Ever since the Bolivarian Revolution began in Venezuela in 1998-99,
the United States government - on behalf of its various allies -
pursued a policy of hybrid war to undermine and destroy
Bolivarianism. This hybrid war has included the unilateral, criminal
sanctions regime which has been deepened during the COVID-19
pandemic; the Venezuelan people are being suffocated by a policy
imposed on them. Venezuela's only provocation was to chart out a path
for itself that consolidates the country's sovereignty and improves
the life of the Venezuelan people. Viviremos, say the
Venezuelans as they struggle to uphold their dignity: “we will
live.”
The authors of this
book chart out the character of the unilateral, criminal sanctions
and offer heartfelt assessments of how this hybrid war is being
prosecuted by the United States and how it is being resisted by the
people. Their essays are a contribution to ending the imperialist
attack on Venezuela.
Contributors: Carlos
Ron, Claudia De La Cruz, Manolo De Los Santos, Vijay Prashad, Prabhat
Patnaik, Ana Maldonado, Paola Estrada, Zoe PC, Samuel Moncada, Joe
Sammut, Gregory Wilpert, Anya Parampil, Belén Fernández, Miguel
Stédile, and George Ciccariello-Maher.