"Corporate media in this country deliver a steady onslaught of anti-Venezuelan propaganda. The Washington Post fumes about Venezuelan "pirates" while the New York times reports about Ecuador is overwhelmed by desperate Venezuelan migrants. Unfortunately, the propaganda has succeeded to a large degree. "Socialism doesn`t work, just look at Venezuela" is an all too common trope. It is rare that anyone with a public platform reveals a simple truth. Venezuela`s problems were created by the United States government, first during the Obama administration and now continue under Trump`s.

It`s sanctions against the Venezuelan government and its people that have created hyperinflation, hunger, and a devastated health care system that was once the envy of that region. Sanctions are war by other means, invisible to most eyes. There are no troops, bullets, bombs, drones or military weaponry. But sanctions are as deadly as any military invasion, and Trump may do that yet.

In 2015 Barack Obama issued an executive order declaring Venezuela to be "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the united States". That decree is necessary in order to impose economic sanctions."

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kilde: "Freedom Rider: The United States Destroys Venezuela`s Economy"
Margaret Kimberley