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==Official narrative==
 
==Official narrative==
 
The group describes itself as "an International network of trainers and consultants".
 
The group describes itself as "an International network of trainers and consultants".
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==2019 Venezuelan blackout==
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A September [[2010]] memo by [[Srdja Popovic]] of CANVAS identified the potential collapse of the country’s electrical sector as "a watershed event" that "would likely have the impact of galvanizing public unrest in a way that no opposition group could ever hope to generate." CANVAS had also helped train Venezuelan coup leader [[Juan Guaidó]] and his allies.<ref name=Blumenthal/>
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In the 2010 memo, published by [[WikiLeaks]] and analyzed by [[Max Blumenthal]]<ref name=Blumenthal>https://web.archive.org/web/20190318061712/https://consortiumnews.com/2019/03/12/us-regime-change-blueprint-proposed-venezuelan-electricity-blackouts-as-watershed-event/</ref>, Popovic declared, "A key to [[Hugo Chavez|Chavez]]’s current weakness is the decline in the electricity sector." Popovic explicitly identified the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant as a friction point, emphasizing that "water levels at the Guri dam are dropping, and Chavez has been unable to reduce consumption sufficiently to compensate for the deteriorating industry."
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In March 2019, the scenario outlined by Popovic played out almost exactly as written. Starting around 5 PM on March 7, an electricity blackout affected most of Venezuela for several days after an alleged [[cyber attack]] crashed the country’s main electricity generator, the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant (Guri Dam) in Bolivar State. The outage affected 70 percent of the country, including the capital [[Caracas]]. Soon after, a second major outage took place as a result of a renewed [[cyberattack]], leading to months of power blackouts<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190318035530/https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/14374</ref>.
  
 
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Group.png CANVAS Sourcewatch WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Formation2003
FounderSrdja Popovic.jpg Srdja Popovic
Type NGO

CANVAS (Centre for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategies) is a group established in 2003. [1]

Official narrative

The group describes itself as "an International network of trainers and consultants".

2019 Venezuelan blackout

A September 2010 memo by Srdja Popovic of CANVAS identified the potential collapse of the country’s electrical sector as "a watershed event" that "would likely have the impact of galvanizing public unrest in a way that no opposition group could ever hope to generate." CANVAS had also helped train Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó and his allies.[2]

In the 2010 memo, published by WikiLeaks and analyzed by Max Blumenthal[2], Popovic declared, "A key to Chavez’s current weakness is the decline in the electricity sector." Popovic explicitly identified the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant as a friction point, emphasizing that "water levels at the Guri dam are dropping, and Chavez has been unable to reduce consumption sufficiently to compensate for the deteriorating industry."

In March 2019, the scenario outlined by Popovic played out almost exactly as written. Starting around 5 PM on March 7, an electricity blackout affected most of Venezuela for several days after an alleged cyber attack crashed the country’s main electricity generator, the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant (Guri Dam) in Bolivar State. The outage affected 70 percent of the country, including the capital Caracas. Soon after, a second major outage took place as a result of a renewed cyberattack, leading to months of power blackouts[3].

Funders

One of CANVAS’s major funders is Muneer Satter, a former Goldman Sachs executive who stepped down from that position in June 2012 to set up and run Satter Investment Management LLC. Stratfor CEO Shea Morenz worked for ten years at Goldman Sachs as well, where he was Managing Director in the Investment Management Division and Region Head for Private Wealth Management for the Southwest Region... A powerful individual who lobbied the U.S. government to give money to CANVAS early on was Michael McFaul, the current U.S. Ambassador to Russia for the State Department and someone who “worked closely with” Srdja Popovic while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. [4]

 

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