{"id":2303,"date":"2026-07-07T18:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:02:26","slug":"jamaican-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cls-uk.org.uk\/?p=2303","title":{"rendered":"THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CEKTVF8Xk-I?si=QovNYAW3MHOCCC-M&amp;start=3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nOn Wednesday 24 June, 2026, two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela near Caracas. The earthquakes occurred within seconds of each other and triggered widespread destruction across the country.<br \/>\nThe Venezuelan authorities confirmed, as of the 1st July, that at least 1,800 persons have died as a result. Over 20,000 are missing, with some 5,000 injured. Around 12,000 people have been displaced.<br \/>\nFollowing the illegal US invasion and murder of Cuban and Venezuelan military personnel in January this disaster has overturned a country rich in natural resources and human capacity .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Francisco Dominguez<\/strong>, the Chair of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign UK has agreed speak at our Zoom meeting on the 5th July on the current situation in Venezuela regarding the earthquakes and the political situation resulting this disaster, and continued US aggression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Britain\u2019s colonial theft of Venezuela\u2019s gold continues<\/i>\u00a0&#8211; to get signatures demanding the return of the gold to its rightful ownere: the people of Venezuela\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.venezuelasolidarity.co.uk\/2026\/06\/24\/britains-colonial-theft-of-venezuelas-gold-continues\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.venezuelasolidarity.co.uk\/2026\/06\/24\/britains-colonial-theft-of-venezuelas-gold-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/www.venezuelasolidarity.co.uk\/2026\/06\/24\/britains-colonial-theft-of-venezuelas-gold-continues\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Your support lifts Venezuela (for direct monetary and other donations)<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><a title=\"https:\/\/venezuelanoestasola.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/venezuelanoestasola.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/venezuelanoestasola.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Richadr Burgon MP writes in X<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8220;Venezuela has suffered a devastating earthquake. Hundreds are dead. Tens of thousands missing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">I&#8217;ve written to the Foreign Secretary calling on the Government to provide humanitarian aid and to release Venezuela&#8217;s gold &#8211; held at the Bank of England &#8211; to help fund reconstruction.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><a title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardBurgon\/status\/2070497781182050761\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardBurgon\/status\/2070497781182050761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">https:\/\/x.com\/RichardBurgon\/status\/2070497781182050761<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i>Red Alert no. 22: Truth Amid the Rubble<\/i><\/div>\n<div>False narratives obscure Venezuela\u2019s earthquake response. This red alert tests myths, documents relief efforts, and calls to lift sanctions and release public assets that remain inaccessible abroad.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><a title=\"https:\/\/thetricontinental.org\/red-alert-22-venezuela\/\" href=\"https:\/\/thetricontinental.org\/red-alert-22-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">https:\/\/thetricontinental.org\/red-alert-22-venezuela\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">UNDRR<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i>Analytical Estimate of Damages Causedby the June 24, 2026 Earthquakesin Venezuela<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.undrr.org\/media\/118988\/download?startDownload=20260705\" href=\"https:\/\/www.undrr.org\/media\/118988\/download?startDownload=20260705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https:\/\/www.undrr.org\/media\/118988\/download?startDownload=20260705<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 24 June, 2026, two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela near Caracas. 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