Venezuelan opposition strategy based on provocation, manipulation

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuelan opposition strategy based on provocation, manipulation
Friday, March 14, 2014
By Steve Ellner, Puerto La Cruz

The strategy and tactics of the Venezuelan opposition is a replay of events that took place leading up to the coup against Hugo Chavez on April 11, 2002.

The blatant distortions and in some cases lies of the media — CNN in Spanish playing a lead role — represent an essential element in the strategy.

There are two main groups that the United States-funded right-wing opposition has mobilised. From all appearances, the two act in coordination even though their style, and even social background, differs.

One group is non-violent and the other engages in acts of aggression — in some cases endangering lives.

On the one hand, students and other young people carry out protests that the media and the opposition deceptively call “peaceful”. These mobilisations involve, to a disproportionate extent, students from private universities and operate almost exclusively in wealthy areas whose mayors (and in some cases governors) belong to the opposition.

More:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56072

[Loudly]

1. Students as stooges of counter revolutionary interests?

Color me skeptical.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. are the people provoking the NG to shoot through their apartment windows?

what say you?

[Marksman_91]

3. I frankly don't see why GNB would shoot innocent protesters and people in their homes with teargas

Last edited Sun Mar 16, 2014, 11:37 PM - Edit history (1)

unless they were being shot at or something with live ammo, which, of course, there's no evidence of. And there's plenty of evidence showing pro-government colectivos opening fire without provocation and GNB shooting teargas into civilian homes for no reason whatsoever, and even collaborating with some armed civilians for no reason (no doubt other members of the colectivos). Unless you think being shouted at and insulted is enough incentive for someone to shoot people.