The USA and its allies in Latin America have refused to recognize the results of Venezuela’s elections, as far-right opposition extremists try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, with the help of billionaire oligarch Elon Musk. Ben Norton documents the many US-backed coups since Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez came to power and launched the Bolivarian Revolution.

Our investigation: “US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election” - https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/07/29/us-government-edison-poll-venezuela-election/

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Topics

  1. 0:00 US supports coup attempt in Venezuela
  2. 1:41 Elon Musk: “We will coup whoever we want!”
  3. 3:35 Electoral “fraud” allegations
  4. 5:52 Observers say vote was fair
  5. 8:05 Argentina’s leader Javier Milei
  6. 9:06 CIA & Israeli Mossad
  7. 9:50 Venezuelan opposition loves Israel
  8. 10:38 Maduro supports Palestine
  9. 11:07 China, Russia, Iran
  10. 11:52 Why USA is obsessed with overthrowing Venezuela
  11. 12:57 Oil
  12. 13:36 CLIP Donald Trump wanted to “take over” Venezuela (and its oil)
  13. 14:07 CLIP John Bolton: US corporations want Venezuela’s oil
  14. 15:18 CLIP Bolton boasts Venezuela coup attempt was “a lot of work”
  15. 15:49 From Juan Guaidó to María Corina Machado
  16. 17:55 US-backed coup in Venezuela in 2002
  17. 19:25 Venezuelan opposition’s long history of crying “fraud”
  18. 19:48 Guarimbas
  19. 21:35 What “dictatorship”?
  20. 22:13 Obama declares Venezuela a “national security threat”
  21. 23:38 Economic war, sanctions, & embargo
  22. 30:15 Venezuela’s oligarchy vs. working class
  23. 32:12 Inflation
  24. 33:08 Sanctions
  25. 35:39 West steals Venezuela’s foreign assets
  26. 36:46 Failed CIA-backed invasion of Venezuela
  27. 37:36 No evidence for “fraud” claims
  28. 39:36 Outro