Following the US attack on Venezuela on 3 January, which resulted in the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, the country is going through an extraordinary period.
The Delcy RodrĂguez government, which now heads a country over which the United States has established military, political and economic “sovereignty,” is playing a role that facilitates and even consolidates this dominance. Moreover, following the recent earthquake disaster, Venezuela has begun rebuilding strong relations not only with the United States but even with Israel.
So what is really happening in Venezuela, and where is the country heading?
Neirlay Andrade, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), gave an interview to soL, news portal of the Communist Party of Turkey.
The following article, written by Dave McKee, was published on 19 August in People's Voice, organ of the Communist Party of Canada.
In recent days operations were conducted by the government, against two major religious orders in Turkey, known as SĂĽleymanists and Furkanists. The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) issued a statement, demanding the disbandment of all of these orders. TKP has been a staunch supporter of this idea for decades. Party cadres will be campaigning for this in the coming days.
The Communist Youth Front's (FGC) 'Guerrilla' youth camp was held in southern Italy from August 1 to 7.
The Communist Party of Swaziland issued a statement on 18 August, condemning Mswati’s appointment as SADC Troika chairperson.
The Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan issued a statement for the freedom of Aziz Khakimov and all political prisoners in the countries of the Organization of Turkic States.
The Communist Youth Collectives, the youth organisation of the Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE), held their 12th summer camp.
The camp began with a welcome address from the New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN) party board.
The 24th IMCWP was held in Havana, Cuba on 7-8 August. The Final Declaration and the Action plan adopted at the meeting are as follows.
29th Youth Volunteer Festival was held in the Palestinian eco-village of Farha. For one week, young people from across the West Bank, Israel and other countries took part in agricultural work, construction and renovation, as well as political, educational and social activities. Zo Khadarek spoke with Ella Kedar Greenberg, secretary of the Tel Aviv branch of Banki (Young Communist League of Israel), about the festival, the communist and ecological character of the village, and the partnership that has developed between activists in Tel Aviv and the residents of Farha.
The Sudanese Communist Party marked its 80th anniversary on 16 August. The following article was published in No. 4502 of Al-Midan, the organ of the Party.
The volunteer groups of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) and the new fire truck of the Attica Party Organization of KKE joined the battle against the fire that broke out in Salamis.
