Tag: socialism

American megabank Goldman Sachs is likely to lose heavily on their controversial purchase of Venezuelan bonds, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

Venezuelans have started the week in confusion and panic with the introduction of the “sovereign bolívar,” a new currency dictator Nicolás Maduro insists will improve the devastated socialist economy. Speaking to local media, Venezuelans say the government never explained the value of the new currency, meaning they have no idea how to use the new bills.

The federal government in Brazil demanded on Sunday that the border state of Roraima allow the military to deploy in defense of Venezuelan refugees in the state following a mob attack in which locals stoned refugees and burned their few belongings.

Venezuela is set to face further economic turmoil after socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro announced economic reforms that include lopping five zeroes off the value of the Bolivar currency and increasing the country’s minimum wage by 3,500 percent this weekend.

Billy Bragg, the ineffably tiresome, millionaire Socialist singer songwriter thinks more left-wing history should be taught in schools. So does the ineffably tiresome, millionaire Socialist film director Mike Leigh…

Contents: Socialist Venezuela introduces new fantasy currency and new Socialist changes; Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that capitalism has not always existed

A new report from Gallup revealed that young people prefer socialism to capitalism.

Many Venezuelans are now facing the prospect of lack of access to clean water, a crisis affecting everything from people’s homes to public hospitals, a report from Reuters detailed on Wednesday.

A Gallup poll released Monday finds that – for the first time in the poll company’s data collection over the past decade – Democrats view socialism more positively than capitalism.

Gallup reported Monday morning that “Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism” for the first time since the company began polling that question over the past decade.

A counter-protester shouting sentiments synonymous with far-left groups raged against law enforcement officers stationed near the White House following a white nationalist-led rally in Washington, DC, on Sunday afternoon.

Two people wearing “Trump 2020,” t-shirts were accosted and threatened by far-left counter-protesters in Washington, DC, demonstrating against the white nationalist-led “Unite The Right 2” rally on Sunday afternoon.

Contents: Colombia’s president Ivan Duque takes office amidst accusations from Venezuela; Brief generational history of Colombia

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle mocked Americans’ aversion to socialism Friday during a discussion panel on effective midterm messaging for the Democratic Party.

Republicans have greeted the rise of “democratic socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as if she is a sign of redemption for the GOP. They could be wrong.

Newly released figures from Spanish police sources indicate that at least 50,000 sub-Saharan Africans are in Morocco waiting to head to Spain as Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has claimed Europe needs “new blood”.

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has removed five zeroes from the country’s Bolivar currency amid inflation that is expected to reach one million percent by the end of the year.

Inside a bar in West Virginia, a group of socialists gathered to share with the taxpayer-funded leftwing National Public Radio (NPR) what the new face of the Democratic Party looks like.

The cost of a cup of coffee in Venezuela is higher than ever as projections show the country is on track to hit one-million percent.

The NGO Human Rights Watch demanded the “immediate and unconditional release” this week of a Venezuelan man arbitrarily detained for tweeting socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s travel plans.

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) responded to a tweet from Democratic nominee for New York State’s 14th congressional district November election Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenging him on comments he made where he referred to her

The metro system in Caracas, Venezuela, ran out of the paper needed to print tickets, the Times of London reported Monday, leaving travelers to get onboard for free.

Former FBI director James Comey made an impassioned plea Sunday evening on Twitter, begging Democrats not to move to the “socialist left” because doing so would help Republicans in the midterm elections.

CNN Politics Reporter and Editor-at-Large Chris Cillizza wrote in an op-ed published Thursday that, despite Democrats “desperately seeking a savior,” Democratic-socialist and New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is far from ready to lead the Party.

Michael Savage warned his audience of “the coming socialism” and “growing left wing in America” during Wednesday’s broadcast of his eponymous radio show.

Two young Venezuelan engineers are using their ingenuity to convert the country’s large amounts of plastic waste into car parts.  

The Central Bank of Venezuela has begun refining gold in Turkey in a bid to escape the pressure of international economic sanctions against the Maduro regime, the country’s mining minister announced on Wednesday.

The U.S. State Department ramped up visa restrictions on officials from the communist regime in Nicaragua, accusing members of dictator Daniel Ortega’s government of “undermining democracy” and being responsible for “ongoing attacks” against university student protesters, journalists, and clergy.

The United States announced on Monday a further $6 million aid package to help Venezuelan refugees fleeing the neighboring country of Colombia. 

Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro announced the appointment of Tarreck el Aissami as head of the Russia-Venezuela Intergovernmental Mixed Commission, a month after he was replaced as vice-president of the socialist regime.

Contents: Cuba’s new constitution builds on ending of socialism in 2011; Private property ownership allowed under Cuba’s new constitution; Mario Díaz-Canel imposes harsh regulations on the private sector

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro claimed in remarks Thursday that the United States wishes to engineer an “armed confrontation” between Venezuelan troops and Colombian paramilitaries.

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the Archbishop Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas this week, the Vatican announced.

Blacks already know that socialism and progressivism are failures.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro may have found an unlikely savior for his economy: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who invited Maduro to his inauguration Monday and appears to have facilitated meetings with Turkish investors.