US backs coup in oil-rich Venezuela, right-wing opposition plans mass privatization and hyper-capitalism
The
US has effectively declared a coup in Venezuela. Trump recognized
unelected right-wing opposition leader Juan Guaidó as new
“president,” who plans mass privatization and neoliberal
capitalist policies.
by
Ben Norton
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The
United States has effectively declared a political coup d’état in
Venezuela, from abroad. Trump announced on January 23 that the US
recognizes the unelected, illegitimate right-wing opposition leader
Juan Guaidó as the supposed new “interim president” of
Venezuela’s supposed new “government.”
Venezuela’s
US-backed opposition has pledged to carry out a mass privatization of
state assets and to implement harsh neoliberal capitalist policies.
The opposition-controlled legislatures declared in its “transition”
plans that the “centralized model of controls of the economy
will be replaced by a model of freedom and market based on the right
of each Venezuelan to work under the guarantees of property rights
and freedom of enterprise.”
The US
has also hinted at violence in Venezuela. During a background
briefing after Trump’s declaration, journalist Dan Cohen heard a US
official declare that if the government of actual President Nicolás
Maduro responds with any violence, “They have no immediate
future, they have no immediate livelihood. One way or another they
have their days counted.”
Trump
administration officials added, “When we say all options are on
the table, all options are on the table… Let’s hope Maduro and
his cronies see the magnitude of the message.”
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