Late last week President Trump threatened US military action against Venezuela because “people are dying” there. CIA director Mike Pompeo amplified Trump’s statement by claiming that Venezuela is a threat to the US because the Cubans, Russians, Iranians, and Hezbollah are all there. Why are they ramping up the war propaganda?
Exxon wants to topple Venezuela for geopolitical and geo-economic reasons
ExxonMobil awarded contracts to Guyana for infrastructure, drilling and storage with a view to extracting the huge oil and gas reserves from the so-called “Liza Project” located in maritime territory claimed by Venezuela as stipulated by the Geneva Agreement of 1966. In 2015 the first oil discovery in the area provoked a diplomatic conflict between the nations due to the activities of the oil company on the Atlantic front of the Essequibo river.
‘One of the Biggest Oil Discoveries in the Industry of the Last Decade’
According to Gulf Oil & Gas, Dutch oil holding company SBM Offshore NV has been granted a contract awarded by ExxonMobil, a U.S. company that owns 45 percent of the Stabroek Block located on the Atlantic front of the Essequibo through its subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited Atlantic, where the rich deposits of Liza-1 and Liza-2 were found. . . . Read Complete Report
Venezuela’s leftist dictator Nicolas Maduro plans to proceed with a vote to create a new constituent assembly to replace the country’s opposition-controlled Congress with a friendly constituent assembly, potentially enabling the embattled despot to redraft the country’s constitution and officially marginalize his political opponents, despite the US’s repeated ythreats of “strong and swift economic action.”
In response to the US’s threats of sanctions, the country’s senior leadership have accused Sen. Marco Rubio and CIA Director Mike Pompeo of “conspiring to overthrow” the country’s floundering leftist government and replace it with a friendlier regime, according to the Miami Herald. The escalation belies the healthy business relationship between the two countries, which is centered on the US’s purchases of hundreds of thousands of barrels of Venezuelan oil a day. . . .
“What this group is trying to do with Venezuela is basically divide the government, recognize other leaders and foment a conflict with the Venezuelans,” said Carlos Ron, the chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Venezuela, to a small group of reporters in Washington on Tuesday. This is absolutely unacceptable.” Read Complete Report
Venezuela’s 24-hour strike includes sporadic violence
Source USA Today Mariana Zuñiga, Special for USA TODAY
Published 5:11 p.m. ET July 20, 2017 | Updated 6:52 p.m. ET July 20, 2017
CARACAS, Venezuela — A 24-hour national strike shut down large parts of Venezuela’s capital Thursday to protest President Nicolás Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution and gain more power.
Protesters clashed with riot police in some areas, after masked young men set fire to a handful of blockades and hurled stones. Police fired back with tear gas. . . . Read Full Report
This video is on how the Illuminati Central Bankers used finance to destroy Venezuela’s sovereignty and economy. Now turning Venezuela into a colony for extraction of Gold and Oil at half price. Using NGO’s and letting Venezuela destroy itself with Socialism and a Gold Standard.
The astonishing story of how an American sponsored coup d’état almost led to the collapse of democracy in Venezuela. Featuring exclusive interviews with the key ringleaders and extraordinary archive footage – Chavez in jail arguing with his captors, secret meetings with the plotters and soldiers storming the presidential palace as plotters escape. As a fly on the wall documentary, you’ve never seen anything like it.
Ghost Money going to people who kill Americans? Calling for Voter recounts in other countrys if you don’t like who their people elect? Tongue Tied in Benghazi? And so mistrusted by your own people that ever attack against us is believed to be planned by their own government? You were right Obama our country needs change. Real change, and it obviously ain’t you! . . . EDITOR
Featured Image: flag of Venezuela. SOURCE: Wikipedia (Public domain)
“Watch the full interview with Rep. José Serrano on Democracy Now! athttp://owl.li/kDXJ8. The U.S. State Department pledged Wednesday to work with the newly elected Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, but continued its refusal to offer him formal recognition.” . . . Part of Description posted with video.