Max Blumenthal describes his experience on the ground in Venezuela to host Paul Jay, and talks about how the depiction of the country in broad humanitarian crisis is being used as a rationale for intervention in its domestic politics
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You said your visa card worked?
US govt need to stop or facing war criminal charges. Very disappointed with US and Western govt.
I'm Venezuelan,also, so so thankful to you,because you has been the trully voice of Venezuela in America. the Venezuelan doesn't speak inglish. However, there is to many interes in this.Careful, many people doesn't wants anybody knows this true. 🇻🇪😉ðŸ‘💖
This is total bull! He was there 3 weeks. Let him live here for awhile! I guess 3 million people who left there homes were mistaken? I'm an American citizen living in Venezuela, and even with my S.S. check, my son and I are having a difficult time making ends meet! Everyday I look out my window and see whole families eating from the garbage! Nuff said!
IN GOD WE TRUST VENEZUELA AND PEOPLE AMEN.
What the US has been doing to Venezuela is a Crime against Humanity, fully deserving of exemplary punishment from either the ICJ or ICC and the rest of the world. They have literally strangled the economy of a country that has never lifted a finger against the US territory or its military and whose only crime was to attempt to enforce sovereignity over their resources: oil and minerals. First they render their main export oil industry worthless, then theIr currency, then their access to the international market by sanctioning any govt. official who goes abroad to negotiate loans, then they grab their oil assets abroad and now they get ready to invade. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE??
I recommend everybody go to one of the mainstream media Channels like Fox News, CNBC, New York Times or WallStreet Journal. And go to their videos about Venezuela(or any other lies about another country they want to harm for their benefit) and comment the truth. Can't let them propagate and control the information narratives on current events.
The real spirit of journalism is clearly embedded in the personality of Max Blumenthal. He risked his life going to a country that is not in terms with American government, one that is very unkind to the people of Venezuela. He reports the truth that has been hidden.
Excellent interview; very glad to have come across it! I definitely hope that the situation for Ven. will soon start to IMPROVE, for the country certainly needs this. The US and ally govts need to stay OUT of Ven. affairs.
How are the ppl gonna trust US? Misleading n full of deceitful lies plotted by US! US has shown their greatest might, yes! By lying that makes them the greatest! What a joke! Now it makes the world wonder how good their military is, bragging …..
MAX, What about Putin bringing in Nuke planes???
Who’s advising Bernie on Venezuela. His CIA talking points gives succour to the hawks in Washington and the fascist oligarchs in Venezuela to create the conditions for an invasion. Why can’t Bernie see this. It’s completely obvious!
Now Russia is sending troops & aid to V, China giving medical aid and Trump thinks it's a good idea to pick a fight with these two. lol
Let’s share this video so more people will know the truth.😃😃ðŸ‘
United snakes of America
Tyt reports on this a lot differently just like mainstream media.
Economic crisis can be solved in Venezuela if they allow countries like China and Russia establish a new model and keenly work through it. They ( Venezuela people) should not scared and early to make mistakes.
Look at examples of ::
Cuba, Iran, North Korea and above all Russia. Slow but sure in suffering.
jeezuz christ, how can you separate the two crisis. I've investigated this reporters claims, and for everything he got right, he got just as much wrong. Regardless of the political games being played, the people of venezuela are suffering. Those that have any money can't afford enough food to eat and those that can are eating the same pasta, milk, cheeze when available, crackers and bread when available and a few other same foods. Some people are not able to get regular water. he is right, and he is way off base. the free so called food is often out dated and spoiled. Tons of food have been left to rot in warehouses! Caracas is NOT going to show you the truth. You have to move out to the towns and villages. talk to the people, the indigenous people. Elderly and babies are sick and dying from malnutrition and disease. Jeezuz i hate when reporters get stuck on the politics being played and screaming lies lies lies while the people suffer because no one thinks they are suffering. People don't walk for 4 days to leave their home and go to a foreign country to find work and food. Is it as bad as yemen? no, is it as bad as syria? no. but it is slowly turning that way and will go faster now that these shitty reports are being spewed as truth. If you have an economic crisis you automatically have a humanitarian crisis! jeezuz, when you can't by a variety of foods for nutrition you have a crisis. Makes me sick at how lazy the media is at finding their information. This crisis started before maduro came to power as well but no one reports that! do your homework and get the hell out of caracas and find the truth from the people, especially the indigenous people.
