docking and we wanted to properly tell her story we wanted to give homage to her life and we wanted to bring the viewers with her on those last moments to really explain what it was she was doing when she was killed and how powerful her life really was the film is out now abby martin thank you. thank you that's it for the show will be back on monday when we also the u.n. about the political cultural and food crises affecting the world's youngest nation while rich south sudan born of the lobbying of the british government and hollywood's george clooney until then keep in touch with social media and subscribe to going underground shot on you tube. ah. ha ha. there are.

politicians to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or something want to listen. to the right person it's like i'm a black korean the more people that i'm interested always in the water our. less.

the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implement them.

within a decade my country was ruined. it lost a quarter of its manufacturing. a 1000000 people emigrated and public debt kept rising. in 2015 a government claiming to be a left wing promise to put an end to hostilities. however it agreed measures that tie the country up until 2060 and started mass privatisation of. voters on the lift became depressed because it had succeeded with what the right hadn't. the right was depressed because they knew they'd lost their is on death row . in this country of mass depression however there was one word that awakens the political fervor of the. venezuela.

that some. of. us. love the supporting cast we see live up able to see steve it is up on a very good send them off the easy. on of those women as well again not going to go . when a european country went through a crisis why were its politicians worried about toilet paper in latin america. i flew to caracas to find out.

during the 11 hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. if i wasn't murdered as soon as i got off the plane i'd be kidnapped or mugged or die of hunger or disease. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so are dozens of cities in mexico brazil no colombia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us. children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason.

surprisingly nobody trying to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived. during those 1st few hours i sold venezuela had fallen victim to the biggest propaganda plot of the 21st century. and money the only thing keeping out. i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas gatecrash which winnings i am i wanted to be to young people interests and workers see what they do for fun. what they eat how they vote what newspapers they read their favorite hobbies.

until we got hit by a taxi and we were left in the middle of the street. the police who we hadn't called arrived within minutes. the ambulance that we did call never appeared. so i went off to explore all venezuela's public health care system . i found a doctor right away and most of the public hospitals i visited were more than decent. in some clinics medical care was offered for free by cuban doctors who were considered some of the best in latin america. however most hospitals lacked one essential element. patients. as the widow medicine there's no point in going. spare parts for the x.

ray machines were missing to. find those i had to go to a private hospital. and i stumbled on the 1st proof that socialism had failed in venezuela. as one of venezuela's most eminent economists she's never hidden her support for the bolivarian revolution of chavez. maybe.

there is no humanitarian crisis in venezuela looming humanitarian crisis that is if it is the. humanitarian crisis. tarion crisis. crises the country's economic crisis has turned into a humanitarian one. everyone said venezuela was going through a humanitarian crisis. and to prove it they went to geneva to meet former u.n. independent expert. alfred desires. he just returned from caracas. people also seem to have a problem with the humanitarian crisis. that is. art. said. you used the term humanitarian

crisis. a pretext to. humanitarian intervention. this was the argument made in libya when you wanted to have humanitarian intervention in libya. and at the same time regime change and overthrow gadhafi american military. blazing but with food for everybody is that is correct but the humanitarian aid would have to be secured by guys with guns. all the story there are certain items that are missing why because production. trade distribution is entirely in private hands it is not government directed so if you have a considerable portion of the. wealth the business

position. that does not want to cooperate with the government you are going to have a scar city and you're going to have delays and distribution that cetera et cetera so i'm. looking. for. a man to see ending. up this side of the. mainland. according to the central bank of venezuela products were missing before the constitutional referendum and regional elections of 2007. for the presidential

election of 2012 and off to chavez's death threat again led to elections. american sanctions will soon be added to this artificial scarcity making the situation even worse. brought director of the c.p.r. at washington follows all economic developments he believes that america's sanctions are killing people in venezuela. when obama 1st imposed these sanctions on individuals because they violate so many international conventions he had to declare that venezuela poses an extraordinary and unusual threat to the security of the united states which is of course ridiculous and so this is a very aggressive thing to trumpet taking

a big step further and really did make it nearly impossible for the venezuelan economy recover temperamental that it will kill you not see it oh no he needs them from being a woman to have some if you see a b. and he says yeah look i'm with me coming behind me but i limp. lived all the things that see on the city's had their way they claimed. it under less from them i think i said in that message that but in superman to conduct album. they're not interested in knowing why there is a problem so just to be sure why there are certain medicines are not available they don't tell you for instance that although venezuela has the money to buy medicines and tries to buy these medicines often enough the countries either. or

refuse to deal with venezuela or do not deliver. we had in the month of november the crisis. in the province. and. they couldn't get the malaria medicine from colombia they had to fly it in from india. so matter of fact. venezuela has been flying in from god knows how many countries india and china etc there is a problem of course that deal for all of insolence but that is because of the boycott i mean put the blame where the blame belongs and. how can we condemn the government of venezuela.

