambassador to Haiti
Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos, Oaxaca, Mexico
Carta de Apoyo a la Mediación en Venezuela para la Paz y en Oposición a las Sanciones
Solicitamos a los gobiernos de E. U. y Canadá, que inmediatamente desistan de sus sanciones ilegales* contra Venezuela, y apoyen los esfuerzos de mediación entre el gobierno de Venezuela y los sectores no violentos de la oposición política.
Nosotros, las organizaciones e individuos que suscribimos este documento, apoyamos las relaciones hemisféricas en base al respeto recíproco y la soberanía de todos los pueblos de América. Por consiguiente, estamos profundamente preocupados por la imposición de sanciones ilegales, cuyos efectos recaen mayormente sobre los sectores más marginados y pobres de la sociedad, e impidiendo cambios políticos y económicos en una democracia hermana. Hemos visto como desde la década de los noventa, como las sanciones sirven solo para empobrecer a familias ordinarias y a desestabilizar el orden público.
Las encuestas en Venezuela demuestran, que la gran mayoría de venezolanos se oponen a las sanciones, independientemente de su opinión del gobierno de Maduro. Dichas sanciones complican los esfuerzos del Vaticano, la República Dominicana, y otros actores internacionales, para mediar hacia una resolución de la profunda polarización en Venezuela. Aún más, las sanciones subvierten los esfuerzos del gobierno democráticamente electo, y la Asamblea Constituyente, para subsanar los temas económicos más trascendentales, y para determinar su propio destino político.
No obstante para la altisonante retórica de altos oficiales en Washington y Ottawa, esto no significa una genuina preocupación por la democracia, los derechos humanos y la justicia social, provocando una postura beligerante e intervencionista hacia Caracas. Desde el decreto en que el mismo Presidente Obama admitió ser falso, en su esencia, de la supuesta amenaza que Venezuela representaba para la seguridad nacional de E. U., y pasando por la declaración de la representante de E. U. en la ONU Nikki Haley, que Venezuela es ¨un creciente narco estado¨ que amenaza al mundo, el uso de la hipérbole en situaciones diplomáticas, raramente contribuye a las soluciones pacíficas en el ámbito mundial.
No es ningún secreto que Venezuela, contrario de México, Honduras, Colombia, Egipto, o Arabia Saudita, es un objetivo para el cambio de régimen por parte de E. U., precisamente porque el liderazgo de Venezuela, se resiste a la hegemonía de E. U., y a las imposiciones del modelo neoliberal en América Latina. Y es consabido de todos, que Venezuela contiene las reservas de petróleo más grandes del mundo, lo cual atrae una atención malsana de Washington.
Los E. U. y Canadá intentaron y fracasaron utilizar a la OEA para conformar un bloque para invocar de forma hipócrita, la Carta Democrática en contra de Venezuela. Más recientemente, el mal llamado Secretario General de la OEA Luis Almagro, llegó al extremo de apoyar públicamente el juramento de una Suprema Corte paralela, la cual fue nombrada de forma inconstitucional por legisladores de la oposición, y les permitió a ellos utilizar la sede de la OEA en Washington, D. C. para su ceremonia. Esto se llevó a cabo, sin la aprobación de ningún Estado miembro de la OEA. Almagro de esta forma ha deslegitimizado la OEA, y esto a su vez ha radicalizado aún más, a los elementos más extremos y violentos de la oposición venezolana, y ha descarrilado lo esfuerzos de mediación.
Las sanciones de E. U. y Canadá, representan un uso cínico de coerción y poder económico, para atacar a una nación que en estos momentos lidia con una hiperinflación, y una escasez de artículos de primera necesidad. Mientras que por un lado se dice, que estas medidas son en nombre de avanzar la democracia y la libertad, las sanciones violan los derechos humanos básicos del pueblo venezolano a su soberanía, según consignado en las cartas de la ONU y la OEA.
Hacemos un llamado a los líderes políticos de los E. U. y Canadá, a que rechacen la retórica altisonante, y para que contribuyan en la búsqueda de soluciones reales, de los verdaderos problemas económicos y políticos de Venezuela. Solicitamos urgentemente de los gobiernos de E. U. y Canadá, que rescindan sus sanciones, y para que apoyen los esfuerzos de mediación que persiguen el Canciller de la República Dominicana, Ing. Miguel Vargas Maldonado, el Presidente de República Dominicana, Lic. Danilo Medina, el ex Presidente español José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, el Vaticano, y apoyados por un creciente número de naciones latinoamericanas.
*El Capítulo 4 Artículo 19 de la Carta de la OEA estipula: Ningún Estado o grupo de Estados tiene el derecho de intervenir, directa o indirectamente, por ninguna razón que sea, en los asuntos internos o externos de cualquier otro Estado. El susodicho principio prohíbe no solo la fuerza armada, sino también cualquiera otra forma de interferencia, o intento de amenaza en contra de la personalidad del Estado, o en contra de sus estamentos políticos, económicos, y culturales.
