{"id":29516,"date":"2023-10-30T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29516"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:56:14","slug":"book-corporate-coup-the-failed-attempt-to-overthrow-venezuela-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/30\/book-corporate-coup-the-failed-attempt-to-overthrow-venezuela-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: “Corporate Coup: The Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela Democracy”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Corporate Coup: The Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela Democracy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Anya Parampil<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Corporate Coup looks at the attempted overthrow of the elected government of Venezuela, an intervention which, despite open backing by the United States, failed dismally.
In January of 2019, the Trump Administration decided to recognize a previously little known opposition lawmaker named Juan Guaid\u00f3 as President of Venezuela. The policy was unprecedented \u2014 while\u00a0Washington\u2019s history of coups in Latin America is well documented, never before had the United States taken the step of legally recognizing a new government before an actual change in leadership had taken place. Within months it became clear that the attempt at regime change had fallen all Venezuelan territory, government ministries, and the country\u2019s military remained under the control of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. While US officials, such as Trump Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams boasted that roughly 54 countries followed Washington\u2019s lead and recognized Guaid\u00f3\u2019s authority, the vast majority of United Nations member states rejected the coup policy and maintained relations with Maduro\u2019s government. Three years on from the coup attempt, Venezuela\u2019s government is firmly in place and Guaid\u00f3 is virtually nowhere to be seen. So what did this ham-fisted regime change effort truly achieve?
Parampil provides a narrative history of the Chavista revolution and offers character sketches of the figures who have come to lead it since Hugo Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s death in 2014. She shows how Guaid\u00f3\u2019s shadow regime consisted of individuals with deep connections to transnational corporations which sought to overturn the revolution and exploit Venezuela\u2019s resources, revealing their plot to steal Citgo Petroleum, the country\u2019s most valuable international asset. Corporate Coup exposes the hidden personalities and interests driving US policy on Venezuela, revealing that while the recognition of Guaid\u00f3 failed at changing reality on the ground in Caracas, it succeeded in providing cover for the unprecedented looting of the country\u2019s internationally-stored wealth. It is based on the extensive investigation and on-the-ground reporting Anya Parampil has conducted since the US coup attempt began, during which she cultivated relationships with top Venezuelan government officials as well as members of the country\u2019s opposition who oppose Guaid\u00f3 and US sanction policy.
This gripping story from Venezuela encapsulates the tenor of a US foreign policy that is happy to trample on democratic norms and illustrates how a new, multipolar world is rising in order to resist it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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