Scientific Lecture at University of Basrah discuss American hegemony (Venezuela as model)

College of Education for Girls at University of Basrah organized a scientific lecture on American hegemony by reviewing (Venezuela as model).

The lecture which presented by Mohamed Hussein Obeid at History Department reviewed the political situation and historical development of Venezuela and the American blockade applied to it for many decades in a comparative reference to the situation of Iraq during the nineties of the last century.

The lecture included a detailed explanation of the deteriorating living conditions of the citizens, an analysis of forced displacement and the voluntary migration of hundreds of thousands of people to neighboring countries, as well as limiting of the US and its allies the scope over petroleum exports and reducing their prices.