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Dan Cohen
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U.S. sanctions are killing people in Venezuela. This is obviously another cynical provocation to make Maduro look like an evil dictator if he refuses cartoon villain John Bolton’s “humanitarian aid” and create pretext for military action.
Sanctions “fall most heavily on the poorest people in society, demonstrably cause death through food and medicine shortages, lead to violations of human rights and are aimed at coercing economic change”. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
International Red Cross Committee warns United States about sending “humanitarian aid” – which would presumably involve the military – without approval of Venezuelan government. apnews.com/55b00d320d744b…
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Dan Cohen
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Both Reuters and The Economist have changed their header images to photos of Juan Guaidó, the US’s pawn in Venezuela. They’ve abandoned any pretense of non-bias and are serving as regime change propaganda outlets.
That didn’t take long. Did some @ReutersLatam social media hack get busted for that stunt?
Fixed ’em.
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Dan Cohen
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BREAKING: Venezuelan Interior Ministry alleges foiled plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro. Minister @NestorRevero says "there is no doubt" Colombian intelligence, the CIA and opposition figure Julio Borges conspired to kill Maduro.
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"The evidence, telephone analysis, and interrogations conducted by intelligence agents, this morning led to the capture of the retired Colonel Oswaldo García Palomo, alias 'Aquiles'"
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Dan Cohen
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Pedro Burelli (@pburelli), the former Director of Venezuela's national oil company, explicitly threatened to murder @NicolasMaduro as NATO-backed militiamen did to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.
.@pburelli is on the advisory committee at Georgetown University’s Latin America Leadership program. Is someone who threatens to murder a head of state the kind of leader @GeorgetownLatAm sees as appropriate for its program? lalp.georgetown.edu/people/pedro-b…
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