Does Juan Guaido realize what comes next?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:50pm
Juan Guaido's U.S.-backed coup failed pitifully yesterday.
He called it the moment for Venezuelans to reclaim their democracy once and for all. But as the hours dragged on, opposition leader Juan Guaidó stood alone on a highway overpass with the same small cadre of soldiers with whom he launched a bold effort to spark a military uprising and settle Venezuela's agonizing power struggle...
The opposition's hoped-for split in the military didn't emerge, a plane that the United States claimed was standing by to ferry Maduro into exile never took off and by nightfall one of the government's bravest opponents, who defied house arrest to join the insurrection, had quietly sought refuge with his family in a foreign embassy.
Guaido's mentor Leopoldo Lopez sought refuge in Chile’s embassy in Caracas, while at least 25 pro-Juan Guaido troops asked Brazil for refuge.
President Nicolas Maduro is actually in a stronger position now than a week ago.
So does the U.S. give up this imperialist project?
Nope. We simply take it to the next level. Juan Guaido must die.
He has been a kind of a hapless figure so far. He calls for mass protests and no one shows up. I don’t think he realizes right now that he is actually now worth more dead than alive not only to the CIA, but also to his own opposition people. A shot in the crowd or something like that to take Guaido out. It might shock you, Dr. Paul, but the CIA is pretty good at this kind of things.
Juan Guaido probably only has days or weeks to live.
I wonder if he realizes the danger he is in?
It's unlikely that the Trump Administration will wait long before putting a bullet in their CIA puppet.
"The President has been crystal clear and incredibly consistent. Military action is possible. If that's what's required, that's what the United States will do," Pompeo said on Fox Business Network. "We're trying to do everything we can to avoid violence. We've asked all the parties involved not to engage in the kind of activity. We'd prefer a peaceful transition of government there, where Maduro leaves and a new election is held. But the President has made clear, in the event that there comes a moment -- and we'll all have to make decisions about when that moment is -- and the President will have to ultimately make that decision. He is prepared to do that if that's what's required."
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You don't think that
Maduro would imprison Guaido first?
Is Maduro not able to capture Guaido? Or is he protected by the US and unreachable?
dfarrah
My guess is Maduro
Thinks arresting Guaido triggers a US military invasion. Eric Prince is trying to put together a mercenary force if the US troops don't go in.
Perhaps Maduro's folks are guarding Guaido to prevent a CIA/mafia hit?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
It appears that
the us is going to invade anyway, Guaido or no Guaido.
The PTB have been beating the war drums again.
dfarrah
And make him a "martyr,"
not hardly, that would be playing right into our hands, better a false flag murder and then the US can come in and say well, that's Maduro, what did you expect, we must protect the Venezuelan people from that murderous dictator! USA, USA, USA!
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
Do you think the
CIA assassination mentioned in the essay would also cause him to become a martyr?
A martyr to who? He apparently can't get a substantial portion of Venezuela behind him. He wasn't able to bring the military to his side.
dfarrah
a martyr for the US MIC
A false flag for invasion.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
A brutal dictator
who can never seem to crack down on the opposition.
Right wing nuts are joined by faux 'liberals'
calling for the same results that Pompous, Bolton, tRump etc. advocate, the 'liberals' just use nicer language. (highlights are mine)
"...Francisco Rodríguez and Jeffrey D. Sachs (New York Times, 2/2/19) envision similar efforts for a “peaceful and negotiated transition of power,” and (Ro) Khanna made sure to characterize Maduro as “an authoritarian leader who has presided over unfair elections, failed economic policies, extrajudicial killings by police, food shortages and cronyism with military leaders.”
In other words, Maduro the Dictator must be overthrown—but don’t worry, the US would be diplomatic about it.
Those that didn’t take explicit positions nonetheless wrote articles blaming all or most of Venezuela’s woes on Maduro and Chávez. Economics wiz Paul Krugman (New York Times, 1/29/19) gave his spiel:
Hugo Chávez got into power because of rage against the nation’s elite, but used the power badly. He seized the oil sector, which you only do if you can run it honestly and efficiently; instead, he turned it over to corrupt cronies, who degraded its performance. Then, when oil prices fell, his successor tried to cover the income gap by printing money. Hence the crisis.
Note that Krugman failed to mention the 57 percent reduction in extreme poverty that followed Chávez’s replacement of management of the state-owned oil industry (.
