Venezolaanse regering treft nieuwe regeling voor hulpgoederen van het Rode Kruis, 'onafhankelijk NOS' brengt alweer fake news

Op zaterdag 30 maart jl. in het Radio1 nieuws van 9.00 u. het bericht van 'onafhankelijk zendgemachtigde NOS' dat de Venezolaanse regering (eindelijk) humanitaire hulpgoederen van het Rode Kruis toelaat tot het land...... Volgens de nieuwslezer is dat positief daar Maduro eindelijk erkent dat het Venezolaanse volk hulp nodig heeft.......

Maandagmiddag 1 april jl. op Radio1, een paar oorlogshitsers tegen regering Maduro. Volgens deze figuren, het gaat om 'hack-expert' Barry van Kampen en 'internetsecurity-expert' Edward Driehuis, is het een leugen dat de VS de elektriciteitsvoorziening van Venezuela zou hebben gesaboteerd..... Volgens dit geteisem zou de VS nooit het Venezolaanse volk willen treffen....... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! 

Nee, dat hebben we gezien met de illegale oorlogen van de VS tegen Afghanistan, Irak, Libië en Syrië, hele grote bergen met bewijs dat de VS schijt heeft aan de bevolking als deze een land in haar gareel wil dwingen......... Bij deze wil tot regiem verandering gebruikt deze uiterst agressieve terreurstaat alle middelen die tot haar beschikking staan, tot en met de zojuist genoemde illegale oorlog tegen zo'n land......

Zo heeft de VS eerst een illegale economische oorlog ingesteld tegen Venezuela, waarbij levensmiddelenketens uit de VS die winkels in Venezuela hebben, onder druk werden gezet zo min mogelijk de voorraden in Venezuela aan te vullen, hetzelfde deed de VS met haar grote farmaceuten, dus middels het onder druk zetten van die farmaceuten, zo min mogelijk of helemaal niet te leveren aan Venezuela, alsof daar het volk niet mee werd getroffen.....

Schunnig genoeg heeft de VS nu 'officieel' sancties ingesteld tegen Venezuela, gevolgd door Canada en de EU, de laatste schoftendaad van de VS was een Venezolaans tegoed van 5 miljard dollar blokkeren voor de aankoop van medicijnen in de VS.....* 

Maar nee, van Kampen en Driehuis weten het beter en durven zelfs te stellen dat de VS nooit de arme bevolking van Venezuela zou treffen, een bevolking die volgens de twee honger lijdt...... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Er is niet één bewijs waaruit blijkt dat men honger lijdt in Venezuela, op foto's die dit moeten aantonen, zie je (te goed) doorvoede mensen staan, of anders op z'n zachtst gezegd 'mensen die iets te dik zijn....' Echter waar werkelijk honger wordt geleden, zoals in Jemen, daar hoor je dit tuig niet over, Jemen waar zelfs een genocide wordt uitgevoerd met hulp van o.a. de VS en GB........

Volgens deze plorken is het ook bewezen dat Rusland de stroomvoorziening in Oekraïne heeft gesaboteerd....... Een enorme leugen die 'officieel werd gemaakt' door de neonazi-junta van Porosjenko en waarvoor niet één overtuigend bewijs werd geleverd.... Sterker nog: voor het tegenovergestelde is wel bewijs: Oekraïense terroristen die de elektriciteitsvoorziening op De Krim hebben gesaboteerd.......

Nog even terug naar wat de VS nooit zou doen: de VS heeft eerder de stroomvoorziening in Iran gesaboteerd, dat heeft men daar zelfs toegegeven, ofwel de VS heeft ervaring met dergelijke terreur..... Dan zijn er nog de zojuist aangehaalde Oekraïense commando's die op De Krim een energiecentrale wilden opblazen (wat niet lukte, wel heeft het voor een enorme stroomstoring gezorgd)...... Voor deze zaak zijn wel degelijk bewijzen en gegarandeerd dat die commando's vooraf werden getraind door (onder-) officieren van het VS leger......

Terug naar de nieuwe levering aan Venezuela van goederen door het Rode Kruis, want daar gaat het om: in tegenstelling tot wat de NOS beweert, deelde het Rode Kruis al aan paar maanden humanitaire hulpgoederen uit in Venezuela, dit tezamen met de VN en het Venezolaanse leger....... Het gaat hier dan ook om nieuwe leveringen van humanitaire hulpgoederen......