Lettre de Soutien à la Médiation au Venezuela, pas aux Sanctions
Nous exhortons les gouvernements des États-Unis et du Canada à retirer immédiatement leurs sanctions illégales* contre le Venezuela et à soutenir les efforts de médiation entre le gouvernement du Venezuela et les segments non violents de l’opposition politique.
Nous, les organisations et individus aux États-Unis et au Canada soussignés, soutenons des relations hémisphériques fondées sur le respect de la souveraineté de tous les peuples des Amériques. Nous sommes profondément préoccupés par l’utilisation de sanctions illégales, dont l’effet se fait le plus sentir dans les secteurs les plus pauvres et les plus marginaux de la société, pour contraindre le changement politique et économique dans une démocratie sœur. Nous constatons depuis les années 1990 que les sanctions ne servent qu’à appauvrir les familles ordinaires et à déstabiliser l’ordre public. Nous sommes incapables de citer un seul cas où les sanctions ont eu un impact positif.
Les sondages au Venezuela montrent que la grande majorité des Vénézuéliens s’oppose aux sanctions, indépendamment de leur opinion sur le gouvernement Maduro. Les sanctions ne font que compliquer les efforts déployés par le Vatican, la République dominicaine et d’autres acteurs internationaux pour négocier une résolution de la polarisation profonde au Venezuela. De plus, les sanctions sapent les efforts du gouvernement démocratiquement élu et de l’Assemblée constituante pour résoudre les problèmes économiques critiques et déterminer leur propre destin politique.
Malgré la rhétorique de haut niveau des fonctionnaires de Washington et d’Ottawa, ce n’est pas un véritable souci de démocratie, de droits de l’homme et de justice sociale qui pousse cette position interventionniste belliqueuse à l’égard de Caracas. Du décret du président Obama qui, de l’aveu général, est faux, sur le Venezuela représentant une menace pour la sécurité nationale aux États-Unis, à la déclaration de l’ambassadeur Nikki Haley disant que le Venezuela est un « narco-état de plus en plus violent » qui menace le monde, l’utilisation de l’hyperbole dans les situations diplomatiques contribue rarement à des solutions pacifiques sur la scène internationale.
Ce n’est un secret pour personne que le Venezuela, contrairement au Mexique, au Honduras, à la Colombie, à l’Egypte ou à l’Arabie Saoudite, est la cible d’une mission de changement de régime par les États-Unis précisément à cause des qualités de leader du Venezuela dans la résistance à l’hégémonie américaine et à l’imposition du modèle néolibéral en Amérique latine. Et bien sûr, le Venezuela détient les plus grandes réserves de pétrole au monde, ce qui attire encore plus l’attention non désirée de Washington.
Les États-Unis et le Canada ont essayé puis échoué à utiliser l’Organisation des États Américains (OEA) pour construire un bloc qui évoque la Charte démocratique contre le Venezuela de façon hypocrite. Récemment, Luis Almagro, le secrétaire général véreux de l’OEA, est allé jusqu’à soutenir publiquement l’assermentation d’une Cour suprême parallèle, nommée de façon inconstitutionnelle par les législateurs de l’opposition et leur a permis d’utiliser le siège de l’OEA à Washington, DC pour leur cérémonie (sans l’approbation de quelconque état membre de l’OEA). Almagro a ainsi délégitimé l’OEA, enhardi les éléments les plus extrêmes et les plus violents de l’opposition vénézuélienne, et mis de côté les efforts de médiation.
Les sanctions canado-américaines sont une utilisation cynique du pouvoir économique coercitif pour attaquer une nation qui fait déjà face à l’hyperinflation et à la pénurie de produits de base. Bien que prétendument faites au nom de la promotion de la démocratie et de la liberté, ces sanctions violent le droit humain fondamental du peuple vénézuélien à la souveraineté, tel que cela est énoncé dans les Chartes des Nations Unies et de l’OEA.
Nous appelons les dirigeants politiques des États-Unis et du Canada à rejeter la rhétorique déchaînée et à contribuer à la recherche de solutions réelles aux problèmes politiques et économiques du Venezuela. Nous exhortons les gouvernements américain et canadien à annuler leurs sanctions et à soutenir les efforts de médiation déployés par le chancelier de la République dominicaine Miguel Vargas, le président de la République dominicaine Danilo Medina, l’ancien premier ministre espagnol Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, le Vatican et soutenus par un nombre croissant de nations latino-américaines.
