lunes, 14 de agosto de 2017

Latest Venezuelan Opposition Coup Attempt Against Maduro Linked to DEA, CIA

Latest Venezuelan Opposition Coup Attempt Against Maduro Linked to DEA, CIA

 

The
U.S. has long sought to oust the left-wing, democratically elected
government that was brought to power in Venezuela by Hugo Chávez in the
late 1990s. Since Chávez’s election, the
U.S. is believed to have spent between $50 to $60 million to strengthen
the country’s right-wing opposition in the hope that they would win
elections. Former U.S. President Barack Obama alone dedicated $5 million
to “support political competition-building efforts” in Venezuela.


More recently, the U.S. Senate has been mulling over new legislation
that would provide an additional $20 million for “democracy promotion”
efforts in Venezuela. However, some of these efforts in the past have
led to right-wing politicians and their affiliates paying protesters in
cash to violently escalate opposition rallies.

Journalists have
also been targeted, with some being directly shot at and others
threatened with being lynched or set aflame. Despite the violence, the
Venezuelan opposition is likely to continue receiving funding from the
U.S., which is eager to gain control of Venezuela’s oil reserves – the
largest in the world – no matter the human cost.