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Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’ – the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro

There have been celebrations in many cities, mainly across the West regarding the capture kidnapping of Nicholas Maduro of Venezuela. Hi, ho, the merry-o, the brutal dictator is gone. Freedom has returned to Venezuela! So the story goes. But is it the truth? In what Trump has called “one of the most stunning, effective and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history,” Maduro was seized by Delta Force and DEA operatives in Caracas in the early morning hours of January 3. But there is quite a bit more to the story than the theatre that has been presented to the Western public. For more, read on… Continue reading “Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’ – the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro”

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What we are not being told about Venezuela [updated as facts emerge]

This is the first part in a two-part article. In the Western media these days there is quite a lot of hand-wringing about the plight of the poor Venezuelans and how we of democratic nations must intervene to avert a dire humanitarian crisis there, remove an evil dictator, restore democracy to the region, and so on. These are stories we have heard before in other regions, like Libya, Syria and Iraq, for instance. But emerging from behind the curtain of corporate media scrutiny is another story, quite different from what we are being told in Western nations. Continue reading “What we are not being told about Venezuela [updated as facts emerge]”