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4 Videos on the passing of el Commandante
5 March 2013 — The Real News Network Chavez Democratized Venezuela Making it the Most Equal Country in Latin AmericaGregory Wilpert: Chavez led Venezuela to many accomplishments but leaves unsolved critical problems he hoped to addressGo to story | Go to homepage Continue reading
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The US is the Don Corleone of international politics
This article is about the US attempts to destabilize Venezuela, as shown in the GIFiles released by Wikileaks. More widely, the article gives an historical background of US interventions in Latin America, and analyses its strategical behavior in this part of the world. Continue reading
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Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chàvez, mi Amigo By Greg Palast
Venezuelan President Chavez once asked me why the US elite wanted to kill him. My dear Hugo: It’s the oil. And it’s the Koch Brothers – and it’s the ketchup. Continue reading
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I want my fair share–and that's ALL OF IT. The Kochs & the XL Pipeline By Greg Palast
According to the transcript of the secretly recorded tape, Charles Koch was chuckling like a six-year old. Koch was having a hell of a laugh over pilfering a few hundred dollars’ worth of oil from a couple of dirt-poor Indians on the Osage Reservation. Why did Koch, worth about $3 billion at the time (now… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs By Greg Palast
Greg Palast: I’ve been tracking a tube of black putrid ooze, a toxic viper slowly slithering 2,000 miles across the belly of America, swallowing all water aquifers, politicians and reason in its path. Continue reading
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A Gaze into History: Original Images of Venezuela’s 4 February 1992 Coup Attempt
The civic-military coup attempt of 4 February 1992 was a response to the growing social discontent in Venezuela against the system of controlled or “pacted” democracy known as the Punto Fijo system, which had reigned over the country since the overthrowing of the Marcos Jimenez dictatorship in 1958. Continue reading
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New at SCF 27 January – 2 February 2013: Israel / EU / Venezuela / Syria-UK / Iraq / Big Brother / Serbia / China
2 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Yair Lapid: The New Star on the Israeli Political Scene 02.02.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ The main surprise of Israel’s latest elections for the19th Knesset was the Yesh Atid party («There is a future»), established less than a year ago it came in second with 19 seats, and 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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Why Do Poor People Living in an Abandoned Skyscraper So Outrage the New Yorker? By Jim Naureckas
His latest piece for the New Yorker, “Slumlord: What Has Hugo Chavez Wrought in Venezuela?” (1/28/13–subscription required), reads almost like a parody of corporate media coverage of an official enemy state. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 13-19 January 2013: Middle East / Israel / Mali / Syria / Lithuania / India-Pakistan / Obama / Venezuela
19 January 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation In which good news is very bad 19.01.2013 | 10:52 | Rafe MAIR To get down to basics, we have in the Middle East, a four pronged budding crisis, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. Israel has nuclear weapons, Iran will soon have them and the royal family in Continue reading
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The Guardian vs. the Conventional Wisdom on Venezuela By Alex Main
Just as it appeared that the current conventional wisdom on Venezuela had spread and hardened irreversibly throughout the major media, on Monday the UK daily The Guardian published an editorial entitled “Venezuela, defying predictions – again.” The piece deftly takes on a few commonly held views found in much of the media coverage of Venezuela. Continue reading
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U.S. intelligence agencies are preparing for the developing crisis in Venezuela By Nil NIKANDROV
Hostile forces in Venezuela and beyond, are taking the opportunity to intensify subversive activities aimed at overthrowing the Bolivarian government. The conspiracy, which is coordinated from CIA headquarters, is implemented via many channels and is aimed at destabilizing Venezuela, inciting internal conflict in the nation’s leadership, and fanning the feelings of panic over an alleged… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez: Why Does He Hate Us? By Peter Hart
While it’s hard to say Chavez has made a “career” out of U.S.-bashing–he does have, after all, a full-time job as president of Venezuela–you, too, might be excused for harboring some hard feelings towards a government that helped to try to overthrow your own. Which may be why U.S. reports rarely bring up the 2002… Continue reading
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VSC SPECIAL UPDATE, JANUARY 11, 2012: Venezuelan Supreme Court Rules Chavez Can Be Sworn in Later, Packed Solidarity Event & Messages of Support for Hugo Chavez
On Wednesday 9 January, Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) ruled that President Hugo Chávez’s new term in office starts today and that the postponement of the swearing-in ceremony, that was due today, is permitted under the constitution. Nor, the Supreme Court added is there any vacuum of power or a constitutional requirement for someone… Continue reading
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Video: Chavez Misses Inauguration, Will Be Sworn in by Supreme Court if he Recovers
Alex Main (CEPR): Venezuelan opposition hopes to take advantage of crisis but after sweeping state elections and winning decisively in the Presidential election, Chavez forces unlikely to lose power in a new election Continue reading
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Big Oil, Big Ketchup and The Assassination of Hugo Chavez By Greg Palast
Venezuelan President Chavez once asked me why the US elite wanted to kill him. My dear Hugo: It’s the oil. And it’s the Koch Brothers – and it’s the ketchup. Continue reading
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ICH 9 January 2013: Bradley Manning Was Mistreated: Military Judge
9 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Are Israeli Fears Of A Nuclear Iran Overblown? By Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett Strategically, as we’ve argued before, there is no way that a mythical nuclear-armed Iran, much less an Iran enriching uranium at well below weapons grade, poses an “existential threat” to Israel. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33576.htm Continue reading
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Venezuelans Continue to Defy Washington Post By Peter Hart
The Washington Post has never been fond of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. As serious questions mount about the state of Chavez’s health, the paper’s editorial page (1/5/13) found it a good time to take another swipe Continue reading
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