Caleb Maupin: I’ve Been To Venezuela… They Will Fight To Defend Socialism! + Abby Martin on the Attempted Coup in Venezuela

Caleb Maupin: I've Been To Venezuela... They Will Fight To Defend Socialism! + Abby Martin on Attempted Coup in Venezuela

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January 26, 2019

Caleb Maupin on Jan 24, 2019

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Venezuela Coup Attempt + The US Strategy for Regime Change in Venezuela

Venezuela Coup Attempt + The US Strategy for Regime Change in Venezuela

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January 24, 2019

Venezuela coup attempt: Trump won’t rule out military response

RT on Jan 24, 2019

Donald Trump officially recognised the opposition leader, Juan Guaido, as Venezuela’s interim president. Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has severed diplomatic ties with the U.S., accusing it of trying to stage a coup in his country.

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Max Blumenthal on the Merger of the National Security State and Silicon Valley + Russiagate Frenzy Targets Leftist Sites + US Policy Toward Global Internet Governance Is Misguided

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Facebook Taps Militarist Think Tank Atlantic Council to Police its Content (Pt 1/2)

TheRealNews on Aug 11, 2018

From Alex Jones to alleged Russian trolls, major internet companies are increasingly policing content on their platforms. Max Blumenthal of the Grayzone Project says the partnership between Facebook and the Atlantic Council highlights “the merger of the national security state and Silicon Valley.”

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In Death as in Life, Chávez Target of Media Scorn + Pepe Escobar: US to Demonize Chavez Post-mortem + Hugo Chavez, Dream Maker by Eva Golinger

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Mar. 6, 2013

Presidente Chávez inauguró nuevo Mercal Comunal en La Pastora

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His independence, help for Venezuela’s poor will not be forgiven

Venezuela’s left-wing populist president Hugo Chávez died on Tuesday, March 5, after a two-year battle with cancer. If world leaders were judged by the sheer volume of corporate media vitriol and misinformation about their policies, Chávez would be in a class of his own.

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Venezuela Election, Victory or Setback for Chavez? + US influence in Venezuelan elections

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Greg Wilpert: Venezuela election results will make governing more difficult for Chavez

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Ecuador President Defiant After Failed Coup + Ecuador troops rescue President Correa

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Wilpert: Right-wing forces use recession, President Correa’s faltering popularity to launch failed coup

Gregory Wilpert is a sociologist, freelance journalist, editor of Venezuelanalysis.com, and author of the recently published book, Changing Venezuela by Taking Power.

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Colombia and Venezuela make peace

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August 14, 2010

Forrest Hylton: Is Colombia’s new leader stepping back from U.S. plan to isolate Chavez?

Forrest Hylton teaches history and politics at the Universidad de los Andes (Bogota). He is the author of Evil Hour in Colombia (Verso, 2006), and with Sinclair Thomson, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics (Verso, 2007). He has contributed to New Left Review, NACLA Report on the Americas, and CounterPunch, and his short fiction and translations have appeared in the Brooklyn Rail. His first novel, Vanishing Acts: A Tragedy, which won the Ben Reitman Award from CityWorks Press, is forthcoming in 2010.

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