© Global Look Press / Ruben Sevilla Brand"Oh my, a military coup!" Actually, no. It's just another Washington-directed riot in Caracas.
With his bosses in Washington perplexed over the failure of their color-revolution attempt back in January, they're going for the jugular by attempting to instigate a military coup.
Appearing in a video that was apparently shot at (or near) a Caracas military airbase, and accompanied by a number of what appear to be Venezuelan soldiers, along with fellow 'revolutionary', Leopoldo Lopez, Guaido announced that:
"The moment has come to start the end of the usurpation."This, ironically, is exactly what might happen now that Washington has gone 'all in' with an attempted coup: they have gifted Maduro all the justification he needs to round up Guaido and his accomplices.
Leopoldo Lopez, incidentally, was arrested in 2014 and - because the Maduro government has been far too soft in its treatment of what are de facto rabid terrorists - was held under house arrest after being found guilty of inciting violence during that first post-Chavez round of bombings, murder and mayhem. Lopez claims that he is in attendance for today's outbreak of democrazi because he was "released by the military under Guaido's orders." More likely, he simply walked out of his house...
RGN's three-minute video was clearly timed to coincide with a planned anti-government rally today. Guaido had earlier claimed on Twitter that he was meeting with "the key military units" of the Venezuelan army as "the beginning of the final phase of Operation Freedom," but like everything else that comes from his mouth, that too is almost certainly fantasy. I don't know who these soldiers are that he and Lopez were speaking with this morning, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're not even Venezuelan...
Venezuela's Vice President (its real one), Jorge Rodriguez, has said on Twitter that "a small group of traitor troops" have positioned themselves in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas "to promote a coup" against the (real) government, and that they were acting to counter them.
Venezuela's Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, has reassured the country that the military remains fully under the control of Maduro's democratically-elected government, writing on Twitter:
"The FANB [Venezuela Armed Forces] stands firm in defense of the National Constitution and its legitimate authorities. All the military units deployed in the eight Integral Defense Regions report normalcy in their barracks and military bases, under the command of their natural commanders."Padrino added that the defense force "reject this coup movement that aims to fill the country with violence" and stated the "pseudo political leaders" fronting "this subversive movement have used troops and police with weapons of war on a public road in the city to create anxiety and terror", calling them "cowards".
© Federico Parra/AFP/Getty ImagesDefectors? Or imposters dressed to look like members of the Bolivarian National Guard?
"We strongly condemn the coup attempt in #Venezuela, by the right wing that is submissive to foreign interests. Sure that the courageous Bolivarian Revolution at the head of the brother @NicolasMaduro, will be imposed on this new attack of the empire."He pointed a finger at the Guaido-supporting US in a second tweet, writing:
"The United States with its interference and promoting coups seeks to provoke violence and death in #Venezuela, it does not care about human losses, only its interests. We must be vigilant and united so that the coup plotters never return to our region."The Mexican and Cuban governments have lent similar support, calling for the ongoing coup to cease because it risks escalating into bloody conflict.
RGN Guaido & 'Lucky' Lopez: democrazis
If the US and its regional co-conspirators can get the right 'optics' out of this operation, they could, theoretically, swing momentum for Venezuelan public support behind their putsch.
It's extremely unlikely though. This isn't an actual military coup; it's a simulation of one, in the vain hope of spurring an actual one. Venezuela's Foreign Minister (the real one), Jorge Arreaza, has told Reuters that no more than 30 soldiers are engaged in this provocation with RGN Guaido. He also confirmed what most already know - that it's being fully directed from afar, in Washington, DC.
The 'coup' isn't a day old and already Lopez has fled to the Chilean embassy seeking asylum, while 25 of those 30 'Venezuelan soldiers' have taken shelter inside Brazil's.
The ultra-violent gangs running with the so-called 'opposition' have thus far baited Venezuelan security forces into tear-gassing them on a highway near the airbase Guaido made his coup call from:
There have also been exchanges of gunfire (apparently between the Chavista Collectivos and Washington's Ultras) at this location:
Here's a clash that took place closer to the city center today, apparently showing soldiers arresting other soldiers. In all likelihood, it's the real, legitimate soldiers arresting 'soldiers' who are part of the coup-by-media:
Here it is again, from closer. As you can see, they give up without a fight, probably because they know they're completely outnumbered and outgunned. They were never meant to 'go down fighting' or to become 'martyrs of democracy'. They were only paid to provide 'optics' - specifically, to provide realistic images that would 'plausibly' suggest that civil war is imminent...
I don't know where exactly this was filmed, but this is the kind of 'optics' the mainstream media is only too happy to showcase as evidence that "Maduro is an evil socialist dictator":
Confirming what everybody sees, but which everyone is apparently also supposed to pretend is not happening - that this is a form of warfare against Venezuela by the USA - Trump's lunatic advisor John Bolton has piped up to tell US media that what we're seeing unfold in Caracas is "not a coup attempt" (which is accurate, in fact, though not for the reason he's saying it) because this stunt is just the 'legit' leader (Guaido) giving orders to his 'legit' military, which is "upholding Venezuela's constitution against a Maduro government controlled by Cuba."
