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US designs on Venezuela
Thursday 21 February 2013
by Paul Dobson
The clear hand of imperialism was exposed this week when WikiLeaks published over 40,000 secret documents showing US efforts to topple Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
The documents, dating from July 2004 to December 2011, are based on emails taken from private US-based intelligence company Stratfor.
This firm claims to provide analysis for multinational corporations looking to invest in Venezuela, and uses a number of local sources to develop its reports.
However, its emails prove that its motives and objectives are far from independent, and it is working as an intelligence and strategy agency for those looking to develop suitable political conditions for economic imperialism, exploitation and intervention in the country.
WikiLeaks describes Stratfor as "a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency."
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http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/129749
Demeter
(85,373 posts)This is a Conspiracy Fact.
Thanks, JL!
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)kind of like the news.