Greg Palast: Koch Brothers Behind US Coup In Venezuela

US Hands Off Venezuela Protest Gather58.LafayettePark.WDC.16March2019

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with Greg Palast
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Greg Palast’s website
March 27, 2019

RT America on Mar 26, 2019

For more on the role oil plays as well as the racial dynamic of the US attempt at a coup in Venezuela, we turn to investigative journalist Greg Palast. He discusses the latest developments with RT America’s Manila Chan.

“We Are Swimming in an Ocean of Lies” on Venezuela

TheRealNews on Mar 26, 2019

Former UN Special Rapporteur says Michelle Bachelet needs to change her team and visit Venezuela herself, or she is going to continue to get an “unprofessional, one-sided, politicized report” on the state of the country.

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The Grayzone testifies at the UN – ‘Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: Propaganda vs. reality’

The Grayzone on Mar 19, 2019

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil spoke about Venezuela at a side event at a United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva on March 19. They joined former special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas on a panel titled “Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: Propaganda vs. reality.”

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0:00 Intro
3:18 Max Blumenthal’s testimony
15:16 Anya Parampil’s testimony
27:56 The Grayzone video report
35:08 Alfred de Zayas’ testimony

Video edited by Ben Norton

See also:

In Venezuela, White Supremacy is a Key to Trump’s Coup, by Greg Palast

From the archives:

A Military Psy-Ops Campaign in the Heart of Washington is Directed at U.S. Citizens by Pat Elder + Abby Martin on Failed April 30th Coup in Venezuela

Chris Hedges: From the Bolivarian Revolution and Hugo Chavez to US sanctions and the Overt Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela

Embassy Protection Collective Activists Occupying the Venezuela Embassy in Washington, DC

Jim Kavanagh, et al: US Hands Off Venezuela DC Protest 03.16.19

US Stealth War on Venezuela by Finian Cunningham + Maduro calls the massive blackouts a ‘macabre strategy’ to create a level of despair in Venezuela

Max Blumenthal: What Really Happened on the Colombian-Venezuelan Border + Wilkerson: The Permanent War State Aims to Plunder Venezuela

Abby Martin: US Sanctions are Crimes Against Humanity + The War On Venezuela Is Built On Lies by John Pilger

The Siege of Venezuela and The Travails of Empire by Jim Kavanagh (must-read)

Kevin Zeese on Venezuela’s Economy: It’s Not Socialism, It’s Abusive Capitalism and US Imperialism

The Venezuelan Myth by Ellen Brown