Venezuela
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Venezuela: A New Lesson in Democracy By Carlos Fernandez Liria
The complicity of the Spanish media with Venezuelan coup-ism has never been as explicit and committed as it was in 2002, but it has been equally repugnant. The same lies as always, the same topics, the same rubbish. But for me, what stands out the most, is the silence of the most high-profile intellectuals about… Continue reading
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National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Venezuela By Kim Scipes
As protests have been taking place in Venezuela for the last couple of weeks, it is good to check on the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the US Empire’s “stealth” destabilizer. What has the NED been up to in Venezuela? Continue reading
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The Question of US ‘Democracy Promotion’ in the Newspaper of Record By Peter Hart
Sometimes the thing we call “media bias” isn’t about what a given piece of journalism explicitly says about the world; it’s more about the assumptions that must be taken for granted. Question those assumptions and the whole thing starts to fall apart. Continue reading
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Video: US Backing the Destabilization of Venezuela
Keane Bhatt: Elite forces in Venezuela and the US are determined to undermine the accomplishments of the Bolivarian revolution (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Does Venezuelan Television Provide Coverage That Opposes the Government?
The New York Times begins its news report on Friday from Venezuela with “The only television station that regularly broadcast voices critical of the government was sold last year and the new owners have softened its news coverage.”…As it turns out, data published by the Carter Center for the media coverage during the campaign for… Continue reading
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U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela: Seeing The Larger Picture By Steve Ellner
The analysis of U.S. policy toward the Ukraine and Syria is even more applicable in the case of Venezuela, argues academic and author Steve Ellner. Continue reading
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Venezuela: the current counter-revolutionary offensive and how to deal with it By Jorge Martin
For the last two weeks there has been a violent campaign of rioting on the part of a small number of opposition supporters in Venezuela. They have blockaded streets and avenues (mainly in the middle and upper class areas of urban centres) in an attempt to force the removal of president Maduro. What is the… Continue reading
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News on Venezuela–but Where Is It Coming From? By Jim Naureckas
The fact that FAIR was writing about Toro’s reporting more than 10 years ago points to the fact that this is not a new story; since Hugo Chavez’s first election in 1998, Venezuela’s government has faced intense opposition, and despite this opposition, the government has repeatedly won elections that have been deemed free and fair… Continue reading
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Open Letter to President of Venezuela: Soon, the Battle for Venezuela By Andre Vltchek
They are already sewing your funeral gown, Venezuela. They are now ready to welcome you back to that world of the lobotomized, destroyed nations that are fully submissive to Western political and economic interests – Indonesia, Philippines, Paraguay, Uganda, Kenya, Qatar, Bahrain, and almost the entire Eastern Europe. There are so many places like that… Continue reading
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Video: A look to the Ongoing Crisis in Venezuela
George Ciccariello-Maher, professor at Drexel University discusses the current deadly protests in Venezuela. Continue reading
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Intervening in Venezuela, Usurping the Ukraine By Diane Gee
It’s those 85 people that own more than 3.5 billion of we poorest. It’s the Waltons, who own more than 43% of the rest of Americans combined. It’s the Koch brothers who never miss a chance to wage war on the poor. Here. There. Anywhere. They want their share, and their share, according to them… Continue reading
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Obama Pushes for Regime Change in Venezuela By Mark Weisbrot
When is it considered legitimate to try and overthrow a democratically-elected government? In Washington, the answer has always been simple: when the U.S. government says it is. Not surprisingly, that’s not the way Latin American governments generally see it. Continue reading
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Violent Protests in Venezuela Fit a Pattern By Dan Beeton
Venezuela’s latest round of violent protests appears to fit a pattern, and represents the tug-and-pull nature of the country’s divided opposition. Several times over the past 15 years since the late, former president Hugo Chávez took office in 1999, the political opposition has launched violent protests aimed at forcing the current president out of office. Continue reading
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Rise of the Anti-Government Flash Mobs: First Ukraine, Now Venezuela By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The US-supported opposition in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is taking its cue from the anti-government protests taking place across the Atlantic Ocean in Ukraine. Failing to win any of Venezuela’s elections by earning a popular mandate from the majority of the population in the last few years, the leaders of the mainstream opposition are… Continue reading
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Venezuela: Dialogue or Coups By Tamara Pearson
Regarding the supposed “democratic deficit of the Venezuelan regime”, the facts speak for themselves. Since 1998 there have been four national plebiscites, four presidential elections, and eleven parliamentary, regional, and municipal elections. Venezuela is the Latin American country with the highest number of elections and it also has an automatic electoral system (much more modern… Continue reading
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Constructing "Venezuela" Protests: a Photo Gallery
The polarized politics of Venezuela are again in the news as demonstrations by pro- (see above) and anti-government forces are taking place, with, at this point, four deaths: a government supporter; an opposition demonstrator; a police officer; and one of uncertain provenance. But the foreign press is portraying these as evidence of bloody government repression. Continue reading
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Constructing “Venezuela” Protests: a Photo Gallery
The polarized politics of Venezuela are again in the news as demonstrations by pro- (see above) and anti-government forces are taking place, with, at this point, four deaths: a government supporter; an opposition demonstrator; a police officer; and one of uncertain provenance. But the foreign press is portraying these as evidence of bloody government repression. Continue reading
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Video: Venezuelan Protests & Maduro’s Rocky Tenure: Interview with Mark Weisbrot
Economist Mark Wiesbrot speaks to CCTV America about the recent opposition protests and violent clashes in Venezuela. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 