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November 14, 2019 (21st Century Wire TV) Yesterday Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned from office, even though he had won…
January 25, 2019 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – The Latin American nation of Venezuela faces dangerous destabilization with the United…
Suspicion grows as Western criticism of Argentina’s nationalization and rebuffing of “rules of global finance” sharpens in tandem with street protests. Tony Cartalucci Land Destroyer November 9, 2012 Western media agencies have begun enthusiastically covering demonstrations in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires. CNN , AP , and the BBC have all covered the protests in equally vague terms, failing to identify the leaders and opposition groups behind them, while BBC in particular recycled “Arab Spring” rhetoric claiming that, “opposition activists used social networks to mobilise the march, which they said was one of the biggest anti-government protests in a decade.” The Western media claims the protesters are angry over, “rising inflation, high levels of crime and high-profile corruption cases,” all the identical, vague grievances brought into the streets by Wall Street-backed opposition groups in Venezuela
Sunday, October 7, 2012 Venezuela’s Victory Over Wall Street Venezuela looks to have effectively outmaneuvered Western designs to overthrow national sovereignty, but many challenges lay ahead. by Tony Cartalucci Image : President Hugo Chavez soundly defeated US-backed opposition , despite a coordinated propaganda campaign, and millions of US State Department dollars utilized to manipulate the elections. Venezuela still faces many challenges. …
StopImperialism.com October 7, 2012 Venezuela goes to the polls this Sunday in an election many are calling a referendum on President Chavez and his policies. Although there is surely such a dimension, the significance of the elections goes far beyond political opinion and partisan bickering, striking at the heart of the Venezuelan state.  This is because these elections will be used as a front for an attempt to overthrow, by brute force if necessary, the democratically elected government and put in its place a government more amenable to US interests. If this sounds familiar, it should. This is precisely the same tactic tried in 2002 in a US-instigated coup that, though it briefly deposed Chavez, ultimately failed. Now, ten years later, the US imperialist ruling class is prepared to try their hand at regime change in Venezuela once more. The Destabilization Strategy Sunday’s election presents the ideal opportunity for US intelligence to instigate some kind of coup or “color†revolution in Venezuela. However, in order to achieve this insidious goal, there are very specific strategies, tactics, and contingencies which must be understood.  In his paper , published by the Council on Foreign Relations, former US Ambassador to Venezuela Patrick Duddy presents a number of scenarios in which the election becomes the centerpiece of a destabilization campaign. Perhaps the most important of these scenarios, one which would be in keeping with the tradition of “color†revolutions all over the world, is the outbreak of violence in the hours after the winner is announced. Duddy writes, “most plausible scenarios for instability and conflict in Venezuela derive from the premise that the Chavistas will not willingly surrender power and would be willing to provoke violence, orchestrate civil unrest, or engage in various forms of armed resistance to avoid doing so.â€Â Naturally, Duddy fails to explain for whom such a scenario would be deemed “plausibleâ€. Because of the nature of the paper and the author, it is fair to assume that he is referring to the US intelligence community for whom this is “plausibleâ€. Of course, this assertion is made with no precedent of historical evidence of Chavistas engaging in such behavior. Rather, this is precisely the type of unrest fomented by the United States in the service of regime change.