Regime Change

Statement On Human Rights In Venezuela

July 12, 2019 Staff, Taskforceamericas.org Educate! Human Rights, Regime Change, Venezuela

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s July 5 report on Venezuela echoes the US government’s talking points, which are designed to terminate Venezuela’s two-decade-old Bolivarian Revolution, without acknowledging Venezuela’s manifest accomplishments or even recognizing victims of US-backed rightwing violence in Venezuela. A more factual report would have included: What amounts to a war by the US government on Venezuela is motivated by the accomplishments of the Bolivarian Revolution, not its faults.

(Anti)Blackness, Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, And Guaidó’s Attempted Coup

July 12, 2019 Layla Brown-Vincent, Aaihs.org Educate! coup, Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

On January 23, 2019 with the support of US Vice President Mike Pence, Juan Guaidó, a white supremacist, anti-people, opposition “leader” declared himself interim president of Venezuela under the pretense that Nicolás Maduro, the pro-people candidate, had stolen the 2018 election. Shortly thereafter the white supremacist, anti-people alliance including Canada, Israel, several European countries, and various Latin American nations known as the Lima Group followed suit in recognizing Guaidó.

Crisis & Critique: Norway, Bachelet, And The Twilight Of Guaido’s Insurrection

July 11, 2019 By Ociel Lopez, Venezuelanalysis.com Educate! coup, Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Guaido’s uprising is going through its terminal phrase. He does not yet appear to have reached his end as leader, as he still produces and consolidates an important consensus among the opposition. What has decisively failed is his attempt to form a government without elections with the backing of the hawks in Washington. In almost six months since his self-swearing in as “interim president,” it has become palpable that his governing is truly impossible.

Mass Exodus From Venezuela: Anther Big Regime Change Lie

July 10, 2019 By Pasqualina Curcio Curcio, Redangostura.org.ve Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

It is not true that more than 3 million people have emigrated from Venezuela during 2018. Donald Trump, as well as all the White House spokesmen, have said tirelessly that Venezuela is going through a deep humanitarian crisis that has forced "millions of Venezuelans to flee". Phrase that they have tried to position to justify an intervention. This statement does not coincide with the data published on the website of the Central Intelligence Agency -CIA- The World Factbook . The CIA reports that during the year 2018 the net migration rate in Venezuela was -1.2 migrants / 1000 inhabitants.

‘Weaponizing Human Rights’: UN Chief Bachelet’s Venezuela Report Follows US Regime Change Script

July 10, 2019 Anya Parampil, Thegrayzone.com Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, United Nations, Venezuela

When United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet traveled to Venezuela earlier this year, she met with an array of citizens who lost family members to right-wing violence in the country. Among them was Inés Esparragoza, whose 20-year-old son, Orlando Figuera, was doused with gasoline and lit on fire by an opposition mob during violent anti-government riots, known as guarimbas, in May 2017. “He was stabbed, beaten and cruelly burnt alive,” Esparragoza declared before Bachelet in March. “Simply because of the color of his shirt, the color of his skin, and because he said he was Chavista.”

Reading Reuters Between The Lines: Why The US Puppet President Of Venezuela Is Toast

July 8, 2019 By Roger D. Harris, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Even the corporate media are losing enthusiasm for the US government’s ploy to replace the democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela with the US-anointed security asset Juan Guaido. Reuters reports in a July 1 article, “Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with Guaido as Maduro hangs on,” that the US-backed “military uprising” has “unraveled.” A critical reading of the article explains why. Reuters correctly notes that “the 35-year old (Guaido) had risen to prominence three months before,” though a little more background information would have been helpful.

Lula Is Innocent. Free Him Now.

July 6, 2019 Tony Burke, Jacobin Magazine. Create! Brazil, Criminal Justice, Elections, Regime Change

The revelations uncovered about the case against former Brazilian president Lula da Silva, jailed in April last year, vindicate a year of campaigning for his freedom. But this isn’t just about Lula, the consequences of this miscarriage of justice are huge. This last week the Intercept published a range of documents that show Lula’s conviction was politically motivated and aimed at stopping him running in the 2018 presidential election. With front-runner Lula out of the race (he was polling over double of his election rivals at the time of his arrest) far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro went on to win the election. Lula’s prosecuting Judge Sergio Moro was then appointed Minister of Justice.

