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Regime change in Venezuela big business opportunity claims shameless Bolton

Julia Limitone
Fox News
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:44 UTC
John Bolton
© AP Foto / Alex Brandon
John Bolton
White House national security adviser Amb. John Bolton on the unrest in Venezuela, President Trump recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the Venezuelan president and U.S. trade negotiations with China.

White House national security adviser John Bolton said it's in America's best interest to declare Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro illegitimate.

"We want to be sure that everyone on the political level around the world and at the business level, anybody who has interest in the Western Hemisphere, this is a potential major step forward to a lot of progress in our part of the world," Bolton told FOX Business' Stuart Varney on Thursday.

Comment: There you have it, following a few years of US-led chaos creation in Venezuela, its looking forward to finally being able to bleed the country dry:

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Africa shifts to Putin, NOT the other way around

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:28 UTC
African policewoman
This afternoon I sat in dazed disbelief at a "news" story from Financial Times proclaiming Vladimir Putin's "shift" to Africa. With a couple of centuries of imperialist mayhem behind the Anglo-European cohort, any photo op with Vladimir Putin and a desperate leader ends up a headline. Here's the truth of the matter of Africa. With nowhere else to turn except to face ravaging tigers, Africa's leaders look to the best alternatives.

Authors Henry Foy and Nastassia Astrasheuskaya must have just emerged from imprisonment in the FT basement. This is the only explanation for reporters who are supposed to have an eye out for a real story to concoct one out of nothing. The lead of the story will astound some of you.

"As protests raged in Zimbabwe's cities last week, with police firing live ammunition at crowds who barricaded roads with burning tires, the target of their anger was 8,000km away."
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Snakes in Suits

Trudeau fires envoy to China after he embarrassed him with truth on Huawei case

David Ljunggren
Yahoo
Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:00 UTC
John McCallum

John McCallum
In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor with comments about Huawei's high-profile extradition case.

John McCallum had embarrassed Trudeau's Liberal government by saying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou could make a strong argument against being sent to the United States.

Opposition legislators and former ambassadors accused McCallum of unacceptable political interference in an affair which has badly damaged relations between Canada and China.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, was arrested in Vancouver last month over alleged violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Comment: McCallum embarrassed Canada because he basically admitted that there's no legitimate case against Huawei, that they're damaging their own relations with China, suffering for it, and all because they're subservient to US-UK whims:

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Bad Guys

Deep State smear campaign continues: Tulsi Gabbard pushes back against 'Hindu nationalist' attacks


RT
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:59 UTC
Tulsi Gabbard
© Reuters / Brian Snyder
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Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu-American elected to Congress, has fired back at critics who accuse the presidential hopeful of being a "Hindu nationalist," describing the claim as slander that fuels religious bigotry in politics.

The four-term Democratic congresswoman has been in the media's crosshairs since announcing her presidential bid earlier this month, with political pundits taking issue with her vocal anti-war positions, as well as her decision to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She's also been accused of being associated with, and accepting money from, Hindu nationalist groups such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Comment: Tulsi Gabbard appears to be one of the very, very few Democrats who isn't a war hawk owned by the Deep State, hence the information war arm of the Deep State, the mainstream media, embarking on a campaign to drag her through the mud, just as they have with anyone else who goes against their policies.

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Snakes in Suits

Venezuelan military envoy to US denounced as 'traitor' by Caracas after breaking with Maduro


RT
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:10 UTC
Venezuelan Colonel Jose Luis Silva
© Reuters / Joshua Roberts
Venezuelan Colonel Jose Luis Silva.
Venezuela's military attaché to Washington has been labeled a traitor by Caracas after he refused an order to return home and announced his support for the US-backed, self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaido.

In a video shared on social media, Colonel José Luis Silva urged fellow members of the Venezuelan military to follow his lead by recognizing Guaido, the opposition leader backed by the United States government.

He accused the "top brass of the military and executive branch" of "holding the armed forces hostage," and called on his "brothers in the armed forces of the nation to recognize President Juan Guaido as the only legitimate president."
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Maduro allows US diplomats to stay after expulsion order but sets time limit


RT
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:00 UTC
A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro
© Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a banner depicting him as he takes part in a gathering outside in Caracas on January 26, 2019.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revised his earlier demand for US diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours, giving time for negotiations in a sign of "true diplomacy." He warned of repercussions if no deal is reached.

Maduro offered Trump a 30-day period to seek the establishment of a "US interests office" in Caracas and a similar Venezuelan institution in the US.

