UPDATED: Demonstrators for and against regime change in Venezuela converged on the White House on Saturday and there were some angry scenes as D.C. mounted police took their positions in Lafayette Park.
Tag: Nicolas Maduro
Burning Aid: Apparent Deception on Colombia-Venezuela Bridge
Marco Rubio and coup leaders are accusing the Venezuelan National Guard, but Max Blumenthal lines up opposing evidence.
JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies
The reporter as clown — for whom the truth is too difficult to report —may be the final stage of much of mainstream journalism’s degeneration, writes John Pilger for Consortium News.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Venezuela, US Forgets What Century It Is
Destabilizing other nations in gross violation of international law will no longer go unopposed, writes Patrick Lawrence.
The Dirty Hand of the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela
Written in 2014 during the Obama adminstration, this article by Eva Golinger gives insightful background to the current crisis in Venezuela and Washington’s role in stirring it up.
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company and Requests IMF Money
Unelected U.S.-backed coup leader Juan Guaidó immediately moved to try to restructure Venezuela’s state-owned oil company and seek financing from the neoliberal IMF, reports Ben Norton of The Gray Zone.
The Radicalization of US Policy on Venezuela
Not since the Cuban revolution, has the U.S. government played such an overtly activist role in Latin America, writes Steve Ellner.
How Venezuela Re-elected Maduro, Defying the U.S.
Nicolás Maduro overcame intense opposition from Washington and rich Venezuelans to be re-elected, but he’s not out of the woods yet, as Roger D. Harris explains.
The U.S. is Meddling in Venezuelan Election
As Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday, the U.S. is working to disrupt the re-election of Nicolas Maduro and rollback leftwing governments in the region, reports Roger D. Harris.
Demonizing Venezuela’s Revolution
Venezuela’s socialist experiment, which seeks to reduce the country’s extreme income equality and alleviate widespread poverty, has upset U.S. policymakers who now have new hopes for regime change, as Dennis J Bernstein explains.