Chavistas Have Their Foreign-Intervention Cake and Eat It Too

[Oele]

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Apologists Focus on Millions in US Funding, Ignore Cuba’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Stake

Victoria L. Henderson April 30, 2014 at 9:11 am

How much is foreign intervention worth in Venezuela?

The Venezuelan government and its supporters repeatedly claim that the United States has earmarked millions of dollars to topple Venezuela’s socialist government. But two key points are obscured by this strategically selective argument: first, it ignores the fact that US funding has likewise supported initiatives extending significant legitimacy to the Venezuelan regime; second, it sidelines any discussion of Cuba’s controversial, multi-billion-dollar stake in Venezuela’s political fortunes.

Fleshing out these historical and analytical points adds another dimension to the debate over foreign intervention in Venezuela. It also raises the stakes in what progressive intellectual and Latin America analyst Nikolas Kozloff – much to his credit – recognizes as “an uncomfortable discussion for the left.”
The (Mixed) Message on US Foreign Intervention

In a new article that largely recycles old rhetoric, Eva Golinger argues that regime change in Venezuela is worth millions to the government of the United States.

A US-born, Venezuela-based lawyer and author, Golinger says federal aid agencies in Washington, D.C., sent US$14 million to opposition groups in Venezuela in 2013 and 2014. This follows more than $100 million that Golinger says was channeled to opposition groups in Venezuela from 2000 to 2010 for the purpose of destabilizing the socialist government of Hugo Chávez, predecessor to current Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

More at: http://panampost.com/victoria-henderson/2014/04/30/chavistas-have-their-foreign-intervention-cake-and-eat-it-too/

[MADem]

1. You need to edit your post.

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[Mika]

2. Welcome to DU.

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Always nice to have a fresh face here in the LatAm forum.
Nice as a fresh pair of warm socks on a winter's evening.

[MADem]

3. That's a pretty nasty accusation; you'd better have something to back it up, otherwise,

maybe YOU need to edit your post....

If this individual is indeed a bot, you should alert MIRT. Otherwise, you're on shaky ground with that kind of insinuation.

[MADem]

6. First you accuse the poster of being a bot, then you accuse the poster of being a sock.

Look, if you have a problem, take it up with MIRT--this trial by insinuation is ugly and it doesn't make the environment here pleasant. You do know how to send a PM and ask someone to investigate your concerns, and provide back-up for your logic? You should do that instead of making public accusations.

[Oele]

4. Sorry for that, updated my post! n/t

[MADem]

5. No problem.

A quick review of the ToS as well as the Welcome and Help forum will help get you situated. There aren't many "rules" here anymore, just guidelines...!

[Oele]

7. Well thanks, but I've actually been around for a while ;)

I did check the license on the original article. It says i can redistribute it as long as i give credit and/or(?) link back to the site. I wasn't fully aware of the DU policy. My bad. I've reread the ToS now

[MADem]

8. If you put that redistribution notice at the beginning or end of the article it solves

the problem and you can post entire pieces. A while ago, DU got sued by some jerks that made copyright claims against a bunch of people; DU prevailed but everything costs money, not the least good legal defenses.