If you're thinking 'you couldn't make this up', that's because you couldn't: only batsh*t Washington Crazies could.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
That is all I have to comment.... well maybe not, I am reminded of this
Desperate times call for desperate measures
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A message brought by the neocons of the world, to Europe, thanks to one it's biggest media supporters
And if you believe this message, then, I have a mega trillion load of sand, I can sell to those in the Middle East.
If we have lost our ability to laugh at the inanity of the world, then a part of our humanity has also died.
Maduro has handled this quite well to date, i reckon.
Tit for Tat? Why Did Mueller Let Trump Off the Hook?Mike Whitney • April 28, 2019 •
Why did Mueller give up all that power when he did? I think I can answer that, but first, we need a little more background.
Check out this quote from candidate Trump in 2016: “We will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past…We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments…. Our goal is stability not chaos, because we want to rebuild our country [the United States]… We will partner with any nation that is willing to join us in the effort to defeat ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism …In our dealings with other countries, we will seek shared interests wherever possible and pursue a new era of peace, understanding, and good will.”
Imagine how terrified the foreign policy establishment must have been when they heard Trump utter these words. No more regime change wars? Are you kidding me? That’s what we do: Regime-Change-Is-Us., and now this upstart, New York real estate tycoon is promising to do a complete 180 and move in another direction altogether. No more destabilizing coups, no more bloody military interventions, instead, we’re going to work collaboratively with countries like Russia and China to see if we can settle regional disputes and fight terrorism together? Really?
So, what changed?
Trump changed.
Think about it: In mid December 2018, Trump announced the withdrawal of all U.S. troops in Syria within 30 days. But instead of withdrawal, the US has been sending hundreds of trucks with weapons to the front lines. The US has also increased its troop levels on the ground, the YPG (Kurdish militia, US proxies) are digging in on the Syria-Turkish border, and the US hasn’t lifted a finger to implement its agreements with NATO-ally Turkey under the Manbij Roadmap. The US is not withdrawing from Syria. Washington is beefing up its defenses and settling in for the long-haul. But, why? Why did Trump change his mind and do a complete about-face?
The same thing happened in Korea. For a while it looked like Trump was serious about cutting a deal with Kim Jong un. But then, sometime after the first summit, he began to backpeddle. He never honored any of his commitments under the Panmunjom Declaration and he never reciprocated for Kim’s cessation of all nuclear weapons and ballistic missile testing. Trump has made no effort to “build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula” or to strengthen trust between the two leaders. Then, at the Hanoi Summit, Trump blindsided Kim by making demands that had never even been previously discussed. Kim was told that the North must destroy all of its chemical and biological weapons as well as its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs before the US will take reciprocal steps. In other words, Trump demanded that Kim completely and irreversibly disarm with the feint hope that the US would eventually lift sanctions. Trump made these outrageous demands knowing that they would never be accepted. Which was the point, because the foreign policy establishment doesn’t want a deal. They want regime change, they’ve made that perfectly clear. But wasn’t Trump supposed to change all that? Wasn’t Trump going to pursue “a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past”?
Yes, that was Trump’s campaign promise. So, what happened?
There are other signs of capitulation too; like providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainian military, or nixing the short-range nuclear missile ban, or joining the Saudi’s genocidal war on Yemen, or threatening to topple the government of Venezuela, or stirring up trouble in the South China Sea. At every turn, Trump has backtracked on his promise to break with tradition and “stop toppling regimes and overthrowing governments.” …’ At every turn, Trump has joined the ranks of the warhawks he once criticized.
Trump is now marching in lockstep with the foreign policy establishment. In Libya, in Sudan, in Somalia, in Iran, in Lebanon, he is faithfully implementing the neocon agenda. Trump “the peacemaker” is no where to be found, while Trump the ‘madman with a knife’ is on the loose. Is that why Mueller let Trump off the hook? Was there a quid pro quo: “You follow our foreign policy directives and we’ll make Mueller disappear? It sure looks like it.
But, maybe most people that read SOTT, don't sing in your choir.. the world it full of discordant voices, and you are just one, maybe they all sing out of tune, and they can't hold a song, they are unable to form a choir that sings with the true notes of the universe, but most of us are aware and are also aware of the notes and understand the tune and harmony of truth at SOTT..
Why make noise, for the sake of making noise? Just wasting more energy.
Maybe, you are better suited to listening to a choir that is full of discordant voices, seems to me reading your post, that is what your ear is attuned to.
In other words, why preach such a monologue, when those with eyes to see and ears to hear, really know the true tones of the universe.... in other words the reality of truth.
Just my opinion.
