{"164871":{"id":"164871","parent":"163429","time":"1574465129","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/164871","source":"http:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/elizabeth-warren-endorses-trumps-economic-war-on-venezuela-soft-pedals-far-right-bolivia-coup\/","category":"USA","title":"Elizabeth Warren Endorses Trump's Economic War on Venezuela, Soft-Pedals Far-Right Bolivia Coup","catalog-images":"1\/newsnet_164871_mUvqJ6VpXf0.jpg","image":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/img\/newsnet_164871_mUvqJ6VpXf0.jpg","hub":"newsnet","url-explicit":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/art\/elizabeth-warren-endorses-trump-s-economic-war-on-venezuela-soft-pedals-far-right-bolivia-coup","admin":"newsnet","views":"609","priority":"2","length":"22031","lang":"en","content":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBen NORTON\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the millions of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/10\/11\/life-resistance-venezuela-ben-norton-us-blockade\"\u003EVenezuelans suffering under a suffocating U.S. blockade\u003C\/a\u003E, there is no functional difference between Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren. In fact, the liberal Democratic presidential candidate has enthusiastically endorsed the far-right president's strategy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/04\/07\/un-rapporteur-says-us-sanctions-against-venezuela-are-the-bluntest-way-to-engineer-regime-change-and-are-causing-blanket-starvation\"\u003Erelentless warfare against Venezuela\u003C\/a\u003E and its nearly 30 million inhabitants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter praising the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, which violate international law and have led to the preventable \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/07\/23\/us-sanctions-threaten-famine-in-venezuela-leading-economist-warns\"\u003Edeaths of tens of thousands\u003C\/a\u003E of civilians, Warren went on to whitewash the far-right military coup in Bolivia, where the Trump administration has helped put \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrayzoneProject\/status\/1196484126221713410_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E racist Christian extremists\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/11\/11\/bolivia-coup-fascist-foreign-support-fernando-camacho\"\u003Eactual fascists in power\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWarren's eagerness for economic war on Caracas earned her the recognition of right-wing news websites like \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/11\/18\/elizabeth-warren-aggrees-trump-strategy-venezuela-support-economic-sanctions\"\u003EThe Federalist\u003C\/a\u003E, which gleefully emphasized that \"Elizabeth Warren Agrees With Trump's Strategy In Venezuela.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Massachusetts senator wanted to show off her foreign policy bona fides in a softball interview with a former Barack Obama administration apparatchik on the podcast \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=mUvqJ6VpXf0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-chain\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Pod Save America\u003C\/a\u003E,\" which is known for its centrist politics and close links to Hillary Clinton.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWarren praised Trump's strategy of appointing the deflated Venezuelan coup leader \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/01\/29\/the-making-of-juan-guaido-how-the-us-regime-change-laboratory-created-venezuelas-coup-leader\"\u003EJuan Guaid\u00f3\u003C\/a\u003E as president and declared, \"I support economic sanctions.\" She also described the country's democratically elected \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/08\/06\/interview-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro\"\u003EPresident Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u003C\/a\u003E as a \"dictator.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the interview, the Democratic presidential candidate agreed wholeheartedly with her host Tommy Vietor, who previously served as a spokesperson for President Barack Obama and the U.S. National Security Council.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth spread lie after lie about Venezuela, based on hyperbolic corporate media myths.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the interview was conducted back in February, video clips have recently resurfaced and gone viral on social media.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twit\" id=\"1196428515366846465\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"nbp\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlytaDeLeon\" class=\"popbt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-user\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E 🌹\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlytaDeLeon\/status\/1196428515366846465\" class=\"small\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-chain\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E 18\/11\/2019 14:02:41\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"panel\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"trntwt66846465\"\u003EElizabeth Warren supports Juan Guaido. Supports sanctions of Venezuela. Says Maduro is starving his people even though she acknowledges that the US has economic sanctions and that she supports those sanctions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nShe's horrible and a threat to Latin America. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESupports Economic Sanctions\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETommy Vietor, an implacable critic of Trump and a prominent symbol of the liberal self-declared \"Resistance,\" kicked off the interview segment singing the praises of the far-right president's strategy of economically and diplomatically strangling Venezuela.