Democratic Popular Action organization
also: Acción Democratic Party, Democrat Party, Ascension Democratica, AD, Popular Action
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Claims (5)
IBAD funded
Democratic Popular Action documented
“IPAS and GAP, he may or may not have known about. So IBAD became the means of channeling CIA money to local political campaigns, which was a violation of Brazil's law. So they were breaking the law. IBAD passed on money through two differen…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 23:40
Democratic Popular Action funded
Jorge de Oliveira documented
“Most of the CIA candidates, some 600, ran for state deputy. Another 250 ran for federal deputy and 15 for the federal Senate. Eight ran for governorships in one of the Brazil's 20 different states. Ibad underwrote the campaign of Jorge de O…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 24:40
Rómulo Betancourt founded
Democratic Popular Action book_quoted
“Simply put, Venezuelan's oil fueled the Allied victory in World War II. Washington and London plundered the Venezuelan oil, was in jeopardy in 1945 when several years of popular discontent with the ruling military dictatorship in Caracas le…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup-Venezuela Part 2 @ 23:54
Democratic Popular Action covered_up
Jorge Antonio Rodríguez book_quoted
“Among those killed was Jorge Antonio Rodriguez, a student whom intelligence service captured in 1976 and tortured to death. His son, Jorge, and daughter, Deli, both currently serve as high-level officials in the administration of Nicolas Ma…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup-Venezuela Part 2 @ 31:18
Democratic Popular Action member_of
IMF book_quoted
“Beholding to global financial interest in neoliberal institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the PAC parties delivered Venezuela little more than the same tired policies the dictatorship had. Throughout the 60s and 70s, both p…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup-Venezuela Part 2 @ 30:48
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▶ 23:54
Simply put, Venezuelan's oil fueled the Allied victory in World War II. Washington and London plundered the Venezuelan oil, was in jeopardy in 1945 when several years of popular discontent with the ruling military dictatorship in Caracas le…
▶ 26:30
The Perez Jimenez error was ultimately defined by his decision to ban political opposition, including the Democrat Party. He also deployed a secret police to torture and imprison union members and shut down the country's national university…
▶ 28:58
representing the final chapter in Venezuela's pre-Chavez history. The years following Perez Jimenez Oster were defined by the Pacto Pontifico, a 1958 agreement between the country's three major political parties to hold democratic elections…
▶ 29:52
with the face of a Democrat and a Republican and pretend they're different. Throughout the 40 years following the pact of 1958, Ascension Democratica, referred to as AD, and El Comité d'Organisation Politica Electoral Independence, called C…
▶ 30:22
and Venezuela's Social Christian Party fell into a dynamic that mirrors the modern-day two-party duopoly in the U.S. While AD and COPI differed on small matters, neither party dared to venture from the Washington's consensus program while r…
▶ 31:18
Among those killed was Jorge Antonio Rodriguez, a student whom intelligence service captured in 1976 and tortured to death. His son, Jorge, and daughter, Deli, both currently serve as high-level officials in the administration of Nicolas Ma…
▶ 23:40
IPAS and GAP, he may or may not have known about. So IBAD became the means of channeling CIA money to local political campaigns, which was a violation of Brazil's law. So they were breaking the law. IBAD passed on money through two differen…
▶ 24:10
which was basically a CIA front company. During the elections in 1962, Popular Action underwrote the campaigns of more than a thousand candidates. In some cases, IBAD actually recruited candidates to run for office. In other words, they pai…