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    Re: Coup fizzles? Archived Message

    Posted by Raskolnikov on May 1, 2019, 6:48 am, in reply to "Coup fizzles?"

    Naturally the US and its main UK cheerleader, the fraudian, try to put a different spin on things and guess what? It was the Russians again:

    The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, “had an airplane on the tarmac” and was ready to leave for exile in Cuba when he was persuaded not to step down by Moscow, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has claimed.

    In a day when the struggle for power on the streets appeared to hang in the balance, and the US called on top members of the Maduro’s government to defect, Pompeo suggested that the opposition uprising had come close to succeeding.

    "had come close to succeeding", or as it's known to you and me, "failed".

    According to a source close to Venezuela’s opposition, Guaidó did not receive US planning support or resources for his move on Tuesday, which came after months of contacts with military officials, the source said.

    Lololol. Tell us another one; this is comedy gold.

    A day before Guaidó formally declared himself Venezuela’s interim president on 22 January, Pence called him to promise the US backing.

    Which almost seems to contradict the previous assertion in the space of two paragraphs. Solid journalism, fraudian.

    The usual suspects are also wanting off the leash:

    Reuters news agency reported on Monday night that Erik Prince, a prominent and wealthy Trump supporter who runs a global private security business, has been lobbying for a plan to deploy a private army to help topple Maduro.

    According to the report, Prince, the founder of the controversial security firm Blackwater, has been seeking investment and political support for an operation that would involve up to 5,000 mercenaries.

    As if this war criminal profiteer isn't already up to his neck in the dirty ops going on there.

    Trump and key US officials tweeted their support for Guaidó, while the national security adviser, John Bolton, appeared in the grounds of the White House to declare that the situation had reached a critical moment.

    Bolton also addressed a tweet to the three men, declaring: “Your time is up. This is your last chance. Accept interim president Guaidó’s amnesty, protect the Constitution, and remove Maduro, and we will take you off our sanctions list. Stay with Maduro, and go down with the ship.”

    How's that for interfering in an election? Also, in a sane world, this kind of terrorist, bullying threat to another country would lead to the perpetrators being shunned by decent governments but according to our brave media this is them "fighting for democracy".

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/us-declares-support-for-venezuela-coup-attempt

    At least the attempt seems to have been defeated for now. The US stooge Guaido is calling for another "show of strength" on Wednesday I believe so they might have to try again. I imagine some kind of staged "atrocity" by the "Maduro clique" (as the lunatic war criminal Bolton refers to the government of Venezuela) to try and provide some more leverage might be their next step. I would also expect frantic fraudian articles about "crackdowns" and "arrests" soon.

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