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"The Trump administration has recognized the National Assembly president Juan Guaid\u00f3 as the president, and encouraged a bunch of other countries to follow suit, in frankly what was a pretty impressive diplomatic play by them,\" Vietor applauded failing to mention that more than \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminNorton\/status\/1090338861761392641_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E 80 percent of Venezuelans\u003C\/a\u003E had \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vtv.gob.ve\/hinterlaces-81-venezolanos-desconoce-a-guaido-como-lider-politico\"\u003Enever heard of Guaid\u00f3\u003C\/a\u003E at the time Washington anointed him as the unelected head of state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Mm hmm,\" Warren uttered in agreement, echoing Vietor's endorsement of the Trump administration for attempting to install Guaid\u00f3 through a coup.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrump \"also sanctioned Venezuela's oil industry, which is a major step to cut off all their supply of dollars and their ability to have an economy,\" Vietor continued.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWarren chimed in: \"Start with the fact that Maduro is obviously a dictator; he's terrible; he's stolen this election; it's a nightmare for the people of Venezuela.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Democratic presidential candidate, who portrays herself as a progressive, proceeded to endorse all of the major planks of the Trump administration's hybrid war against Venezuela.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"This notion of using our diplomatic tools, I'm all for it,\" she continued. \"I think recognition [of Guaid\u00f3], I think getting our allies to do it; it's a way to bring diplomatic pressure.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Economic sanctions? Yeah, I support economic sanctions,\" Warren added. \"But we have to offer humanitarian help at the same time.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"We should be leading the international community to get help to those people,\" she said of Venezuelan migrants. \"That puts more pressure on Maduro,\" Warren boasted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Democratic presidential candidate made it clear that she would continue the hybrid war on Venezuela, which has caused large numbers of Venezuelans to leave the country, while also incentivizing Venezuelans to leave the country with promises of aid on the other side of the border. In other words, Warren pledged to exacerbate Venezuela's migration crisis, which is already at epidemic levels thanks to crushing U.S. sanctions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA study published in April by economists Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Weisbrot at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cepr.net\/press-center\/press-releases\/report-finds-us-sanctions-on-venezuela-are-responsible-for-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths\"\u003ECenter for Economic and Policy Research\u003C\/a\u003E found that U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, which are illegal under international law, caused at least 40,000 deaths from 2017 to 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"The sanctions are depriving Venezuelans of lifesaving medicines, medical equipment, food, and other essential imports,\" said Weisbrot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWarren has promised to continue lethal sanctions, fueling more migration from Venezuela, but simultaneously boosting aid just like liberal war hawks who supported the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/09\/24\/the-syria-you-wont-see-max-blumenthal-on-visiting-damascus-after-the-proxy-war\"\u003Einternational proxy war on Syria\u003C\/a\u003E, which created millions of refugees, while pledging to help those displaced people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe only Trump tactic Warren disapproved of was his \"saber-rattling,\" referencing his belligerent tone. Instead of threatening direct military intervention, Warren argued, the United States should continue polices of hybrid and economic warfare to destabilize Venezuela's leftist government.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd Washington should continue this hybrid warfare while \"working with our allies,\" she stressed, in a way \"that increases the pressure on Maduro.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile demonizing Venezuelan President Maduro, who was first elected in 2013 and then re-elected in 2018, host Tommy Vietor and Elizabeth Warren went on to praise German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is from a center-right religious party.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReiterates Her Neoconservative Policies Against Venezuela\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElizabeth Warren repeated her support for regime change in Venezuela in an interview in September with the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/article\/elizabeth-warren\"\u003ECouncil on Foreign Relations\u003C\/a\u003E, a central gear in the machinery of the military-industrial complex.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\"Maduro is a dictator and a crook who has wrecked his country's economy, dismantled its democratic institutions, and profited while his people suffer,\" Warren declared.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe referred to Maduro's elected government as a \"regime\" and called for \"supporting regional efforts to negotiate a political transition.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEchoing the rhetoric of neoconservatives in Washington, Warren called for \"contain[ing]\" the supposedly \"damaging and destabilizing actions\" of China, Russia, and Cuba.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe only point where Warren diverged with Trump was on her insistence that \"there is no U.S. military option in Venezuela.