Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch yesterday called on the media not to use the term “self-proclaimed president” for Juan Guaidó instead of "interim president." The media will certainly take that request seriously. In the committee’s hearings yesterday, “special envoy” Elliott Abrams stated that the U.S. government has tried to convince all U.S. allies in Europe and Latin America to ratchet up sanctions and also to expel the families of Venezuelan government heads. A proposal was also introduced that threatens reprisals against Turkey due to its commercial relations with Venezuela. The war on Venezuela is all-encompassing; it’s not just an “economic war.” And the Venezuelan opposition, at least the current that Guaidó heads, is completely on board with everything that is being done including the threats of military intervention. The following is an article of mine on the overlap between Trump and the Venezuelan opposition.
Steve Ellner's Blog on Venezuela, Latin America and Beyond
The centralization of ownership of the private media in the United States and elsewhere has become increasingly pronounced, at the same time that its reporting has become increasingly one-sided and monolithic. My blog seeks to expose this lack of objectivity and present alternative ideas that point in the direction of much-needed fundamental change.
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