U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela\u2019s Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to Reshape Latin America<\/a><\/strong><\/span> The plan includes regime change in Venezuela, Nicaragua and eventually Cuba. The removal of any Russian or Chinese interest is another point. It is a multiyear project that has bipartisan support. It will likely require military force.<\/span><\/p>\n The targets: Ra\u00fal Castro of Cuba, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro of Venezuela. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n The project seems to echo the “New Middle East” plan then Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice launched<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in 2006. It largely failed due to U.S. incompetence but left behind severely damaged states.<\/span><\/p>\n That the U.S. is going for such a wide ranging plan in the western hemisphere might explain why Trump is pressing to end the other military projects in the Middle East and Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n The starting shot for the new plan, the U.S. led coup attempt in Venezuela, is already in trouble. The U.S. selected puppet Juan Guaid\u00f3 had called for demonstrations in support of his coup that were supposed to take place yesterday. But even the NYT<\/em>, which propagandizes for each and every<\/a><\/strong><\/span> regime change operation the U.S. undertakes in Latin America, could find only little evidence<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of support:<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Guaid\u00f3 also took part in protests on Wednesday at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, where he was swarmed by international reporters. Wearing a white lab coat, he linked arms with medical students and marched with them up a roadway, before speeding off on the back of a motorbike.<\/span><\/p>\n The demonstration was one of a handful in the city on Wednesday<\/strong>, though on a smaller scale<\/strong> than some recent demonstrations. Some workers<\/strong> walked out of their jobs for hours in protest against Mr. Maduro and his government, gathering on corners through the capital.<\/span><\/p>\n Videos from Venezuela showed<\/a><\/strong><\/span> a crowd of some hundred people in the better off quarters of Caracas. Meanwhile pictures of several pro-Maduro demonstrations in various cities showed<\/a><\/strong><\/span> much larger crowds. New demonstrations will be held on Saturday and are likely to show similar results.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n The Trump administration\u2019s broader aim is to gain leverage over Cuba and curb recent inroads in the region by Russia, Iran and China<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/the-targets.jpg\")
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