Anti-Media bracht afgelopen zaterdag een artikel van Geopolitics Alert over de chaos in Venezuela. De schrijver, Jim Carey stelt dat men in de VS maanden aaneen iedereen aan het woord laat, als deze maar spuugt op de regering Maduro....... Als een religieus voorschrift herhalen de reguliere (massa-) media deze verhalen, die echter maar één kant van het verhaal laten horen, een leugenachtig verhaal, of ronduit leugens wel te verstaan......
Economische isolatie van Venezuela door vooral de VS en onder druk van de VS, hebben velen in diepe ellende gestort, echter de oppositieleiders die beweren in dezelfde ellende te leven, zijn voor het overgrote deel welgestelde figuren, die het aan niets ontbreekt. Opvallend overigens, dat de oligarchen nooit hebben hoeven vluchten, ook niet onder Chavez, deze figuren gooien overdag met stenen en begeven zich 's nachts in het nachtleven, waar ze horeca gelegenheden bezoeken, waar het grootste deel van de Venezolanen alleen maar van kan dromen......
De VS heeft haar winkelketens, die supermarkten in Venezuela hebben, al een paar jaar geleden opgedragen de winkels niet langer te bevoorraden, waarmee voor de gewone burgers de ellende begon. Dit is overigens maar één van de maatregelen uit de smerige VS koker...... Vergeleken met Oekraïne en Syrië is er één groot verschil, de VS doet zelfs geen moeite haar steun aan 'de gematigde oppositie' (uiterst gewelddadig) te verbergen......
Vanaf 2009 zou de VS 49 miljoen euro in de oppositie van Venezuela hebben gestoken, reken maar dat dit bedrag in de praktijk een stuk hoger ligt..........
Overigens geldt wat betreft het verslaan van de demonstraties en rellen hetzelfde voor de reguliere (massa-) media in de EU landen en dus ook in ons land. Maduro is de kwaaie pier en de oppositie is geweldloos en zo heilig als Maria....... Terwijl het grootste geweld wordt gebruikt door deze oppositie........
Lees dit prima artikel en geeft het door, onder het volgende artikel vindt u nog een aantal links over Venezuela en wat daar echt aan de gang is:
Why
the Venezuelan Government Is Right to Resist the Venezuelan
Opposition
August
12, 2017 at 10:12 pm
(GPA) — The
US corporate media has spent months championing the cause of everyone
they know in Venezuela, even the slightest of publicly known figures,
as long as they are willing to go on record and slander the
government of Nicolas Maduro. These quotes are religiously
parroted by every major US media outlet that only wants readers,
viewers and listeners to hear one side of the ongoing fight in
Venezuela.
This
article is meant to help clear up a lot of the questions that are
left unanswered by US media, and to do that, we have to dissect a few
key aspects of the current situation. In order to understand the
Venezuelan opposition better, we should look closely at three key
pieces of this puzzle:
Who
the opposition is and the methods they use.
US
backing of the opposition and what happens in other countries where
US backed opposition is allowed to operate.
And
finally, what exactly the alleged “brutal crackdowns” by Maduro
have actually entailed.
The
Venezuelan Opposition: Peaceful Resistance or the ‘Moderate Rebels’
of Caracas?
If
your primary source for news on the crisis in Venezuela is the US
corporate media, it’s likely you have a certain image that comes to
mind when you hear about the Venezuelan opposition. If you believe
outlets like CNN or The New York Times it’s likely you conjure up
an image of the opposition as a faceless mass of hungry and poor
people risking it all to stand against tyranny in a massive fight for
some subjective concepts like “freedom.”
Now
this idea of brave everyday people protesting on the ground level
probably has some truth behind it, but like most “uprisings” of
this nature, the civilians in the street aren’t the ones
responsible for the planning and logistics behind the scenes. The
truth however, is that the forces that are actually behind this
AstroTurf movement* are much more sinister than the average
protester and promote methods that are well beyond anything that
would be considered ‘peaceful and democratic’ opposition.
