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Claims (18)
National Assembly (Venezuela) installed
Juan Guaidó book_quoted
“And the diddy made me do it argument. The opportunity came when, by order of Venezuelan's legislature, Juan Guaido was installed as Venezuelan's acting president in 2019, following a fraudulent election in 2018, which I absolutely love that…”
▶ Operation GLADIO and Election Day—-How CIA interferes in elections @ 29:03
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) host_asserted
“Talking about the momentum that was addressed on January 5th, 2020, when Guaido's term as president of Venezuelan's National Assembly was set to expire. Considering he based his entire claim to being the president as his role as part of the…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 17:34
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“designed to cast himself as a victim of a repressive regime rather than a political insecure showman. Faced with possible defeat, he launched a panicked attempt to deny his colleagues the 84-person quorum needed to proceed with the election…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 21:20
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“as warring lawmakers exchanged charged words and resorted to physical blows. Parra declared victory amid the mayhem, claiming he had secured 81 of the 150 votes cast. Parra's swearing in was less than ceremonial. As he raised a hand and mad…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 23:46
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Guaido and his allies capitalized on this sloppiness of the vote within minutes of its conclusion, accusing Parra of collaborating with Maduro and his party to carry out a parliamentary coup against the Venezuelan opposition bloc. But Parra…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 27:11
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“in the offices of a local newspaper that had been on the payroll of the CIA and decided at the end of that fake meeting that Guaido was still in charge of a political party. Though 100 legislatures participated in the vote at this fake meet…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 27:41
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Rodriguez said that he estimated under normal conditions, not when they're having knock down, drag out brawls in the legislature, Guaido would have won reelection of the National Assembly by an 86 vote to Parra's 71. However, he noted that …”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 28:38
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Rodriguez said that he estimated under normal conditions, not when they're having knock down, drag out brawls in the legislature, Guaido would have won reelection of the National Assembly by an 86 vote to Parra's 71. However, he noted that …”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 28:38
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“So no matter what, he wouldn't have won. The 2020 vote for the AN president left Venezuelans' opposition permanently disfigured. Following the events of January 5th, 2020, contradictions between its competing factions were on permanent disp…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 29:08
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“So no matter what, he wouldn't have won. The 2020 vote for the AN president left Venezuelans' opposition permanently disfigured. Following the events of January 5th, 2020, contradictions between its competing factions were on permanent disp…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 29:08
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“protest of Guaido's claim to authority. So basically, they disassociated themselves with him. While generating sympathy from the international press, Guaido's exhibition at the National Assembly fence left his colleagues in Venezuela unimpr…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 29:39
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“protest of Guaido's claim to authority. So basically, they disassociated themselves with him. While generating sympathy from the international press, Guaido's exhibition at the National Assembly fence left his colleagues in Venezuela unimpr…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 29:39
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Here's this guy trying to climb over the fence. It was hysterical. Perhaps he hoped that the foreign media, eagerly documenting his humiliation from below, might at the very least still consider him president of something. That's just crazy…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 30:06
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Here's this guy trying to climb over the fence. It was hysterical. Perhaps he hoped that the foreign media, eagerly documenting his humiliation from below, might at the very least still consider him president of something. That's just crazy…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 30:06
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Chavez's command to nationalize the property of foreign country companies in Venezuela's domestic oligarchy were often dictated on his weekly Sunday programs. He would talk about he had rambling like sometimes as much as eight hours of conv…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 30:37
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“Chavez's command to nationalize the property of foreign country companies in Venezuela's domestic oligarchy were often dictated on his weekly Sunday programs. He would talk about he had rambling like sometimes as much as eight hours of conv…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 30:37
