Cold War 2.0 has hit South America with a bang – pitting the US and expected minions against the four key pillars of in-progress Eurasia integration: Russia, China, Iran and Turkey.
Venezuela - Michael Hudson explained that Washington "treat(s) Venezuela as an extension of the US economy, running a trade surplus in oil to spend in the United States or transfer its savings to US banks."
"Insolent American Bastards Should Be Hanged On The First Tree"
This is the personal view of the correspondent on today's life of Caracas.
Translated by Scott
Justin's note: Venezuela is in a state of despair.
The country's economy has collapsed… inflation is through the roof… and food and medicine shortages are rampant.
Nothing better illustrates Washington's opposition to democracy and self-determination than the blatantly public coup Washington has organized against the properly elected president of Venezuela.
In his masterpiece, Killing Hope: US Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II, William Blum, who died in December 2018, wrote chapter-length accounts of 55 US regime change operations against countries around the world, from China (1945-1
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