when we ourselves are causing the scar city. the world is driven by shaped by. the cares thinks. we dare to ask.

private donors holding products in times of political unrest american sanctions the queues for foods and medicines. this i've seen before. in november 970 socialist salvador allende became chile's president. the historic day for latin america. for the white house it was a mistake by the american ambassador in santiago edward gorey.

that he was he was going to. maybe just say oh you. know you know i'm going to. die and he was elected i said that it was a grave and very serious defeat for the united states we knew that although i would act in what appeared to be a legal and constitutional manner it would be designed as a class warfare to eliminate the middle class opposition the bourgeois it would be a class war approach. top secret sensitive eyes only. nixon already in september called in henry kissinger to tell us that

it would not be tolerated that in. latin america an alternative. and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make the chilean economy scream. nixon gives orders that they make the chilean economy scream and cia director richard helms writes it down. it will be hinted at. in order to become a lasting. but at the moment this in india has to see him to know it's the end all be and in your neck in seeing him bad well planned on upset

about. this if the sun is from the mast and somebody. simply. better looking in. the. back of. something's. goal. but i guess.

in venezuela's case the media attacks will be based on a well used recipe. everyone has to be convinced that. dictators even when they held elections. in the 2 decades of the revolution. at least 25 elections were held and accredited by independent experts like the. over 92 elections men are monitored i would say that the election process in voters' where is the best in the world. where all the electoral process is legal and democratic.

and 2015 party loses the parliamentary election and the right wing opposition wins in the national assembly. believe the country is paralyzed as m.p.'s hinder legislative work and rejects supremes court rulings. responds with a football dribble will lose. its. instead of waiting for the hand of god as his friend would advise changes field in the middle of the game. of the holds a referendum on the formation of a constitutional assembly that would remove the powers of the national assembly controlled by his opponents. was it a constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the

same procedure to remove chavez from office in 2007. in 2016. before the gun bill. was a decision ethical. i may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as an entirely the banker was appointed prime minister. the referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of 5 referendums because the citizens hadn't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. was those decisions constitutional maybe they were but they also ethical and democratic. in venezuela after the

2015 crisis the part of the right wing opposition started boycotting elections. to the un not to send experts who could determine whether fraud had been attempted . democracy in venezuela goes into turmoil this is the government solely responsible or is it also the ghost of the 2002 coup. several coup instigators will never go to prison and will form the hard core of the right wing opposition. it's interesting that. many of the opposition politicians today

in venezuela were involved in some way or another in the coup d'etat of april. 2002. some of those politicians will continue to receive funding from american organizations like the ne d. . the. ends of congress dole is to venezuela. when the political crisis hit the streets many politicians exploited public frustration and transformed caracas into a battlefield. thoughts

of the opposition resorted to extreme violence. he had to get off point you had a bad state mechanism responded cruelly and indiscriminately dozens were killed on both sides and many ended up in prison. when independent u.n. expert alfred desireless visited caracas. he persuaded the government to release 80 prisoners are just black he insists though that some should be in prison and should be considered political prisoners. on the subject of political prisoners he said we should look at europe as well.

they are 4 persons. politicians who are. in jail. now these 4. politicians are clearly political prisoners. whereas in venezuela many of the detainees were detained because acts of violence. they were. detained because they were just expressing their. desire to be independent. to be sure that they're all political prisoners in spain i went to barcelona to

visit a fellow journalist. public t.v. carlos pouts. he explained that even if the political prisoners he couldn't say so. at least not on. the. and he called. who said what kinds of words we can use when we speak about people that are in prison. just say we cannot use. the terms political prisoners for example.

because i honestly couldn't believe that in a european country a judge could decide what words a journalist could use. i stayed to watch the broadcast and i heard a breaking story. also but i'm not going to die now. or just if you come out of the lot. in she states but. as joe di sanchez was not allowed to speak to journalists i left the studio and went to meet his wife. maybe. some casino in the theater today and yes not from christmas

because. he. joined me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now

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