Every time I hear a story about Venezuela and Nicolas Maduro it includes the phrase that he won the election with a very slim margin. However, he won by nearly the same percentage as President Obama won his second election. This is clearly an attempt to make him seem less valid as a president. The protest in Venezuela today are bought and paid for by the US and corporate interest. One reporter commented on the expensive shoes of the protesters. This is because most of them were from upper middle class, because they are the most dissatisfied with the reforms being made. They fear if left alone Maduro and Venezuela might just make it work, a society not run by large multinationals. Indeed, a 2006 diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks uncovered the fact that U.S. officials were planning to implement a “5-point strategy” to undermine the Chavez government, specifically using USAID as a means to accomplish this. That USAID also happens to be a prime funder of the Inter-American Dialogue raises some serious questions about its unstated mission in the country. What the authors failed to explain is that the Inter-American Dialogue is a think-tank whose members happen to include several officials from Venezuela’s previous government – the same one electorally deposed by Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution. Even more distressingly, the Dialogue counts among its funders organizations such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, the U.S. government through USAID, and the embassies of Canada, Mexico and Guatemala among others. That these groups have distinct political and financial interests in Venezuela casts some doubt on the impartiality of the viewpoints their funded analysts produce. Indeed, a 2006 diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks uncovered the fact that U.S. officials were planning to implement a “5-point strategy” to undermine the Chavez government, specifically using USAID as a means to accomplish this. That USAID also happens to be a prime funder of the Inter-American Dialogue raises some serious questions about its unstated mission in the country. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/03/venezuela-establishment-media-enables-powerful-vested-interests/
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:53:32 +0000
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