KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 25, 2019 -  The most recent coup attempt of the US government and the right wing oligarchy in Venezuela and the region is NO surprise. However, it is equally clear that it is another assault against Venezuela’s sovereignty, its constitutionally elected President Nicholas Maduro and its right like all nations to self-determination.

The United States is experiencing its fifth relapse in five years. This past week the U.S. government announced the contry’s economy rose in the January-March 2016 at a mere 0.5 percent annual growth rate. Since the U.S., unlike other countries, estimates its GDP based on annual rates, that means for the first quarter 2016 the U.S. economy grew by barely 0.1 percent over the previous quarter in late 2015.