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twit\" id=\"1193514718708809733\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"nbp\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFR_org\" class=\"popbt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-user\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Council on Foreign Relations\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFR_org\/status\/1193514718708809733\" class=\"small\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-chain\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E 10\/11\/2019 13:04:18\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_1193514718708809733_mnt\" title=\"ewarren\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-oversight\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"panel\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"trntwt08809733\"\u003EWe asked @ewarren 12 questions about her foreign policy views. Read her answers on China's treatment of the Uighurs, trade, Venezuela, and more ⬇️ \u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESoft-Pedals Far-Right Coup in Bolivia\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Warren endorsed Trump's hybrid war on Venezuela, she more recently whitewashed the U.S.-backed coup in Bolivia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Nov. 10, the U.S. government backed a far-right \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/11\/14\/oas-us-coup-bolivia-evo-morales\"\u003Emilitary coup against Bolivia's democratically elected President Evo Morales\u003C\/a\u003E, a leftist from the popular Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and the first Indigenous head of state in a country where nearly two-thirds of the population is Native.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWarren refused to comment on the putsch for more than a week, even as the far-right military junta massacred dozens of protesters and systematically purged and detained elected left-wing politicians from MAS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, eight days after the coup, Warren broke her silence. In a short tweet, the putative progressive presidential candidate tepidly requested \"free and fair elections\" and calling on the \"interim leadership\" to prepare an \"early, legitimate election.\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twit\" id=\"1196519189583974402\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"nbp\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\" class=\"popbt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-user\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Elizabeth Warren\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1196519189583974402\" class=\"small\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-chain\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E 18\/11\/2019 20:02:59\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"panel\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"trntwt83974402\"\u003EThe Bolivian people deserve free and fair elections, as soon as possible. Bolivia's interim leadership must limit itself to preparing for an early, legitimate election. Bolivia's security forces must protect demonstrators, not commit violence against them. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat Warren did not mention is that this \"interim leadership\" she helped legitimize is headed by an extreme right-wing Christian fundamentalist, the unelected \"interim president\" \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrayzoneProject\/status\/1196484126221713410_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Jeanine A\u00f1ez\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA\u00f1ez has referred to Bolivia's majority-Indigenous population as \"satanic\" and immediately moved to try to overturn the country's progressive constitution, which had established an inclusive, secular, plurinational state after receiving an overwhelming democratic mandate in a 2009 referendum.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA\u00f1ez's ally in this coup regime's interim leadership is \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/11\/11\/bolivia-coup-fascist-foreign-support-fernando-camacho\"\u003ELuis Fernando Camacho\u003C\/a\u003E, a multi-millionaire who emerged out of neo-fascist groups and courted support from the United States and the far-right governments of Brazil and Colombia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy granting legitimacy to Bolilvia's ultra-conservative, unelected leadership, Warren rubber-stamped the far-right coup and the military junta's attempt to stamp out Bolivia's progressive democracy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other words, as \u003Ci\u003EThe Grayzone\u003C\/i\u003E editor Max Blumenthal put it, Liz's \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1190377701946875906_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Big Structural Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E compliantly rolled over for \u003Ca onclick=\"sj(this)\" data-j=\"popup_twit,call__3_https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxBlumenthal\/status\/1196621593755213825_\" class=\"txtx\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"philum ic-tw\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Big IMF\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2016\/05\/31\/neoliberal-imf-neoliberalism-inequality-hurts-growth\"\u003EStructural Adjustment Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2019\/11\/20\/elizabeth-warren-endorses-trumps-economic-war-on-venezuela-soft-pedals-far-right-bolivia-coup\"\u003Econsortiumnews.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/elizabeth-warren-endorses-trumps-economic-war-on-venezuela-soft-pedals-far-right-bolivia-coup\/\"\u003Estrategic-culture.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","_links":{"parent_art":[{"title":"\u00c9quateur et Chili : l'\u00e9chec du discours de la r\u00e9ussite","url":"http:\/\/newsnet.fr\/apicom\/id:163429,json:1"}]}}}