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There's a long, long history of CIA-funded agents provocateur causing trouble for leftist leaders in Latin America. And these actions--anonymous tear gassing and other violence--are typical of the rightwing opposition in Venezuela, not the left. Typically, also--in Venezuela and other Latin American countries--the CIA and its rightwing lackeys work in tandem with the corpo/fascist 'news' monopolies, with the 'news' monopolies publishing crapola like this, trying to line up these events to sully the elected president who has a duty and a right to prevent violence in Venezuela (re: his orders to the police). They are implying that, because he told the police to use tear gas to break up violent protests, "unknown assailants" (read leftists--Chavistas) then illegally used tear gas to harass the opposition. They can't say this outright--because the facts don't warrant it. But they, in their impressionistic way of reporting, strongly imply it.
I think we can expect major trouble, instigated by the CIA/rightwing coupsters, in Venezuela, in the near future--much like the Bushwhack-instigated trouble in Bolivia in September. I've been following the news of Venezuela and South America quite closely over the last year, and I think the planned coup will likely be centered in the oil rich state of Zulia, Venezuela, where the fascist faction may declare their "independence" from the federal government and attempt to secede. This plan has been in the works for some time. It was tried in Bolivia, and failed, for various reasons. But that may have been a dry run. Zulia is on the Caribbean (more accessible to US forces) and adjacent to Colombia (where the narco-fascist thugs running the government and the military have been the recipients of $6 BILLION in U.S./Bushwhack military aid). This relentless propaganda against Chavez, in our corpo/fascist press, tells me that the Bushwhack plan is still in motion, and Obama's statements about Chavez tell me that he may support it, or at least wink at it. There is nothing that our corporate rulers want more than to be rid of the peaceful, democratic Bolivarian Revolution.
I don't think Obama has the power to stop this plan, even if he wanted to. It will be his "Bay of Pigs," but may turn out even worse than that did, if Obama puts US boots on the ground in support of these fascist 'freedom fighters.' Chavez is not the "dictator." They are. They established this clearly, in their coup attempt in 2002, when they immediately suspended the Constitution, the courts, the National Assembly and all civil rights, after they kidnapped Chavez. They are not democratic. Their purpose will be to control Venezuela's oil and stomp out any leftist opposition. For this, they likely plan to use the Colombian rightwing paramilitary death squads--that are closely associated with Colombia's government and military--available right over the border, and likely already active in Venezuela. Blackwater may also be involved. I think it's a Rumsfeld plan. And, at the least, it will cause chaos--in Venezuela and throughout the region. Chaos is Rumsfeld's middle name. In Dec '07, he published an op-ed in the Washington Post, urging "swift action" by the US in support of "friends and allies" in South America. I think he primarily meant these fascist secessionists in Venezuela.
These are not innocent news articles, by our corpo/fascist press. They are a drumbeat for war--yet another oil war. And they are coming thick and fast, with every invented excuse they can find to dis Chavez and to create an impression of disorder in Venezuela, so that, when the war plan begins, US citizens will have been put to sleep on this matter. ('Oh, it's just that dictator Chavez.')
I think the bad guys will lose, but will cause severe alienation between North and South America, and huge diplomatic problems for Obama. Chavez's many close and friendly allies in South America will rally to Venezuela's aid, as they did for Evo Morales in the Bushwhack coup attempt in September. That is another Rumsfeld signature--alienation, creating insoluble diplomatic problems. His solution to everything is war--and he will have his second oil war (Iran having been denied to him), whether Obama agrees or not. I think that his privatized "Office of Special Plans" has been working overtime to create it.
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