Honduras Erupts On Eve Of 10th Anniversary Of Coup

July 2, 2019 Greg Wilpert, Therealnews.com Educate! Honduras, Regime Change

GREG WILPERT It’s The Real News Network and I’m Greg Wilpert in Baltimore. Just when the people of Honduras are marking the 10-year anniversary of the coup d’état that forced then President Manuel Zelaya from office, Honduras is in turmoil. Protests have been taking place almost constantly for the past two months against government decrees to impose austerity and cutbacks in the education sector and in healthcare. Increasingly, the government has brought out the country’s military to repress protesters because the police have often joined these protests as well.

Ten Years Since The US-Backed Coup In Honduras

July 1, 2019 Bill Van Auken, Wsws.org Educate! Honduras, Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the US-backed coup that overthrow the elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, who was dragged out of the presidential palace in his pajamas by armed troops, bundled onto an airplane and flown out of the country. This event ushered in a decade of unending repression by a succession of extreme right-wing and deeply corrupt governments.

Venezuela Unveils New Coup Plot Against President Maduro

June 28, 2019 Staff, Albaciudad.org Resist! coup, Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

The Vice President of Communication, Tourism and Culture, Jorge Rodríguez, presented on Wednesday evidence of a plan that involves the Venezuelan and international right in a new coup d’etat attempt against the constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. This operation aimed to free Venezuelan General Raúl Isaías Baduel, who is detained in the facilities of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin), and then transfer him to the headquarters of Venezolana de Televisión, in Ruices, Miranda state, to proclaim himself President of the nation (yes, you are reading right).

NicaNotes: Live From Nicaragua – Our Continued Serialization

June 27, 2019 Chuck Kaufman, Afgj.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, Nicaragua, Regime Change, US Imperialism

This week we continue our irregular serialization of Live From Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup?, the electronic coup reader Alliance for Global Justice posted in April with a lot of help from our friends including over 20 authors and several editors. You can download the book in pdf or two different e-book formats here. Previously we serialized my Introduction to the book and are currently working through Brian Willson and Nils McCune’s thumbnail history of US intervention in Nicaragua. This week we include Brian’s personal account of the period from January 1986 to the February 1990 electoral defeat.

Why The State Department Let A Terrorist Cult Gather On Its Doorstep

June 27, 2019 By Alexander Rubinstein, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Regime Change, US Imperialism

Watching the Trump administration’s push for war with Iran, news consumers may find it hard to be surprised by the lengths the U.S. government is willing to go to in order to instigate war — or regime change at the very least — against the Islamic Republic. U.S. citizens have been treated to lengthy lectures by the mainstream media, which laments the loss of an unmanned drone and a targeted Japanese oil tanker whose owner disputes Washington’s version of events. Yet, it isn’t the Trump administration that solidified the U.S.’s relationship with its strangest bedfellow in the battle against the Iranian government.

Canada Hires Hitman To Overthrow Venezuelan Government

June 26, 2019 By Yves Engler, Mronline.org Educate! Canada, Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

Culham is a former Canadian ambassador to Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Organization of American States. During his time as ambassador to Venezuela from 2002 to 2005 Culham was hostile to Hugo Chavez’s government. According to a WikiLeaks publication of U.S. diplomatic messages, “Canadian Ambassador Culham expressed surprise at the tone of Chavez’s statements during his weekly television and radio show ‘Hello President’ on February 15 [2004]. Culham observed that Chavez’s rhetoric was as tough as he had ever heard him.

Honduras: Ten Years Of Coups And Neoliberalism

June 26, 2019 Katu Arkonada, La Jornada Educate! coup, Honduras, Latin America, Regime Change

Riot control police in Honduras have called off a three day work stoppage demanding better food and pay hikes, but they warned, they are not going back to repress thousands of demonstrators who are in the streets demanding President Juan Orlando Hernandez to quit. Popular mobilizations have been following one another in Honduras. Now, 60,000 doctors and teachers are struggling against a political system that is trying, at the orders of the International Monetary Fund, to privatize health and education. There is so much people’s support in those demonstrations that the National Police joined the strike...

Did Venezuelan Coup Leaders Pocket $70 Million From Citgo’s Stolen US Assets?

June 25, 2019 Anya Parampil, Thegrayzone.com Educate! Corruption, Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

Former Exxon Lawyer and Venezuela opposition envoy to Washington, Carlos Vecchio, may have overseen a multi-million dollar fraud scheme since his political allies were handed control of his country’s US-based oil accounts. On June 17, Venezuela’s government claimed that the US Justice Department was opening an investigation into Citgo’s opposition-appointed board of directors. Hours later, the ad-hoc council confirmed it had received a subpoena from US officials. Citgo appeared to confirm the existence of the US government probe, stating that it “received a subpoena from the Department of Justice...

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