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Deadly Opposition Violence in Venezuela: The First Major Destabilization Attempt Since 2002-03 By Dan Beeton
Opposition protests turned deadly yesterday, with at least seven people having been reported killed and over 61 others injured as opposition groups reportedly burned the homes of PSUV leaders, community hospitals, andmercales (subsidized grocery stores), attacked Cuban doctors, attacked state and community media stations, and threatened CNE president Tibisay Lucena and other officials. Continue reading
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Protests, Disturbances, and Violence Continue in Venezuela, General Strike a “Failure” By Tamara Pearson
This afternoon president Maduro said the opposition’s call for a general strike today had “failed”. He also blamed the losing candidate in Sunday’s elections, Henrique Capriles, for the seven deaths last night. Continue reading
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Understanding the Venezuelan Presidential Election Outcome
Things are chaotic here, as we recover from the surprise, disappointment, and a bit of hurt from the election results, but also go out in the street to express our support for those results, and to defend the national electoral system, one of the best and most secure voting systems in the world in a… Continue reading
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Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidential Election with 50.66 Percent of the Vote [updated] By Chris Calson
Nicolas Maduro has won the Venezuelan presidential election with 50.66 percent of the vote against 49.07 percent for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Maduro gave a victory speech immediately after, while Capriles initially refused to recognize the results. Continue reading
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Venezuelan Government Foils Destabilisation Plans By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
Venezuelan security forces have foiled a plot to violently destabilise the country, Vice-president Jorge Arreaza announced this afternoon…The plot involved Salvadorian mercenaries who “wanted, but could not, intervene to disrupt the peace of the republic at the last minute”. Continue reading
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Chavez Knew US Special Services Were After Him By Nil NIKANDROV
Fidel accused Chavez of being carefree and told him to watch around. He said new technology appeared, it was not safe to take the food one was offered. He told Chavez: «Chávez take care. These people [the Americans] have developed technology. You are very careless. Take care what you eat, what they give you to… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24-30 March 2013
30 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation BRICS: New Geopolitical Model and Russia’s Foreign Policy Priority30.03.2013 | 00:00 | Alexander MEZYAEV Another annual BRICS summit wrapped up on March 27 in South Africa… The BRICS states recognized the right of Palestine to statehood. They emphasized the resolution of the conflict in Syria should be based on the Continue reading
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The Oft-Predicted Fickle Syrian ‘Tipping Point’ Has Tipped By Franklin Lamb
Damascus: This observer lost count more than a year ago of the sheer number of predictions by analysts and lobbyists that the “tipping point” signaling the Assad government’s collapse was a sure thing and would happen any time now. “It’s just a matter of days, not weeks” President Obama declared back in 2011. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 23 February 2013
23 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Four Injured, Two Seriously, In Aboud VillageIMEMC – Saturday February 23, 2013; Four Palestinians have been injured, two serious, by Israeli soldiers’ fire invaded the village of Aboud, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported. … Continue reading
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The NYT's Problem With Leftist Presidents By Peter Hart
Left-wing Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa was poised to win re-election on Sunday. Give that fact, the New York Times went with a peculiar headline for their February 16 piece Continue reading
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Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 1 February 2013: Bookies think Assange could win seat
1 FEbruary 2013 — williambowles.info Iceland Kicked Out FBI Agents Who Flew in Unannounced to Investigate … Cleveland Leader According to the RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, FBI agents landed in Reykjavík in August 2011 without prior notification in an attempt to investigate WikiLeaks operations within the country. However, their plan was interupted when … http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/20013 Continue reading
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Henrique Capriles Radonski: Israel’s Man in Venezuela By Martin Iqbal
An inspection of the profile of Henrique Capriles Radonski – leader of the Venezuelan opposition – not only elicits deep suspicion, but in fact completely validates the claims made by Chavez. Continue reading
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