De NOS heeft niet het bericht gebracht, waarin het Rode Kruis en de VN de VS de bel aanbonden, vanwege het politiseren van humanitaire hulp, door de VS leugens over het laten verkommeren van de Venezolaanse bevolking door het bewind Maduro, terwijl zoals gezegd het Rode Kruis en de VN al lang en breed humanitaire hulpgoederen verstrekten in het land......

The Red Cross has repeatedly criticized efforts to “politicize” humanitarian efforts in the South American country. (Reuters) (foto overgenomen van Venezolanalysis)

Nogmaals wordt met deze zaak aangetoond dat de NOS 'goed is' in het brengen van fake news (nepnieuws) en het manipuleren van de bevolking met haar leugens over Venezuela, zoals de NOS heeft gedaan met het fake Russiagate verhaal, dat volledig onderuit is gehaald.......

Lees het artikel van Lucas Koerner, eerder gepubliceerd op Venezolanalysis.com en door mij overgenomen van Anti-Media. Hier schrijft Koerner ook nog over de vrachtwagens gevuld met humanitaire hulpgoederen, die het bewind Maduro terecht niet toe heeft gelaten, nadat in eerdere zendingen met humanitaire hulp uit de VS (via het vliegveld van Caracas) wapens waren gevonden...... De vrachtwagens werden in brand gestoken en daarvan werden de Venezolaanse grenswachten en leger beschuldigd, terwijl 'opstandelingen' (terreur geteisem) de vrachtwagens met een molotovcocktail in brand staken, daar zijn zelfs video opnames van....

Zegt het voor mensen, tijd dat de hele wereld de waarheid over Venezuela te horen krijgt. De VS is niet uit op het verlichten van de druk onder de bevolking die het NB zelf heeft gecreëerd met een zoals gezegd eerst geheime economische oorlog en nu middels zogenaamde officiële sancties, waaraan godbetert de EU meedoet (nog een teken dat we zo snel mogelijk van de EU af moeten!!) 

Venezuelan Government Authorizes Expansion of Red Cross Humanitarian Aid

April 2, 2019 at 11:44 am

Written by Venezuela Analysis

(VA) — Venezuela’s Maduro government has reached an agreement with the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to scale up the humanitarian organization’s activities in the Caribbean country.

On Friday, IFRC President Francesco Rocca announced that in two weeks the body will start distributing vital food and medicine to 650,000 people in coordination with Venezuelan authorities.

“We estimate that in a period of approximately 15 days we will be ready to offer help. We hope to help 650,000 people at first,” Rocca said during a press conference in Caracas.

The IFRC chief also decried what he described as the politicization of aid, compromising the humanitarian commitment to “impartiality, neutrality and independence.”

“The distribution of aid is the responsibility of only the Red Cross,” Rocca stated. “This society is very divided and we cannot jeopardize our mission.”

In February, the Red Cross together with the United Nations voiced similar criticisms vis-a-vis the US government’s efforts to force aid across the Venezuelan-Colombian border on February 23, stating that the operation could not be labeled “humanitarian” given its political motives. In particular, the IFRC vociferously protested the use of its own insignia on the aid trucks operated by Venezuelan opposition militants.

The organization’s local affiliate currently operates eight hospitals in Venezuela and coordinates a network of 2,500 volunteers nationwide. The Red Cross had previously announced plans to bring its 2019 Venezuela budget to around US $18 million in February, before increasing the amount to around $60 million last week.

According to the New York Times, the organization now has a diplomatic waiver necessary to directly deliver medical supplies, which will include power generators for all hospitals whose services have been strained by a recent spate of national blackouts.

Self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaido reacted to the news, claiming the aid delivery as an opposition “victory” in which the government “recognised its failure by accepting the existence of a complex humanitarian emergency.”

The opposition legislator was, however, rebuked by National Constituent Assembly President Diosdado Cabello who said the IFRC’s initiative came about as a result of an agreement with the Maduro administration.

“This has nothing to do with them [the opposition] having tried to cross [the border] with some trucks and they burnt them… This has to do with a disposition by the national government together with the Red Cross,” he asserted Saturday, referencing the infamous incident involving torched aid trucks on February 23.

