The U.S. intervention in Venezuela is floundering. In February, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was saying the Venezuelan armed forces should see that President Nicholas Maduro’s “time is up” and “change should be at hand.” The hoped-for defections from the Venezuelan military did not happen. Now the administration is still demanding that Maduro leave office,...
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Why Is the U.S. in Venezuela?
That’s the question we discussed March 11 on CGTN’s show “The Heat.” Its pleasure to go on a show where the host and all the guests are well-informed. My bottom line: the danger for Venezuela is that U.S.-sponsored “democratic transition” will lead, not to democracy, but to a failed state.
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The False Story of Venezuela’s ‘Burning Aid Convoy’
Not for the first time, a U.S. “regime change” policy is generating false claims to support the campaign to remove a government out of favor in Washington. The “burning aid convoy” story in Venezuela is an echo of the “babies torn from incubators” story in Kuwait of a generation ago. It’s the same familiar narrative:...