Thirty-Seven Links That Cast Doubt on the U.S.'s Venezuela Story

The C.I.A. helped kidnap Chavez in 2002, and tried to replace him with Exxon president Rafael Carmona

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/03/washington/world/documents-show-cia-knew-of-a-coup-plot-in-venezuela.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=47B298C89264FA8D46E3E4B7438BB46A&gwt=pay

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/5437251/CIA-plot-to-kill-Hugo-Chavez.html

http://extremeprejudiceusa.wordpress.com/tag/pedro-carmona-of-exxon/

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/345345

http://www.alainet.org/en/active/2137

The U.S. and the C.I.A. are behind Juan Guaido's rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Hc1Bs8OXg

Jimmy Dore, Abby Martin: Western media lies about international aid, severity of sanctions, Guaido's background, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EvAYwOQvik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMplqEpfGhs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HqA02PaAYc

Maduro didn't steal the 2017 election from the opposition; the opposition boycotted the election

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/19/612487104/venezuela-to-hold-presidential-election-but-main-opposition-is-boycotting-it






U.S. sanctions on Venezuela

http://www.rt.com/business/449011-venezuela-oil-exports-sanctions/

http://www.nationalreview.com/news/venezuela-oil-exports-fall-energy-sanctions/

http://fortune.com/2019/02/26/venezuela-crude-sanctions-ships/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-01/oil-tankers-floating-in-limbo-as-u-s-bars-payments-to-venezuela

U.S. admits to wanting to expand sanctions on Venezuela

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Bolton-Threatens-Companies-Shipping-Venezuelan-Oil-To-Cuba.html

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-may-expand-sanctions-on-venezuelan-oil-shipments

Ships full of oil are parked in the Gulf of Mexico

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-01/tankers-filled-with-venezuelan-oil-are-parked-in-gulf-of-mexico

https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-politics-oil-shipments/armada-of-tankers-with-venezuelan-oil-forms-in-u-s-gulf-sources-data-idUSL1N1ZZ0WQ

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-oil-shipments/armada-of-tankers-with-venezuelan-oil-forms-in-u-s-gulf-sources-data-idUSKCN1PT28X

Maduro knows that oil embargo and oil blockade are realistic possibilities

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-politics-maduro-oil/venezuelas-maduro-warns-oil-sales-blockade-would-be-catastrophic-idUKKCN1PX1ZG

Venezuelan UN official knows oil blockades are realistic possibilities
“Modern-day economic sanctions and blockades are comparable with medieval sieges of towns.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-us-sanctions-united-nations-oil-pdvsa-a8748201.html





U.S. “financial blockades” are really just sanctions, but the U.S. and Citibank are blockading Venezuela's insulin purchases, Colombia is blockading Venezuela's purchases of malaria medicine, international banks are suspending Venezuelan funds for buying food, and Venezuelan athletes' travel payments are being blocked

http://venezuelanalysis.com/ANALYSIS/13529?fbclid=IwAR358DEwnRZgPCCS6K4Hp8ot6Ps5kP9ZQvOc2reDa-nW6hr-XX8csLZ-iZ8

Britain refuses to return $550 million in Venezuelan gold

http://www.voanews.com/a/venezuelan-opposition-asks-uk-bank-not-to-give-maduro-gold-/4682355.html

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1082452/venezuela-gold-store-why-venezuela-store-gold-london

Maduro says U.S. has frozen $10 billion in Venezuelan accounts

http://news.yahoo.com/maduro-calls-return-venezuelas-uk-deposited-gold-165317545.html

British may be withholding Venezuelan oil out of spite for Maduro not selling oil fields to Britain

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1084623/venezuela-latest-total-oil-gas-france-us-venezuela-crisis

The food crisis is not as severe in Venezuela as some say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny5KFTLyiRw

Maduro didn't burn aid convoy; Western media has lied about Venezuela-Colombia bridge and aid trucks

http://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/world/americas/venezuela-aid-fire-video.html

http://theintercept.com/2019/03/10/nyts-expose-on-the-lies-about-burning-humanitarian-trucks-in-venezuela-shows-how-us-govt-and-media-spread-fake-news/

http://consortiumnews.com/2019/02/25/burning-aid-apparent-deception-on-colombia-venezuela-bridge/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgmjnHHzZcY

The symbolic weaponization of humanitarian aid to Venezuela

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/02/venezuela-humanitarian-aid-weapon-regimes/583309/

http://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vbwza4/humanitarian-aid-has-become-the-political-weapon-of-choice-in-venezuelas-power-struggle

The literal weaponization of humanitarian aid to Venezuela

“Venezuelan authorities announced that 19 rifles, 118 ammo magazines, 90 radios and six iPhones had been smuggled into the country via a U.S. plane that had originated in Miami. The authorities blamed the United States government for the illicit cargo, accusing it of seeking to arm U.S.-funded opposition groups in the country in order to topple the current Maduro-led government. “

http://www.mintpressnews.com/us-company-that-smuggled-weapons-into-venezuela-linked-to-cia-renditions/255049/

Why Venezuelans don't want U.S. aid

Compiled and Published on March 14th, 2019