{"id":187791,"date":"2019-05-03T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187791"},"modified":"2019-05-07T05:04:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T05:04:21","slug":"venezuela-coup-failure-necessitates-a-new-policy-bolton-the-stache-is-pushing-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187791","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela &#8211; Coup Failure Necessitates A New Policy &#8211; Bolton The Stache Is Pushing For War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Moon of Alabama \u2013 May 2, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">After the failed coup attempt in Venezuela at least some people recognize the reality that its government has significant support. The coups failure necessitates a new policy. Unfortunately John Bolton is the man in charge of it. He is likely to push for a war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">U.S. media, especially cable TV, is clearly working in favor of &#8216;regime change&#8217; in Venezuela. They even avoid <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/venezuela-its-only-a-coup-if-the-us-government-says-so\/\">to call<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>the intended coup a coup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Many U.S. journalist who regularly write on South America are extremely biased and have no qualms to lie. Consider <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/the_americas\/venezuela-guaido-maduro-live-updates\/2019\/05\/02\/556d7244-6c48-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html\">this<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by Anthony Faiola and Mariana Zu\u00f1iga in today&#8217;s <em>Washington Post<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A pro-government rally on Wednesday next to Miraflores, the presidential palace, drew about 500 people, far fewer than the multiple rallies of thousands of people supporting Guaid\u00f3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/images8\/venwapo-s.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/images8\/venwapo.jpg\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\">bigger<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Now watch <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qH8NVYUhtAE\">this drone clip<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the described rally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/venezuela-pro-government-rally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-187792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/venezuela-pro-government-rally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/venezuela-pro-government-rally.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/venezuela-pro-government-rally-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/images8\/venwapo2.jpg\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\">bigger<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">One can also compare the <em>WaPo<\/em> take to the (similar biased) <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/01\/world\/americas\/venezuela-protests-guaido-maduro.html\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NYT<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> account<\/strong><\/span><\/a> which at least gets some facts straight:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Across town in central Caracas, thousands of Mr. Maduro\u2019s supporters dressed in red marched along the main highway toward the presidential palace. Most appeared to be retirees or public sector workers. Many were brought in from across the country<strong> by<\/strong> <strong>public buses that stretched for miles on the side of the highway<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>It was one of the biggest pro-government demonstrations in Caracas in months<\/strong>, underlining the government\u2019s desire to portray strength and tenacity after the failed uprising.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">To get a good picture of the situation in Venezuela and the upcoming new policies one has to combine many sources. Some media and reporters are simply much better than others. A few point how embarrassingly Tuesday&#8217;s coup attempt and the crazy White House plans failed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-04-30\/guaido-s-high-risk-gamble-flops-as-maduro-keeps-grip-on-military\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>writes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It was a ploy that from its outset felt like a long shot. Before dawn Tuesday, Juan Guaido, flanked by his political mentor Leopoldo Lopez and a handful of soldiers who had broken ranks, issued a message to Venezuela and the world: The time to topple Nicolas Maduro\u2019s authoritarian regime was right now.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The whole episode was so bizarre<\/strong> &#8212; with Guaido seemingly lacking the military might to have any chance at all &#8212; that it was hard to understand the day\u2019s events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The <em>Associated Press&#8217;<\/em> Matt Lee and Ben Fox have a similar <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/efee26c91e0d418fa04da5f981c7d737\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>fair take<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/2019\/05\/venezuela-coup-failure-necessitates-a-new-policy-bolton-the-stache-is-pushing-for-war-.html#more\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Cont. reading: <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Venezuela &#8211; Coup Failure Necessitates A New Policy &#8211; Bolton The Stache Is Pushing For War<\/span> <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s election changed nothing. The same people who promoted the Iraq invasion are doing the same thing with Venezuela <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187791"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187796,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187791\/revisions\/187796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}