The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela

Author : Dan Kovalik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781510750739

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The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela by Dan Kovalik Pdf

An in-depth look at the US threat to "save" Venezuela Since 1999 when Hugo Chavez became the elected president of Venezuela, the US has been conniving to overthrow his government and to roll back the Bolivarian Revolution which he ushered in to Venezuela. With the untimely death of Hugo Chavez in 2013, and the election of Nicolas Maduro that followed, the US redoubled its efforts to overturn this revolution. The US is now threatening to intervene militarily to bring about the regime change it has wanted for twenty years. While we have been told that the US’s efforts to overthrow Chavez and Maduro are motivated by altruistic goals of advancing the interests of democracy and human rights in Venezuela, is this true? The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela answers this question with a resounding “no,” demonstrating that: The US’s interests in Venezuela have always centered upon one and only one thing: Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; The US has happily supported one repressive regime after another in Venezuela to protect its oil interests; Chavez and Maduro are not the “tyrants” we have been led to believe they are, but in fact have done much to advance the interests of democracy and economic equality in Venezuela; What the US and the Venezuelan opposition resent most is the fact that Chavez and Maduro have governed in the interest of Venezuela’s vast numbers of poor and oppressed racial groups; While the US claims that it is has the humanitarian interests of the Venezuelan people at heart, the fact is that the US has been waging a one-sided economic war against Venezuela which has greatly undermined the health and living conditions of Venezuelans; The opposition forces the US is attempting to put into power represent Venezuela’s oligarchy who want to place Venezuela’s oil revenues back in the hands of Venezuela’s economic elite as well as US oil companies. The battle for Venezuela which is now being waged will determine the fate of all of Latin America for many years to come. The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela lets readers know what is at stake in this struggle and urges readers to reconsider which side they are on.

Author : Roberto Sirvent,Danny Haiphong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781510742376

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American Exceptionalism and American Innocence by Roberto Sirvent,Danny Haiphong Pdf

“Fake news existed long before Donald Trump…. What is ironic is that fake news has indeed been the only news disseminated by the rulers of U.S. empire.”—From American Exceptionalism and American Innocence According to Robert Sirvent and Danny Haiphong, Americans have been exposed to fake news throughout our history—news that slavery is a thing of the past, that we don’t live on stolen land, that wars are fought to spread freedom and democracy, that a rising tide lifts all boats, that prisons keep us safe, and that the police serve and protect. Thus, the only “news” ever reported by various channels of U.S. empire is the news of American exceptionalism and American innocence. And, as this book will hopefully show, it’s all fake. Did the U.S. really “save the world” in World War II? Should black athletes stop protesting and show more gratitude for what America has done for them? Are wars fought to spread freedom and democracy? Or is this all fake news? American Exceptionalism and American Innocence examines the stories we’re told that lead us to think that the U.S. is a force for good in the world, regardless of slavery, the genocide of indigenous people, and the more than a century’s worth of imperialist war that the U.S. has wrought on the planet. Sirvent and Haiphong detail just what Captain America’s shield tells us about the pretensions of U.S. foreign policy, how Angelina Jolie and Bill Gates engage in humanitarian imperialism, and why the Broadway musical Hamilton is a monument to white supremacy.

Author : Vitor Eduardo Schincariol
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030600839

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Society and Economy in Venezuela by Vitor Eduardo Schincariol Pdf

This book presents an overview of the economic policies adopted by the Bolivarian governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela between 1998 and 2018, and the economic and social results of these policies. The recent history of Venezuela has attracted much attention due to Chávez’s and Maduro’s self-declared search for socialism since the beginning of the 21st century and the economic trajectory of the country in this period, which experienced significant economic growth during the international oil boom in the first decade of the century, followed by a huge economic crisis in the second decade. The volume adopts an economic history approach, taking into account both economic and social variables to analyze the Venezuelan overall socio-economic performance since 1998. Drawing on official documents and statistics, as well as on the available literature, it presents an empirical analysis of Venezuelan economic and social histories during the Bolivarian period, describing and analyzing the achievements and limits of the policies adopted between 1998 and 2018. Society and Economy in Venezuela: An Overview of the Bolivarian Period (1998-2018) will be a useful introduction to sociologists, political economists, political scientists, economic historians and other social scientists interested in understanding the multiple interrelations between economy and society in Bolivarian Venezuela. “This book offers a thoughtful, committed and illuminating analysis of the socialist experiment in Venezuela. Its strengths and weaknesses are examined in unprecedented detail, in order to identify the drivers and limitation of 'socialism in the 21st century'. An essential work for scholars, students and citizens concerned with Venezuela.” – Alfredo Saad-Filho, King's College London

Author : Eva Golinger
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000116476486

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The Chavez Code by Eva Golinger Pdf

Exposes the CIA's attempts to bring down Latin America's most popular leader

Author : Robert Jackson Alexander
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1412833434

