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− | + | '''Venezuela''', officially the '''Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.me.gob.ve/media/contenidos/2006/d_269_8.pdf |title=Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela |accessdate=19 March 2013 |date=15 December 1999 |publisher=Ministry of Education |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001032323/http://www.me.gob.ve/media/contenidos/2006/d_269_8.pdf |archivedate=1 October 2013 }}</ref> is a country on the northern coast of [[South America]], consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of [[Caracas]]. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km<sup>2</sup> (353,841 sq mi). The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the [[Atlantic Ocean]], on the west by [[Colombia]], [[Brazil]] on the south, [[Trinidad and Tobago]] to the north-east and on the east by [[Guyana]].<ref>''[[Document:British military presence near Venezuela ‘extremely concerning’]]''</ref> | |
+ | ==Fossil fuel reserves== | ||
+ | Counting [[tar sands]], Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any nation state.<ref>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_proven_reserves "List of countries by proven oil reserves"]''</ref> Venezuela has the 8th largest gas reserves of any [[nation state]], about 3% of total global reserves. | ||
− | + | In March 2015 the administration of [[Barack Obama]], at the urging of US oil corporations, declared Venezuela to be a “threat to the national security” of the [[US]].<ref>''[https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/open-letter-to-jagmeet-singh-ndps-reactionary-foreign-policy-positions-must "Open Letter to Jagmeet Singh: NDP’s reactionary foreign policy positions must be changed"]''</ref> | |
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− | == | + | ==BBC bias and lies== |
− | Venezuela | + | On 8 February 2019, ''Venezuela Analysis'' published an article entitled "The BBC and Venezuela: Bias and Lies", which began: |
+ | :The [[corporate media|mass media]] under capitalism is part of the state machine and uses its influence and “prestige” of being “objective” and “independent” to play an important role in the propaganda element. In the [[UK]], the [[BBC]] has perfected its skills in preparing the population to accept that any coup that imperialism supports is justified. And this they have done about Venezuela. | ||
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+ | :"The BBC programme 'Revolution in Ruins: The Hugo Chavez Story', broadcast on 16 January, sought to prepare viewers to accept and support any moves against [[President Maduro]], as the inheritor of Chavez’s legacy. And within a week, an attempted coup had begun!<ref>''[https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14309 "The BBC and Venezuela: Bias and Lies"]''</ref> | ||
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+ | ==Bank reserves== | ||
+ | In 2016, Venezuela banned their highest denomination banknote, reportedly “in a bid to crack down on the 'black economy'”.<ref>''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11766817 "Australia could scrap the $100 note"]''</ref> | ||
− | + | On 7 February 2019, [[Ken Livingstone]] joined protesters to demand that the [[Bank of England]] returns $1.2 billion of Venezuela’s gold. Livingstone said: | |
− | + | :"The holding of this gold is part of the [[UK]]’s slavish following of [[Donald Trump|Trump]]’s support for a coup and possible military intervention."<ref>''[https://twitter.com/ken4london/status/1093557039589216257 "Give back Venezuela's gold"]''</ref> | |
==Thatcher encouraged Chávez coup== | ==Thatcher encouraged Chávez coup== | ||
+ | In 2002, a foreign-backed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt attempted coup] failed to depose [[Hugo Chavez]] after a mass display of popular support. | ||
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In the context of the failed coup in [[Equatorial Guinea]], British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] was said to have asked whether [[Simon Mann]] had yet met a group, led by a man called "Sanchos", who were seeking to remove [[Hugo Chávez]] from Venezuela. Mann wrote: | In the context of the failed coup in [[Equatorial Guinea]], British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] was said to have asked whether [[Simon Mann]] had yet met a group, led by a man called "Sanchos", who were seeking to remove [[Hugo Chávez]] from Venezuela. Mann wrote: | ||
:"No – I hadn't: but, [[Mark Thatcher|Mark]] says, we are seeing him next day, in Eaton Place, just next door." He continues with Mrs Thatcher's reply: "'Good. Well, I hope that goes well too.' She looked at me with her imperial gaze. 'We must always look after our friends, Simon … as I'm sure you know.'" | :"No – I hadn't: but, [[Mark Thatcher|Mark]] says, we are seeing him next day, in Eaton Place, just next door." He continues with Mrs Thatcher's reply: "'Good. Well, I hope that goes well too.' She looked at me with her imperial gaze. 'We must always look after our friends, Simon … as I'm sure you know.'" |
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Location | South America |
Leader | President of Venezuela |
Type | nation state |
Interest of | William Camacaro, Eva Golinger, Dan Kovalik, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign |
Member of | International Criminal Court, Organisation of American States, UN |
Subpage | •Venezuela/Foreign Minister •Venezuela/President •Venezuela/Vice President |
Venezuela possesses the world's largest oil reserves |
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,[1] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi). The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana.[2]
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Fossil fuel reserves
Counting tar sands, Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any nation state.[3] Venezuela has the 8th largest gas reserves of any nation state, about 3% of total global reserves.