The US government and the opposition had blamed the burning of the trucks, which were attempting to force their way across the Simon Bolivar Bridge connecting Venezuela and Colombia, on Venezuelan state security forces. However, an investigation by the New York Times later revealed that the fire was caused by Molotov cocktail-wielding opposition protesters.

The announcement by the IFRC comes as the Maduro government welcomed the arrival of 65 tons of medicine and medical supplies from China Friday, including antibiotics, analgesics, and key surgical provisions.

The aid comes weeks after the arrival on February 14 of 933 tons of medical supplies from China, Cuba, and Russia as part of agreements signed by the Venezuelan government.

Likewise in November, Caracas signed an accord with the UN’s Central Emergency Resource Fund for US $9.2 million in funding to alleviate the nutritional and health impact of the country’s severe economic crisis.

By Lucas Koerner / Creative Commons / Venezuela Analysis / Report a typo

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* Zie: 'VS heeft beslag gelegd op 5 miljard dollar van Venezuela voor medicijnaankopen'

Zie ook:
'Trump vermoordde al 40.000 Venezolaanse burgers'

'VS dreigt Rusland, China en Iran met geweld vanwege hulp aan Venezolaanse volk......'

'The Monroe Doctrine is Back, and as the Latest US Attack on Cuba Shows, Its Purpose is to Serve the Neoliberal Order' (een artikel van CounterPunch)

'Venezuela: in geheime zitting in Washington is gesproken over een militaire inval'

'VS legt nog meer sancties op aan de bevolking van Venezuela, Cuba en Nicaragua'

'Venezuela is nog lang niet verslagen door de VS'

'Venezolaanse regering treft nieuwe regeling voor hulpgoederen van het Rode Kruis, 'onafhankelijk NOS' brengt alweer fake news'

'Venezuela: onafhankelijke journalisten ontmaskeren leugens over dit land bij presentatie voor de VN'

'Venezuela: 15 doden door sabotage elektriciteitsnet'

'Venezuela: bijt de VS in haar eigen staart?'

'Venezuela: het VS volk wordt weer een oorlog in gelogen, zoals eerder in Irak, Libië en Syrië'

'Venezuela Aid Live >> Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) terecht tegen benefietconcert'

'Venezuela: humanitaire hulp stunt van de VS ingegeven om de kruistocht tegen Maduro een versnelling te geven'

'Jill Stein (US Green Party): de VS maakt zich druk over armoede in Venezuela terwijl de armen thuis kunnen doodvallen....'

'Venezuela: Abrams vindt een meerderheid in de VN Veiligheidsraad genoeg voor een gedwongen regeringswisseling'

'Venezuela: 4 belangrijke zaken aangaande humanitaire hulp waarover de reguliere media niet berichten'

'Venezuela zou humanitaire hulp weigeren, het echte verhaal ziet er 'iets anders' uit' (180 graden anders, wel te verstaan)

'VS huurlingen bezig met wapentransport gearresteerd in Haïti'

'Venezuela: VS bedrijf dat wapens smokkelde is gelinkt aan CIA 'Black Site' centra'

'Congreslid Ilhan Omar fileert het monster Elliot Abrams, de speciale gezant van de VS voor Venezuela'

'Venezuela >> de media willen het socialisme definitief de nek omdraaien'

'BBC World Service radio >> fake news and other lies about Venezuela' (bericht van dit blog)

'Joel Voordewind (CU 2de Kamer) bakt de 'Venezolaanse vluchtelingencrisis' op Curaçao wel erg bruin en van Ojik (GL 2de Kamer) schiet een Venezolaanse bok'

'Venezolaanse verandering van regime bekokstoofd door VS en massamedia'

'Guaidó is een ordinaire couppleger van de VS, e.e.a. gaat volledig in tegen de Venezolaanse constitutie'

'Venezuela >> regime change: 'de 12 stappen methode' die de VS gebruikt'

'Venezuela >> VS economische oorlogsvoering met gebruikmaking van o.a. IMF en Wereldbank'

'VS couppleger in Venezuela belooft VS Venezolaanse olie als hij de macht heeft overgenomen'

Pompeo: US Military Obligated to “Take Down” the Iranians in Venezuela

(de opgeblazen oorlogshitser en oorlogsmisdadiger Pompeo beweert dat Hezbollah werkzaam is in Venezuela en daar een leger heeft dat gezien zijn woorden amper onderdoet voor de gezamenlijke NAVO troepen... ha! ha! ha! Ook hier is totaal geen bewijs voor deze belachelijke beschuldiging...)

