30 April 2019 — Telesur
One of the first to ratify his support for the coup was U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, who has tweeted 30 messages vehemently to express his desire to see President Maduro deposed.
Day: April 30, 2019
US Master Plan to Destroy Bolivarian Venezuela
30 April 2019 — Internationalist 360° – Granma
A sinister plan is underway, its objective: to destroy Bolivarian Venezuela. The details of this project appear meticulously specified in a secret document dated February 23, 2018, that bears the signature of Admiral Kurt Walter Tidd, current commander-in-chief of the U.S. Southern Command.
Venezuela Newslinks 30 April 2019
30 April 2019 23:56 — The New Dark Age
Venezuela crisis: Maduro aides agreed he had to go, US says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48114826
Venezuela: Operación Libertad Has Failed
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/venezuela-operacion-libertad-has-failed/
Media Lens: 40,000 Dead Venezuelans Under US Sanctions: Corporate Media Turn A Blind Eye
30 April 2019 — Media Lens
A new report on April 25 by a respected think tank has estimated that US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in August 2017 have caused around 40,000 deaths. This atrocity has been almost entirely blanked by the British ‘mainstream’ media, including BBC News. Additional sanctions imposed in January 2019 are likely to lead to tens of thousands of further deaths.
Venezuela – Random Guyaidó Launches New Coup Attempt
30 April 2019 20:20 — Moon of Alabama
(This post will be appended when new information becomes available.)
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The Random Guyaidó who the Trump administration tries to make president of Venezuela just launched another coup attempt against the government.
US-backed Guaido calls for Venezuela military uprising in VIDEO of him surrounded by soldiers
30 April 2019 — RT
- Self declared Venezuelan ‘interim President’ Juan Guiado has called for a military uprising in a video shot at a Caracas airbase. In the video he is accompanied by a number of soldiers, and detained activist Leopoldo Lopez.
‘Traitor troops’ stage coup attempt in Venezuela – VP
30 April 2019 — RT
A military member throws a tear gas canister near the Generalisimo Francisco de Miranda Airbase “La Carlota”, in Caracas, Venezuela April 30, 2019. ©REUTERS / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
A group of Venezuelan soldiers seized part of a Caracas neighborhood in support of a right-wing coup, the country’s vice president said after the opposition’s self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ declared a military uprising.
Briefing note on the final report of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission on the alleged chemical attack in Douma in April 2018
30 April 2019 — Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media
Summary
This briefing note reviews the Final Report of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission on the alleged chemical attack in Douma on 7 April 2018, released on 1 March 2019. We focus on the methods and the conduct of the investigation.
Download the report in PDF Format
Orientalism and the Myth of Independence By Shahzada Rahim
30 April 2019 — Off Guardian
In the nineteenth century more half of the world was colonized by the European imperial powers and according to historians like Eric Hobsbawm, it was the peak century of western colonialism in Africa and Asia: the largest continents by population. Moreover, the very industrial heydays across Europe were the result of colonization, that provided cheap labor, raw material and other resources for the industrial boom.
50,000 Palestinian Children Imprisoned by Israeli Kangaroo Courts Since 1967 By Whitney Webb
29 April 2019 — Mint Press
While Israel’s government often touts itself as the “only democracy” in the Middle East, it is also the only government in the entire world that detains children through military courts with a near 100 percent conviction rate, something that even Saudi Arabia does not do.
The Open Rights Group 2019 Lineup
29 April 2019 — Open Rights Group
We are delighted to announce new speakers for our ORGCon 2019 lineup. If you’re yet to get your early bird ticket it isn’t too late – they’re on sale now!
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The Damning Briefing note of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission on the chemical attack in Douma, Syria
30 April 2019 — True Publica
If you are not up to date with what happened in Douma, or its significance, read Robert Fisk’s report via The Independent entitled – The search for truth in the rubble of Douma.
Then read the following briefing note by the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media below.
Julian Assange Newslinks 30 April 2019
30 April 2019 — The New Dark Age
Lyra McKee, Julian Assange and the Pathetic Pulitzers
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/04/30/lyra-mckee-julian-assange-and-the-pathetic-pulitzers/
Media Cheer Assange’s Arrest By Alan MacLeod
https://williambowles.info/2019/04/30/media-cheer-assanges-arrest-by-alan-macleod/
LIVE EVENT: Imperialism on Trial – Free Julian Assange from London May 1st
Media Cheer Assange’s Arrest By Alan MacLeod
18 April, 2019 — FAIR
Julian Assange was arrested inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on April 11. The Australian-born co-founder of Wikileaks had been trapped in the building since 2012 after taking refuge there. He was immediately found guilty of failing to surrender to a British court, and was taken to Belmarsh prison. An extradition to the United States is widely seen as imminent by corporate media, who have, by and large, strongly approved of these events.
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