Bush admin supports counter-revolutionary aspirations of Venezuela's wealt

[UpInArms]

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=11242

Workers World News Service Leslie Feinberg writes: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has canceled his late- September trip to Washington, D.C., and to the United Nations. Members of Venezuela's security services charge they have "overwhelming evidence" of a CIA-backed plan to "bring down" the scheduled flight that would have brought the head of state of this oil- rich South American country to the United States.

Sources in Venezuela's Military Intelligence Directorate charge that "presented with overwhelming evidence of Washington's planned attack on the presidential flight, it was decided that the President's personal security was preeminent and that he should not go."

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Chavez told international journalists on September 18, "We have proof of the CIA's clandestine activities in Venezuela. (Venezuelanalysis.com) In addition, a bomb exploded across the road from the Miraflores Presidential Palace on September 19 while Chavez was working inside. The President was reportedly unharmed. But in order to take the suspected bomber into custody, Venezuelan police and National Guard officers had to fight a gun battle with reactionary police and former army officers who had been dismissed after participating in a US- backed coup in April 2002.

The suspect has been identified as a "security agent" working with anti-Chavez forces. (VHeadline.com) It's no secret that Washington and Wall Street have tried to undermine Chavez ever since he unleashed a broad social movement called the "Bolivarian Revolution." His 1998 election was the result of an alliance between his Fifth Republic Movement, based on progressive junior military officers and rank-and-file soldiers, and working-class and left- wing parties.

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[stopthegop]

1. the trick is Venezuela

isn't important enough to be worth the risk..

[denverbill]

2. Are you nuts?

Sorry but Venezuala is more important to the Bushies than Iraq. We get more oil from Venezuala, and Venezuala is in our own hemisphere. They've already tried to overthrow him once. They are spending millions trying to do it again.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. Yup....

we only currently get some 25% of our oil from the middle-east, most of what we get is from Venezuela.

Bush&Co are trying there best to "sew up" all the renmaining oil supplies for the future. The US only holds some 2-3% of the remaining world oil reserves while we use something like 25%.

US oil companies had BIG sweetheart deals down in Venezula before Chavez came into office -- the first thing he tried to do was chance that. He pissed off the big boys and they have been trying to oust him ever since.

[dani]

8. your tax dollars at work in Venezuela:

From December 9, 2002:

Questions Regarding NED Activities Remain Unanswered
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/americas/commentary/2002/0212ned.html

Since then, research has shown that public money from U.S. coffers was channeled to anti-Chávez groups without clear accounting of its use, raising objections that these finances may have contributed to political instability in Venezuela.

Between 2000 and 2001, as the political and social crisis here worsened, the NED more than tripled its Venezuela funding, from $257,831 to $877,435. The lion's share went to Chávez opponents.

A several-month examination of the use of more than a million dollars in 2000 and 2001 NED grants has revealed not only a consistent pattern of support for Chávez opponents--including two groups active in the protests that brought about his brief downfall this April--but also apparent deception concerning some of the money's use as well as the fact that other monies never reached their intended destination.

[goforit]

4. Hmmmmm......I wonder if Wilson would have any evidence on this?

This may hurt Bush?

[tlcandie]

5. Don't forget water supplies as well!

n/t

[AndyTiedye]

6. Evidence? We'd Like to See the Evidence!

The world should see it.

[Petrodollar Warfare]

7. FYI: Chavez may soon begin selling his oil in EUROS - not dollars.

We just witnessed what happened to Saddam when he switched to the euro. Below is the crucial "detail" that you will never hear about in the US media...

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http://www.thedossier.ukonline.co.uk/Web%20Pages/FINANCIAL%20TIMES_Iraq%20returns%20to%20international%20oil%20market.htm

'Iraq returns to international oil market' (June 5, 2003)

"The tender, for which bids are due by June 10, switches the transaction back to dollars - the international currency of oil sales - despite the greenback's recent fall in value. Saddam Hussein in 2000 insisted Iraq's oil be sold for euros, a political move, but one that improved Iraq's recent earnings thanks to the rise in the value of the euro against the dollar."

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For those who want to understand 21st century US foreign policy/geostrategy - you simply need to understand 2 key concepts:

1) Maintaining US dollar supremacy (ie. do not let the euro become an alternative international oil transaction currency). The euro is the prime threat to dollar hegemony, and the US will use either overt force (Iraq) or covert force (Venezuela) to maintain dollar monopoly for oil transactions. Period. Of course the "war on terror" provides better cover...

2) Gaining geostrategic control over the world's last remaining hydrocrabon deposits before the onset of the imminent geological phenomenon known as "Peak Oil." According to respected geologists this will occur around 2010. Remember, life is nothing more than a competition for energy - and oil is the lifeblood of all indistrialized societies for the past 100 years.

BTW, had Dr. Blix and the UN weapon inspectors been allowed to complete their inspections and declare Iraq free of WMD this year - guess what? The 1991 UN sanctions would have been lifted, and Saddam's agreements with France, Russia and China to lease Iraq's large unexplored oil fields would have become effective. This scenario would also solidified the euro's position as an alternative oil transaction currency. So, given the above 2 US geostrategic goals, we have a fradulent "war on terror" in the middle east to overthrow Saddam, and some covert operations in Venezuela and elsewhere...

Once you understand the above 2 concepts, you can begin to understand about 90% of US foreign policies. Cheers.

[LevChernyi]

9. If he does that..

they will start fabricating evidence of his support for "narcoterrorists" (best of both worlds, eh? War on Terrorist Drug Dealers).

The groundwork has already been laid.