The
opposition leaders may claim they share in the suffering endured by
regular Venezuelans, and feel the same pain as those hurt the most by
the economic isolation of the country but this is hardly
the reality of their lives.
In truth, many of the people who are seen as the leaders of the
anti-Maduro movement (and who provide organizers essential financial
support) live lives of extreme comfort and luxury while their pawns
go hungry.
Many
of the opposition leaders and financiers actually come from the
wealthiest strata of Venezuelan society. While almost everyone is
aware that the main driver of the Venezuelan economy is the
nationalized oil industry, many people overlook or are unaware of the
fact that most other sectors of the Venezuelan economy are still in
the hands of private businesses.
Despite
what many people may assume, both Chavez and Maduro had no problem
with this arrangement. The most obvious example of this acceptance is
the fact that even people like the pre-Chavez corrupt former oil
tycoons still remain in Caracas with their stockpiles of ill-gotten
wealth. These are the people who, in their own words, admit that “by
day we throw stones,” and by night enjoy the exclusive night life
that regular Venezuelans couldn’t even dream of. These oligarchs
and crooks have opposed the government since Hugo Chavez won his
first election and began distributing the nation’s wealth to the
most poor Venezuelans as well as subsidizing and placing price
controls on consumer goods.
And
throwing stones isn’t all the opposition does.
Contrary
to the rosy image of the opposition painted by US media the truth is
that violence is one of their primary tools. The opposition has done
everything from hiring poor local teens and providing them crude
weapons like molotov cocktails and explosives, calling on
international banks to cut
off capital and
further harm average Venezuelans to encouraging a military coup
against the elected government. We know this is true, in part, thanks
to independent US journalists who have been brave enough to
expose the truth, such as Abby
Martin,
who opposition protesters promptly threatened to hang.
Now,
you may be asking yourself, how does the opposition have the
nerve to claim legitimacy and moral superiority while using such
despicable methods? The answer to this question should be obvious
based on earlier statements about US media’s representation of the
opposition. The opposition’s claim of legitimacy is supported by
the same people who support violent uprisings from Ukraine to Syria,
the US government.
The
Open Secret of US Subversion in Venezuela
Much
like the recent history of Ukraine or Syria, the opposition in
Venezuela persists thanks to political and financial support from
Washington. Unlike Ukraine and Syria however, the US doesn’t even
attempt to hide their connections to the oligarchs opposing Maduro.
The
US shoves this support into the spotlight as an obvious insult to
Maduro with the traditional arrogance that is expected when the US
exercises what they consider to be their right to interfere in
Latin America. There is such an absence of shame in the case of
Venezuela that the Trump regime has no problem broadcasting events
like when Trump met
with the wife of
opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who himself has taken calls from
prominent US figures like Vice-President Mike Pence.
Opposition
leaders don’t just enjoy the political lip service that the US
gives to anyone who opposes leaders Washington hates. As mentioned
above, one major factor that allows the opposition to carry on this
way is the millions of dollars sent from the US over the past few
years.
Money
for the Venezuelan opposition is a crucial piece of Washington’s
long-game strategy to topple the Bolivarian government. This cash has
been flowing to Caracas since at least 2009, adding up to at least
$49 million to date. Congress’ stated purpose behind this
“aid” for Venezuela is the same as it is for any country hostile
to the US: “promoting democracy, civil society, independent media,
and democratic political parties.”
In
the 2011 budget, $1 million was specifically designated for
“political competition,” showing that similar to US strategies in
places like the Middle East, Washington was supporting a mediocre and
artificial opposition and waiting for an opportunity to unleash their
manufactured leaders. In Venezuela this chance finally presented
itself when the price of oil drastically dropped, in part due to
market manipulation by the US.
When
you lay out all the above factors, it should be obvious why Nicolas
Maduro is so committed to fending off his opponents’ attacks. If
you look at other countries where the US has used tactics like those
employed in Venezuela, Maduro is relatively lucky that it took this
long for the opposition to become violent.