Juan Guaidó member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“On February 7, 2010, in this building, Chavez pointing to a multi-storefront situated on the corner in Caracas, emblazoned with the words gold market in English. His colleagues informed him the building was the site of several jewelry store…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 31:09
Luis Parra member_of
National Assembly (Venezuela) book_quoted
“On February 7, 2010, in this building, Chavez pointing to a multi-storefront situated on the corner in Caracas, emblazoned with the words gold market in English. His colleagues informed him the building was the site of several jewelry store…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 13 @ 31:09
Mentions (41)
▶ 13:31
With his right hand held aloft, he declared himself the interim president of Venezuela with the full backing of the National Assembly, the country's highest legislative body. That day, he vowed to reestablish the Constitution, which many be…
▶ 29:03
And the diddy made me do it argument. The opportunity came when, by order of Venezuelan's legislature, Juan Guaido was installed as Venezuelan's acting president in 2019, following a fraudulent election in 2018, which I absolutely love that…
▶ 29:48
as the head of the national transition government. So Guaido wasn't their first attempted fake coup. The document, known as the Carmona Decree, established a de facto dictatorship and dissolved Venezuela's newly formed National Assembly and…
▶ 17:34
Talking about the momentum that was addressed on January 5th, 2020, when Guaido's term as president of Venezuelan's National Assembly was set to expire. Considering he based his entire claim to being the president as his role as part of the…
▶ 18:30
of the political party that supposedly put him in that position, he was going to be on significantly shaky grounds. The scenes that emerged from the January 5th vote for the AN political party were some of the most infamous of the entire Ju…
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It's important here to understand the rules and numbers of how Venezuela's legislature worked. In 2020, the National Assembly consisted of 167 lawmakers and required an 84-person quorum to carry out its function. To secure the AN presidency…
▶ 20:50
Seeing as Parra announced his candidacy mere minutes before the scheduled vote, however, Guaido did not have time to make the temperature of his peers or whip up support for his own leadership. Of course, simply refusing to show up for the …
▶ 21:20
designed to cast himself as a victim of a repressive regime rather than a political insecure showman. Faced with possible defeat, he launched a panicked attempt to deny his colleagues the 84-person quorum needed to proceed with the election…
▶ 21:50
who had been banned from the National Assembly over allegations of voter fraud in their respective region. When security forces predictably blocked the banned lawmakers from entering the legislature, Guaido's plan went into effect. In video…
▶ 22:19
with the people that weren't going to be allowed in. He rolled his eyes, shook his head, appearing miffed when a reporter asked him why he was trying to enter the General Assembly with people that weren't going to be allowed in. Don't even …
▶ 22:50
dealing with this election fraud had went on for months. Guaido's strategy was obvious. By insisting to enter the legislature with banned lawmakers, he directed a scene that appeared to prove that Maduro's government was preventing him from…
▶ 23:19
and attempted to climb over its protective fence. Supporters boosted the politician's feet as he clung on to the iron barrier and struggled to mount it. Security forces yanked the wannabe president's coattails while their colleagues on the …
▶ 23:46
as warring lawmakers exchanged charged words and resorted to physical blows. Parra declared victory amid the mayhem, claiming he had secured 81 of the 150 votes cast. Parra's swearing in was less than ceremonial. As he raised a hand and mad…
▶ 24:16
Parra's promise to uphold his civic duties were drowned out by the chaos. Though Guaido's attempt to prevent the vote was unsuccessful, his degrading show at the fence achieved a more important objective. Below are samples of the foreign me…
▶ 24:49
Voice of America, the CIA rag. Venezuela's Guaido blocked from Congress as rival lawmaker claims speaker's post. The Washington Post, another CIA rag. Venezuela's last democratic institution falls as Maduro's attempts de facto takeover of t…
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As he approached the building spread door with the band legislatures, security guards instructed Guaido's companions to wait outside. In the meantime, the rest of you could go in, the guard clearly said on video. No, no, we're all going in …
▶ 25:52
That only Kazandila and congressman from a congressman and another congressman from the Amazon area were not allowed inside. Other than that, everyone else got in that wanted to go in through the front door, not over the fence. The lawmaker…
▶ 26:19
G4 coalition, so he was even losing support among his own opposition leaders in Venezuela. Yet, as is customary with Venezuela politics, the AN leadership vote was a complicated affair. Opposition analyst Francisco Rodriguez produced a thor…
▶ 26:47
declared victory. He did not provide attendance records to certify his claim to the AN presidency. Rodriguez thus determined that since no roll call vote was taken, the vote was by a show of hands only. There was no direct way to verify the…
▶ 27:11
Guaido and his allies capitalized on this sloppiness of the vote within minutes of its conclusion, accusing Parra of collaborating with Maduro and his party to carry out a parliamentary coup against the Venezuelan opposition bloc. But Parra…
▶ 27:41
in the offices of a local newspaper that had been on the payroll of the CIA and decided at the end of that fake meeting that Guaido was still in charge of a political party. Though 100 legislatures participated in the vote at this fake meet…
▶ 28:14
who were only authorized to vote in the event that their principal member was absent. So an unauthorized meeting, not in the legislature. Rodriguez broke through the confusion by analyzing both vote counts to determine who would have won th…
▶ 28:38
Rodriguez said that he estimated under normal conditions, not when they're having knock down, drag out brawls in the legislature, Guaido would have won reelection of the National Assembly by an 86 vote to Parra's 71. However, he noted that …
▶ 29:08
So no matter what, he wouldn't have won. The 2020 vote for the AN president left Venezuelans' opposition permanently disfigured. Following the events of January 5th, 2020, contradictions between its competing factions were on permanent disp…
▶ 29:39
protest of Guaido's claim to authority. So basically, they disassociated themselves with him. While generating sympathy from the international press, Guaido's exhibition at the National Assembly fence left his colleagues in Venezuela unimpr…
▶ 2:04
Renee, I'm going to bring you up as co-host until Bridget or with Bridget if she shows up. So the fraud of Mr. Hernandez is against Guaido and the National Assembly. Jorge Alondra Rodriguez said, who again is part of the opposition.…
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special counsel to the Venezuelan National Assembly, because again, Guaido was basically the Speaker of the House, not the President, and had zero authority to be doing any of this. He was tasked with evaluating creditor claims against Vene…
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until June of 2020. Though the lawyer offered no explanation for his sudden departure, it came on the heels of yet another scandal regarding his conduct as a fake Attorney General. On June 18th, Vice President Rodriguez's office published a…
▶ 21:38
from Venezuela. That's crazy. In August 2018, just five months before Guaido's tapped the lawyer as his top legal representative, you know, the fake AG to the fake House of Representatives in Venezuela, the oil companies charged in the cont…
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Capriles ran against an ailing Chavez in October 2012 and had lost by a million votes. In his chance at electoral redemption, Capriles faced a man who had risen from union leader to National Assembly member to foreign minister to Chavez-tru…
▶ 46:02
with labor leaders, including Maduro, in December 1993. Following the encounter, Maduro became a top advocate for Chavez's release and eventually elected to the 1999 National Constitution Assembly. In this context, the fact that Chavez entr…
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Tensions between Lopez's faction and the Venezuelan government reached a fever pitch in December 2015 after the opposition MUD coalition won two-thirds majority in the country's National Assembly. When results in the southern Estado Amazon …
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from entering office. Rather than comply with the investigation, however, the opposition-controlled legislature flouted the court and inaugurated the compromised lawmakers on January 6, 2016. The Supreme Court reacted to the flagrant disreg…
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will be absolutely null, effectively declaring Venezuela's legislature defunct until it was resolved. Despite the high court's declaration, opposition lawmakers wasted no time in wielding their newfound power to launch a concerted attack on…
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While it's unclear how the lawmakers intended to implement any of these policies without cooperation from the government, the opposition-controlled legislature continued to convene and pass measures without interference, revealing their neo…
▶ 1:01:59
Venezuela's state-run entities, particularly its oil company, without any National Assembly stamp of approval. Justices announced that the court itself would temporarily replace the legislature's authority on matters of public industry, rea…
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The decision received widespread attention in international media, which highlighted the development to paint Maduro as a dictator. Venezuela muzzles legislature was one of the headlines in the New York Times. Meanwhile, outlets like NPR an…
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Venezuela's Maduro decried as dictator after Congress annulled, unquote. As the independent outlet of Venezuela analysis pointed out at the time, Western coverage willfully ignored the fact that the National Assembly could rectify the situa…
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Though many news outlets characterize Venezuela's Supreme Court as an extension of Maduro, the country's top judges were not directly appointed by Maduro. Instead, Supreme Court justices are selected by a committee of lawmakers and legal ex…
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even moving to unilaterally reprivatize Venezuela's oil sector without incident. They weren't arrested. They weren't put in jail. They're ignoring the Supreme Court ruling, but they were not rounded up. While the legislature, acting in open…
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were stalwarts of the Somoza's Liberal Party. The Morellas had provided leadership for the National Assembly for generations. Orlando Morella's father had been the Assembly's president, and Chapita Blanton's father had been Managua's mayor.…