by Ramiro S.
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If you’ve been following
international news in recent years, you know that two countries, in
particular, have served as punching bags for establishment pundits:
Venezuela and Syria.
Sure, other countries on
mainstream media’s target list — including Russia, China, Cuba,
Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) — have
also been persistently bombarded with hit pieces. But then these
sovereign nations have always been under attack since declaring their
independence from Washington’s imperialist grip.
What distinguishes recent
corporate news attacks against Venezuela and Syria from media
treatment of the countries mentioned above, however, is the role of
their respective Western-backed opposition “movements.” Claiming
to fight for “democracy” and “freedom,” protesters from both
countries have participated in violent actions aimed at overthrowing
their democratically-elected governments — Venezuela since 2014 and
Syria since 2011.
This hasn’t been the case, at
least in recent years, in Russia, China, Cuba, Iran and the DPRK.
In Venezuela, right-wing
opposition groups have attempted to topple the socialist government
of President Nicolas Maduro and the ruling United Socialist Party of
Venezuela. They hope to follow the path of Brazil and Argentina,
where social programs for the poor have been slashed and neoliberal
austerity reigns.
In Syria, Wahhabi-aligned
opposition groups have waged relentless war against President Bashar
al-Assad and the incumbent Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party. They hope
to follow the path of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,
where the rights of religious minorities have been stripped and
Western-imposed sectarianism presides.
Though seemingly different in
appearance, opposition groups in Venezuela and Syria are much alike
in essence. Consider the following four examples of their similarity.
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