Coup d'Etat in Venezuela - Made in the USA

[Matilda]

From Venezuelanalyis, an informative piece on how the US works to overthrow governments it doesn't
like:

"In 1999, when the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Serbia didn't get rid of Slobodan Milosovic, Washington changed its strategy. U.S. intelligence organized a $77 million effort to oust Milosovic through the ballot box. They sent in CIA front organizations funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Instead of guns and bombs, these U.S. forces were armed with fax machines, computers, and perhaps most importantly, sophisticated surveys done by the Washington-based polling firm Penn, Schoen & Berland.(1) Their mission: to take down Milosovic by strengthening opposition groups.

(snip)

These days the U.S. has a new arch nemesis; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Surely Washington would be delighted to get rid of him in the same fashion as all the rest. But there is one small problem; Hugo Chavez is no Slobodan Milosovic. He is immensely popular among the masses in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. Pro-Chavez parties have continued to win democratic elections over the last 8 years, and will most certainly win again in the December 3rd presidential contest. This time U.S. forces have their work cut out for them. They know that it is basically impossible to beat Chavez at the ballot box; he's too popular. It looks like they will have to go to plan B: a coup d'etat."

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1884


Now switch to the right-wing Aleksander Boyd in Venezuela Crisis, programed to play exactly the line
that you would expect:

"Chavez doesn't have a healthy 20% lead or massive support any longer, he can't fill long avenues or sit in baseball games, he doesn't allow local reporters to film his rather pathetic rallies of late and he wouldn't even dare visit 5 states in as many days to rally his so called troops, as Rosales keeps doing. Poll results can be fabricated, hundreds of thousands of people can not."

http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200611141741


It's so interesting to see these little parrots spouting their robotic phrases, straight out of
the White House Handbook.

[NI4NI]

1. International Republican Institute

IRI has funded many of Chavez's presidential opponents (Venezualan newspapers included)in Venezuala's last national election, the one which Chavez allowed to be monitored by international groups (3 including Jimmy Carter's)
John Mc Cain is the chairmain of IRI, and they've been gunning for Chavez for years, so I'm betting that the current national election there is no different. The arrogance of these people can't be satisfied with only screwin'up America beyond repair, they want to foul up other countries as bad.

[Matilda]

2. "Chavez can't fill long avenues ..."

Not much he can't:





The closing rally of Chavez's presidential campaign filled up the entire width and length of the eight-lane and 1.25km avenue and spilled onto many surrounding streets.

[yurbud]

4. by that criteria, Bush shouldn't be president, unless you count people waiting to throw eggs and

rotten fruit.

[texpatriot2004]

3. Viva Chavez, Fuera * nm