Likely U.S. Plans for Regime Change in Venezuela, Pt. II

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Investigative journalist and author Eva Golinger has uncovered CIA documents, obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, that exposes U.S. involvement in the two-day April 2002 coup which temporarily ousted President Chavez. It involved CIA complicity and an intricate financing scheme beginning in 2001 involving the quasi-governmental agency National Endowment for Democracy (NED), funded entirely by the Congress, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). These agencies, in turn, provided funding to Chavez opposition groups (USAID through its Office of Transition Initiatives -OTI) which, in turn, were involved in staging the mass and violent street protests leading up to and on the day of the coup. NED and USAID also funded other destabilizing activities such as the crippling oil strike in late 2002 and 2003 and the August 2004 recall referendum that failed to unseat the President. The documents Golinger obtained clearly showed the U.S. State Department, National Security Agency and White House had full knowledge of these activities and must have approved of them.


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Since his return to office, President Chavez has clearly been on the U.S. target list as evidenced by U.S. involvement in the oil strikes and the failed recall referendum. Although these operations in Venezuela have been unsuccessful, U.S. intervention in the past has shown itself to be innovative and able to adopt new tactics after failed destabilization attempts. Because controlling Venezuela with its vast hydrocarbon reserves is so important to the U.S., it seems only a matter of time before the next attempt is made to depose Chavez. A fourth intervention most likely would occur either when Chavez runs for reelection in 2006 or possibly before he completes his current term.

Chavez himself believes there's a U.S. plot to assassinate him. He may be right. There's some credible evidence of a 2004 coup attempt by neighboring Columbian forces whom were arrested in May of that year at a ranch in Buruta just outside of Caracas. Those arrested said they were sent there to prepare an attack against a Venezuelan National Guard base to steal weapons and fully arm a 3000 strong militia.

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1. oops here is the link

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/165/1/

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2. Interesting.

Thanks.

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Sigh

Stop spending money to wreck neighbour house
Spend money to repair own house, looks like Katrina just pass through, lots of repair need.

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6. Amen Amen

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4. this crap REALLY pisses me off....

Chavez is an elected leader, maybe not elected by the elite, which seems to be the U.S. way. What doesn't our gov. get about that? So he takes from the rich and gives to the poor. So what. Works for them. It's about damn time SOMEBODY gives a shit about the underpriveleged. Why can't we just LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!Haven't we caused enough problems for other countries who haven't done anything to us lately? Can we stick to one unprovoked war per decade? GODDAMN!!!!!!:argh: :argh: :argh:

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5. The National Endowment for Democracy is the most ironically named agency

...in the history of government agencies. It rivals the fictional 'Ministry of Truth' for misleading titles.

The NED was also involved in funding the coup in Haiti, and has been overthrowing foreign democracies since it's inception. USAID is another one. In fact, there isn't really a single 'democracy promoting' initiative sponsored by the United States Government that doesn't primarily SUBVERT democracies.

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9. Evo Molarales and Hugo Chavez are going to make

intervention in South America inevitable. I mean the nerve of Evo. He wants the people to own the resources in the country. Sarcasm.

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7. It's an upside down world, all right! All the momentum for democratic

change and progressive policy, and enfranchisement and empowerment of the poor, is coming from South America--where virtually the entire map of the subcontintent has turned "blue" over the last several years, with the election of leftist governments, often by large majorities, in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and now Bolivia. And the U.S. is....?

...doing everything it can to undo such horrible developements! To hell with democracy! To hell with the poor! Down with leftists! No free medical care! No schools! Ignorance! Ignorance! Kill! Kill! Assassinate! De-stablize! Stop them! Stop them!

Why does this not surprise me?

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11. The media spin has been to paint Evo and Hugo as Communist

when in reality they are more socialists. Evo will also repeal a law that created free trade in Argentina.

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8. Hey Dubya, Regime Change Begins At Home, FU**ER!!!!

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10. Well Jimmy Carter will have to eat his words about Chavez's "paranoia"

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/carter.lookback/

We were complicit in trying to overthrow him.

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12. That is if this went anywhere near the mainstream media

Carter's comment:

"The personal attacks on the president and the condemnations of America by Hugo Chavez from Venezuela, I think, are completely unjustified and uncalled for," Carter said. "Chavez is a difficult person with whom to deal personally. I know from my own experience."



George is really frustrated with this guy. He puts great plans in place to overthrow Hugo but he's just is so difficult to deal with

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13. Chavez is actively fighting the multinational corp.globalist regime.......

translation: DEAD MAN WALKING

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14. The only causes worth fighting for are lost causes