Juan José Rendon person
also: Rendon, Rendon's, Juan Jose Riordan, political consultant, political spinmeister
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Jordan Goudreau filed_lawsuit_against
Juan José Rendon documented
“for their involvement in the attempted coup. In October 2020, Goudreau filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against Rendon and Florida Corp, accusing the Venezuelan political consultant of contract breach. As part of the lawsuit, Goudreau revealed …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 1:08:52
Juan José Rendon recruited
Jordan Goudreau documented
“Maybe to collect the reward. Rendon's search for bounty hunters eventually led him to Goudreau, who claimed to be training hundreds of men in Colombia for a mission to capture Maduro. Though he admitted to signing the civil court contract a…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 56:32
Juan Guaidó recruited
Juan José Rendon documented
“Rendon's version of events appeared on May 6th in none other than the Washington Post, reporting how Venezuelan opposition leaders had smooched with Goudreau at the consultant's glittering Miami high-rise, complete with obligatory mention o…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 55:34
Juan José Rendon paid
Jordan Goudreau documented
“Maybe to collect the reward. Rendon's search for bounty hunters eventually led him to Goudreau, who claimed to be training hundreds of men in Colombia for a mission to capture Maduro. Though he admitted to signing the civil court contract a…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 56:32
Juan José Rendon trained
Enrique Peña Nieto documented
“He also counted a number of high-profile clients beyond Bogota, including Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who won office in 2012, and Honduras' President Sosa, Lobo Sosa, who came to power in 2010 after a U.S.-backed coup that removed…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 47:46
Juan José Rendon trained
Porfirio Lobo Sosa documented
“He also counted a number of high-profile clients beyond Bogota, including Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who won office in 2012, and Honduras' President Sosa, Lobo Sosa, who came to power in 2010 after a U.S.-backed coup that removed…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 47:46
Juan José Rendon trained
Juan Manuel Santos documented
“A left of center Green Party contender threatened to defeat Washington's preferred candidate, Juan Manuel Santos. Faced with sinking poll numbers, the Santos team hired Rendon just 21 days before the election. In that short time, Rendon was…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 46:48
Mentions (18)
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Quintero's decision to publicize Operation Gideon's launch was bizarre. By the time they published their statement, Venezuelan authorities had already captured two of their men and killed at least six others. Yet they pressed ahead, undeter…
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a mythology he built around himself as a Latin American most coveted political consultant, known as the Latin American version of Karl Rove. Rendon's infamous gutter-style tactics led the region's most notorious U.S. collaborators to politi…
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A left of center Green Party contender threatened to defeat Washington's preferred candidate, Juan Manuel Santos. Faced with sinking poll numbers, the Santos team hired Rendon just 21 days before the election. In that short time, Rendon was…
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who walked away with 69% of the vote. Colombian and U.S. media claimed the result was delivered by a Rendon-directed internet whisper campaign that spread rumors asserting Santos' opponent was a gay, foreign-born atheist. So, Rendon is infa…
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He also counted a number of high-profile clients beyond Bogota, including Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who won office in 2012, and Honduras' President Sosa, Lobo Sosa, who came to power in 2010 after a U.S.-backed coup that removed…
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A psychologist by training. Where have we seen that before? Rendon received two post doctorates in psychology, which is in a weird psychology. Well, that's kind of redundant. That examines the links of one's physical well-being to a subcons…
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of your inner manifestations. He presented himself as a political mystic, typically assenting his soft features and designer dress that looked like it belonged in Miami. Journalists granted the privilege of visiting Rendon's residence in Mi…
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talking about the gold trinket, samurai swords, and Buddha shrine, all that makes up his house. Throughout 2019, the condo in the upscale district provided the backdrop for planning for Operation Gideon. The political consultant's involveme…
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turned to the media to blame the plot's failure on Rendon and his colleagues in Guaido's shadow government. Around the time that Goudreau took responsibility for the attack via X, he hopped online for an interview with a Miami-based YouTube…
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He flipped through a stack of papers and held a singular sheet up for the camera, revealing four signatures, his own, Rendon's, that of Guido advisor Sergio Vergara, and a purportedly scribbled signature, which was purported to be Guido's. …
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who had infiltrated the plot. Goudreau's claim to an alleged contract with Guaido and his advisors placed Rendon's on the defensive. With the responsibility for dead men and captured ex-Venezuelans placed directly on his high-rent doorstep,…
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Rendon's version of events appeared on May 6th in none other than the Washington Post, reporting how Venezuelan opposition leaders had smooched with Goudreau at the consultant's glittering Miami high-rise, complete with obligatory mention o…
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tasked with investigating ways to forcibly remove Maduro from power. We went through every law possible, Rendon later told Vice. In our process, we discovered we cannot use law. So we studied what it is possible if someone else, a third par…
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Maybe to collect the reward. Rendon's search for bounty hunters eventually led him to Goudreau, who claimed to be training hundreds of men in Colombia for a mission to capture Maduro. Though he admitted to signing the civil court contract a…
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Rendon insisted that he and others within Guaido's circle, including the interim president, the fake president, eventually grew suspicious, you think, and began to doubt key elements of the plan. Rendon told the Post that as of November 201…
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ex-Green Beret's statements. Hush! Hold on a second. My husband's coming back from his meeting. Though Gaudreau had published a contract that included Guaido's signature, Rendon insisted Venezuelan coup leader never signed the agreement and…
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Reflecting on Goudreau's pitch for Operation Gideon, White recalled, my gut check was like, I don't want to be part of this. White explained the original, when he was originally contacted and offered to participate in what Goudreau called a…
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for their involvement in the attempted coup. In October 2020, Goudreau filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against Rendon and Florida Corp, accusing the Venezuelan political consultant of contract breach. As part of the lawsuit, Goudreau revealed …