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.