Guaido and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corrup

[Judi Lynn]

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May 5, 2020 Patricio Zamorano



By Patricio Zamorano
From Washington DC

Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the fractured, demoralized, and financially corrupt nature of the hardline sectors of the opposition. Much of the information was provided by the former U.S. soldier Jordan Goudreau, hired for “Operation Gideon” by Juan Guaidó himself along with advisors Sergio Vergara, Juan José Rendón, and with the advice of attorney Manuel Retureta, all of whom signed the service plan to launch the paramilitary operation (called “General Services Agreement”).

A dozen paramilitaries were captured from Sunday May 3 to Monday May 4 in the coastal area of La Guaira and Chuao[1] with the help of fishermen. They include deserters from Venezuela’s armed forces and police, along with former U.S. soldiers. Eight of the mercenaries were killed by the country’s security forces.[2]

The trove of evidence makes it impossible for Guaidó and his advisors to deny their involvement in the contract for services. Not only are copies of the 8-pages General Services Agreement circulating on the internet, also included in this article,,[3] there is also a recording of their phone conversation while they were signing it.[4]



Mercenaries captured in Chuao (Photo-credit: Government of Venezuela).
A multi-million dollar contract

U.S. mercenary Jordan Goudreau, owner of Florida Silvercorp USA Inc, which has been around for two years, is revealing all the inside information for the simple reason that Guaidó never paid the agreed upon fee, including a retainer of US$1.5 million. He claims that he only received US$50,000[5] through Rendón.

A native Canadian, Goudreau is a U.S. Army combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. According to his simple website that centers around his personal image, Jordan Goudreau “has also planned and led international security teams for the President of the United States as well as the Secretary of Defense.”[6] According to a profile AP wrote about him,[7] that claim seems to be an exaggeration of his friendly relationship with Keith Schiller, who served as chief of security and bodyguard to Trump. Several interviews conducted by AP of people close to the mercenary suggest that Goudreau is politically naive, impulsive, and harbors delusions of grandeur.

More:
http://www.coha.org/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/

[The Magistrate]

1. Should Maduro Arrest Guaido and Co., Ma'am, There Really Would Be No Ground For Complaint

On the courteous assumption these documents are genuine, they stand as irrefutable evidence of involvement in armed insurrection, which no government anywhere tolerates.

[Judi Lynn]

3. It's true. The threat to this legal act is Trump is hell-bound to force Guaido into that office.

He won't stop until he has removed Maduro, and assassination is clearly on his "mind." He would be happy with anyone who will put Trump first above the interests of the Venezuelan people, but he has determined it will be Guaido.

Here's an article which may explain how the US is so "into" this young cretin:

The Making of Juan Guaidó: How the US regime change laboratory created Venezuela’s coup leader

Juan Guaidó is the product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s elite regime change trainers. While posing as a champion of democracy, he has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilization.

By Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal

Before the fateful day of January 22, fewer than one in five Venezuelans had heard of Juan Guaidó. Only a few months ago, the 35-year-old was an obscure character in a politically marginal far-right group closely associated with gruesome acts of street violence. Even in his own party, Guaidó had been a mid-level figure in the opposition-dominated National Assembly, which is now held under contempt according to Venezuela’s constitution.

But after a single phone call from from US Vice President Mike Pence, Guaidó proclaimed himself president of Venezuela. Anointed as the leader of his country by Washington, a previously unknown political bottom-dweller was vaulted onto the international stage as the US-selected leader of the nation with the world’s largest oil reserves.

Echoing the Washington consensus, the New York Times editorial board hailed Guaidó as a “credible rival” to Maduro with a “refreshing style and vision of taking the country forward.” The Bloomberg News editorial board applauded him for seeking “restoration of democracy” and the Wall Street Journal declared him “a new democratic leader.” Meanwhile, Canada, numerous European nations, Israel, and the bloc of right-wing Latin American governments known as the Lima Group recognized Guaidó as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.

While Guaidó seemed to have materialized out of nowhere, he was, in fact, the product of more than a decade of assiduous grooming by the US government’s elite regime change factories. Alongside a cadre of right-wing student activists, Guaidó was cultivated to undermine Venezuela’s socialist-oriented government, destabilize the country, and one day seize power. Though he has been a minor figure in Venezuelan politics, he had spent years quietly demonstrated his worthiness in Washington’s halls of power.

More:
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/01/29/the-making-of-juan-guaido-how-the-us-regime-change-laboratory-created-venezuelas-coup-leader/

Really, really nasty business.

It's hard to tell how any legitimate act would ever be respected by the self-appointed King of the World. He would undoubtedly claim it's time to launch an all-out invasion. (Don't know if you remember, but during George W. Bush's terms, some company created and sold a video game based on invading Venezuela and taking out the President. At that time, Hugo Chavez, beloved by the enormous group of poor people, was on the enemy list of the US right-wing. It seemed impossible that they had enlisted the video game industry in creating a propaganda game to bend young minds to hate Chavez! They've "been" hating leftist presidents "too long to stop now." The people of the countries have nothing they can say or do to stop it when Washington decides it's not going to wait any longer for the people to elect a right-wing US puppet.

However, if the documents are genuine, maybe the attention brought to bear on this by US allies might make enough of a difference. It definitely would be something positive.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Trying to be another Blackwater/Erik Prince?

Trying to be another Blackwater/Erik Prince?

[Judi Lynn]

4. No doubt he is! However, Prince undoubtedly had all kinds of connections to start with...

He comes from a family which has been contributing tons of money to right-wing politicians for ages, and they probably had the power to ease his way into that business with the government, as we saw his work for George W. Bush in the Iraq invasion, with Blackwater.
What a tragedy.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Images: This is the AC-130 one of the "Toys" Authorized by Guaido in the SilverCorp Mercenary Contra

May 10, 2020



Among the elements in the contract that Juan Guaidó signed with the US mercenary firm SilverCorp is the use of large and sophisticated war equipment in Venezuela, under the banner of Operation Gideon, to capture/kill President Nicolás Maduro and his cabinet.

The investigative website La Tabla offered some details about what this document contains regarding the use of weapons, including, among others, AC-130 “gunships” aircraft, Armed Predator gunship drones and Maverick short-range missiles.

La Tabla explained through its Twitter account that the weapons are part of “high-tech resources with impressive damage capacity.”

“They are systems that are not part of the equipment of a ‘contractor’ but of an imperial army. In the case of the AC130, they are C130 aircraft used to ‘spray’ projectiles. The Predators require remote control centers and the Mavericks have a unit cost of $ 180,000,” said the website.

More:
https://orinocotribune.com/images-this-is-the-ac-130-one-of-the-toys-authorized-by-guaido-in-the-silvercorp-mercenary-contract/?fbclid=IwAR01t_uAIDtN_Ao2yfmVzqpy8hWcCgZ7WCCqKiyIE5hUFYObu-BXVUDw9hM