Let off the hook for what? ... the Mueller "investigation" was a scam to prevent investigation into Hussein's illegal spying on Americans
Mueller knowingly played out this scam for over 600 extra days .. some $30 million dollars wasted on a hoax
That sounds like a crime to me
Meet "The Screamer"
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A good article. To answer AmandaMay's question of "What Happened?" - to Trump and all his promises and declarations, it's the same that happens to all of them: MONEY. It takes a monumental ego to think you can run the United States, and Trump's is bigger than most, probably the biggest ego in the White House, ever. Having gotten elected, to his own great surprise, he finds he likes all the red carpets, the calls from heads of state, the bodyguards, the bowing and scraping as if his shit does not stink like yours and mine, the Air Force One - probably one of the most luxurious airplanes in the world, the State visits to be wined and dined by the Queen and various Presidents. All of it is balm to his ego, manna to his soul, pleasure to his ego like getting laid.
So where does the money come in? Because he is enjoying himself so much, he wants a second term about as much as he wants to come at the instant of orgasm. He lusts for a second term with every fiber of his being, with every nerve in his body. Normal people like us, cannot fathom how much this egomaniac wants a second term. BUT, here is the problem. Having received $60 million from Sheldon Adelson for his campaign, and God knows how many millions from other billionaires we don't know about, if he wants more money to run in 2020, he has to do the quid-pro-quo thing and satisfy those potential donors. (Like the Saudis, who bankrolled his failed casinos to the tune of many hundreds of millions, which has never been repaid. And $400 million from Deutsche Bank which was at the time controlled by a CEO who was a CIA asset, and which has never been repaid.)
This is the reason for moving the Embassy to Jerusalem, for dumping the Iran JCPOA, for letting MbS off the hook for murdering Khashoggi, and for many other things which appear inexplicable. He wants their money in 2020. And Venazuela is just one more CIA-Corporate wet dream, to steal hundreds of billions of dollars from a small country. (The CIA is basically the enforcement arm of the MIC - they assassinate anyone who does not bend over and get themselves raped. They would blow up an entire plane just to get one passenger. They are the most evil cabal in the world. You know this quite well, but others don't, so I'm saying it for their benefit.)
In case readers doubt the power of the corporations, here are some facts:
16 men own HALF the wealth of the entire planet. 7.5 billion people, including all the 585 billionaires in America, own the other half. (Source: Oxfam)
Next: Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 69 are corporations and 31 are countries. Of the 200 largest economic entities on the planet, 157 are corporations and 43 are countries. (Source: The World Bank.)
Next: 147 corporations own some 25,000 other corporations, representing 40% of all the corporate stock on the planet. some 800 corporations own 80% of the corporate stock on the planet. This explains the World Bank's figures. (Source: The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, which studied corporations around the planet and their cross-linked ownership.)
So, people ask, Why Venezuela? Why Iran? Why, Korea? Why Russia? Why Turkey? Why Libya? Why Iraq? Why is Trump being the world's biggest asshole? Answer: He wants the MONEY, baby, and he will do whatever he has to, to get it.
Same reason they are all of the Presidents lying, filthy, psychopathic assholes. Them, and the Senate, and the House, and the British Parliament, and the European Parliament. They all want the MONEY, from those who HAVE the money, and they will kiss any ass, murder millions, rape the planet, and extinguish the human race, for the MONEY.
- Lemuel Gulliver
When will people see that both parties are dominated by the corporatists? Yes, the same ones that allowed him the nomination... The same ones that screwed Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders... Both of them are for fixing the banking system, hmmmm
Trump is a lousy businessman and a crook. When his father died, he inherited an apartment complex in New Jersey - a whole cluster of high-rises. He paid some shyster evaluator to value the entire complex for $70 million, on which Trump paid inheritance taxes. A year later he sold the complex for $700 million - TEN TIMES what he valued it at for taxes.
That proves what a crook he is.
But wait, there's more. A year after that, the buyer of the complex turned around and sold it for $1.5 BILLION..
That, in turn, proves what a stinking lousy businessman he is.
All he is good at is cheating people. He sets up an LLC, uses that to hire construction companies or renovation companies or manufacturers to do work for him, he refuses to pay them, then the LLC goes bankrupt. He has put scores of small entrepreneurs out of business this way. Not a single bank in the entire USA would loan him any more money, as his reputation for stiffing his creditors was so rank and stinky, so that is why he went to the Saudis, the CIA, and Deutsche Bank. None of them expected to get their money back, they were doing it as an investment. For the Saudis, at least, their investment has paid out for them big-time.
The poor voting public in America was bamboozled by him, just like the scores of companies, large and small, to whom he has promised the moon and delivered pig-shit. He just cannot help himself lying, constantly, about everything under the sun. He is a pathological liar, and feels no pangs of conscience about it, which is one of the classic signs of a psychopath. And THIS is the man who commands the largest military, and largest nuclear arsenal, in the world. God help the planet.