Aangirfan: VENEZUELA - TRUMP and BIG OIL versus RUSSIA

Elliot Abrams (left)

The Trump government has appointed Elliot Abrams  to handle US policy toward Venezuela.

During the Reagan administration, Abrams played a role in the Iran-Contra affair.

Abrams was convicted of withholding information from Congress during the Iran-Contra investigation

Abrams  pushed for military aid to the regime of Guatemalan Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, a dictator who was later convicted of genocide and crime against humanity.

Abrams reportedly supported the attempted coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2002, when Abrams was a member of the National Security Council of President George W. Bush.
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Trump is trying to topple President Maduro of Venezuela.
In a televised news conference, the leader of Venezuela's armed forces has declared loyalty to President Maduro.

Russia has warned the United States against meddling in Venezuela.

Venezuela Military Backs Maduro, as Russia Warns US Not to Intervene


Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó.

Craig Murray writes:

"Despite massive CIA opposition funding and interference over years as Big Oil tries to regain control of the World's largest oil reserves , Nicolas Maduro was democratically re-elected in 2018 as President of Venezuela.

"The coup now under way is illegitimate."

The Coup in Venezuela Must Be Resisted - Craig Murray


Juan Guaidó

On 23 January 2019, Juan Guaidó swore himself in as acting President of Venezuela in the context of the ongoing presidential crisis, which came into being following the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro as President of Venezuela in January 2019.

Guaidós claim has been recognized by the Organization of American States [3][4] and several governments, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the United States,[ but he is rejected by the pro-Maduro Supreme Tribunal of Justice.[13]
Juan Guaidó did postgraduate studies at George Washington University, which has been linked to the CIA.

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Craig Murray writes:

"Over the years, Chavez racked up real achievements in improving living standards for the poor and in providing health and education facilities. 

"He was widely popular and both he and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, also racked up very genuine election victories. 
"Maduro remains the democratically elected President.
"But the dream went sour. In particular it fell foul of the tendency of centrally planned economies to fail to get the commodities people want onto shop shelves, and to the corruption that goes with centralisation. 
"The latter was certainly not worse than the right wing corruption it replaced, but that does not diminish its existence...
"But, even today, Venezuela is still vastly more of a democracy than Saudi Arabia, and a far greater respecter of human rights than Israel in its dreadful repression of the Palestinians." 
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