Venezuela - South American Siege (reupload, music change)

Venezuela has been under full US economic siege and military threats, all because its poor elected leaders friendly to them rather than the industrialists. Catalog No. 137.

References:

Petrodollar and Dollar Hegemony
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_warfare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrocurrency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monetary_hegemony

US-Venezuela relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations

CEPR report on Venezuela Sanctions
http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/report-finds-us-sanctions-on-venezuela-are-responsible-for-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths

Iraq Sanctions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iraq

Bank of England denies gold
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bank-of-england-denies-maduros-bid-to-pull-12-bln-in-gold-report-2019-01-25

World Literacy Rates
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-highest-literacy-rates-in-the-world.html

See video sources for additional references.
Music: Los Borrachos by Carlos Villalobos
Footage utilized under Fair Use for education and criticism:

Venezuela's Maduro appears with military leaders to denounce 'coup plotters',
France 24 English
https://youtu.be/oCNVRygPHK4

How corporate media coverage misleads the public on Venezuela,
Economist Jeffrey Sachs_ U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela & Killed Over 40,000 Since 2017
Greenwald_ White House Spread False Story About Venezuela Burning Aid Trucks to Win Support for War_Trim
Democracy Now
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw

FRONTLINE _ Preview _Syria's Second Front_ _ PBS
https://youtu.be/yeGs4-zFTE8

Invading Iraq - Part One_ How Britain And America Got It Wrong (Modern Military Documentary), Real Stories
https://youtu.be/VRgpeFY5FhA

Onboard USS Abraham Lincoln - BBC News
https://youtu.be/eVlsDBXmNg8

The Case for War in Libya, ABC News
https://youtu.be/VwPi3jK-kRw

The War on Democracy 2007, Christopher Martin/John Pilger
http://johnpilger.com/videos/the-war-on-democracy

Pat Robertson wants to kill Hugo Chavez, Slimane649
https://youtu.be/DykgMyTjWU4

The collapse of Venezuela, explained, Vox
https://youtu.be/S1gUR8wM5vA

Why Venezuela's Chavistas are fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis,
PBS Newshour
https://youtu.be/pnU2Ov_4fSk

Should The U.S. Military Intervene In Venezuela_ _ Think _ NBC News
https://youtu.be/k9hYaVTlzhw

Conditions under sanctions on Iraq in 1996, 60 Minutes CBS 1996-5-12

Inside Iraq - Ramsey Clark - 08 Apr 09 - Part 1, Al Jazeera English
https://youtu.be/KgcpMP8xJ1k

An Ocean of Lies on Venezuela_ Abby Martin & UN Rapporteur Expose Coup
Empire Files
https://youtu.be/ii5MlQgGXyk

A Short History of U.S. Meddling in Foreign Elections, The Intercept
The Yankee Plot to Overthrow Nicolás Maduro and Steal Venezuela’s Oil
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv002AUCZaPNwiADqwchijg

John McCain addresses Ukrainian protesters in Kiev, The Guardian
https://youtu.be/93eyhO8VTdg

Did Marco Rubio just threaten Maduro with picture of Gaddafi’s murder, RT
https://youtu.be/l5fd6x6G6yw

The Monroe Doctrine, Bubblehead George (secondary source)
https://youtu.be/BDQWHfM17S8

Breaking The Silence: Truth And Lies In The War On Terror,
John Pilger/Steve Connelly/Carlton Television
http://johnpilger.com/videos/breaking-the-silence-truth-and-lies-in-the-war-on-terror

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