Antonio Vecchiana person
also: Vekian, Vecchio, Vacchio, Vecchio's
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Claims (10)
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
Alpha 66 book_quoted
“since he was spotted in the company of David Atlee Phillips, one of the more glaring indications that the ex-Marine was involved in an intelligence operation. Oswald and Phillips were observed talking to each other in the lobby of the downt…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 24 @ 22:19
David Atlee Phillips trained
Antonio Vecchiana host_asserted
“And we've covered them as well. They basically were a terrorist organization. Vekian, who arrived at the Dallas building for his own meeting with Phillips and who was his CIA supervisor, would later recognize Oswald when his face was splash…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 24 @ 22:49
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
Active Citizenry host_asserted
“to overthrow governments. Leading DAI's Venezuela team was none other than Vecchio's former Georgetown roommate, Antonio Iskander. As luck would have it, the OTI quickly selected Vecchio's organization, Active Citizenry, as one of its first…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 38:23
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
ExxonMobil host_asserted
“Vacchio had established a lucrative career with ExxonMobil in Venezuela while moonlighting as a U.S.-backed civil society activist. His path was upended that June when Chavez drove ExxonMobil out of Venezuela as part of his effort to nation…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 41:29
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
Voluntad Popular host_asserted
“the guy we've talked about many times in this book. He was the aristocratic poster boy for Venezuela's U.S.-backed opposition. In Vecchio's words, he actually wrote this in 2018, he and Lopez swiftly became political brothers. Their friends…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 42:54
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
Generation 2007 host_asserted
“Heralded in the press as the greatest threat to Chavez's continued reign, Generation 2007 was not a natural phenomenon. Under the command of Vecchio's Georgetown roommate, USAID had actively trained and funded the movement's student leaders…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 44:52
Venezuela ordered_assassination_of
Antonio Vecchiana host_asserted
“riots that swept the country in the afternoon aftermath of Chavez's death. The anarchy culminated with a Lopez-led political march that concluded with his supporters attempting to set fire to Venezuela's Office of the Attorney General. Foll…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 51:32
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
United States host_asserted
“of public incitement, property damage, arson, and conspiracy. Though authorities arrested Lopez within a week, his partner had escaped. Vecchio materialized in New York City months later, explaining to the media that his Baladad popular coh…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 52:01
Antonio Vecchiana appointed
Juan Guaidó host_asserted
“Validad Popular Bloc as Venezuela's ruling party, even though they've never won an election. Vecchio was perfectly situated to take over as the coup regime's highest ranking official in the United States as the fake Venezuelan ambassador, b…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 54:30
Antonio Vecchiana member_of
George Mason University host_asserted
“to overthrow governments. Leading DAI's Venezuela team was none other than Vecchio's former Georgetown roommate, Antonio Iskander. As luck would have it, the OTI quickly selected Vecchio's organization, Active Citizenry, as one of its first…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 38:23
Mentions (18)
▶ 38:23
to overthrow governments. Leading DAI's Venezuela team was none other than Vecchio's former Georgetown roommate, Antonio Iskander. As luck would have it, the OTI quickly selected Vecchio's organization, Active Citizenry, as one of its first…
▶ 41:29
Vacchio had established a lucrative career with ExxonMobil in Venezuela while moonlighting as a U.S.-backed civil society activist. His path was upended that June when Chavez drove ExxonMobil out of Venezuela as part of his effort to nation…
▶ 41:59
I will be fired, Vecchio said. The government will discriminate against me, he said. By then, Vecchio had been mounting a fruitless legal challenge against Chavez's effort to restructure Venezuelan's oil sector for years. After losing his c…
▶ 42:24
Battling the Venezuelan government on behalf of his multinational corporation, Vecchio then turned politics, announcing his bid to run for mayor in eastern Caracas' wealthy municipality. Though his candidacy flopped, even the wealthy oligar…
▶ 42:54
the guy we've talked about many times in this book. He was the aristocratic poster boy for Venezuela's U.S.-backed opposition. In Vecchio's words, he actually wrote this in 2018, he and Lopez swiftly became political brothers. Their friends…
▶ 44:52
Heralded in the press as the greatest threat to Chavez's continued reign, Generation 2007 was not a natural phenomenon. Under the command of Vecchio's Georgetown roommate, USAID had actively trained and funded the movement's student leaders…
▶ 45:43
Vecchio says he and Lopez began to see themselves as leaders of a political organization instead of a movement. By 2009, the dual formally emerged their energy of generation 2007 with Venezuela's covert network of foreign backed NGOs to for…
▶ 50:03
However, Vecchio struggled to offer anything beyond boilerplate commitments to quote-unquote democracy and freedom. In effect, there is only one example of Vecchio clearly articulating the party's ideology in a coherent manner. Quote, we wa…
▶ 51:32
riots that swept the country in the afternoon aftermath of Chavez's death. The anarchy culminated with a Lopez-led political march that concluded with his supporters attempting to set fire to Venezuela's Office of the Attorney General. Foll…
▶ 52:01
of public incitement, property damage, arson, and conspiracy. Though authorities arrested Lopez within a week, his partner had escaped. Vecchio materialized in New York City months later, explaining to the media that his Baladad popular coh…
▶ 52:29
They considered that I am most useful at this moment denouncing the abuse which continued to exist against human rights in Venezuela on the international level, he told CNN in his first appearance since fleeing Venezuela. Vecchio described …
▶ 53:00
with professors in U.S. universities, different ambassadors, influential civil organizations in the states. From the comfort of Washington and Miami, Vecchio assumed the position of a top lobbyist for the Venezuelan opposition. His arrival …
▶ 54:30
Validad Popular Bloc as Venezuela's ruling party, even though they've never won an election. Vecchio was perfectly situated to take over as the coup regime's highest ranking official in the United States as the fake Venezuelan ambassador, b…
▶ 54:55
The pinnacle of Vecchio's career came in May 15, 2019, when U.S. Secret Service agents raided the Venezuelan D.C. embassy and arrested the four peace activists who had guarded it.…
▶ 22:19
since he was spotted in the company of David Atlee Phillips, one of the more glaring indications that the ex-Marine was involved in an intelligence operation. Oswald and Phillips were observed talking to each other in the lobby of the downt…
▶ 22:49
And we've covered them as well. They basically were a terrorist organization. Vekian, who arrived at the Dallas building for his own meeting with Phillips and who was his CIA supervisor, would later recognize Oswald when his face was splash…
▶ 23:22
He taught me how to remember faces, how to remember characteristics. He was sure it was Oswald. He told his story to the assassination committee investigator, Gaten Fonzie, in the late 1970s and later repeated it to journalists. But even wh…
▶ 23:52
Press still did nothing to highlight it. I was trained by the CIA, as was Oswald, he said. He later was an accounting manager for a Havana bank before he joined. I'm sorry, not later. Before he had been a Havana bank manager, before he join…