First, consider the source. That’s always a good idea when reading the news. The source of this story, which is favorable to supporters of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro, is the Digital Forensics Laboratory. DFRLab is part of the Atlantic Council, a pro-NATO and pro-US. think tank in Washington. These organizations are not, in any way...
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The Problem With Jack Ryan’s ‘Regime Change’ Crusade in Venezuela
Season 2 of the adventures of Tom Clancy’s CIA man has arrived and the target is “Venezuela,” a mythical Latin American country where Americans like Elliot Abrams and Mike Pompeo like to project feelings of aggression and domination. The show intends to entertain and to inculcate Americas in the false narrative that Venezuela is some...
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Colombian Spy Chief Resigns Over Fake Dossier Linking Rebels to Venezuela
How often have we learned about doctored intelligence, “dodgy dossiers,” and fixing the facts to the policy? Sixteen years ago, the bogus evidence of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and the infamous Downing Street memo, showed how the deceptions of intelligence agencies drove the fiasco of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Last week it happened...
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AP: US Talks Secretly to Venezuela’s Socialist Boss
Ever since Venezuela’s pro-American uprising “fizzled on April 29, the Trump White House has faced a choice about Venezuela: negotiations or “regime change.” A negotiated settlement and peaceful transition is the goal of the talks sponsored by the government of Norway. Representatives of President Nicholas Maduro’s government and the U.S.-backed opposition lead by Juan Guaido...
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Most 2020 Democrats Favor Trump’s Sanctions on Venezuela
The Council on Foreign Relations, the embodiment of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, asked the Democratic presidential candidates what they would do about Venezuela. The question was leading: What, if any, additional steps should the United States take to remove Nicolas Maduro from power in Venezuela? The formulation is leading because it implies that the...