GrayZone Project — Before the fateful day of January 22, fewer than one in five Venezuelans had heard of Juan Guaidó. Only a few months ago, the 35-year-old was an obscure character in a politically marginal far-right group closely associated with gruesome acts of street violence.
The vast majority of Venezuelans oppose military intervention and US sanctions to try to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power,…
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA — (Opinion) Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war. People can oppose President Donald Trump’s economic sanctions and incitement of a military coup without acknowledging President Nicolas Maduro’s democratic legitimacy, but by not acknowledging his legitimacy they needlessly weaken their position.
WASHINGTON — Freshman Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is quickly building a reputation for herself as a staunch anti-war voice in the House of Representatives. While the government has been shut down for the majority of her term so far, Omar has used social media to push back on the coup in Venezuela, which has been heavily supported by the executive branch.
The following letter to Amnesty International was signed by various writers, academics and political activists including Australian filmmaker, John Pilger; Canadian journalist and author, Linda McQuaig; former UN independent investigator on Venezuela, Afred de Zayas; the Venezuela-based academic Steve Ellner and journalists working the reader-supported media outlet VenezuelAnalysis.com.
GrayZone — The United States has effectively declared a political coup d’état in Venezuela, from abroad. Trump announced on January 23 that the US recognizes the unelected, illegitimate right-wing opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the supposed new “interim president” of Venezuela’s supposed new “government.”
The US has effectively declared a coup in Venezuela. Trump recognized unelected right-wing opposition leader Juan Guaidó as new “president,”…
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GrayZone Project — Every single member in both chambers of the US Congress approved legislation that will impose sanctions and financial restrictions on Nicaragua in an explicit effort to weaken its government.
Jay Dyer returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his lecture “Cold War, Propaganda and CIA’s Doctrinal Warfare Against the Churches.” We talk about the history of manipulation and infiltration of the Christian churches, particularly the Orthodox Church and Catholic Churches, by western intelligence agencies. We also discuss how tax exempt foundations have been used to wage psychological and cultural war against traditional societies both domestically and abroad. Jay is the host of Jay’s Analysis and the author of Esoteric Hollywood and the soon to be released Esoteric Hollywood II.
GrayZone: A note from Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance: The Guardian has been on a campaign of lies about Nicaragua. They have taken sides and are not honest reporters but advocates for the coup. Even though the falsity of their reporting has been repeatedly pointed out, they continue on their disgraceful campaign of reporting false stories on Nicaragua.
