The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó keeps trying distancing itself from the amateurish invasion of U.S.-based mercenaries that the Venezuelan security forces crushed last but his denials are undercut by emerging evidence. In a meeting last October with Jordan Goudreau, a 43-year-old Special Forces veteran who organized the invasion force, Guaidó “was saying all options...
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Failed Coup in Venezuela Evokes Iran-Contra and the Bay of Pigs
Another attempt to overthrow the elected government of Venezuela, originating in the United States has failed, even before it began. And the trail leads back to President Trump and to the history of the CIA in Latin America. On Monday, Venezuelan security forces captured a force of 60 armed men, employed of Silvercorp USA, a...
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Venezuela: Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (SEBIN) (En Español)
De las principales agencias de inteligencia mundial Translation En Ingles: Historia de SEBIN Chávez’s legacy El Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional, SEBIN es la máxima agencia de inteligencia en Venezuela. La misión declarada de SEBIN es “contribuir a la seguridad general, la defensa y el desarrollo de la nación como un elemento fundamental del sistema nacional de inteligencia y...
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U.S. Indicts for Maduro Leading a Fictional ‘Cartel of the Suns’
The U.S. government has a long history of manipulating drug trafficking charges to advance geopolitical agenda. From 1975 to the late 1980s, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was on the CIA payroll. U.S. intelligence knew that Noriega permitted the Colombian cartels to ship cocaine through his country in return for huge cash payments. His drug activities...
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How Conspiracy Theories Fuel Venezuela’s Crisis
The Caracas Chronicles is an independent news blog reporting from the Venezuelan capital, where government repression, economic contraction and U.S. sanctions have generated a miserable political impasse. Enrique Bernardo Núñez notes how conspiracy theories tend to make the couuntry’s bad situation worse. Conspiracy theories are kind of like tricky publicity: it’s not that they aren’t...