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U.S. embassy caught scrubbing tweets urging Venezuelans not to vote
It is not clear why the embassy decided to go back and delete its posting history. Undermining Venezuela’s elections continues to be the official U.S. government line.
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Media, pols rage after Venezuelans defy U.S. to reelect socialists
The elections, boycotted by many major right-wing opposition groups, ended with the PSUV and its allies receiving an estimated 67.6% of the votes cast.
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Media responds with apathy as U.S.-backed coup gov’t. concedes defeat in Bolivia
Across the spectrum, corporate media has endorsed last year’s rightwing takeover of Bolivia, refusing to label it as a coup. Coverage of Sunday’s historical elections hasn’t been much…
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Bolivia resoundingly chooses socialism in wake of military coup
In the first election since last year's military coup ousted Evo Morales and installed a vicious right-wing regime, the Bolivian people reelected Morales' party in a landslide.
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Venezuela foils CIA terror plot; Pompeo tours neighbors to talk regime change
The State Department’s silence has been deafening following the arrest of a U.S. citizen and former CIA operative caught in an alleged plot against Venezuela.
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Colombia: Ex-President Uribe resigns Senate seat
Alvaro Uribe renounced his seat in the Colombian Senate on Tuesday amidst an inquiry against him for witness manipulation.
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Trump’s pick to run Latin America’s Development Bank is the last thing it needed
Foisting a divisive, first-ever U.S. president on the Inter-American Development Bank will likely hinder—not help—the bank’s quest to raise cash during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bolivia’s coup gov’t suspends elections for third time
In response to the delayed elections, Bolivian trade unions have given the government 72 hours to reverse the decision, threatening “indefinite mobilizations” to restore democracy.
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Trump tells Florida crowd ‘something will happen in Venezuela’ soon
President Donald Trump not-so-cryptically revealed that he had something big planned for Venezuela during a campaign stop in South Florida.
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Güaido representative threaten FBI investigation on journalists exposing her dealings
Vanessa Neumann accused 4 journalists of a “criminal conspiracy” to support Venezuelan vice-president Delcy Rodriguez.
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