"That is true diplomacy," he said on national TV after reading out the official statement.

On Wednesday, Maduro ordered US diplomats to leave Venezuela within 72 hours after the Trump administration recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president. The US snubbed the demand, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed President Maduro, who was sworn into his second term earlier in January, does not have the "legal authority to break diplomatic relations."
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Russia keen to sign peace treaty, not 'give or get anything' from Japan


RT
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:55 UTC
Malokurilskoye settlement on Shikotan Island
© Reuters / Yuri Maltsev
Malokurilskoye settlement on Shikotan Island.
Signing a peace treaty, not "giving or getting anything," is the reason Russia continues its dialogue with Japan, the Kremlin said amid lingering talks over the four Kuril Islands.

"Our major objective not to give or get anything, but to sign a peace treaty [with Japan]," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Rossiya-1 on Sunday. Currently, Moscow and Tokyo are stuck in uneasy talks over the simmering territorial dispute.

Japan, a close US ally, is sticking to the sanctions imposed by Washington, which makes dialogue even more challenging, Peskov said. "They support the sanctions regime and this is one of the issues and situations that hamper signing the peace treaty."
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'Attack orchestrated from Washington': Cuban FM slams US for 'meddling' accusation on Venezuela


RT
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:47 UTC
A supporter of Nicolas Maduro holding the flags of Cuba and Venezuela
© Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
A supporter of Nicolas Maduro holding the flags of Cuba and Venezuela.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has rejected US accusations that his country is "meddling" in Venezuela, and accused Washington of trying to "orchestrate" a coup to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro.

Rodriguez' comments came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Cuban "security and intelligence thugs" of propping up Maduro's regime in his UN Security Council speech. He called on the international community to "pick a side," choosing between President Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who declared himself interim president last week.

"I categorically reject the slanderous accusations launched by the US Secretary of State against Cuba at the UN Security Council," Rodriguez tweeted later on Saturday. "His attack on the constitutionality of Venezuela, orchestrated from Washington, is doomed to fail despite all lies."

"Washington designed, financed and arranged the alleged usurpation of the Venezuelan presidency," Rodriguez claimed in a later tweet.
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Light Sabers

Washington follows Ukraine, Syria road map in push for Venezuela regime change

Whitney Webb
Mint Press
Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
What happens in Venezuela going forward will have major consequences for the entire region and the world; and, with the U.S. already pushing countries to pick sides, the world may soon become as divided as it was immediately preceding WW II.
Venezuelan anti-government protester
© Fernando Llano | AP
An anti-government protester covers her face with a Venezuelan flag, and uses toothpaste around her eyes to help lessen the effect of tear gas, during clashes with security forces after a rally demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 23, 2019.
Since the decision of the Trump administration on Wednesday to recognize a member of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guaidó, as an unelected "interim president," the situation in the South American country has become increasingly tense, with efforts to force the current government of Venezuela - led by Nicolás Maduro - out of power having grown in intensity over the past few days.

Despite the enormous pressure his government faces from both local and international sources, Maduro has managed to maintain his position thanks to a combination of factors. These include the loyalty of the country's well-armed military, in addition to popular support from Venezuelans who recently voted for Maduro, as well as Venezuelans who may not like Maduro but prefer him to a politician hand-picked and foisted upon them by the United States.
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So much 'Murrica! The exceptional nation asserts its exceptionalism in Venezuela

Paul Craig Roberts
The Institute for Political Economy
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:00 UTC
Western left and imperialsim
Washington has chosen a president for Venezuela. I wonder if Trump saw the black humor in doing to Maduro what the Democrats and presstitutes are doing to him.

Few Latin American governments have ever had a government that represents the majority indigenous people or a president who was not of Spanish descent. Chavez in Venezuela perhaps was the longest lasting indigenous leader. His successor Maduro is also indigenous.

Indigenous Latin American leaders are unacceptable to Washington, because they tend to be reformers who represent their country's people instead of American business and financial interests. Consequently, when a Latin electorate elects a leader who will put them first, Washington overthrows the leader. This is the history of US/Latin American relations.

In the 21st century alone Washington has overthrown the elected presidents of Honduras, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela and overturned the independence of Ecuador that had provided asylum protection for Julian Assange. Washington's coup with the Spanish elite against Chavez in Venezuela initially succeeded. Chavez was in captivity, but before he could be murdered the Venezuelan people and military forced his release.

Comment: Debunking the propaganda and getting our facts straight on Venezuela

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