I picked the examples above from the article above but it would be a mistake to not point out that this is about all of the media but the NY Tool really stands out, of course Wapoop is never far behind.
However to not make this post too long I'll put up just two of the opening paragraphs and it gets a lot better...
"A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period (1/15/19–4/15/19), zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took an anti–regime change or pro-Maduro/Chavista position. Not a single commentator on the big three Sunday morning talkshows or PBS NewsHour came out against President Nicolás Maduro stepping down from the Venezuelan government.
Of the 76 total articles, opinion videos or TV commentator segments that centered on or gave more than passing attention to Venezuela, 54 (72 percent) expressed explicit support for the Maduro administration’s ouster. Eleven (14 percent) were ambiguous, but were only classified as such for lack of explicit language. Reading between the lines, most of these were clearly also pro–regime change. Another 11 (14 percent) took no position, but many similarly offered ideological ammo for those in support.
"
https://fair.org/home/zero-percent-of-elite-commentators-oppose-regime-c...
So people are stuck with
a choice between corrupt socialists and corrupt capitalists. Yay.
So now I'm watching tv, and oh noes, some guy says that Caracas is a war zone! But all I see is a bunch of people and some sort of smoke bombs going off. But no one yet is shooting. People are throwing rocks at some military vehicles.
I guess one protester died yesterday per the news.
dfarrah
oops, now shots are fired
and the people scattered.
dfarrah
Krugman is a capitalist stooge.
I'm also willing to bet he was perfectly fine with the US ordering its client states in the Middle East to ramp up oil production to manipulate prices.
What I find particularly laughable is the fact that so many idiots on and offline think Venezuela is socialist despite the fact that their economy is 70 percent private, or mixed, like ours used to be before the capitalist pigs sold off the commons to the highest bidders piece by god damn piece.
Liberals and conservatives are just 2 sides of the same fascist coin at this point.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
@The Aspie Corner People need to be
People need to be reminded that Chavez was going about his business making life better for the downtrodden, when George Bush tried to take him out. The coup failed but the US continued to stir trouble by applying sanctions until they got to where they are now. The Venezuelan people seem well aware of that; that is why Guaido has not been able to gain support from the majority of Venezuelans despite his claim that he represents the majority.
It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. Carl Sagan
Fight fire with fire
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.
Most pathetic CIA coup attempt, yet.
Even after an effective multi-year economic embargo that's caused hyperinflation in Venezuela, and despite a plague of Stuxnet-like viruses that took down most of the country's electrical and communications grid, all the CIA has managed to do is make itself look ineffectual at what really matters. Same in Iran.
All we really still do well is wreck stuff, cause starvation, and cut down the supply of oil going to the world market.
The Agency doesn't really confuse and intimidate anyone, anymore, except The New York Times.
Is it just me?
Or is the American public missing the obvious? All I see from the folks advocating for a coup in Venezuela is that 1) people are starving, 2) Maduro is a "dictator" (supported by what evidence I don't know) and 3) something must be done. They have no evidence for the counter argument that 4) they are comprador elites who want nothing more than 5) to get their hands on PdVSA's oil after 6) their American sponsors take the lion's share and that 7) it's perfectly obvious that, apart from the end of the US-led embargo, nothing is going to get any better for the vast majority of Venezuelans if the comprador elites are allowed to take over the country. This is because their methods are 8) at least as dictatorial as those they accuse Maduro of employing. And then we have the undemocratic idea that 9) the United States government should somehow have a "say" in who rules Venezuela, a proposition that appears to have the open assent of most of the world's governments.
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
You left out the babies...
Reporting last night talked about babies not getting the healthcare they need; some surgical equipment was not available, some doctors had to use an alternative source of electricity, too.
So, now, they have added babies to the mix, as usual. No doubt to be ripped from incubators in 5, 4, 3.....
dfarrah
But they're fkn COMPRADOR elites.
What do they have to say for themselves?
The ruling classes need an extra party to make the rest of us feel as if we participate in democracy. That's what the Democrats are for. They make the US more durable than the Soviet Union was.
Venezuelan Crisis
Not most,since Guaido declared himself Interim President in February, only about 50 countries have recognized him, mostly European and North and South America, excluding Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Cuba.
It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. Carl Sagan
Guaido got snookered
Venezuela - Guaidó Got Snookered - White House Starts Beating War Drums
Moon of Alabama has an excellent article.
Generals promised him that they were with him, but they were not.
US failed again. And the world knows it.