'Halliburton en Chevron hebben groot belang bij 'regime change' in Venezuela'

'Mike Pence (vicepresident VS) gaf Guaidó, de door de VS gewenste leider, groen licht voor de coup in Venezuela'

'VS coup tegen Maduro in volle gang........'

'Antiwar Hero Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech on Venezuela'

'Venezuela’s Military Chief, Foreign Allies Back Maduro'

'Als de VS stopt met spelen van 'politieagent' en het vernielen van de wereld, zullen de slechte krachten winnen......'

'VS weer op oorlogspad in Latijns-Amerika: Venezuela het volgende slachtoffer.......'

'Venezuela: VS verandering van regime mislukt >> de Venezolanen wacht een VS invasie'

Vast Majority of Democrats Remain Silent or Support Coup in Venezuela

'Trump wilde naast de economische oorlogsvoering tegen Venezuela dat land daadwerkelijk militair aanvallen......'

'Venezolaanse regionale verkiezingen gehekeld door westen, terwijl internationale waarnemers deze als eerlijk beoordeelden..........'

'Venezuela: Target of Economic Warfare'

'Venezuela: de anti-propaganda van John Oliver (en het grootste deel westerse massamedia) feilloos doorgeprikt'

'Venezuela: 'studentenprotest' wordt uitgevoerd door ingehuurde troepen.........'

'Abby Martin Busts Open Myths on Venezuela's Food Crisis: 'Shelves Fully Stocked'' (zie ook de video in dat artikel!)

'Rex Tillerson waarschuwt Venezuela voor een coup en beschuldigt China van imperialisme........ ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'

'Edwin Koopman (VPRO Bureau Buitenland) over Venezolaanse verkiezingen met anti-Maduro propaganda bij de 'onafhankelijke NOS.....'

'EU neemt uiterst hypocriet sancties tegen de Venezolaanse regering Maduro.........'

'Venezuela ontwricht, wat de reguliere media u niet vertellen........'

'VS steunt rechtse coalitie (MUD) in Venezuela.........'

'Venezuela’s US-Backed Opposition Turns Up The Violence Following Assembly Vote'

'10 Things You Need to Know About the Terrorist Attack in Venezuela'

'Venezuelans in the Streets to Support Constituent Assembly'

'What Mainstream Media Got Wrong About Venezuela's Constituent Assembly Vote' (met mogelijkheid tot directe vertaling)

'The Left and Venezuela' (met mogelijkheid tot directe vertaling)

'Rondje Venezuela schoppen op Radio1.........'

'Karabulut (SP) blij dat ze Maduro eindelijk ook kan schoppen.........'

'Venezuela moet en zal 'verlost' worden van Maduro, met 'oh wonder' een dikke rol van de VS en de reguliere westerse media'

'Venezolaanse regering treedt terecht op tegen de uiterst gewelddadige oppositie!!'

PS: De NOS sprak in hetzelfde 9.00 u. nieuwsbulletin van zaterdag 30 maart jl. over Noord-Vietnam, blijkbaar is de nieuwsredactie nog niet op de hoogte van het feit dat de VS oorlog, tegen dit destijds nog verdeelde land, al lang en breed voorbij is....... Ongelofelijk!!!

Chavez waarschijnlijk vermoord........

Op Information Clearing House gisteren een interview van Mike Whitney met Eva Golinger, een gelauwerd onderzoeksjournalist. Met de 'Freedom of Information Act' in de hand, haalde zij diverse smerige VS zaken boven tafel.

Volens Golinger is Chavez vrijwel zeker vermoord. In het interview noemt zij een aantal moordaanslagen op Chavez, tijdens de jaren van zijn presidentschap. In alle gevallen is de VS de grote boosdoener en initiatiefnemer op de achtergrond. En inderdaad, als je de buitenlandpolitiek van de VS ziet, zou de moord op Chavez maar een voetnoot zijn, bij de enorme terreur de de VS in veel landen heeft losgelaten op de bevolking...... Laatste bericht dienaangaande, was onlangs op de BBC te zien, waar in een documentaire wordt gesteld, dat het neerhalen van MH17 een complot is van de CIA, zelfs met medeweten van een Nederlandse geheime dienst......... Daarover later meer.....

