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Yellow Vest: The Gilet Jaune and ‘France Profonde’

The yellow vest movement, gilet jaune, takes its fight for true democracy to the deep countryside of France.

David Studdert
Por David Studdert
France | Yellow vest Protest

On the 12th December, The Guardian published an article entitled ‘If you want to understand the Gilets Jaunes you have to leave Paris’. The article had little by way of analysis, devoting itself to a standard ‘look at me I live in France’ one up man-ship. The ostensible topic, the Gilets Jaunes and questions concerning why now, who and where –

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The Making of Juan Guaido: How the US Regime Change Laboratory Created Venezuela’s Coup Leader

Juan Guaidó is the product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s elite regime change trainers. While posing as a champion of democracy, he has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilization.

Dan Cohen
Max Blumenthal
Por Dan Cohen
Y Max Blumenthal
Juan Guaido | Venezuela

GrayZone Project -- Before the fateful day of January 22, fewer than one in five Venezuelans had heard of Juan Guaidó. Only a few months ago, the 35-year-old was an obscure character in a politically marginal far-right group closely associated with gruesome acts of street violence. Even in his own party, Guaidó had been a mid-level figure in the

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Bellingcat Member Likely Behind Toronto-Based Venezuelan Pro-Opposition News Outlet

The “open-intelligence investigation network,” Bellingcat, is infamous for its biased reporting and forwarding the mainstream media narrative. Its connections to the Institute of Statecraft and its pet project the Integrity Initiative are also no secret.

SouthFront
Por SouthFront
Bellingcat | Atlantic Council

SouthFront -- The Twitter account of the pro-opposition blog “In Venezuela,” appears to be run from Toronto, Canada, and an in-the-field news source run by Bellingcat member, Giancarlo Fiorella. The “open-intelligence investigation network,” Bellingcat, is infamous for its biased reporting and forwarding the mainstream media narrative. Its

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Political Powerhouse Celso Amorim on the Iran Deal, Venezuela and a MutliPolar World

An interview with former Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim on how BRICS came into being, how the nuclear deal was done with Tehran and how the South dealt with Chavez

Pepe Escobar
Por Pepe Escobar
Celso Amorim

Brazil is once again in the eye of a political hurricane, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s appearance at Davos and explosive revelations directly linking his clan to a criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro. With his administration barely a month old, Bolsonaro is already being seen as expendable to the elites that propelled him to power – from

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When Is a Democracy not a Democracy? When It’s Venezuela and the US is Pushing Regime Change

Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war.

Joe Emersberger
Por Joe Emersberger

CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- (Opinion) Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war. People can oppose President Donald Trump’s economic sanctions and

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Ilhan Omar Doesn’t Flinch in Calling Trump’s Venezuela Policy the Coup that It Is

Omar is showing that she is onto the “humanitarian intervention” canard that has served as a pretext in the past decades to the destruction of large swaths of the Middle East and North Africa.

Alexander Rubinstein
Por Alexander Rubinstein
Ilhan Omar | Venezuela

WASHINGTON -- Freshman Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is quickly building a reputation for herself as a staunch anti-war voice in the House of Representatives. While the government has been shut down for the majority of her term so far, Omar has used social media to push back on the coup in Venezuela, which has been heavily supported by the

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