Venezuela

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/18/2020
  

  Venezuela Failed Raid: US Has a History of Using Mercenaries to Undermine Other Regimes

  by Andrew Thomson

  The arrest of Silvercorp mercenaries in Venezuela echoes a long history of the U.S. government supporting private troops to overthrow foreign governments. 

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• SOURCE: North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
  4/30/2020
  

  A History of Inconvenient Allies and Convenient Enemies

  by Alexander Aviña

  The history of American alliances abroad doesn't make sense as a drug control strategy, but is consistent with a strategy of invoking the war on drugs to punish governments that resist U.S. domination.

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• 4/7/19
  

  Venezuela and the Birth of the American Empire

  by Benjamin Welton

  Why is a nearly 200-year old document still relevant today? 

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• 3/3/19
  

  Will the U.S. Government Abide by the International Law It Created in Venezuela?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  And how the U.S. government has violated these principles of international law in the past.

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• 2/5/19
  

  Don’t Invade Venezuela

  by Alan McPherson

  Contrary to what most believe, a military intervention in South America would be unprecedented

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• 2/3/19
  

  Why Elliott Abrams is the Right Man for the Job in Venezuela

  by Teresa Meade

  His career stretches back through some of the most sordid instances of US intervention and brutality.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  1/30/19
  

  U.S. Envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams says his history with Iran-Contra isn't an issue

  "We are not focused on the events of the 1980s. We are focused on the events of 2019." 

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  8-26-18
  

  Venezuela’s Tyranny of Bad Ideas

  by Daniel Pipes

  Socialism was a proven failure, but Hugo Chávez got his countrymen to try it.

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• 3-27-18
  

  Reasons Trump Might Want to Offer to Help Venezuela

  by Michelle Mayhew-Shears

  It would be in the long-term interest of the United States.

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• 5-3-15
  

  Just Why Did Nixon Go to Venezuela in 1958 Anyway?

  by Manny Chavez

  It was obvious to our embassy that disaster loomed.