Syria,
Ukraine and the End Result of US Failures
Two
countries where these US policies failed due to either the unexpected
resilience of the state (Syria), or the failure to predict organic
resistance to intervention (Ukraine), most likely serve as examples
of what’s at stake to Maduro.
Syria
is a case study in what happens when a “revolution” backed by the
US ends, in what is essentially, a failure. Just like Venezuela, the
US was so ecstatic that they finally saw an opportunity to topple
President Bashar Al Assad that Washington was practically falling all
over themselves to find groups to arm and fund.
This
ambition for Syria of course ended with the US placing their trust in
a variety of Sunni extremists who – predictably – had no
intention of taking orders from the CIA or Pentagon. Washington even
allowed their future foes in the Islamic State to operate freely with
the hope they would get to Damascus. Venezuela’s opposition looks
similar to these groups just in a different context. In fact, the
Venezuelan opposition even held
a fake referendum similar
to ridiculous votes organized by the US’s precious Kurds.
Ukraine
should also serve as an example; not just to Maduro but to the US and
the opposition as well. If the US has their way in Venezuela and
basically forces an unpopular oligarch into power they should expect
resistance from the millions of people who benefited
from and still support the
current government. They should also prepare for new dissenters once
the new government is installed and actually lays out their
presumably neoliberal policies, which aren’t popular anywhere in
Central of South America.
These
reasons show why the only option available to Maduro is to resist. At
the government level Maduro has worked completely within the confines
of the law, while still enjoying massive support as evidenced by
Venezuela’s voters support for the new Constituent Assembly in a
country known for it’s election integrity. As far as what is
happening at the street level, we must make sure we take the
opposition’s actions into account and understand the damage they
could eventually do.
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* Astro Turf movement: een beweging die wordt betaald om protesten te organiseren (zoals in dit geval ook met het terroriseren van een stad, of wijken in een stad), maar de schijn ophoudt dat protesten en acties spontaan uit de bevolking komen.
Zie ook: '
Venezuela: Target of Economic Warfare'
en: '
Venezuela’s US-Backed Opposition Turns Up The Violence Following Assembly Vote'
en: '
10 Things You Need to Know About the Terrorist Attack in Venezuela'
en: '
Venezuelans in the Streets to Support Constituent Assembly'
en: '
What Mainstream Media Got Wrong About Venezuela's Constituent Assembly Vote' (met mogelijkheid tot directe vertaling)
en: '
The Left and Venezuela' (met mogelijkheid tot directe vertaling)
en: '
Rondje Venezuela schoppen op Radio1.........'
en: '
Venezuela moet en zal 'verlost' worden van Maduro, met 'oh wonder' een dikke rol van de VS en de reguliere westerse media'
en: '
Venezuela ontwricht, wat de reguliere media u niet vertellen........'
en: 'Venezuela: 'studentenprotest' wordt uitgevoerd door ingehuurde troepen.........'
en: '
Venezolaanse regionale verkiezingen gehekeld door westen, terwijl internationale waarnemers deze als eerlijk beoordeelden..........'
Na plaatsing toegevoegd: realiseerde me vanavond dat ik nog vergeten ben in te gaan op de uitspraak van Trump, dat hij desnoods Venezuela militair zal aanpakken (als Maduro niet opstapt en zich suïcideert, stel ik me zo voor)....... Militair ingrijpen is inderdaad de laatste stap die de VS in deze gevallen neemt, nadat het de economie van een land voor een groot deel heeft vernietigd en een opstand op poten heeft gezet die niet leidt tot het juiste doel, een 'correcte' VS belangenbehartiging, door het liefst een VS vriendelijke dictator (die op zijn beurt schijt heeft aan het arme deel van de bevolking in zijn land...)........
Zoals gewoonlijk zijn de westerse ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken, zoals PvdA doedelzak Koenders, weer doodstil over deze grove opmerking, uh beter: openlijke bedreiging met oorlog....... Met andere woorden: men vindt het wel best als er alweer door toedoen van de VS duizenden, of zelfs tienduizenden doden vallen.... De NAVO schijnt intussen al aanwezig te zijn in Columbia, een buurland van Venezuela, dus............