* L’Article 19 du Chapitre 4 de la Charte de l’OEA stipule :
Aucun état ou groupe d’états n’a le droit d’intervenir, directement ou indirectement, pour quelque raison que ce soit, dans les affaires intérieures ou extérieures d’un autre état. Le principe précédent interdit non seulement la force armée, mais aussi toute autre forme d’ingérence ou de tentative de menace contre la personnalité de l’état ou contre ses éléments politiques, économiques et culturels.
the letters in Spanish and in French are below the names of all the signers
In the English language Press:
https://www.investigaction.net/en/open-letter-in-support-of-mediation-not-sanctions-on-venezuela/
End Sanctions on DPRK, End Korean War – Deirdre Griswold Reports, July 7
https://www.therussophile.org/open-letter-in-support-of-mediation-not-sanctions-on-venezuela.html/
https://www.alainet.org/en/articulo/191576
https://www.opednews.com/populum/linkrss.php?f=Noam-Chomsky-and-Danny-Glo-in-Alternet-180312-25.html
http://qatar-tribune.com/news-details/id/115645
Noam Chomsky, Danny Glover Condemn United States, Canadian Sanctions on Venezuela
https://www.investigaction.net/en/open-letter-in-support-of-mediation-not-sanctions-on-venezuela/
Open Letter in Support of Mediation in Venezuela, Not Sanctions
Noam Chomsky, Danny Glover Condemn United States, Canadian Sanctions on Venezuela
https://www.alternet.org/world/noam-chomsky-and-danny-glover-open-letter
https://www.globalresearch.ca/open-letter-in-support-of-mediation-not-sanctions-on-venezuela/5631694
Noam Chomsky, Danny Glover and Other Activists Denounce US, Canadian Sanctions on Venezuela
Noam Chomsky, Danny Glover & 150 Other Activists Slam US-Canadian Sanctions on Venezuela
Open Letter in Support of Mediation not Sanctions on Venezuela
http://worldbeyondwar.org/open-letter-in-support-of-mediation-in-venezuela-not-sanctions/
In the Spanish Language Press
https://lta.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idLTAKCN1GL23G-OUSLE
https://limanoticias360.pe/samsung-quiere-acabar-con-la-pantalla-negra-del-televisor/
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/global/2018/03/09/1225262
https://cdn.com.do/2018/03/13/danny-glover-noam-chomsky-firman-carta-rechazando-sanciones-venezuela/
La sociedad civil de EEUU y Canadá llaman a poner fin a las sanciones contra Venezuela
http://www.sexenio.com.mx/aplicaciones/articulo/default.aspx?Id=24159
Noam Chomsky pide a EEUU y Canadá quitar sanciones contra Venezuela
http://www.bancaynegocios.com/chomsky-y-otros-activistas-piden-levantar-sanciones-contra-venezuela/
http://puntodecorte.com/chomsky-eeuu-sanciones/
https://www.lapatilla.com/ site/2018/03/09/noam-chomsky- y-otros-activistas-piden-a- eeuu-y-canada-que-levanten- sanciones-contra-funcionarios- venezolanos/
https://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n322039.html
Chomsky y otros activistas piden levantar sanciones contra Venezuela
https://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/191574
Chomsky y otros 154 activistas piden levantar sanciones contra Venezuela (+Texto)
Glover y Chomsky firman carta rechazando sanciones a Venezuela que obstaculizan esfuerzos de RD
In the Portuguese language press
https://br.sputniknews.com/americas/2018030910699474-sancoes-eua-venezuela/
http://renovamidia.com.br/noam-chomsky-critica-sancoes-impostas-contra-venezuela/
https://brasilemfolhas.com/2016/?id=54788
https://sofatos.com.br/em-carta-aberta-154-ativistas-repudiam-sancoes-contra-venezuela/
In the French language press
https://www.legrandsoir.info/lettre-de-soutien-a-la-mediation-au-venezuela-pas-aux-sanctions.html
http://haitianalysis.blogspot.com/2018/03/lettre-de-soutien-la-mediation-au_10.html
https://www.alainet.org/fr/articulo/191575
Lettre de Soutien à la Médiation au Venezuela, pas aux Sanctions
http://www.reveilcommuniste.fr/2018/03/la-gauche-nord-americaine-se-mobilise-pour-le-venezuela.html
http://www.frontsyndical-classe.org/2018/03/non-aux-sanctions-contre-le-venezuela.html
http://lautjournal.info/20180312/lettre-de-soutien-la-mediation-au-venezuela-pas-aux-sanctions
Other
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A Department of Peace for Conflict Resolution Among Nations Globally?, with input from Alliance for Global Justice, Code Pink, World Beyond War, Veterans For Peace and many others who are promoting Peace and Unity Globally. Peace is better than Sanctions\War, Sanctions\War causes Hate, Destruction, Refugee Crises, Health, Education, Mortality, and Social Problems Peace Unites People.
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