Why Venezuela has not been Defeated

Quote:Introduction
Over the past half decade, a small army of US analysts, politicians, academics and
media pundits have been predicting the imminent fall, overthrow, defeat and replacement
of the Venezuelan government. They have been wrong on all counts, in each and every
attempt to foist a US client regime.
In fact, most of the US induced ‘regime changes’ has strengthened the support for
the Chavez – Maduro government.
When the US promoted a military-business coup in 2002, a million poor people
surrounded the presidential palace, allied with the military loyalists, defeated the coup.
The US lost their assets among their business and military clients, strengthened President
Chavez, and radicalized his social program. Likewise, in 2002-03 when state oil
company executives launched a lock-out.They were defeated, and hundreds of hardcore
US supporters were fired and Washington lost a strategic ally.
A more recent example is the overbearing role of President Trump’s bellicose
proclamation that the US is prepared to invade Venezuela. His threat aroused massive
popular resistance in defense of national independence ,even among discontented sectors
of the population.

Quote:In Solidarity with Venezuela: 60 Countries.....

Quote:This Friday, from the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), a group of 60 member states advocated for the Defense of Peace and the Principles of the UN Charter. The name of the coalition is still in discussion, however, they work together to develop a plan of action in rejection of the aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and any other sovereign people.

Quote:Venezuela Walks from OAS as Body Violates Charter in Support of US-Backed Coup

Quote:ASHINGTON — In a bid to legitimize Washington’s flailing coup attempt in Venezuela, the Organization of American States (OAS) has recognized faux-President Juan Guaido’s lackey Gustave Tarre as the new representative from Venezuela.

Reporter Anya Parampil, who was at the meeting in Washington on Tuesday, noted that “Five of the 18 countries that voted for the U.S. measure were recently taken over by pro-IMF governments.” Meanwhile, the Haitian government — currently embroiled in a popular uprising over its mismanagement and embezzlement of funds from a generous deal with Venezuela on petroleum products, known as the PetroCaribe alliance — voted for the measure in order to appease the United States and secure Washington’s support in quashing the uprising.

Parampil notes that the Guaido representative, Gustave Tarre, is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), an ultra-hawkish D.C.-based think tank funded by defense contractors and the oil industry.

Quote:According to Kovalik, the US has a history of working with small groups of wealthy elites in Venezuela who protect the US' interests, which has resulted in great poverty in Venezuela.

"In 1989, after the newly elected president of Venezuela [Carlos Andrés Pérez] instituted International Monetary Fund [IMF] austerity measures after promising not to do that, there was a huge uprising in Venezuela, and hundreds, if not thousands, of people, were killed in what was called the Caracazo, and this was an earth-shattering event in Venezuela. After that massacre of people protesting, this is what led to rise of Hugo Chavez, who ended up becoming president through the support of the poor who rejected the IMF austerity measures imposed on Venezuela. Chavez rejected those measures, [Venezuelan President Nicolas] Maduro has continued to reject them — that's another reason why the US wants Maduro out," Kovalik explained.