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Rómulo Betancourt and the Transformation of Venezuela by Robert Jackson Alexander Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Africa
ISBN : MINN:31951T00248692E

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Foreign Relations of the United States by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Dan Kovalik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781510755307

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No More War by Dan Kovalik Pdf

"Kovalik helps cut through the Orwellian lies and dissembling which make so-called 'humanitarian' intervention possible." —Oliver Stone War is the fount of all the worst human rights violations―including genocide―and not its cure. This undeniable truth, which the framers of the UN Charter understood so well, is lost in today’s obsession with the oxymoron known as “humanitarian" intervention. No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests sets out to reclaim the original intent of the Charter founders to end the scourge of war on the heels of the devastation wrought by WWII. The book begins with a short history of the West’s development as built upon the mass plunder of the Global South, genocide and slavery, and challenges the prevailing notion that the West is uniquely poised to enforce human rights through force. This book also goes through recent “humanitarian" interventions carried out by the Western powers against poorer nations (e.g., in the DRC, Congo, and Iraq) and shows how these have only created greater human rights problems – including genocide – than they purported to stop or prevent. No More War reminds the reader of the key lessons of Nuremberg – that war is the primary scourge of the world, the root of all the evils which international law seeks to prevent and eradicate, and which must be prevented. The reader is then taken through the UN Charter and other human rights instruments and their emphasis on the prevention of aggressive war.

Author : Brian A. Nelson
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781458777768

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The Silence and the Scorpion by Brian A. Nelson Pdf

On April 11, 2002, nearly a million Venezuelans marched on the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chvez, Led by Pedro Carmona and Carlos Ortega, the opposition represented a cross-section of society furious with Chvez's economic policies, specifically his mishandling of the Venezuelan oil industry. But as the day progressed, the march turned violent, sparking a military revolt that led to the temporary ousting of Chvez. Over the ensuing, turbulent 72 hours, Venezuelans would confront the deep divisions within their society and ultimately decide the best course for their country - and its oil - in the new century. An exemplary piece of narrative journalism, The Silence and the Scorpion provides rich insight into the complexities of modern Venezuela.

Author : Marjorie Millace Whiteman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : International law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062406769

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Digest of International Law by Marjorie Millace Whiteman Pdf

Author : Justin Podur,Joe Emersberger
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583679173

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Extraordinary Threat by Justin Podur,Joe Emersberger Pdf

The US foreign policy decisions behind six coup attempts against the Venezuelan government – and Venezuela's heightening precarity In March 2015, President Obama initiated sanctions against Venezuela, declaring a “national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela.” Each year, the US administration has repeated this claim. But, as Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur argue in their timely book, Extraordinary Threat, the opposite is true: It is the US policy of regime change in Venezuela that constitutes an “extraordinary threat” to Venezuelans. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans continue to die because of these ever-tightening US sanctions, denying people daily food, medicine, and fuel. On top of this, Venezuela has, since 2002, been subjected to repeated coup attempts by US-backed forces. In Extraordinary Threat, Emersberger and Podur tell the story of six coup attempts against Venezuela. This book deflates the myths propagated about the Venezuelan government’s purported lack of electoral legitimacy, scant human rights, and disastrous economic development record. Contrary to accounts lobbed by the corporate media, the real target of sustained U.S. assault on Venezuela is not the country’s claimed authoritarianism or its supposed corruption. It is Chavismo, the prospect that twenty-first century socialism could be brought about through electoral and constitutional means. This is what the US empire must not allow to succeed.

Author : Stephen Kinzer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781429905374

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Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer Pdf

Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow provides a fast-paced narrative history of the coups, revolutions, and invasions by which the United States has toppled fourteen foreign governments -- not always to its own benefit "Regime change" did not begin with the administration of George W. Bush, but has been an integral part of U.S. foreign policy for more than one hundred years. Starting with the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and continuing through the Spanish-American War and the Cold War and into our own time, the United States has not hesitated to overthrow governments that stood in the way of its political and economic goals. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is the latest, though perhaps not the last, example of the dangers inherent in these operations. In Overthrow, Stephen Kinzer tells the stories of the audacious politicians, spies, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to depose monarchs, presidents, and prime ministers. He also shows that the U.S. government has often pursued these operations without understanding the countries involved; as a result, many of them have had disastrous long-term consequences. In a compelling and provocative history that takes readers to fourteen countries, including Cuba, Iran, South Vietnam, Chile, and Iraq, Kinzer surveys modern American history from a new and often surprising perspective. "Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . [with] the pace and grip of a good thriller." -- Anatol Lieven, The New York Times Book Review

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435069794568

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Inter-American Series by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015077177064

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Inter-American Series, No. 1- by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:30000011075201

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Latin American Series by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Latin America
ISBN : UOM:35112103460368

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Department of State Publication by Anonim Pdf