28 September 2018 — Global Research
Since 2012 Venezuela has undergone an economic war directed mostly by and from the U.S. that has targeted market prices of goods and services, in part, by the impact of unilateral economic sanctions, but also in large part by the manipulation of the exchange rate in the illegal parallel market that determined the prices of goods and services in Venezuela. The aim has been to disarticulate the economic and political stability of the Venezuelan constitutional order, within a plan that aims for regime change.
Category: Venezuela
ACTION ALERT: Venezuela Poses No ‘Threat to the World’—but WaPo’s Claim That It Does Is Dangerous
12 September 2018 — FAIR
The Washington Post (9/10/18) describes US officials meeting with Venezuelan coup-plotters to discuss the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro as “more fuel for his paranoia.” And it cites the White House dismissing “speculation that it wants to intervene” in Venezuela—ignoring the fact that the US has for years been heavily intervening to wreck the country’s economy.
Empire Journalism: Venezuela, the US and John McCain
6 September 2018 — Media Lens
The US political commentator Michael Parenti once observed that:
‘Bias in favor of the orthodox is frequently mistaken for “objectivity”. Departures from this ideological orthodoxy are themselves dismissed as ideological.’
Facebook vanishes Venezuela-based left-leaning news network again
14 August 2018 — RT
Telesur English, a multi-state-funded Latin American news network, says that Facebook has removed its page for the second time this year “without any specific reason being provided.”
Venezuela News Links 21 May 2018
21 May 2018 — williambowles.info
Venezuela’s Maduro wins presidential vote boycotted by opposition
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/venezuela-maduro-wins-presidential-vote-boycotted-opposition-180521024447255.html
Venezuela election result: Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro wins by landslide in vote criticised as illegitimate
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-election-latest-results-maduro-vote-win-landslide-turnout-a8360791.html
Venezuela: 'These Are Sanctions Directly Aimed at the Civilian Population' By Janine Jackson
2 May 2018 — FAIR
Janine Jackson interviewed Joe Emersberger on Venezuela for the April 27, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
Genocide Washington Style – Venezuela Next? By Peter Koenig
7 February 2018 — Global Research
Why does nobody dare to pronounce the term “Genocide” in connection with the Washington committed atrocities around the globe? – If there is one nation that is guilty of mass-murder it is the United States of America and her Zionist handlers. But nobody seems to pay attention. Or, rather, nobody dares to say so. It has become the new normal. Enshrined in people’s brains. The exceptional nation can do whatever she wants, whenever she wants and wherever she wants – sowing wars and conflicts, killing millions and millions of people, blaming Russia and China – and of course, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Cuba, North Korea and the list of disobedient countries goes on.
