PeoplesDispatch: Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new US regime change scheme Venezuela has long been a target for US intervention because of its efforts to build an alternative model to the neoliberal capitalism. First theorized and implemented under the leadership of Chávez, the Bolivarian Revolution puts forward a new model that emphasizes using the country’s resources, such as its oil revenue, to fund crucial missions. These then guarantee rights such as education, food, housing, transportation, culture, and sports to historically excluded majorities, to decrease longstanding socioeconomic inequality. A central part of the Bolivarian Revolution is the political and cultural transformation of the people through the promotion of Venezuelan national culture, internationalism, anti-imperialism, and the empowerment of all people as political subjects with rights and responsibilities. It is a project in direct contradiction to US interests in the oil-rich country and the region Washington considers its backyard… After years of political instability caused by right-wing plots to overthrow the democratically elected government and even assassinate the leader, the Venezuelan government has pursued a straight-forward principle: political forces of any ideological variety can participate in elections as long as they do not conspire with foreign powers to undermine the independence of Venezuela or its sovereign institutions.
Orinoco Tribune: ALBA-TCP Condemns Interventionist Comments by US SOUTHCOM Head During a presentation in the Atlantic Council, General Richardson referred to Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua as supporting “malignant activity in the region” and said the following: “We would like to get rid of that, obviously, mitigate it, and it is not good for democracy”. In response, “As executive secretary of ALBA-TCP, I reject the cynicism, arrogance, and impudence of this American ‘military chief,’” wrote Arreaza. “Nothing has contributed more to the destabilization and development of democratic processes in the region than the permanent and warlike interference of Washington.” “It is not enough for them to confess that they intend to steal the natural resources of our countries, to now qualify and threaten governments of the Bolivarian Alliance,” wrote Arreaza. |
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