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This from Larry Johnson, ex-CIA, terrorism expert, and political progressive (check his blogroll) As the official bubble burster let me state for the record, this is patent nonsense. State Department officers do not write memos to Hayden. Particularly mid-level Foreign…

Red Squirrel details the enormous tension and conflict in Venezuela now, with the referendum vote on Saturday. Things are getting extremely polarized, with fighting in the streets, murder, and probable CIA intervention. Venezuelan counterintelligence just released a document they say…

Venezuelan student leader Stalin González (his real name, his parents are leftists) opposes Chavez on Marxist terms. His been shot at, gotten death threats, and is central in student opposition to the upcoming referendum in Venezuela which, if it passes,…

This appears to be because Chavez wants to take control of the central bank and is leaning on it to not make loans. While I applaud much of what Chavez has done, this is just dumb. Unless he wants hyperinflation.…

From the Just Foreign Policy listserv Hours after a military coup overthrew the democratically elected government in Venezuela in 2002, the International Monetary Fund declared its readiness to work with the coup government. How was this decision reached? What did…