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The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela
(Paperback)
Eva Golinger
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If you had any doubt that the U.S. was a player in the attempted coup
against Hugo Chavez in 2002, this book will remove all doubt.
Why, because it is based on U.S. government documents pursued primarily
through FOIA by Eva Golinger, an attorney who is the author.
Forget whether or not you like Chavez as a person, just remember he was
democratically elected and reconfirmed as the leader of Venezuela in a
referendum. In short, he is the choice of the Venezuelan electorate.
The U.S. has a history of overthrowing democratically elected leaders in
Latin America and elsewhere if they represent the poor. Then they are called
leftists. It is always odd to us that someone like Obrador in Mexico or
Chavez in Venezuela is considered "leftist" for speaking out on behalf of
the majority of their populations.
It isn't just Bush. The U.S. has long defined democracy as meaning U.S.
style corporate leaders who play ball with the World Bank and and
International Monetary Fund.
In Venezuela, the Bush Administration wants the oligarchy to be returned to
power. The Busheviks are particularly concerned about having a popular
government in power that isn't run by the U.S. aligned wealthy elite in
Caracas because of Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
For the Bush Administration, democracy is fine as long as the outcome is the
one it wants. In short, democracy for Republicans is a predetermined outcome
of corporate friendly leaders. Just look at the American election in 2000.
Democracy then -- as the U.S. has shown time and time again, including in
Guatemala, Chile and Iran, among other nations -- is only acceptable when
pro-U.S. governments are elected who believe in trickle down economics.
The irony is that in poor countries, democracy is a threat to the ruling
elite of the Republican Party -- and to many of the corporatists in the
Democratic Party.
Is it "leftist" to believe in majority rule, even if it leads to leadership
that is not supportive of the American governmental/corporate globalization
agenda?
Think about that fundamental question.
If democracy isn't based on the rule by those who receive the most votes,
then what is it based on?
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