Category: Latin America

Pompeo Begins Latin America Tour Intent on Boosting Anti-Maduro Coalition

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Besides addressing how they’re going to steal the oil in Venezuela, with the Chileans, Pompeo will also discuss how to eliminate Nicaragua and Cuba. Okay, so I modified it, but might as well say it!

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be visiting several partnering countries in Latin America this week with a focus on engaging with multilateral institutions to apply pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government.
— Read on sputniknews.com/latam/201904111074017810-pompeo-latin-america-tour-maduro-coalition-oust/

There are mounting signs of military planning for Venezuela

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By: Kyle Rempfer and Todd South

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US soldiers load a C-17 cargo plane with food, water and medicine for a humanitarian mission to Venezuela, at Homestead Air Force Base in Homestead, Florida, on February 22, 2019. (RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump has been talking about ordering a military operation targeting Venezuela since 2017.

At first, that was widely dismissed as a rash threat, but the idea of a U.S. effort to force “regime change” in the oil-rich South American country may be gaining momentum in Washington.

“It’s a regime that, frankly, could be toppled very quickly by the military if the military decides to do that,” Trump said in September.

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VENEZUELA DEFINES THE FUTURE OF THE REGION BY CLAUDIO KATZ

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H/T William Bowles

13 February 2019 — MROnline

by Claudio Katz

Originally published: Claudio Katz Blog – Translated by Nicolas Allen (February 8, 2019)

Guaidó’s self-proclamation as Venezuelan president is the most ridiculous and dangerous coup attempt in recent years. With the shameless backing of Washington, the Venezuelan rightwing intends to place a complete stranger at the helm of the state.

This time around, the starting signal was neither a terrorist attack nor an assassination attempt directed against Maduro. Trump has chosen a group of conspiracy experts (Abrams, Pence, Bolton, Rubio) to pursue escalation and has opted to seize the Venezuelan oil enterprise operating in the United States (CITGO). He has brushed aside all principles of legal guarantee in his quest to appropriate the world’s largest concentration of crude oil reserves.

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As US Laments Human Rights in Venezuela, US-Allied Colombia Descends into Drug-fueled Humanitarian Crisis

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (Analysis) — Several troubling situations are currently playing out across Colombia, yet the country’s continuing downward spiral into drug-fueled and politically-motivated violence has caused little concern in Washington, offering yet another clear indication that the U.S.’ current posturing on Venezuela is hardly motivated by concerns about “democracy,” “human rights,” or the welfare of the Venezuelan people.
— Read on www.mintpressnews.com/as-us-laments-human-rights-in-venezuela-us-allied-colombia-descends-into-drug-fueled-humanitarian-crises/254882/

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

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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/