General
- 05 January 2026
Early on 3rd January 2026 the USA carried out military strikes on Venezuelan territory and took President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, prisoner. There were explosions in several locations including six in the capital, Caracas and others including La Guaira, Miranda, Aragua and El Higuerote. It is reported that 80 people, military and civilian, have been killed.
- 22 September 2022
On September 17, Hands off Venezuela hosted Ricardo Vaz, editor at Venezuelanalysis, for a discussion about "Challenges and threats to the Bolivarian revolution". We publish here the video of his presentation and the follow up discussion.
- 03 July 2020
We condemn without reservation the outrageous decision of the UK High Court to deny Venezuela access to 31 tonnes of gold deposited at the Bank of England. This decision can only be described as daylight robbery and an act of piracy.
The UK High Court ruling on 3 July stated that the UK government “unequivocally recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president,” and therefore the gold deposited in the Bank of England should not be handed over to the Venezuelan Central Bank as its lawyers had requested.
- 19 May 2020
Documents obtained by The Canary under the Freedom of Information Act reveal the existence of a secretive “Venezuela Reconstruction Office” at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The existence of this office has not been acknowledged publicly and therefore is being kept beyond parliamentary scrutiny.
- 06 May 2020
We publish here three articles by Jorge Martín and Venezuelanalysis about the attempt by mercenaries (including two former US Special Forces operatives) to carry out an armed disembark in Venezuela. The fingerprints of Guaidó and Washington are all over this new aggression.
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