May 1, 2019
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Venezuela – Guaidó Got Snookered – White House Starts Beating War Drums
Yesterday’s failed coup attempt in Venezuela significantly hurt the Trump administration’s international standing. It delegitimized its Venezuelan clients Juan Guaidó and Leopoldo López. After recognizing that their original ‘regime change’ plan failed (again) the White House starts to beat the war drums. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 1 May 2019
1 May 2019 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Further aggressive steps against Venezuela will have drastic consequences – Lavrov http://tass.com/politics/1056746 Venezuela crisis: Protesters gather after Guaidó call https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48123569 Continue reading
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‘Shocking & vindictive’: WikiLeaks slams UK prison sentence for Assange over skipped bail
WikiLeaks has slammed a UK court’s sentencing of its co-founder Julian Assange as “vindictive.” It also raised major concerns about whether Assange will be treated fairly during an upcoming extradition hearing. Continue reading
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VIPS: Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All
Retaliation against Julian Assange over the past decade plus replicates a pattern of ruthless political retaliation against whistleblowers, in particular those who reveal truths hidden by illegal secrecy, VIPS says. Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Guaidó Falsely Claims Military Uprising in Progress: Mainstream Media Falls in Line
Tuesday morning self-declared president and opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on the military and the population to oppose the Maduro government. Only a few thousand civilians and very few soldiers heeded the call. Mike Fox reports from Caracas Continue reading
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Venezuela and Binary Choice By Craig Murray
When a CIA-backed military coup is attempted by a long term CIA puppet, roared on by John Bolton and backed with the offer of Blackwater mercenaries, in the country with the world’s largest oil reserves, I have no difficulty whatsoever in knowing which side I am on. Continue reading
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Venezuela: Military Uprising in Caracas (in Development)
A military coup attempt is underway in Venezuela on Tuesday, April 30, with imprisoned right wing leader Leopoldo Lopez, and self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido and some members of the armed forces blocking a highway in Caracas and calling on the military to rise up Continue reading
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Masterstroke: The US Plan to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government By Stella Calloni
The United States and its partners are quietly preparing a brutal “Plan to Overthrow the Dictatorship of Venezuela: The Masterstroke“, which is already underway and whose first part would begin before the upcoming Venezuelan elections and, if they do not succeed in overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro with this new offensive, which will include the use… Continue reading
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Caracas warns they’d use weapons if needed as crowds of coup supporters flock to presidential palace
Venezuela’s Defense Minister has warned that the army would resort to force if necessary, amid the ongoing US-backed coup attempt, as crowds of opposition supporters were filmed moving towards the presidential palace in Caracas. Continue reading
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Zero Percent of Elite Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela by Teddy Ostrow
A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period (1/15/19–4/15/19), zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took an anti-regime change or pro-Maduro/Chavista position. Not a single commentator on the big three Sunday morning talkshows or PBS NewsHour came… Continue reading
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Venezuela Couplet: Andre Vltchek talks to RT International
30 April 2019 — Youtube Continue reading
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Study: As Climate Crisis Has Worsened, So Has Global Economic Inequality
In a new study out by Stanford researchers reviewing half a century of data, researchers found that as rich countries get richer, they also have more temperate climates and face less of the brunt of climate impacts (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Revealed: The British Government’s War on Assange and Media Freedom By Nina Cross
For nearly 10 years now, the British government has waged a war on Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. It has used every hard and soft power tool in its arsenal: the judiciary, government, international treaties, the media, diplomatic power and even the deprivation of health care. For his role in exposing US war crimes and… Continue reading
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