Corporate Coup Assassination Excerpt: Venezuela's Maduro on John Bolton's Plot To Kill Him

[Judi Lynn]

JULY 18, 2024

By Anya Parampil – Jul 16, 2024

By Anya Parampil – Jul 16, 2024

Following the attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, Anya Parampil offers a detailed look back at the failed assassination of Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, and Washington’s role in the plot, in her new book, “Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire.”

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“As somebody who has helped plan coups d’état—not here, but you know, other places—it takes a lot of work.”

John Bolton uttered these words during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper in July 2022,1 nearly three years following his departure from the Trump White House. When Tapper followed up with a request for details of the US official’s apparently criminal past, Bolton replied: “Well, I wrote about Venezuela in [my memoir] and it turned out not to be successful.”

For Venezuelans, Bolton’s confession underscored his already transparent role in directing Washington’s failed coup in Caracas—and the infamously incompetent military putsch that eventually came with it.

From the outset of Guaidó’s self-declared presidency, Bolton acted as his most enthusiastic cheerleader inside the White House. Days after the Trump administration’s January 2019 recognition of Guaidó, Bolton appeared on Fox Business to articulate the stakes of Washington’s new Venezuela policy.

“It will make a big difference to the United States economically if we could have American oil companies invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela,” the veteran US official declared.2 In just a few words, Bolton shattered the myth that Washington’s preoccupation with Venezuela was rooted in an abstract moral commitment to ideals like freedom and democracy.

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[Marcus IM]

1. I have to ask ... where are all the people that used to be here believing every word from the RW and corporate media?

It's very strange.

There used to be so much coddling of the intransigent Cuban and Venezuelan "exiles" and their RW causes that represented the "opposition" while based in the US (S Florida), even here.

We used to see people here breathlessly regurgitating the NYT articles chock fill of RW propaganda, lies, innuendo, backing fascistic candidates who couldn't even garner 2% of the vote. Social media "experts".

Much like were are seeing going on now in the RW corporate media propaganda against Biden and essentially backing the unhinged fascistic candidate, just like they did with Juan Guaido from Venezuela.

Now that the RW media anvil had landed on one of our candidates toes, suddenly, the RW corporate media lies have an agenda, and are not to be believed.

Oooops. Flip flop.

Castles built on lies and sand come crumbling.

Isn't there a phrase about chickens and where they roost??