President Maduro Asks to Investigate Macri's Invasion Plot

[Judi Lynn]

Argentina’s former President Mauricio Macri. | Photo: Twitter/ @avibalbi

Published 15 February 2022 (9 hours 13 minutes ago)

"Under Macri’s command, the Argentine army went to the extreme of breaking all the rules of diplomacy and thinking that they can make a war against Venezuela," Maduro stated.

On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked the Argentine authorities to investigate the deployment of the Puma Military Drill, which contemplated an invasion to Venezuela through Colombian territory during President Mauricio Macri’s administration (2015-2019).

"Under Macri’s command, the Argentine army went to the extreme of breaking all the rules of diplomacy, ignoring international law, and thinking that they can make a war against Venezuela," President Maduro said.

After then-Senator Juan Guaido proclaimed himself President of Venezuela in 2019, the U.S. and its regional allies attempted to implement illegal mechanisms to bring about a "regime change" in Venezuela by removing the Bolivarian leader.

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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/President-Maduro-Asks-to-Investigate-Macris-Invasion-Plot-20220215-0012.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. From the Trump administration era, and the Venezuelan US-supported right wing:

Rightwing Venezuelan exiles hope Bolsonaro will help rid them of Maduro
Some believe the rise of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s next president, makes a US-led military intervention in Venezuela more likely

Tom Phillips in São Paulo
Fri 14 Dec 2018 02.30 EST

Venezuelan dissident Roderick Navarro remembers shedding tears of joy when the far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro was confirmed as Brazil’s next president.

“It was the first time in so long that I felt the real possibility of going back to my home,” says the rightwing activist exiled to Brazil since fleeing his country last year.

Bolsonaro, who takes power on 1 January, is famed for his loathing for Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and the “despicable and murderous ideology” he believes Maduro represents. Last year Bolsonaro vowed to “do whatever is possible to see that government deposed” – a pledge that delighted anti-Maduro agitators such as Navarro.

Members of Brazil’s incoming administration have softened that discourse since Bolsonaro’s stunning October triumph. “It’s the Venezuelans who must solve the Venezuelans’ problems,” his vice-president, Hamilton Mourão, told the magazine Piauí recently.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/13/brazil-bolsonaro-maduro-venezuela-dissidents-rightwing

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Concerning the wildly failed US-supported coup against Hugo Chavez:


Venezuela coup linked to Bush team
Specialists in the 'dirty wars' of the Eighties encouraged the plotters who tried to topple President Chavez

Observer Worldview
Ed Vulliamy in New York
Sun 21 Apr 2002 09.30 EDT

The failed coup in Venezuela was closely tied to senior officials in the US government, The Observer has established. They have long histories in the 'dirty wars' of the 1980s, and links to death squads working in Central America at that time.

Washington's involvement in the turbulent events that briefly removed left-wing leader Hugo Chavez from power last weekend resurrects fears about US ambitions in the hemisphere.

It also also deepens doubts about policy in the region being made by appointees to the Bush administration, all of whom owe their careers to serving in the dirty wars under President Reagan. One of them, Elliot Abrams, who gave a nod to the attempted Venezuelan coup, has a conviction for misleading Congress over the infamous Iran-Contra affair.

The Bush administration has tried to distance itself from the coup. It immediately endorsed the new government under businessman Pedro Carmona. But the coup was sent dramatically into reverse after 48 hours.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela