Ukususela oko uGeorge W. Bush wangena esikhundleni ngoJanuwari 2001, iinzame zokukhupha uHugo Chavez zawa phantsi izihlandlo ezithathu:
- ngo-Epreli ka-2002 iintsuku ezimbini, yachithwa luqhanqalazo lwasezitalatweni kunye nenkxaso evela kumkhosi waseVenezuela, ngokukodwa amagosa aphakathi aphakathi;
— ugwayimbo luka-2002-2003 jikelele kunye nokuvalwa kolawulo lwe-oyile, okubangela ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwezoqoqosho; kwaye
— i-referendum ka-Agasti ka-2004 ayiphumelelanga, uChavez uphumelele ngesininzi se-59%.
Nangona kunjalo, imisebenzi ephazamisayo iyaqhubeka, kubandakanya ipropaganda ekhohlakeleyo, ukuguqulwa kweCIA, inkxaso-mali yemikhosi ephikisayo, izohlwayo, kunye nokulwa nommandla, ngokukodwa eColombia kunye nediplomacy ye-gunboat ngokuvuselela i-Latin American / Caribbean Fourth Fleet okokuqala ukususela ngo-1950 nangona kungekho mmandla. isoyikiso.
Ingahoywa irekhodi lamalungelo oluntu aseMelika, ngoAprili 11, iSebe likaRhulumente lakhupha iNgxelo yamaLungelo oLuntu ka-2010: iVenezuela, ibanga uxanduva lukarhulumente kaChavez ngokuxhaphaza okungaxhaswanga, okubaxiweyo okanye okungeyonyani.
Ke nge-24 kaMeyi, iSebe likaRhulumente lawisa izohlwayo okokuqala ngqa ngokuchasene nePetroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), inkampani yeoyile karhulumente “ngokuhambisa ubuncinci imithwalo emibini yohlaziyo (imveliso ye-hydrocarbon yepetroli) ukuya eIran phakathi kukaDisemba 2010 noMatshi. Ngo-2011, ixabisa malunga nama-50 ezigidi zeedola.”
"Bayayithintela inkampani ekukhuphisaneni nezivumelwano zokuthengwa kwezinto ngurhulumente wase-US, ekufumaneni inkxaso-mali kwiBhanki yokuThumela ngaphandle kwe-United States, nasekufumaneni iilayisensi zase-US zokuthumela ngaphandle."
Ayisebenzi kwii-subsidiaries ze-PDVSA (kubandakanywa ne-US-based CITGO) okanye zithintele ukuthunyelwa kweoli ekrwada eMelika. Ngo-2010, ngokwedatha ye-US Energy Information Administration, iVenezuela yayiyeyesihlanu ngobukhulu eMelika emva kweCanada, iMexico, iSaudi Arabia, kunye neNigeria. Enyanisweni, iVenezuela ineyona mithombo ye-oyile inkulu ehlabathini, kuquka ioli yayo enzima kunye nenzima kakhulu.
USekela Nobhala weLizwe uJames Steinberg wabiza i-PDVSA "umyalezo ocacileyo" kwiinkampani ezaphula umthetho we-1996 Iran kunye neLibya Sanctions Act (ILSA) yaseMelika, yathiya ngokutsha i-Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) ngo-2006, ngoku i-2010 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act. (CISADA), ilumkisa ukuba "bazakujongana neziphumo ezibi."
Ekunye no-Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R. FL) kunye no-Jeb Bush (owayesakuba yirhuluneli ye-FL kunye nelungu losapho likaBush), uMack wafumana uMongameli uGHW Bush (ngo-1990) ukuba axolele ulwaphulo-mthetho luka-Orlando Bosch lokuwisa iCubana flight 455 noLuis Posada Carriles. , kwafa bonke abakhweli abangama-78 ababekhwele apho.
Njengenxalenye ye-ajenda yabo enzima, uRos-Lehtinen kunye noMack ngoku balwa imfazwe noChavez, basilela ngo-2008 ukutyumba iVenezuela "njengomxhasi wobunqolobi" nge-HR 1049.
UMack ukwabize uRaphael Correa wase-Ecuador ngokuba “sisixhaso sogxa wakhe kunye nethugocrat, uHugo Chavez.”
Idityaniswe ne-bipartisan extremists kwiCongress, iNdlu yanamhlanje elawulwa yiRiphabhlikhi ihlaselwe ngabanye abafana naye.
Kukwanjalo nolawulo luka-Obama, kuquka nowayesakuba nguMlawuli weSizwe wezobuNtlola, uDennis Blair, ebiza uChavez kuVavanyo loNyaka luka-2010 lweSisongelo soLuntu lwase-US kwiKomiti eKhethekileyo yeSenethi yezoBukrelekrele, embiza ngokuba "ngumkhosi ophambili ochasene ne-US" ngo:
- "ukunyanzelisa imodeli yezopolitiko enegunya elijongela phantsi amaziko edemokhrasi (i-oxymoron edibeneyo);" kwaye
-ukusebenzisana "neenkokeli ezibukhali eCuba, eBolivia, e-Ecuador, eNicaragua, kwaye kude kube kutshanje, iHonduras," wongeza ukuba uyachasa "phantse onke amanyathelo omgaqo-nkqubo wase-US kulo mmandla." Ngokuqinisekileyo, onke ama-imperial.
Iimpendulo kwiSanctions yaseVenezuela
IVenezuela yala, isithi:
"URhulumente weRiphabhlikhi yaseBolivarian yaseVenezuela….uvakalisa ukusikhaba kwakhe kakhulu esi sigqibo (sibiza) isenzo esinobutshaba kwimida yomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe owaphula imigaqo (ye-UN Charter)..."
