Communism, socialism, feminism, globalism all come from their father of Freemasonry. This is everything contrary to what Trump advocates and it is everything Russia, China, Cuba, Valenzuela and the other communist led governments support. You speak as if you don't even realize this truth.
In all of these countries, prior to Western intervention we get to hear about the children, how they're suffering etc. But rarely do we get to see how their lives have improved - after the Western powers have left.. Well, if the history of recent Western intervention is anything to go by, then poor Venezuelan children have much woe ahead. I'm thinking the children of Iraq; the children of Libya; the children of Afghanistan. I bet those kids just love the West's version of democracy which they currently bask in. As a footnote: I think the States will need that wall, because the refugee crisis in all of the countries which the West pillaged was astronomical...
Nobody saw this coming. Remember the blackouts in Syria before the war kicked off in earnest? https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wor...eaves-much-of-venezuela-in-darkness-1.3818910 Widespread blackout leaves much of Venezuela in darkness President Nicolas Maduro accuses US of orchestrating the severe power failure about 4 hours ago People gather at the park during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela on Thursday. Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters A widespread blackout enveloped much of Venezuela in darkness Thursday night, stopping subway service in the capital and causing problems around the country, which has been plagued by power failures as its economic crisis has worsened. The power failure appeared to be more severe than others, however, and the government of president Nicolas Maduro moved quickly to blame its opponents. The minister of electrical power, Luis Motta Dominguez, said on state television that the blackout was caused by an “attack” on the Guri Dam, a large hydroelectric facility in east Venezuela. Information minister Jorge Rodriguez, also on the state news network, said right-wing “criminals” had committed “sabotage” to the dam’s system of generation and distribution. The officials did not say how much of the country had been affected by the blackout. Mr Maduro accused the United States of orchestrating the power failure, writing on Twitter, “The electrical war announced and directed by the imperialist United States against our people will be defeated.” Juan Guaido, the opposition leader whom the United States has recognised as Venezuela’s leader, linked the blackout to the government authorities. “How do you tell a mother who has to cook, an ill person who depends on a machine, and a labourer who needs to work that they’re in a powerful country without light?” he asked on Twitter. He added: “The light will come with the end of the usurpation.” Guaidó defies threats of arrest and returns to Venezuela Venezuela opposition leader plans to return home despite regime threats Venezuela’s Guaido says 600 military officers have abandoned Maduro On social media, many used the hashtag #SinLuz, or Without Light, to share photos and video of cities in nearly total darkness, and of Venezuelans, unable to use public transportation, walking in large numbers through city streets lit only by car headlights. Local news reports showed large traffic jams, caused by failed traffic lights. Venezuela has suffered periodic power failures for months, as its electrical system has deteriorated along with much of the country’s infrastructure. Though once one of South America’s most prosperous nations, its economy has collapsed because of mismanagement and corruption, leaving people starving and without medical supplies. Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country on foot. The economic crisis spawned a political one in January, when Mr Guaido declared himself president and was formally recognized as the country’s leader by several dozen nations, the United States among them. US officials imposed additional sanctions on Mr Maduro’s government and have tried to deliver aid, which the Venezuelan authorities, accusing the Americans of trying to force regime change, have largely blocked at the borders.–New York Times
The Irish Times, much like the Gaurdian, [London] Times, and The Observer, were once great newspapers. Now they're merely mouthpieces for Western propaganda. They advocate abortion and gay marriage and they tow the leftist agenda. I dont know what the newspapers are like in the U.S. But on this side of the pond; they are bigoted towards the left. The Irish Times lied repeatedly in order to get abortion into our country. And this pan-leftist approach of the entire media won out: we now butcher our babies in the womb here too. We the people would be naive in the extreme to accept and believe what a clearly biased media spout. They told us Saddam had nukes: he didn't. They told us Libya would destroy the world; I look back on that one and laugh.... libya has a similar population to Ireland for Gods sake... Afghanistan come on! Syria??!? Now its Venezuela they want to annihilate. And they expect us to blindly condone it. Only The Christ will put a stop to these war mongers and thieves
I wonder what Russia and China's motivation for getting involved in Venezuela is and since Brother Nathanael is a monastic with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Of Russia (ROCOR) his views surely differ from Roman Catholics about communism. Some on MOG are being brainwashed or they are letting their hate get in the way of common sense. Please listen to what our Blessed Mother told us unless of course you don't believe in Our Lady of Fatima. Russia and China, heavily invested in Venezuela, warily watch the political turmoil By Sabra Ayres and Tracy Wilkinson Jan 25, 2019 | 4:35 PM | Moscow | http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-venezuela-russia-china-20190125-story.html Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, a pariah in many world capitals, has been a frequent guest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, shown here meeting outside Moscow on Dec. 5. (Maxim Shemetov / Pool photo) Venezuela and President Nicolas Maduro have been a costly investment for Russia and China as they seek to expand their influence in Latin America. And they are determined now not to lose ground. Moscow and Beijing are warily eyeing the events in Venezuela this week, as opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself acting president and demanded Maduro resign. The United States, along with other nations, formally recognized Guaido as the rightful president. Maduro, a pariah in many world capitals, has been a frequent foreign dignitary guest of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Each time, the Venezuelan walked away with new loans and fresh cash. Over the decade ending in 2016, China loaned Venezuela approximately $62 billion, much of which Caracas could repay with oil. Moscow in the last several years gave Venezuela $17 billion in loans and investment, and in December the two governments signed a new deal in which Russia will invest $6 billion in Venezuela’s oil and gold sectors. Juan Guaido has declared himself interim president of Venezuela and has called for Maduro to resign. (Edilzon Gamez / Getty Images) China and Russia are Venezuela’s two main creditors, and they have been the principal economic force keeping the Maduro government afloat, making the difference between solvency and bankruptcy, financial experts say. But the two powerful nations have different attitudes toward their financial relationship with the crumbling socialist South American state. China is more pragmatic, Russia more ideological. For its investment, Beijing wants to receive raw materials, cheap oil and other returns. The Chinese were in fact angry with the Maduro government when its oil industry, despite the billions poured in by China, continued to decline in production and efficiency. “We have been watching to see if China would continue to bail out Maduro as the economy went into free-fall, and the answer is not quite,” said Ted Piccone, a senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank. “It is not a blank check.” And in that pragmatic vein, Chinese officials have met with the Venezuelan opposition, according to Geoff Ramsey, assistant director for Venezuela at the Washington Office on Latin America, a research group in Washington. In 2017, he said, an opposition delegation to China “offered certain guarantees to the Chinese government that some of the deals made with the Maduro government would be respected. I don’t know whether that same accommodation has been reached with the Russians.” Russia, unlike China, is more interested in extending its military presence and setting up a beachhead in the Americas — and within spitting distance of the United States. Late last year, two of Russia’s most modern, nuclear-capable bombers arrived in Caracas for a short visit. Talks about building a Russian military presence in Venezuela began in 2016, a move that alarmed the U.S. The arrival of the bombers drew sharp criticism from Washington. “The Russian and Venezuelan people should see this for what it is: two corrupt governments squandering public funds, and squelching liberty and freedom while their people suffer,” U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo tweeted. For Russia, investments and military saber-rattling about protecting Venezuela has always been about showing strength in America’s neighborhood. Venezuela owes Moscow $3 billion for arms purchases. The Kremlin has tried to mimic what it sees as U.S. and NATO foreign policy of entering and meddling in Moscow’s perceived sphere of influence, such as Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, particularly Ukraine. Putin’s cozying up to leaders like Maduro and, before him, the late Hugo Chavez, was something of a mind meld of autocratic rulers who seem to speak the same language in terms of politics and diplomacy. It became a way for the Kremlin to show it wasn’t as isolated as Washington would have the world believe. “Russia’s interest and investment in Venezuela is primarily geopolitical as a regional nuisance to the U.S.,” said Vladimir Frolov, an independent analyst in Moscow who focuses on Russia’s foreign policy. “It’s an instrument for exacting certain costs on the U.S. in its home region, and a platform for distracting the U.S. from attacking Russia’s interests where it matters most — in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.” But what is at stake now for the Kremlin, should democracy prevail in Caracas, is more than just the billions of dollars in loans, Frolov said. “What is more important in this crisis are the core issues at the heart of Moscow’s view of the world order and international law,” he said. “The loss of Venezuela is a geopolitical setback to the concept of Russia as a restored global power that needs to have client states in the U.S. backyard to prove Russia’s great power as bona fide.” The Kremlin sees any U.S.