Venezuela: April 2002

In this episode, Grant tells a familiar story from a less-popular angle. Venezuelan oil interests, for-profit media, and a right-wing coalition launched a coup against the early years of Hugo Chavez' presidency. It also had all the hallmarks of 21st Century American Imperialism, but with a veneer of deniability. Who planted the seeds of today's unrest? How can you see true intent through rhetoric? Why hasn't Elliott Abrams been tried for war crimes?

Links!

• Text of the 1999 Constitution
• Al Jazeera mini-documentary on the events of 2002
• 50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
• Venezuela coup linked to Bush team - The Guardian
• SEX ARCHIE

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