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