#1248 There you go again. Venezuela and America's addiction to imperialism
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 8 February 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 2/8/2019
Today we take a look, briefly, at the last 100 years of Venezuelan history to understand how they went from oil riches and inequality to revolution and social progress only to run afoul of American imperialism
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SHOW NOTES
Sharmini Peries hosts a wide-ranging conversation about the US-backed attempted coup in Venezuela
Ch. 2: How Did Venezuela Go From So Rich To So Poor - The Inquiry - Air Date 5-10-17
Venezuela was split between the rich and poor. Politicians lead the way to oil reliance.
Topics Include: Hugo Chavez, the Constituent Assembly, the opposition, the Venezuelan Communes, the concept of dual power, Jacobin Magazine and the Bolivarian Revolution
Ch. 4: Is Donald Trump waging a coup in Venezuela? - Majority Report (@MajorityFM) - Air Date 1-25-19
You need to be paying attention to what's happening in Venezuela. Eva Golinger joins Michael Brooks and the Majority Report crew to discuss this.
Ivan Briscoe, Latin America and Caribbean program director for Crisis Group, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder, to talk about Maduro's corruption and Venezuela's economic disaster.
Writer Jorge Martin examines the two futures of Venezuela and the Bolivarian revolution. Jorge wrote the article “Maduro Wins Presidential Election, Despite Imperialist Meddling – What Next?”
This push for regime change in Venezuela did not appear in a vacuum. The CIA has been plotting with so-called rebels in Venezuela from the early days of the Trump administration.
Investigative journalist Allan Nairn explains many aspects of the US attempts at a coup in Venezuela
Ch. 9: Many Countries at UN Oppose Trump Interference in Venezuela - @TheRealNews - Air Date 1-29-19
Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay discuss why countries that claim to support the UN and international law are supportive of US imperialistic escapades
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on the threat of the good example
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| 0:49.1 | And now welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast in which we shall |
| 0:53.1 | learn about the last 100 years of Venezuelan history to understand how they went from |
| 0:58.9 | oil riches to ending up on the bad end of a good old-fashioned American-sponsored coup. |
| 1:05.2 | Clips today come from the real news, the inquiry, revolutionary left radio, the majority |
| 1:10.9 | report, ring of fire radio. |
| 1:13.3 | This is hell, the intercept, and democracy now. |
| 1:23.1 | Let's take a look at some of the clips from mainstream media in describing what is going |
| 1:28.4 | on today. |
| 1:30.2 | This was once the prosperous democracy, a jewel of Latin America 20 years ago before |
| 1:36.2 | Chavez, who was then succeeded by Maduro who was in his regime in his administration. |
| 1:42.0 | And it has been a disaster on all counts, both democratically and certainly economically. |
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