Ibiza isenzo sikaWashington ngokuthi "i-impiriyali yobundlobongela," ibiza bonke abantu baseVenezuela, abasebenzi kunye nabasebenzi be-oyile, ukuba bahlale bephaphile kwaye bahlanganisene ukukhusela i-PDVSA yethu kunye nolongamo olungcwele lwelizwe.
Isiteyitimenti esisemthethweni sathi "uvavanyo ngokubanzi lwemeko (luya) kugqiba ukuba ezi zohlwayo zichaphazela njani amandla okusebenza kwishishini lethu leoli, kwaye ke, ukubonelela ngeebhari ze-oyile ezisi-1.2 sezigidi ngosuku e-US"
Umphathiswa wezangaphandle uNicolas Maduro uthe:
Asizoyiki ezi zohlwayo, kwaye asizukuxoxa ngezizathu urhulumente waseMntla Merika anokuba nazo, kodwa iVenezuela izimele ekwenzeni izigqibo zayo.
Umphathiswa wezaMandla kunye ne-oyile uRafael Ramirez wongezelela:
“Amagunya ama impiriyali anethemba lokusixelela imithetho. Kuya kufuneka baphume ngaphandle, kuba siza kuqhubeka siqhubela phambili ekudaleni umanyano phakathi kwamazwe avelisa ioli. ”
Ephendula, uChavez waphendula:
"Izohlwayo ngokuchasene nelizwe laseBolivar? Ibekwe ngurhulumente wama impiriyali ase-US. Yizise, Mnu. Obama. Ungalibali ukuba singabantwana baseBolivar, ”uxelela abalandeli abangaphezu kwe-1.5 yezigidi ukuba "impembelelo yokwenyani yolu hlaselo lwamva nje lwase-US kukomeleza umoya wethu wobuzwe nokuthand' izwe eVenezuela!"
Kwezinye ii-tweets wongezelela:
“Asinabo nje oovimba bakhulu ehlabathini. Sikwanayo neyona nkampani yeoyile inenguquko enkulu ehlabathini.”
Ke, bebefuna ukubona kwaye beve ilangatye labantu baseBolivar bekhusela inkululeko yelizwe laseVenezuela? Ewe, unako!”
Uninzi lwamalungu kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe yaseVenezuela alukhabile olohlwayo lwase-US, elumkisa iWashington ukuba iyeke ukwenza izinto ezinobutshaba okanye ijongane nokuchaswa kokuthunyelwa kweoyile.
Nge-25 kaMeyi, abasebenzi bePDVSA badibana kulo lonke elaseVenezuela ngokuchasene nezohlwayo zase-US, bexhasa urhulumente wabo, umongameli kunye nenkampani. Amaqela amabhinqa, imibutho yabalimi, amabhunga oluntu, namanye amajelo eendaba nawo aququzelela umngcelele weCaracas.
I-Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of the Americas (i-ALBA) iphinde yagxeka izohlwayo zase-US, amazwe angamalungu ayo "ebonisa ukucaphuka kwethu kunye nokugatywa kwethu ngeyona ndlela inamandla ...
"Ejongene nale nqanaba elichasayo, (amalungu e-ALBA) avakalisa inkxaso yethu ngokupheleleyo (iVenezuela), ekhokelwa yinkolelo eqinile yobumbano, ikhuthaze iindlela zokubambisana kwamandla ezijoliswe ekomelezeni umanyano phakathi kwabantu bethu."
Izizwe ze-ALBA ziquka iAntigua neBarbuda, iBolivia, iCuba, iDominica, i-Ecuador, iNicaragua, iSaint Vincent kunye neGrenadines, kunye neVenezuela. Phambi kobhukuqo-mbuso lukaJuni ka-2009 lwaseWashington lwagxotha uMongameli uManuel Zelaya, iHonduras yayililungu le-ALBA.
Abahlobo baseVenezuela bakhuphe "isibhengezo sokulahlwa kwezohlwayo zase-US," bephendula kwisenzo sikaWashington, becela abantu base-US kunye nemibutho ukuba bayichase.
Begxeka "inyathelo elibi neliyingozi elenziwe yiWashington lokuthethelela uhlaselo olongezelelekileyo kubantu baseVenezuela," "bayala ngokungathandabuzekiyo eli linge lamva nje ... lokudemoni (iVenezuela) kunye nokujongela phantsi idemokhrasi yabantu baseVenezuela."
Isebenzisa ubutyebi bayo be-oyile ngenkathalo, ngaphezulu kwe-60% yayo iya kukhathalelo lwempilo, imfundo, uqeqesho lwemisebenzi, ukutya kunye nezindlu ezixhaswa ngemali, amajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni, ukunciphisa intlupheko, kunye nokuxhasa amawaka amabhunga oluntu athatha inxaxheba kwidemokhrasi ephantsi.
“Sifumanisa ukuba iyacaphukisa into yokuba (iWashington) idemoni (ilizwe elibekwe) abantu phambi kwengeniso. Kwaye sihlaba ikhwelo kubameli bethu… ukuba barhoxise ezi zohlwayo… kwangoko. ”
Baza kuhlala, kwaye baya kugqiba izigidi ngokuchasene nabo, besenza buthathaka impembelelo eyonakalisayo yaseWashington kuyo yonke indawo.
UStephen Lendman uhlala eChicago kwaye unokufikelelwa kuyo [imeyile ikhuselwe]; kwaye undwendwele indawo yakhe yebhlog ku-sjlendman.blogspot.com.
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