Protests Rooted In Falsehoods, US Support & Violence

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By Kevin Zeese

Source: Popularresistance.org

February 24, 2014

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets in competing protests both opposing and supporting the government. The day before, President Maduro made an offer to President Obama saying: “Let’s initiate a high-level dialogue and let’s put the truth out on the table.” As you will see below, the United States is a primary player in the opposition to the Maduro government. We doubt President Obama wants the U.S. role exposed, so don’t expect talks between Maduro and Obama anytime soon.

Maduro also called for a peace conference on Wednesday, February 26th, describing it as “a national peace conference with all the country’s political sectors … so we Venezuelans can try to neutralize violent groups.”

This article seeks to address many of the common statements heard from the opposition and the US government about Venezuela because there are so many obviously false statements being made by both.

The US media and elected officials, along with the opposition in Venezuela, commonly call the Maduro government a dictatorship. The facts show the opposite is true as Venezuela is one of the most democratic nations on Earth.

Here are some facts about democracy in Venezuela:

Recently Wikileaks released 77 diplomatic cables that mention Leopoldo Lopez. In an analysis of those cables, Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, describes how the U.S. in addition to providing money, has provided guidance and kept the opposition from imploding. Lopez seems to be a very divisive figure in the opposition, not liked by many of his compatriots.

Full article: http://zcomm.org/znetarticle/protests-rooted-in-falsehoods-us-support-violence/

[sabrina 1]

1. No surprise at all to read that the US is financially supporting someone like Lopez.

But it's nice to have suspicions confirmed for the contingency that denies it.

Good move on Maduro's part to challenge the US to have PUBLIC TALKS about these violent groups. You KNOW he knows who is funding them. Chavez certainly was no fool when it came to his knowledge of our ongoing support for Coups in Latin America.

All Latin American nations will be subjected to the same thing IF they succeed in Venezuela so hopefully realizing this they will join forces to make sure history is not repeated.

No wonder they tried so hard to silence Wikileaks. It kind of undermines all their 'clever' plans when they are thoroughly exposed like this.