“It is worth recalling that similar behaviors and pretexts were used to by the U.S. during the prelude to wars it launched against Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya.”
Source: Cuba Warns US Moving Special Forces Closer to Venezuela Under Guise of ‘Humanitarian Intervention’
The legacy of bolshevism has made life difficult for ‘socialists’. And the attempts to coopt the terms for social democratic content doesn’t help either.
We have redefined terms and made them clear and explicit, e.g. ‘democratic market neo-communism’.
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A silly but common talking point on the far right is that if Sen. Bernie Sanders and his political protégé, Congresswoman-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like socialism so much, they should spend time in Venezuela—a country that has been plagued by everything from food shortages to hyperinflation to appalling crime rates.
Merida, October 31, 2018 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The US government has described Venezuela as a “clear threat to regional stability and security” this Tuesday. The remarks come as US-allied authorities in Bogota and Brasilia entertain military solutions to regional problems.
Source: Washington Classes Venezuela as ‘Threat to Regional Stability’ | Portside
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