“The pretense that truckloads of food and medicine brought to the Colombian-Venezuelan border will reverse the profound economic and social crisis prevailing in Venezuela is absurd. The aid, whenever it may arrive, is a classic Trojan Horse, directed not at alleviating the suffering of the Venezuelan people but at provoking either a military coup or an armed confrontation.”
From: WSWS
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/07/vene-f07.html
By Bill Van Auken
7 February 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued an ultimatum to the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday, demanding that it throw open its borders to a US-orchestrated scheme to deliver “humanitarian aid.” Washington’s aim is either to provoke a fissure within the country’s armed forces or set the stage for a US-led military intervention.
“The Venezuelan people desperately need humanitarian aid,” Pompeo tweeted. “The US & other countries are trying to help, but #Venezuela’s military under Maduro’s orders is blocking aid with trucks and shipping tankers. The Maduro regime must LET THE AID REACH THE STARVING PEOPLE.”
The sudden concern for the “starving people” of Venezuela comes from a US government that has systematically worked to strangle the Venezuelan economy, imposing a financial blockade in August 2017 and an oil embargo last week. The embargo aims to block…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
Trump’s insertion of “America will never become a socialist nation” and “Iran has done bad, bad things” into his State of the Union was not a good sign for the people of Venezuela and Iran. Add to that Trump’s intensified playing of the anti-Semitism/Israel card with evocation of World War II, and people might start getting real concerned and speaking out for peace.
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A comment from OffG by Joerg, which I considered to be legitimate and well informed and not something that I had caught on to:
” Just think of this brand-new propaganda lie of Maduro allegedly preventing aid shipment to come into Venezuela. See BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47143492 : “Venezuelan soldiers have blocked the crossing ahead of a delivery arranged by opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself interim president“.
Notice the word “ahead” in this sentence. This word appears because there was never a “delivery” (truck) with aid shipment at the bridge!
The Venezuelan government (“Maduro”) blocked the bridge only because of war-threatening Columbia and USA.
If you want to send aid shipment to Venezuela you can send as much as you want anytime. Of course you have to respect the regulations of the custom (like in every other country!). But that’s all!
Whats foul with this story?
Well, this aid “delivery” cannot have been collected in Colombia – and thus being taken away from the people of Colombia, who are much poorer than the people of Venezuela. So it would have to come from other country (USA, Europe, China, Japan). And then you would not land this aid shipment in Columbia (a harbour, an airport), drive it, in hot-humid air, through half of Colombia to the border crossing bridge of Cúcuta. Then cross the bridge and then drive it through half of Venezuela!
Instead aid shipments for Venezuela would be landed directly in Venezuela – in an Venezuelan harbour or airport.
“Everything (to the contrary) is propaganda”.
Or “Fake News”! So don’t miss James Corbett’s “FAKE NEWS AWARD” – https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-351-the-2nd-annual-real-fake-news-awards/“
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Great links, mohandeer. You make some excellent points. Al Jazeera is feeding their viewers the same shit propaganda. I’ll make sure to check out the Corbett site.
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Too true, Jerry. I am also extremely concerned about the role the mainstream media is playing in fanning the flames of military intervention.
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