Abby Martin: Why has Venezuela been in the Crosshairs of the US Empire for the Last 20 Years?

Abby Martin: Why has Venezuela been in the Crosshairs of the Empire for the Last 20 Years?

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Empire Files on Dec 10, 2020

Was the Venezuelan election rigged? Abby Martin speaks with an election observer.

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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 (Updated)

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

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Updated: May 9, 2019

Republished with permission from David Swanson at World Beyond War

by Pat Elder
World Beyond War
May 7, 2019

I’ve been studying the Pentagon’s use of psychological tactics in the way it recruits youth into the armed forces for 20 years, so I have a sense of the lack of boundaries practiced by the US government through its military. Now I can report on the psychological tactics employed by the State Department through the Secret Service Police. I spent a week in the besieged Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, and I was exposed to a relentless psychological operations campaign (psy-ops) orchestrated by my government to drive peace activists like myself from the embassy.

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

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

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Venezuela’s Embassy: Activists vs. US Government

TheRealNews on Apr 25, 2019

Activists defending the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. are ready for a long battle, laying the groundwork for legal challenges as the Trump administration’s Elliot Abrams issues warnings against them.

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

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by Finian Cunningham
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East Africa
Crossposted from Sputnik, Mar. 9, 2019
March 11, 2019

As Venezuela’s nationwide crippling power outage goes into days, rather than hours, the suspicion grows that the South American country has been hit with a mass attack by the United States.

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The Siege of Venezuela and The Travails of Empire by Jim Kavanagh

Eva Golinger: Venezuela is in the Center of a Geopolitical Battlefield

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by Jim Kavanagh
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Polemicist
February 14, 2019

Here’s the bullet-point version:

  • It’s imperialism.
  • It’s American imperialism, a bipartisan national project.
  • American imperialism is the global management of capitalist class power.
  • It’s a binary situation in which one side or the other will win via the use and threat of armed force.
  • It’s trouble for Venezuela and for imperialism.
  • There’s no such thing as Progressive Except Imperialism.

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Chris Hedges: Coup in Venezuela is an Open Violation of International Law (video no longer available)

Chris Hedges: Coup in Venezuela is an Open Violation of International Law

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with Chris Hedges

RT America on Feb 4, 2019

RT host and former NYT reporter Chris Hedges joins In Question to weigh in on the ongoing coup in Venezuela, how foreign governments are meeting in Canada to discuss how to oust Maduro, the likelihood of a major global conflict surrounding Venezuela and why the New York Times has supported U.S.-led coups.

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Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony by Michael Hudson (must-read)

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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
February 3, 2019

The end of America’s unchallenged global economic dominance has arrived sooner than expected, thanks to the very same Neocons who gave the world the Iraq, Syria and the dirty wars in Latin America. Just as the Vietnam War drove the United States off gold by 1971, its sponsorship and funding of violent regime change wars against Venezuela and Syria – and threatening other countries with sanctions if they do not join this crusade – is now driving European and other nations to create their alternative financial institutions.

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Will Griffin: Updates on Venezuela + Nicolas Maduro: Let Us Not Allow Another Vietnam War In My Homeland + US Recipe to Overthrowing Governments

Will Griffin: Updates on Venezuela + Nicolas Maduro: Let Us Not Allow Another Vietnam War In My Homeland + US Recipe to Overthrowing Governments

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The Peace Report
February 1, 2019

The Peace Report on Jan 31, 2019

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Will Griffin: The History of U.S. Imperialism in Venezuela + Max Blumenthal: How US trained Juan Guaido for Regime Change

Will Griffin: The History of U.S. Imperialism in Venezuela + Max Blumenthal: How US trained Juan Guaido for Regime Change

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The Peace Report
January 30, 2019

The Peace Report on Jan 29, 2019

Venezuela has been the recent target of U.S. imperialism with a U.S.-backed coup attempt on Jan 23rd where Juan Guaido self-proclaimed himself (with support from the U.S.) the new president of the country in order to unseat the current democratically-elected president Nicolas Maduro. Will Griffin discusses the history of U.S. imperialism in Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution that is ongoing, and the current situation in the country with journalist Paul Dobson from Venezuela Analysis.

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Eva Golinger: Venezuela is in the Center of a Geopolitical Battlefield

Eva Golinger: Venezuela is in the Center of a Geopolitical Battlefield

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goingundergroundRT on Jan 28, 2019

Afshin Rattansi speaks to Eva Golinger about the US’ ongoing attempts at regime change in Venezuela to replace President Nicolas Maduro with Juan Guaido. She discusses the history of US regime change in Veneuela and Latin America, the Maduro premiership and attitudes in Venezuela.

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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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with Caleb Maupin
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Caleb Maupin (website)
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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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with Caleb Maupin
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Caleb Maupin (website)
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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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