In March 2015 the administration of Barack Obama, at the urging of US oil corporations, declared Venezuela to be a “threat to the national security” of the US.[4]
BBC bias and lies
On 8 February 2019, Venezuela Analysis published an article entitled "The BBC and Venezuela: Bias and Lies", which began:
- The mass media under capitalism is part of the state machine and uses its influence and “prestige” of being “objective” and “independent” to play an important role in the propaganda element. In the UK, the BBC has perfected its skills in preparing the population to accept that any coup that imperialism supports is justified. And this they have done about Venezuela.
- "The BBC programme 'Revolution in Ruins: The Hugo Chavez Story', broadcast on 16 January, sought to prepare viewers to accept and support any moves against President Maduro, as the inheritor of Chavez’s legacy. And within a week, an attempted coup had begun![5]
Bank reserves
In 2016, Venezuela banned their highest denomination banknote, reportedly “in a bid to crack down on the 'black economy'”.[6]
On 7 February 2019, Ken Livingstone joined protesters to demand that the Bank of England returns $1.2 billion of Venezuela’s gold. Livingstone said:
- "The holding of this gold is part of the UK’s slavish following of Trump’s support for a coup and possible military intervention."[7]
Thatcher encouraged Chávez coup
In 2002, a foreign-backed attempted coup failed to depose Hugo Chavez after a mass display of popular support.
In the context of the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was said to have asked whether Simon Mann had yet met a group, led by a man called "Sanchos", who were seeking to remove Hugo Chávez from Venezuela. Mann wrote:
- "No – I hadn't: but, Mark says, we are seeing him next day, in Eaton Place, just next door." He continues with Mrs Thatcher's reply: "'Good. Well, I hope that goes well too.' She looked at me with her imperial gaze. 'We must always look after our friends, Simon … as I'm sure you know.'"
Mann declined to comment.[8]
Events
Event | Description |
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2002 Venezuelan coup attempt | A failed CIA-backed coup attempt against President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez. |
Caracazo | Police massacre of 2-3000 people after protest against collapsing neoliberal economy. |
Groups Headquartered Here
Group | Start | Description |
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Andrés Bello Catholic University | 600 JL | Top private university in Venezuela |
PDVSA | Owned by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | |
TeleSUR |
Citizens of Venezuela on Wikispooks
Title | Born | Died | Description |
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Simón Bolívar | 24 July 1783 | 17 December 1830 | |
Henrique Capriles | 11 July 1972 | Part of one of Venezuela's richest families. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 2012. Participated in coup attempt in 2002, ran for president in 2012 and 2013. | |
Hugo Chávez | 28 July 1954 | 5 March 2013 | 64th President of Venezuela - probably assassinated with cancer-causing drugs. |
Eva Golinger | 19 February 1973 | A crusading journalist in the cause of exposing US interference in Venezuela and Latin America generally. She has particular expertise in the circumstances surrounding the death of President Hugo Chavez | |
Gustavo Cisneros | 1 June 1945 | Venezuelan media mogul | |
Thor Halvorssen | 9 March 1976 | Venezuelan right wing activist | |
Moisés Naím | 5 July 1952 | One of only a handful of Bilderbergers from outside Europe and North America. | |
Luisa Ortega | 11 January 1958 | Former Attorney General of Venezuela | |
Nino Pagliccia | Venezuelan-Canadian statistician who writes about international relations with a focus on the Americas. | ||
Leo Rafael Reif | 21 August 1950 | President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On the boards of the World Economic Forum, the Carnegie Endowment, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Broad Institute, etc. | |
Leamsy Salazar | 1974 | Hugo Chavez bodyguard in the years before his death |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:British military presence near Venezuela ‘extremely concerning’ | Article | 5 February 2019 | Phil Miller | “Britain’s recent history of catastrophic military interventions should rule out any UK participation in Donald Trump’s attempts to destabilise a democratically elected government in Venezuela.” |
Document:Canada Rejects Petition to Lift All Sanctions on Venezuela | Article | 9 November 2018 | Nino Pagliccia | While Canada chooses to speak of the “dire human rights and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela” – where there is none – it ignores, condones and rather endorses Saudi Arabia in the making of one of the worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen. That is the most vicious double standard that a “democratic” country can demonstrate. |