Overigens is de VS zelfs op economisch gebied bezig regeringen omver te werpen, dat geldt ook voor Venezuela en Rusland. Met het massaal dumpen van olie, gas en kolen op de wereldmarkt, worden de economieën van deze landen geschaad en probeert de VS deze landen te destabiliseren, althans dat is de bedoeling, die godbetert in Venezuela is gelukt..... Intussen is de VS zelf in feite failliet en drijft het op een zeepbel, die op spanning wordt gehouden door China, de EU en Saoedi-Arabië..... Onlangs, tijdens de OPEC-top hield de VS Saoedi-Arabië met succes voor, de olieproductie niet te verminderen, wat het terroristische Saoedische bewind wel van plan was.......

Hier het verslag van het interview (voor een vertaling kan u onder dit artikel op Dutch klikken, dit neemt wel enige tijd in beslag):

The Strange Death of Hugo Chavez

An Interview with Eva GolingerBy Mike Whitney

“Hugo Chavez defied the most powerful interests, and he refused to bow down….I believe there is a very strong possibility that President Chavez was assassinated.”

— Eva Golinger

April 25, 2016 "Information Clearing House" - "Counterpunch"-  MW– Do you think that Hugo Chavez was murdered and, if so, who do you think might have been involved?

Eva Golinger–  I believe there is a very strong possibility that President Chavez was assassinated. There were notorious and documented assassination attempts against him throughout his presidency. Most notable was the April 11, 2002 coup d’etat, during which he was kidnapped and set to be assassinated had it not been for the unprecedented uprising of the Venezuelan people and loyal military forces that rescued him and returned him to power within 48 hours. I was able to find irrefutable evidence using the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), that the CIA and other US agencies were behind that coup and supported, financially, militarily and politically, those involved. Later on, there were other attempts against Chavez and his government, such as in 2004 when dozens of Colombian paramilitary forces were captured on a farm outside of Caracas that was owned by an anti-Chavez activist, Robert Alonso, just days before they were going to attack the presidential palace and kill Chavez.

There was another, lesser-known plot against Chavez discovered in New York City during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2006. According to information provided by his security services, during standard security reconnaissance of an event where Chavez would address the US public at a local, renowned university, high levels of radiation were detected in the chair where he would have sat. The radiation was discovered by a Geiger detector, which is a handheld radiation detection device the presidential security used to ensure the President wasn’t in danger of exposure to harmful rays. In this case, the chair was removed and subsequent tests showed it was emanating unusual amounts of radiation that could have resulted in significant harm to Chavez had it gone undiscovered. According to accounts by the presidential security at the event, an individual from the US who had been involved in the logistical support for the event and had provided the chair was shown to be acting with US intelligent agents.

There were numerous other attempts on his life that were thwarted by the Venezuelan intelligence agencies and particularly the counterintelligence unit of the Presidential Guard that was charged with discovering and impeding such threats. One other well known attempt was in July 2010 when Francisco Chavez Abarca (no relation), a criminal working with Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, responsible for bombing a Cuban airliner in 1976 and killing all 73 passengers on board, was detained entering Venezuela and later confessed he had been sent to assassinate Chavez. Just five months earlier, in February 2010, when President Chavez was at an event near the Colombian border, his security forces discovered a sniper set up just over a quarter of a mile away from his location, who was subsequently neutralized.

While these accounts may sound like fiction, they are amply documented and very real. Hugo Chavez defied the most powerful interests, and he refused to bow down. As head of state of the nation without the largest oil reserves on the planet, and as someone who openly and directly challenged US and Western domination, Chavez was considered an enemy of Washington and its allies.

So, who could have been involved in Chavez’s assassination, if he was assassinated? Certainly it’s no far stretch to imagine the US government involved in a political assassination of an enemy it clearly – and openly – wanted out of the picture. In 2006, the US government formed a special Mission Manager for Venezuela and Cuba under the Directorate of National Intelligence. This elite intelligence unit was charged with expanding covert operations against Chavez and led clandestine missions out of an intelligence fusion center (CIA-DEA-DIA) in Colombia.  Some of the pieces that have been coming together include the discovery of several close aides to Chavez who had private, unobstructed access to him over prolonged periods, who fled the country after his death and are collaborating with the US government. If he were assassinated by some kind of exposure to high levels of radiation, or otherwise inoculated or infected by a cancer-causing virus, it would have been done by someone with close access to him, whom he trusted.

MW– Who is Leamsy Salazar and how is he connected to the US Intelligence Agencies?

Eva Golinger– Leamsy Salazar was one of Chavez’s closest aides for nearly seven years. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Venezuelan Navy and became known to Chavez after he waved the Venezuelan flag from the roof of the presidential guard’s barracks at the presidential palace during the 2002 coup, as the rescue of Chavez was underway. He became a symbol of the loyal armed forces that helped defeat the coup and Chavez rewarded him by bringing him on as one of his assistants. Salazar was both a bodyguard and an aide to Chavez, who would bring him coffee and meals, stand by his side, travel with him around the world and protect him during public events. I knew him and interacted with him many times. He was one of the familiar faces protecting Chavez for many years.  He was a key member of Chavez’s elite inner security circle, with private access to Chavez and privileged and highly confidential knowledge of Chavez’s comings and goings, daily routine, schedule and dealings.

After Chavez passed away in March 2013, because of his extended service and loyalty, Leamsy was transferred to the security detail of Diosdado Cabello, who was then president of Venezuela’s National Assembly and considered one of the most powerful political and military figures in the country. Cabello was one of Chavez’s closest allies. It should be noted that Leamsy remained with Chavez throughout most of his illness up to his death and had privileged access to him that few had, even from his security team.

Shockingly, in December 2014, news reports revealed that Leamsy had secretly been flown to the US from Spain, where he was allegedly on vacation with his family. The plane that flew him was said to be from the DEA. He was placed in witness protection and news reports have stated he is providing information to the US government about Venezuelan officials involved in a high level ring of drug trafficking. Opposition-owned media in Venezuela claim he gave details accusing Diosdado Cabello of being a drug-kingpin, but none of that information has been independently verified, nor have any court records or allegations been released, if they exist.

Another explanation for his going into the witness protection program in the US could include his involvement in the assassination of Chavez, possibly done as part of a CIA black op, or maybe even done under the auspices of CIA but carried out by corrupt elements within the Venezuelan government. Before the Panama Papers were released, I had accidentally discovered and was investigating a dangerous corrupt, high level individual within the government, who Chavez had previously dismissed, but who returned after his death and was placed in an even more influential, powerful position.  This individual also appears to be collaborating with the US government. People like that, who let greed obscure their conscience, and who are involved in lucrative criminal activity, could have also played a role in his death.

For example, the Panama Papers exposed another former Chavez aide, Army Captain Adrian Velasquez, who was in charge of security for Chavez’s son Hugo. Captain Velasquez’s wife, a former Navy Officer, Claudia Patricia Diaz Guillen, was Chavez’s nurse for several years and had private, unsupervised access to him. Furthermore, Claudia administered medicines, shots and other health and food-related materials to Chavez over a period of years. Just one month before his deadly illness was discovered in 2011, Chavez named Claudia as Treasurer of Venezuela, placing her in charge of the country’s money. It’s still unclear as to why she was named to this important position, considering she had previously been his nurse and had no similar experience. She was dismissed from the position right after Chavez passed away. Both Captain Velasquez and Claudia appeared in the Panama Papers as owning a shell company with millions of dollars. They also own property in an elite area in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana, where properties cost in the millions, and they have resided there since at least June 2015. The documents show that right after Chavez passed away and Nicolas Maduro was elected president in April 2013, Captain Velasquez opened an off-shore company on April 18, 2013 through the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonesca, called Bleckner Associates Limited.  A Swiss financial investment firm, V3 Capital Partners LLC, affirmed they manage the funds of Captain Velasquez, which number in the millions. It’s impossible for an Army Captain to have earned that amount of money through legitimate means. Neither him nor his wife, Claudia, have returned to Venezuela since 2015.

Captain Velasquez was especially close with Leamsy Salazar.

MW– Can you explain the suspicious circumstances under which Salazar was flown out of Spain to the safety of the United States on a plane belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?  Doesn’t that strike you as a bit strange? At the very least, this suggests that Salazar was acting as an agent for a country that is openly hostile towards Venezuela? That makes him either a collaborator or a traitor. Do you agree?

Eva Golinger– Of course it was highly suspicious that Salazar was flown out of Spain, where he was allegedly on vacation with his family, and taken to the United States on a DEA plane. There is no question that he was collaborating with the US government and betrayed his country. What remains to be seen is what his exact role was. Did he administer the murderous poison to Chavez, or was it one of his partners, such as Captain Velasquez or the nurse/treasurer Claudia?