-condoned power takeover driven by mass protests as another version of the “color revolutions” that erupted in Ukraine, Georgia and other former Soviet republics in the mid-2000s. Those mass street protests, which Moscow blamed on U.S. meddling, led to more Western-friendly policies and governments, threatening the Kremlin’s influence. And so Russia digs in behind Maduro and harshly criticizes the U.S. action as an unconscionable interference in the domestic affairs of a sovereign nation — a coup d’etat. Moscow’s condemnation was more forceful than that of China, who called for dialogue and a negotiated resolution to the crisis. “As things go south for Maduro, Russia loses access to the largest oil reserves on the planet, and it also loses a convenient toehold in the Americas, with which they can counter U.S. interest in the region,” Ramsey said. China, already losing faith in Maduro, may remain more circumspect — and may also see opportunity in Venezuela’s crash. Known for its predatory lending practices and tendency to seize a country’s national assets as payment, China may be scouring for bargain-basement deals, from seaports to Venezuela’s fields of coltan, a mineral used in the production of smartphones. When Maduro traveled to Beijing last fall, taking pains to honor Mao Tse-tung, alarm bells went off. What else might he be willing to give away? Special correspondent Ayres reported from Moscow and Times staff writer Wilkinson from Washington. *** Think Tank: China Exporting ‘Totalitarian Technology’ Tested on Uighur Muslims to Venezuela 29 Nov 2018 | https://www.breitbart.com/national-...n-technology-tested-uighur-muslims-venezuela/ [Please click on the link to the article if you would like to read or listen to the story.] WASHINGTON, DC — Communist China is selling its “totalitarian technology” tested on the country’s Muslim Uighur minority to Venezuela and other regimes eager to persecute their citizens, according to a panel discussion hosted by the libertarian Cato Institute on Wednesday.
Maduro 1: Abrams 0: but this match is far from over..., by The Saker - The Unz Review Maduro wins the first round The standoff between Venezuela and the AngloZionist Empire last week-end has clearly ended in what can only be called a total defeat for Elliott Abrams. While we will never know what was initially planned by the demented minds of the Neocons, what we do know is that nothing critical happened: no invasion, not even any major false flag operation. The most remarkable facet of the standoff is how little effect all the AngloZionist propaganda has had inside Venezuela. There were clashes, including some rather violent ones, across the border, but nothing much happened in the rest of the country. Furthermore, while a few senior officers and a few soldiers did commit treason and join forces with the enemy, the overwhelming majority of the Venezuelan military remained faithful to the Constitution. Finally, it appears that Maduro and his ministers were successful in devising a strategy combining roadblocks, a concert on the Venezuelan side, and the minimal but effective use of riot police to keep the border closed. Most remarkably, “unidentified snipers” did not appear to shoot at both sides (a favorite tactic of the Empire to justify its interventions). I give the credit for this to whatever Venezuelan (or allied) units were in charge of counter-sniper operations along the border. Outside Venezuela this first confrontation has also been a defeat for the Empire. Not only did most countries worldwide not recognize the AngloZionist puppet, but the level of protest and opposition to what appeared to be the preparations for a possible invasion (or, at least, a military operation of some kind) was remarkably high. While the legacy corporate Ziomedia did what it always does (that is whatever the Empire wants it to do), the Internet and the blogosphere were overwhelmingly opposed to a direct US intervention. This situation also created a great deal of internal political tensions in various Latin American countries whose public opinion remains strongly opposed to any form of US imperial control over Latin America. In this respect, the situation with Brazil is particularly interesting. While the Brazilian government fully backed the US coup attempt, the Brazilian military was most uncomfortable with this. My contacts in Brazil had correctly predicted that the Brazilian military would refuse to attack Venezuela and, eventually, the Brazilians even issued a statement to that effect. Alas, there are still plenty of US puppet regimes in Latin America to mindlessly do whatever Uncle Shmuel wants them to (Colombia would be the worst offender, of course, but there are others). But that is not the main problem here. The main problem is that the Neocons cannot accept defeat and that they are likely to do what they always do, double down and make a bad situation even worse. The head of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, has warnedthat the US has deployed special forces in Colombia and Puerto Rico in preparation for a possible invasion. Uncharacteristically, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs made intelligence information public, which described in some detail what kind of plans the Empire and its allies had, even before this past week-end’s confrontation. See for yourself: In fact, the leaders of the Empire and their puppets are not keeping any secrets about their determination to overthrow the constitutional government and replace it with the kind of comprador regime the US already imposed in Colombia. Pompeo, Abrams and Pence have been particularly hysterical in their threats, but the entire “Lima Group” is still at it: As for the Russian UN Ambassador, he was very clear on what Russia expects to happen next: The Neocons are not even content to threaten Venezuela, and John Bolton could not help himself and publicly threatened Nicaragua as being next in line for a US-sponsored regime change. He even spoke of a “Troika of Tyranny” reminiscent of the famous “Axis of Evil“. This is all hardly surprising: US politicians always resort to infantile comic-book kind of language when they want to give their threats a special gravitas. Next we will be told that Maduro is a “New Hitler” and that he is “genociding his own people”, possibly with chemical weapons (“highly likely”, no doubt!). If not that, then Maduro will be distributing Viagra to his forces to help them rape more women. To those puzzled by the fact that presumably adult politicians use the kind of language one could find in grade school, I can only say that this just reflects the state of the political discourse in the US, which has been dumbed-down to an incredibly low level. Be careful, however, because while US politicians are rather comical in their infantile, ignorant, illiteracy, and while they have an almost perfect record of embarrassing failures, the past decades have also shown that they are quite capable of murderous rampages (in Iraq alone the US invasion resulted in over one million dead Iraqi civilians) or of wrecking even a very prosperous country (which Libya under Muammar Gaddafi definitely was)....
...Next, the Empire will probably strike-back There is a small chance that Abrams & Co. will conclude that the situation in Venezuela is a total mess and that the Empire cannot capitalize on it in the short to middle term. This is possible, yes, but also highly unlikely. The truth is that Mr MAGA and his Neocon puppet-masters have failed, at least so far, at absolutely everything they tried. And if taking on China, Russia, Iran or even Syria is no easy task, Venezuela is by far the most fragile country in what could be called the “Resistance countries”: Venezuela is far away from it’s allies (except Cuba), it is surrounded by more or less hostile countries (especially Colombia), it’s economy is crippled by US sanctions and sabotage and its armed forces are dwarfed by the immense firepower the Empire has available in the region. Add to this the truly demonic mindset of Neocons like Abrams and the future for Venezuela looks bleak. The good news is that the Colombians and the rest of the Lima Group “friends of Venezuela” probably don’t have the military power to take on Venezuela by themselves. The preferred option for the US would be to use the Colombians like the KLA was used in Kosovo or how al-Qaeda (and derivatives) were used against Syria: as boots on the ground while the US provides air power, electronic warfare capabilities, intelligence, bomb and missile strikes, etc. The US also has immense naval capabilities which could be used to assist (and, of course, direct) any military operations against Venezuela (I highly recommend this analysis by my friend Nat South who describes in some detail the US naval capabilities and operations in the region). My gut feeling is that this approach will not work. As is often the case, the US has all sorts of impressive capabilities except for the main one: a military force capable of providing the boots on the ground (as opposed to a non-US proxy). The problem for the US military would not be so much getting in, as staying inside and getting something done before leaving – what the US called an “exit strategy”. And here, there are really no good options for the US. It is therefore far more likely that the US will use the weapon which it truly masters better than anybody else on earth: corruption. There is big money, really big money, all around the Venezuelan crisis: not only oil money, but also drug money. And there are a lot of truly evil and corrupt people involved in this struggle who will use that corruption-weapon with devastating effect against the constitutionally elected government. And, just to make things worse, Venezuela is already devastated by corruption. Still, there are quite a few factors which might well save Venezuela from being reconquered by the Empire. First, while US Neocons are too arrogant to bother with anybody’s opinion except their own, and while the various US agencies primarily talk with the immensely wealthy rulers of Colombia and the rest of Latin America, it does appear that a strong majority of Venezuelans support their elected government. Furthermore, US leaders simply don’t understand how hated the “Yankees” are in Latin America (at least among the masses, not the comprador elites) and how fantastically offensive the appointment of a felon like Elliott Abrams as Envoy to Venezuela is to the vast majority of the people of this continent. Second, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro did empower, for the very first time, the masses of the Venezuelan people, especially those who lived in abject poverty when Venezuela was still a US colony. These people are under no illusion about what a Guaido regime would mean to them. And while most of the supporters of Chavez and Maduro are not influential or wealthy, there are a lot of them and they will probably fight to prevent a complete reversal of all the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution. Third, Latin America might well be changing, just like the Middle-East did. Remember how, for years, the Israelis could attack their neighbors with quasi-total impunity and how poorly the Arab armies performed? That suddenly changed when Hezbollah proved to the entire region and even the world, that the “Axis of Kindness” (US, Israel, KSA) could be successfully defeated, even by a comparatively tiny resistance with no air force, no navy and very little armor. As I never cease to repeat – wars are not won by firepower, but by willpower. Oh sure, firepower helps, especially when you can fire from far away with no risk to yourself and your victim cannot fire back, but as soon as big firepower is met by big willpower the former rapidly fails. There is a very real possibility that Venezuela might do for Latin America what the Ukraine did for Russia: act as a surprisingly effective “vaccine” against the AngloZionist propaganda. An indigenous leader like Evo Morales, who has declared his full and total support for the elected government of Maduro, is an inspiration to the people of Latin America far beyond the borders of Bolivia. The Russian ambassador to the UN got it right: there are already other leaders after Maduro which the AngloZionists want to eliminate and replace by a pliable puppet à la Guaido or Duque Márquez. At the end of the day, this is a typical dialectical problem: the more brutal and overt the US aggression against Latin America is, the more successful coups or even invasions the US organizes, the stronger the anti-Yankee feelings generated among the people of the continent. Think of it this way: the US has already terminally alienated the people of China, Russia and Iran, along with most of the Arab and Muslim world, and thanks to that alienation, the leaders of China, Russia and Iran have enjoyed the support of their people in their struggle against the AngloZionist Empire. Could something very similar not already be happening in Latin America? Conclusion: focus on the right question To defeat the Empire’s plans for Venezuela, it is crucial that we all keep hammering over and over again: the choice is not between Maduro or Guiado, the choice is not between poverty under the Chavistas and prosperity under the AngloZionists. This is how the agents of the Empire (whether paid or simply stupid) want to frame the discussions. The real issue at stake here is the rule of law. The rule of law inside Venezuela, of course, and the rule of law internationally. First year law students are often taught that the purpose of the law is not “justice” per se, but to provide a mechanism to solve disputes. That mechanism is, admittedly, a highly imperfect one, but it is understood by civilized people as being preferable to the alternative. The alternative, by the way, is what happens in every time a so-called “humanitarian intervention” is launched: a humanitarian disaster. Yet, this is the typical modus operandi of the Neocons (and of all imperialists, really). First, chose a country for destabilization, then use your control of the international financial markets and trade to trigger an economic crisis; then, send your “democracy promoting” spooks and agents of influence to foment protests or, even better, violent disorders; then send some “unidentified snipers” if the legitimate government does not use enough violence to quell the protests, then denounce the leader you want replaced as “monster” “animal” or even “new Hitler” and threaten to overthrow him. After that, declare urbi et orbi that it is “highly likely” that the “new Hitler” will massacre his own people, add a false flag op if needed, and then declare a “coalition of the willing” composed of “friends” of the country you want to occupy who will take action due to the “ineffectiveness of the US”, ditch any thoughts about international law and only speak of “rules-based order“...
...When you listen to the supporters of Guaido you will always hear them talking about how terrible Maduro is, how horrible the economic situation of Venezuela really is, how corrupt the members of the regime are, etc. etc. etc. This is all a smokescreen. Even the accusation that the last elections were stolen by Maduro is just another smokescreen. Why? Because even if Maduro did steal the election, Guaido did not have the right to declare himself President, Trump had no right to recognize him as such, and the Empire had no business threatening a military intervention or even a violation of the sovereign border of Venezuela under the ridiculous pretext of bringing in humanitarian aid while, at the same time, keeping the country under draconian (and fully illegal) sanctions. The solution to a crisis brought about by a violation of law cannot be a wholesale abandonment of the very core principles of law, but such a solution can only be a restoration of law and order by legal means. Kinda obvious, but so many seem to forget this, that it is worth repeating. And here, I will again post a graphic which really says it all: The most powerful tools in the arsenal of the Empire are not it’s nuclear forces or its bloated, if generally ineffective, armed forces. The most powerful tool in the Empire’s arsenal is its ability to frame the discussion, to set what is focused upon and what is obfuscated. The Empire’s legacy corporate Ziomedia even dictates what words should or should not be used in a discussion (example: never speak of “illegal aggression” but speak of “humanitarian intervention”). This is why we must speak of “true sovereignty“, of “international law“, of “constitutional procedures” and of “aggression” and “threat of aggression” as war crimes. We need to continue to demand that basic fundamental principles of civilized societies (such as the principle of “innocent until proven guilty”) be upheld by governments and by the media. We need to deny the rulers of the Empire the right to declare that they have the right to completely ignore the most sacred principles of the post-WWII international order. We need to continue to insist that a just international order can only be a multi-polar one; that a single World Hegemon can never deliver justice and that there shall be no peace if there is no justice. Finally, we need to ceaselessly demand that each country and each nation live according to its own traditions and beliefs and reject the notion that a single political model must, or even can, be applied universally. These are all principles which the Neocons hate and which they would love to bundle together under a single all encompassing concept, like George Orwell’s “crimethink“. Mostly, the Neocons like to use the “anti-Semite” and “anti-Semitic” to dismiss these principles, and when that fails, then “terrorist” is always available for use. Don’t let them do that: every time they try that trick, immediately denounce it for what it is and continue focusing on what really matters. If we can force the Neocons to deal with these issues we win. It is really that simple. It is impossible for me to guess how this conflict will play itself out. Will the brazen arrogance of “the Yankees” be enough to seriously red-pill the people of Venezuela and the rest of Latin America? Maybe. My hope and my gut feeling is that it might. https://www.unz.com/tsaker/maduro-1-abrams-0-but-this-match-is-far-from-over/
I have posted about the UNZ Review in the past to help warn other MOG members or anyone else who comes across articles from them which have been posted on MOG, IMHO it is something to stay away from. This is what Media Bias Fact Check says about the UNZ Review: "Overall, we rate The Unz Review a Questionable Source due extreme right wing bias, promotion of propaganda and hate, as well as utilizing poor sources. (M. Huitsing 2/12/2018) Updated (8/26/2018)". https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-unz-report/
Media Bias Fact Check is itself a biased, left leaning “fact check” site. I would caution anyone to do their own homework and not draw any conclusions from this “fact checker” alone. Remember, even Snopes at one time had some “fact checking” credibility. Until their left leaning bias and funding sources destroyed their credibility when it came to political discourse.
How do you know for sure that Media Bias Fact Check is in itself a biased, left leaning "fact check" site? Can you prove this? Please.
Brian, Do you have any proof of what you have stated about Media Bias Fact Check? Because they have a whole list of news sources which they believe are extreme left sources to be weary of. With no proof, you have stated an opinion and that is all.
LOL! Snopes ranks least biased So the media is rating the media. Sounds like the Bishops policing the Bishops, which has worked remarkably well for abuse. I don't believe there is a unbiased source. Everyone and everything has a bias. And I currently believe there are no factual sources out there, at least none that I would bet my life as being true on. You have to read and research multiple sources and check and cross check. If chaos describes the devil, you can pretty much sum up who is trying to be in control here on Earth at the moment. Just my opinion though. I do read and research, to the best of my ability, things going on. But in the end, you can't trust anything man-made. We are all faulty.
Don, I suggest to you or anyone else who wants to use Media Bias Fact Check that you read the entire write up on a particular news source and not just their overall rating. This is the reason why I posted MBFC's whole summary for UNZ Review and not just the overall rating. It is important to understand why they rated a particular news source the way that they did. I think it is also important to see who is funding the news source, for UNZ Review this is non-disclosed information which also raises some suspicion about a particular news source. Ultimately, there are simply a lot of red flags for UNZ Review imo but a particular article from this news source may be ok but the one above is not. I agree with most of what Tanker has stated. Like Tanker, I suggest that we "read and research multiple sources and check and cross check". In reference, to the 2019 Venezuelan election most people are in agreement that the election process was not performed in a democratic fashion, iow, it was not a fair election. This is something that the chart from the UNZ review article above which Richard67 posted hardly demonstrates. Therefore, I think it is fair to label the article as propaganda. The following two links express many of the problems with the last "election" of Maduro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Venezuelan_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Venezuelan_presidential_crisis Here is the rest of their review for Snopes for those who may be interested.