Trans national corporations are the enemy of civil society……. the US government is a tool of these evil organisms
There is a REAL humanitarian crisis happening in Yemen caused by a US-supported ally. There is another humanitarian crisis being ignored in Rukban camp in al-Tanf, an area in Syria occupied by the US. In al-Tanf the US-supported militants are holding refugees against their will under terrible conditions in order to justify the US presence.
Humanitarian crimes are happening in Yemen and al-Tanf's Rukban.
To respond to one of Paul's questions- with Iraq, many of the Western European nations (especially France) had economic ties to Iraq that they didn't want to lose, so they opposed the Iraq War. Sanctions against Venezuela are so harsh they prevent such economic ties that would give those countries an incentive to oppose the regime change operation.
Thank you Jay for having Max Blumenthal on to talk about Venezuela. Max is a solid Journalist and helps reveal the facts. I watch the Moderate Rebels to give me an Non-Corporate Establishment perspective on the news and to help filter out the Corp manufactured propaganda
Strong journalism here with Max Blumenthal and Paul Jay……
Corporate Media… Take Note: This is what journalism looks like.
All eyes should be on Yemen!
Kudos to Max Blumenthal for keeping a small thread of real journalism alive. But might even the progressive media be missing the point? Certainly its exciting to see what the international banks and their bought and paid for governments in America and Europe are doing to undermine democracy in the world but shouldn't the point be that if true citizens in Venezuela and elsewhere banded together to defeat this campaign it could go al long way toward defeating the anti democratic imperialist movement itself? Shouldn't we remind ourselves of the international progressive intellectual movement to support the republicans in Spain in the 1930's? Surely we're not going to sit back and watch that happen all over again. As general Eisenhower forewarned, the military industrial (academic, media) complex may have such a strangle hold on our collective psyche that we are doomed. The only way to stop wars of anti constitutional democratic suppression may be to elect a chief executive who is committed to refusing to authorize them.
Many are Colombians returning to their families in Colombia.
The Real News doesn't let us drown in the sea of lies. Thank you so much for being there. It is a tragedy being played out by U.S. villains. It is terrible this media pile on being carried out by all sorts of U.S. clandestine operations. I and many of my friends are grateful there is a Real News.
Not true, Venezuela had dip problems, much before the measures by USA. How can you explain the more than 100.000.000.000 US$ that the Maduro and friends have in multiple accounts around the world. So probably some of that money is going to your accounts. That is the only reason that you can say that what is happening in Venezuela is caused by the USA and not by Maduro and the other drug lords that are with him.
Thanks to the efforts of trustworthy journalists like Max Blumenthal, we in the U.S. are able to see the other side of the coin, albeit a small coin when compared to the incessant disseminating of fake news by the mainstream media. Still, we have access to reliable sources if we look hard enough. Real News, thank you for sharing.
Wow, Wow, we might have to blame George Soros again for funding the wrong people………… and now as Gerald Celente say the NYTimes the garbage paper, traitor, Traitor and part of the dirty swamp of DC
Journalist Max Blumenthal, along with his men and women friends and associates around the world, meets the rarely-achieved standard of excellence in journalism – for the very simple reason they do what all the greats throughout history have done: Zero in on and report the 100% truth. Thank you to The Real News Network for providing such powerful truthful reporting.
Since 1999 I have never been to a Citco. I tell all of my friends and family that socialized gas will ruin car.
Thanks for the description …. but where may be the answers to all these problems?
How is the U.N. reacting?
Wat does Venezuela lead out of this crises ?
It’s time for the answers …
What to do in the „non linear“ media to start a re-thinking ?
A first step was, that Germany did not accepted the ambassador of Mr. Guaido as a state official.
But this is just a small step …. where are all the answers to the rest of the problem.
In my opinion it’s not enough to remain on status quo descriptions …
All caused by US sanctions!
The sad thing is that just about every country around Venzuela has a US controled right wing puppet so their in a real jam and are going to get attacked from many sides relentlessly. My heart goes out to the Venezuelan people, endure my friends endure!