While this all may sound very conspiracy theory-ish, these are facts that can be verified independently. It is also true, according to declassified secret US documents, that the US Army was developing an injectable radiation weapon to use for political assassinations of select enemies as far back as 1948. The Church Commission hearings into the Kennedy Assassination also uncovered the existence of an assassination weapon developed by CIA to induce heart attacks and soft-tissue cancers. Chavez died of an aggressive soft-tissue cancer. By the time it was detected it was too late. There is other information out there documenting the development of a “cancer virus” that was going to be weaponized and allegedly used to kill Fidel Castro in the 1960s. I know most of that seems like science fiction, but do your research and see what really exists. I don’t believe everything I read either. As a lawyer and investigative journalist, I need hard evidence, and multiple, verifiable sources. Even if we just go on the official US Army document from 1948, it’s a fact that the US government was in the process of a developing a radiation weapon for political assassinations. More than 60 years later we can only imagine what technological capacities exist.

MW– Can you explain why the DEA was involved in this operation and not the CIA as many would expect?

Eva Golinger– I think CIA was involved. They work together on high-profile political cases, and they were operating out of the Intelligence Fusion Center in Colombia together. Why it was DEA and not CIA that brought Leamsy Salazar to the US has not yet been revealed, but I don’t think that means the CIA wasn’t involved in the whole operation.

MW– On a personal note, Hugo Chavez was a giant among men and a real hero. Would you please tell us what his loss has meant to you personally and how his death has impacted the people of Venezuela?

Eva Golinger– The loss of Hugo Chavez has been crushing. He was my friend and I spent nearly ten years as his advisor. The void he has left is impossible to replace. Despite his human flaws, he had a huge heart and genuinely dedicated himself to build a better country for his people, and a better world for humanity. He cared deeply about all people, but especially the poor, neglected and marginalized.

There is a picture taken of Chavez by a bystander, when he had been at an event in the center of Caracas and was walking through a large plaza that had been cleared by security. All of a sudden, he saw a young man, disheveled and seemingly on drugs, barely able to keep himself upright, wearing ragged clothes. To the horror of his security guards, Chavez went over to him and lovingly put his arm around him and offered him a cup of coffee. He didn’t judge the poor guy or reprimand him, or show disgust. He treated him like a fellow human being who deserved to be seen with dignity. He stayed there with him for a while, just telling stories and chatting like old friends. When he had to go, he told one of his guards to offer the man whatever help he needed.

There were no cameras there, no TV, no public. It wasn’t a publicity stunt. It was genuine, sincere care and concern for a fellow human in need. Despite being president and a powerful head of state, Chavez always saw himself as an equal to all people.

His unexpected death has had a tragic toll on Venezuela. Sadly, those he left in charge have been unable to manage the country through this difficult times. A combination of corruption and external sabotage by opposition forces (with foreign support) has crippled the economy. Mismanagement has been widespread and destructive. US agencies and their allies in Venezuela have seized the opportunity to further destabilize and destroy all remaining remnants of chavismo. Now they are trying to tarnish and erase Chavez’s legacy, but I believe this is an impossible task. Even if the current government doesn’t survive the vicious attacks against it, Chavez’s memory in the millions of people he impacted and improved the lives of, will weather the storm. “Chavismo” has become an ideology founded on principles of social justice and human dignity. But do people miss him terribly? Yes.

Eva Golinger is winner of the International Award for Journalism in Mexico (2009), named “La Novia de Venezuela” by President Hugo Chávez, is an Attorney and Writer from New York, living in Caracas, Venezuela since 2005 and author of the best-selling books, “The Chávez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela” (2006 Olive Branch Press), “Bush vs. Chávez: Washington’s War on Venezuela” (2007, Monthly Review Press)

Since 2003, Eva has been investigating, analyzing and writing about US intervention in Venezuela using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information about US Government efforts to undermine progressive movements in Latin America.

A version of this interview appeared on Telesur at: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Golinger-Chavez-Assassination-Attempts-Documented-Very-Real-20160413-0025.html

Mike Whitney - lives in Washington state. He is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion (AK Press). Hopeless is also available in a Kindle edition. He can be reached at fergiewhitney@msn.com.

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