While
Venezuela’s government and the Chavista movement proclaimed victory
over the worst blackouts to plague the country, Washington’s coup
masters have promised more darkness until their goals are complete.
by
Misión Verdad
Part
4 - Prophecies of doom from Washington’s coup masters
Just
hours before the collapse of the Venezuelan electric system, the
American lawmaker at the forefront of the campaign of destabilization
issued a doomsday prophesy for the country.At
midday, March 7, during a hearing in the US Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, Rubio warned that Venezuela was “going
to enter a period of suffering that no nation has confronted in
modern history.”
He explicitly called for the US to stir “widespread
unrest,”
declaring that it “needs
to happen”
in order to achieve regime change. The blackout hit exactly five
hours later.Even
before Minister of Communication Jorge Rodríguez was able to inform
the media about the scope of the attack on the electric system, Rubio
declared through his Twitter account that “backup
generators have failed,”
barely concealing his excitement.On
Friday 8th and Saturday 9th, the senator blamed the Maduro government
for a “lack
of diligence.”At
the same time, Guaidó took to Twitter to declare that ”the
light would return to Venezuela when the “usurpation is
terminated,”
suggesting that the blackouts would only end once Maduro was out of
power.Rubio
proceeded to publicize fake news about alleged newborn casualties at
the University Hospital of Maracaibo, Zulia, and other hospitals of
the national public health system. At the same time, several NGOs,
such as Codevida, blasted out announcements of unconfirmed events
regarding deaths, chaos and loss of public order in the national
territory, creating a disproportionate and distorted perception of
the events in order to market the theme of a supposed humanitarian
crisis.NGOs
such as Codevida and others echoed Rubio’s false claim that 80
neonatal deaths had occurred, along with more than 200 deaths. This
figure was denied by the president of the Medical Association of
Zulia, Dianela Parra.Meanwhile,
Pompeo announced through social media platforms that Venezuela was,
”without
medicine, without food, now without electricity and soon, without
Maduro.”The
statement sounded less like a prediction than a strategic blueprint
for regime change. His comments were echoed by Eliot Abrams, who
proclaimed in a radio interview that “pressure
will increase, US pressure and internal pressure also. Especially
this week, when there’s no light!”Meanwhile,
John Bolton urged the Venezuelan military to accept the amnesty offer
put forward by Guaidó. It was just the latest attempt to promote
rifts in the army’s officer corps and promote rebellion in the
army, which was working to protect the national electric system from
further damage.Western
media exploited the situation to amplify the narrative of a
humanitarian crisis and portray a nation submerged in chaos. New York
Times correspondent Anatoly Kurmanaev claimed hyperbolically that
Venezuela had descended into the “law
of the jungle,”
and predicted a post-apocalyptic “Mad
Max”
scenario just over the horizon. In this way, the international press
reinforced the messaging of the Trump administration.
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