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The Dirty Hand of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Venezuela By Eva Golinger
Anti-government protests in Venezuela that seek regime change have been led by several individuals and organizations with close ties to the US government. Leopoldo Lopez and Maria Corina Machado- two of the public leaders behind the violent protests that started in February – have long histories as collaborators, grantees and agents of Washington. The National… Continue reading
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Venezuela – Trump’s Coup Plan Has Big Flaws
While U.S. coup plotting against Venezuela goes back to at least 1998 when the deceased President Chavez won his first election, the actual planning for this coup attempt was only done during the last two month. There are many holes in the plan and it involves a lot of wishful thinking. That might give the… Continue reading
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Yet Another U.S. Coup Attempt to Eradicate the Bolivarian Revolution By Stansfield Smith
For over two years we have been told Putin’s Russia has interfered with the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. We now find the U.S. government has decided it can unilaterally invalidate the actual presidential elections in Venezuela and recognize a person of its choosing as president. This is one more U.S.-backed coup attempt against progressive Latin… Continue reading
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The Vultures of Caracas By Craig Murray
We are frequently told that people in Venezuela have no food, clothing or toilet paper, and that popular discontent with the left wing government is driven by real hunger. There are elements of truth in this story, though the causes of economic dislocation are far more complex than the media would have us believe. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 25-26 January 2019
26 January 2019 18:54 — The New Dark Age Yet Another U.S. Coup Attempt to Eradicate the Bolivarian Revolution http://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/2019/01/26/yet-another-u-s-coup-attempt-to-eradicate-the-bolivarian-revolution/ Venezuela crisis: Maduro given ultimatum by European leaders https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-47014322 Continue reading
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The Donald’s bedtime storybook: First stop, Venezuela, next stop Iran
The attempted coup in Venezuela looks like it might be the brainchild of Zalmay Khalilzad, now back in the American jihad driver’s seat. ZKh’s counterinsurgency thoughts in The Envoy about Iran fit the bill. Continue reading
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US-Led Efforts to Overthrow Maduro Spurred by Business Interests, Not Democracy By Stephen Gowans
The US-led and coordinated intervention to overthrow Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by recognizing Juan Guaidó, the leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly as the interim president, has nothing whatever to do with restoring democracy in Venezuela (which was never overturned) and everything to do with promoting US business interests. Continue reading
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Regime Change and Speakers of the Legislature: Nancy Pelosi vs. Juan Guaido, Self-Proclaimed President of Venezuela By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The President (Speaker) of the Venezuelan National Assembly and leader of the majority party (Democratic Unity Roundtable) Juan Guaido has been endorsed as (self-proclaimed) interim president of Venezuela by President Trump in the name of democracy Continue reading
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Syria Redux in Caracas with American Hypocrisy Lit Up on the Billboards by Ziad Fadel
Don’t you just love the platitudes as they cloyingly envelop your senses with syrupy refrains about “the people”, “democracy”, “liberation”, “fairness”, “transparency” and the rest of the gobbledegook spewing out of the maws of professional hypocrites and liars? Gee, I thought the Americans would finally realize that their little frolic in Syria was a miserable… Continue reading
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Juan Guaido: Imperial Point Man for a Venezuelan Civil War By Jim Carey
Now that the latest term of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has started and the western powers and their proxies refuse to recognize the Bolivarian government, the imperial states are in a mad dash to find a new face for the Venezuelan opposition. Now it seems that man has been found and the race is on,… Continue reading
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US Regime Change in Venezuela: The Documented Evidence By Tony Cartalucci
The Latin American nation of Venezuela faces dangerous destabilization with the United States and its allies having recognized opposition figure Juan Guaido as “president” and declaring actual Venezuelan president – Nicolas Maduro – no longer recognized. Continue reading
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The United States are preparing a war between Latin-American states by Thierry Meyssan
Little by little, the partisans of the Cebrowski doctrine are advancing their pawns. If they must cease creating wars in the Greater Middle East, they’ll just turn around and inflame the Caribbean Basin. Above all, the Pentagon is planning to assassinate an elected head of state, ruin his country, and undermine the unity of Latin-America. Continue reading
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Video: How Erdogan Destabilized Turkey with Vijay Prashad
30 July 2016 — TRNN Vijay Prashad explains how the Turkish pivot towards Russia is propelled by the failure of relationship building with Europe and the war with Syria Continue reading
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Media Lens: How The Press Hides The Global Crimes Of The West: Corporate Media Coverage Of Chad
One of the essential functions of the corporate media is to marginalise or silence acknowledgement of the history – and continuation – of Western imperial aggression. The coverage of the recent sentencing in Senegal of Hissène Habré, the former dictator of Chad, for crimes against humanity, provides a useful case study. Continue reading
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Army plots against British PMs are not new By Jonathan Cook
Jeremy Corbyn,Photo by AP Photo There has been some debate about the significance of a warning issued this weekend through Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times by a British general that the army would “mutiny” and use “whatever means possible, fair or foul” should the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ever get near 10 Downing Street. Continue reading
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Attempted coup d’état in Libya?
In an 11-minute video statement broadcast Friday, 14 February 2014, on Libyan state television, General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar said he intended to take control of the political institutions and called for the country’s government and parliament to be suspended. Continue reading
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Egypt’s ‘color coup’ By Eric Walberg
The military cheered the opposition Tamarod movement on—no limits to their demonstrations—providing the pretext for the coup, employing standard Great Game tactics as used in Iran (1953), Brazil (1964) and Chile (1973). (Ironically, just this week the CIA finally admitted its role in Iran in 1953.) Continue reading
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The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning By James Petras
The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its allies among the traditional oligarchy and the leftist social movements, Indian organizations and their political parties. Continue reading
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Ecuador: The Day the President Disappeared
When the news of an attempted coup d’état was released to the world, many immediately began to point fingers and look for the conspiracy. After all, the President was attacked by the police and being held in the police hospital surrounded by officers for up to ten hours. Continue reading
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Ecuador: Failed Coup or Institutional Crisis?
8 October, 2010 — The Real News Network Ecuadorian filmmaker Oscar León presents his take on country’s history that led to the crisis, Pt. 1/2 Ecuador: Failed Coup or Institutional Crisis? Follow my videos on vodpod This is a special report about the Police Force insurrection and kidnapping of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on September Continue reading
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