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The events effectively used the Venezuela blueprint – street protests in major cities by the right-wing, attacks on ruling party activists, denial of legitimacy by the US & Co, pressure on the army to end support for Morales. Using the OAS to delegitimise Morales, he was proposed to leave for Mexico. As a result, what did not work in Venezuela, where all this instrumentation, including the president appointed by Washington, was designed to overthrow Maduro, as a whole worked in Bolivia,...

The US is provoking color revolutions for regime change in China and Russia, who are reacting as may be expected. It's on.India PunchlineA Sino-Russian firewall against US interferenceM. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service

Just as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen alluded to, many of the “dissidents silenced” are media platforms literally run by foreigners. This includes the US State Department-funded and directed Voice of America and Radio Free Asia as well as the previously American-owned and operated Cambodia Daily newspaper.There are also political entities like the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) whose members regularly operate out of Washington D.C. itself.CNRP leader Kem Sokha has openly admitted...

On Aug. 19, 2013, the CIA publicly admitted for the first time its involvement in the 1953 coup against Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. 1952: Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.Keystone/Getty ImagesThe documents provided details of the CIA's plan at the time, which was led by senior officer Kermit Roosevelt Jr., the grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Over the course of four days in August 1953, Roosevelt would orchestrate not one, but two attempts to...

As the US strives to overthrow the democratic and independent Venezuelan government, the historical record regarding the short, middle and long-term consequences are mixed. We will proceed to examine the consequences and impact of US intervention in Venezuela over the past half century. We will then turn to examine the success and failure of US ‘regime changes’ throughout Latin America and the Caribbean…. US ‘Regime Changes’: The Historical Record James Petras

Good on Jeff Sachs. He has redeemed himself (in two minutes) in my book. Zero Hedge How To Explain The Cause Of The Syrian War In 2 Minutes Tyler Durden

For what is afoot here is something America specializes in — regime change. Only the regime our establishment and media mean to change is the government of the United States. What is afoot is the overthrow of America’s democratically elected head of state.... Patrick J. Buchanan Official WebsiteRegime Change — American Style Patrick J. Buchanan

In Noam Chomsky’s words, Nicaragua poses a threat of a good example to the US empire. Since Ortega’s return election victory in 2006, Nicaragua had achieved the following, according to NSCAG, despite being the second poorest country in the hemisphere:Second highest economic growth rates and most stable economy in Central America. Only country in the region producing 90% of the food it consumes. Poverty and extreme poverty halved; country with the greatest reduction of extreme poverty....

The US has a similar play book for Iran. Who knew that DJT would turn out to be HRC? Well, it turns out that regime change has been US standard operating procedure at least from the G. W. Bush administration, and "color revolution" preceded that. Venezuelanalysis US Set on Regime Change in Venezuela Shannon Ebrahim See also Politico (5 May 2018)Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran Brent D. Griffiths This would have been under Bush/Cheney and carried...

Neoliberal forces have been rounding on Mr Maduro’s socialist government.The European Union demanded last week that Venezuela abandon the elections. citing concerns over transparency and democracy. The International Monetary Foundation also issued a motion of censure against Venezuela last week for failing to provide it with data relating to economic performance, including import and export figures.… But Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the country had one of the most audited...