Day: February 1, 2019

Venezuela’s Gold: 3 Times State Wealth in Western Banks “Mysteriously” Vanished – Sputnik International

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Self-proclaimed Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaido has praised the Bank of England’s reported refusal to allow Caracas to repatriate $1.2 billion worth of gold bullion, branding the move a “protection of assets.” Sputnik looks at a few other times Western governments and banks froze, or outright stole, the sovereign wealth of other countries.
— Read on sputniknews.com/analysis/201901281071893222-fate-of-venezuelan-gold-based-on-past-history/

Moderate Rebels: The real Venezuela: From Caracas, Prof. Aline Piva explains US coup attempt (E35)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Moderate Rebels episode 35: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Aline Piva, who lives and teaches in Caracas, Venezuela and explains what’s really going on in the country, with a US-led coup attempt to  install the right-wing opposition. We discuss the economic warfare and US sanctions on Venezuela, the daily life and problems, coup leader Juan Guaidó and the opposition’s neoliberal politics, and the geopolitics of regime change against Nicolás Maduro. 
— Read on moderaterebels.libsyn.com/the-real-venezuela-from-caracas-prof-aline-piva-explains-us-coup-attempt-e35