Document:Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis | Article | 22 September 2017 | Michelle Zilio | Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, MP for the Toronto district of University-Rosedale, said: "I have some Venezuelan Canadians living in my constituency and they have been really vocal … and have said our family, our friends, they need help and they're counting on Canada to speak up." |
Document:Coordinating Regime Change in Iran and Venezuela | diplomatic communication | 25 August 2010 | Trowbridge Ford | Iran and Venezuela, prime candidates for regime change |
Document:How Chrystia Freeland Organised Donald Trump’s Coup in Venezuela | Article | 7 February 2019 | Eric Zuesse | That’s what Ukraine, and now Venezuela, and many other US coups and invasions, are - and have been - really about. It’s about the ‘peace’ of the graveyard, NOT any democracy, anywhere at all. |
Document:In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup | Article | 7 February 2019 | Greg Palast William Camacaro | Four centuries of White Supremacy in Venezuela by those who identify their ancestors as European came to an end with the 1998 election of Hugo Chávez, who won with the overwhelming support of the Mestizo majority. This turn away from White Supremacy continues under Nicolás Maduro, Chavez’s chosen successor, who was re-elected in 2018 for a second six-year term. |
Document:Is Oil Behind Washington’s Venezuela Coup Madness | Article | 3 February 2019 | William Engdahl | Leaving aside whether or not Maduro is a saint, the decision by President Trump to back the Bolton-Pence call for a US intervention in Venezuela may prove a fatal error for the Trump presidency. |
Document:Sanctions of Mass Destruction: America’s War on Venezuela | Article | 1 February 2019 | Garikai Chengu | America’s largest export used to be manufactured goods made proudly in the United States. Today, America’s largest export is the US dollar. Any nation like Venezuela that threatens that export is met with America’s second largest export: weapons, chief amongst which are Sanctions of Mass Destruction. |
Document:The Lima Group: International Outlaws | Article | 4 February 2019 | Christopher Black | Canada takes the lead in the aggression against Venezuela on Monday 4 February 2019 when it hosts a meeting in Ottawa of a group of international war crime conspirators, known as the Lima Group, a group of Latin American and Caribbean lackeys of the United States, including Mexico and Canada which was set up by the United States at a meeting in Lima, Peru on 8 August 2017 with the express purpose of overthrowing President Maduro. |
Document:The Making of Juan Guaidó: How the US Regime Change Laboratory Created Venezuela’s Coup Leader | Article | 29 January 2019 | Dan Cohen Max Blumenthal | Juan Guaidó is the product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s elite regime change trainers. While posing as a champion of democracy, Guaidó has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilisation in Venezuela |
Document:The Relative Value of Life and Death | Wikispooks Page | 29 July 2024 | Craig Murray | Israel has been bombarding Syria relentlessly from long before October 2023 and has continued unabated – and unreported by western media. Israel’s attacks on civilian areas of Damascus this last few weeks have been devastating. It is pretty obvious that any loose missile that dropped on Majdal Shams is likely to have come from Israel, which is slinging huge quantities of munitions into Syria and Lebanon with wild abandon. |
Document:Venezuela critics are just Blairites having a kick at Jeremy Corbyn | Interview | 7 August 2017 | George Galloway Luke Dolan | For nineteen years the United States government and its secret agents have been trying to overthrow the Venezuela political process. Why might that be? Well, there are many reasons but the biggest among them has the smallest name: OIL. |
Document:Venezuela, Iran: Trump And The Deep State | Article | 22 May 2019 | Thierry Meyssan | Sheikh Hassan Rouhani was the primary contact with the Western powers during the Iran-Contra affair. He knows Elliott Abrams personally and put the US deep state in relation with Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who became the richest billionaire in Iran thanks to this arms traffic. |
Document:What’s Not Being Said About the Venezuela Oil War | Article | 17 February 2019 | William Engdahl | The Venezuela Oil War Is Really About Huge Oil Reserves in the District of Guayana Esequiba |
Document:What’s REALLY happening in Venezuela – from someone who knows | Interview | 8 October 2017 | SKWAWKBOX | Interview with Michael Prysner about Venezuela in 2017 |
References
- ↑ "Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela" (PDF). Ministry of Education. 15 December 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Document:British military presence near Venezuela ‘extremely concerning’
- ↑ "List of countries by proven oil reserves"
- ↑ "Open Letter to Jagmeet Singh: NDP’s reactionary foreign policy positions must be changed"
- ↑ "The BBC and Venezuela: Bias and Lies"
- ↑ "Australia could scrap the $100 note"
- ↑ "Give back Venezuela's gold"
- ↑ "Margaret Thatcher 'gave her approval' to her son Mark's failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea"