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As Trump ponders a coup in Venezuela, report says 165 military coups since ’70 involved DoD trainees

The Progressive Wing Posted on August 14, 2017 by Subir GrewalAugust 14, 2017

Calls for a US backed military coup in Venezuela have emanated from the Trump White House. Meanwhile, NPR has given coup advocates a platform to advocate for a coup, positioning it as “humanitarian intervention”. It’s worth discussing the history of coups the US has been associated with. Last week, new documents revealed that the UK government had repeatedly asked the US to foment a coup in Iran in 1952. This is from the NSArchive project at GWU: 1953 Iran Coup: New U.S. Documents Confirm British Approached U.S. in Late 1952 About Ousting Mosaddeq State Department Temporarily Declined, in Part Because U.S. Was … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Europe, Foreign Policy, Middle-East, Peace, South America, War | Tagged Burkina Faso, Coup, Department of Defense, Dick Cheney, Gambia, George W. Bush, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Military Coup, Mossadegh, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

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