Articles by The Grayzone

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Armenian Christians under Siege by Israel
Jeremy Loffredo | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Apr 2024

11 Apr 2024 – A 4th century community of Armenian Christians face displacement by a shadowy Israeli corporation called Xana Capital and the violent settlers it uses as hired muscle.

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‘Kill Them All’: Inside the Israeli Blockade on Gaza Aid
Jeremy Loffredo | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Apr 2024

On a bus caravan through illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Loffredo films Israeli citizens as they physically block trucks. There, a reservist confesses to an array of war crimes, including blowing up the offices of UN centers dedicated to providing food to the local population.

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New Israeli Report Alleging ‘Systematic and Intentional Rape’ by Hamas Relies on Debunked Western Media Reports
Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Feb 2024

22 Feb 2024 – Hoax: The contents of the Israeli paper alleging “systematic” Hamas rape derive largely from discredited second-hand testimonies and debunked media reports, especially a dubious NY Times article that triggered a staff revolt at the paper.

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Drone Footage Shows Shocking Gaza Destruction
The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Dec 2023

30 Nov 2023 – See exclusive drone footage revealing the full extent of Israel’s devastation of Al-Zahraa, a densely populated area southeast of Gaza City.

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FOI Request Reveals Bellingcat Collusion with Western Intelligence
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Dec 2023

30 Nov 2023 – An extraordinary email uncovered by a Dutch researcher under freedom of information laws confirms what many have long charged: Bellingcat, the “open source” collective widely cited by mainstream journalists and loved by the CIA, collaborates directly with Western intelligence agencies.

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Dr. Gabor Mate on Gaza: This Is Genocide
The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Nov 2023

30 Oct 2023 – Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist and author Gabor Maté offers his reflections on Israel’s gruesome military operation in the besieged Gaza Strip.

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Former Ambassador and Assange Advocate Craig Murray Detained under UK Terror Laws
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Oct 2023

17 Oct 2023 – The former diplomat’s detention is just the latest example of British terror laws being used to harass and intimidate dissidents, while brazenly prying into their private affairs.

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A Maidan 2.0 ‘Color Revolution’ Looms in Georgia
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Oct 2023

6 Oct 2023 – The arrest of US regime change operatives in Tbilisi suggests a coup against Georgia’s government could be in the works. As Ukraine’s counteroffensive fails, the West appears eager to open a new front in its proxy war.

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Amnesty International Pushes Regime Change in Eritrea with Dubious, Unverifiable Report
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Sep 2023

21 Sep 2023 – Amnesty’s new report accusing Eritrea’s government of gruesome war crimes relies heavily on anonymous testimony, grainy satellite images, and zero field investigation. It is the latest salvo in the West’s campaign to topple the country’s independent government.

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Hoax: UK Intelligence Spun 2013 Syria Chemical Attack, Leaked Docs Show
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Sep 2023

19 Sep 2023 – US officials suppressed assessments that Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing had an “advanced” sarin production cell as the US blamed the Assad government for a 2013 chemical weapons attack. Leaked documents show a shadowy British intelligence contractor helped sell the story that Assad was responsible – and nearly triggered Western intervention.

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Fan the Flames: Lahaina on Fire
The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Sep 2023

6 Sep 2023 – The Looting of Lahaina

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Western Media Glorify TPLF Mob Violence against Eritrean Festivals
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Aug 2023

19 Aug 2023 – This summer, violent mobs associated with the US-backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front assaulted Eritrean festivals across the US and Europe. Western media is now spinning the targeted mob violence as legitimate protest against Eritrea’s government.

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British Intelligence in the Dock for CIA Torture
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Jul 2023

11 Jul 2023 – Recent developments raise the prospect that British intelligence agents could finally face justice for their little-known role in the CIA’s global torture program.

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Declassified Files Expose British Role in NATO’s Gladio Terror Armies
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Jul 2023

Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?

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Leaks Reveal FBI Helps Ukraine Censor Twitter Users and Obtain Their Info
Aaron Maté | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 12 Jun 2023

7 Jun 2023 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal.

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US Troops in Somalia Rise to 900, House Votes Not to Withdraw
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 May 2023

3 May 2023 – The presence of US troops in Somalia helps the Islamist insurgency Al Shabaab recruit, exacerbating the very violence they claim to be fighting. But the House has voted down a resolution to withdraw.

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Bombshell Filing: 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits
Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 May 2023

18 Apr 2023 – At least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level, according to an explosive new court filing.

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UN: Aaron Maté Spars with British Diplomat over Syria Cover-up
The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Apr 2023

30 Mar 2023 – At a UN meeting on the Syria cover-up scandal at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Aaron Maté responds to a challenge from British diplomat Thomas Phipps.

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Hersh: US Bombed Nord Stream to Prolong the Ukraine Proxy War
Aaron Maté interviews Seymour Hersh | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Mar 2023

3 Mar 2023 – Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream gas pipelines, a vital Russian-German infrastructure project and a key off-ramp to peace in Ukraine.

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How the US Crushed the Struggle for a Somali Nation
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Feb 2023

14 Feb 2023 – As Somalia struggled to hold its first real national elections since the country collapsed in 1991, the US and its allies pushed separatism and undermined democracy so as to militarily dominate the country and plunder its resources.

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US Trial of Venezuela’s Alex Saab Exposes Diplomatic Espionage
Anya Parampil | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Jan 2023

12 Dec 2022 – Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, we learn of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab’s advocates insist he is imprisoned for violating Washington’s economic blockade.

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WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent about His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Sep 2022

UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said nothing about the TPLF’s recent theft of fuel intended for UN relief efforts in Ethiopia.

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NATO-Backed Network of Syria Dirty War Propagandists Identified
Aaron Maté | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Aug 2022

1 Aug 2022 – Defaming journalism on the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal, The Guardian and its NATO-funded sources out themselves as the real “network of conspiracy theorists.”

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Max Blumenthal & Aaron Maté Slam Corporate Media Disinfo
The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Jul 2022

21 Jun 2022 – Before a hostile audience from the corporate press, they explain how the mainstream media is the most prolific source of disinformation, working closely with the national security state while deflecting scrutiny from the oligarchy that controls it.

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Aaron Maté Challenges Guardian on Syria
Pushback | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Jul 2022

23 Jul 2022 – A recent article in The Guardian parroted evidence-free allegations that Aaron Maté is “the most prolific spreader of disinformation” about Syria among a “network” of “conspiracy theorists.”

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“One less Traitor”: Zelensky Oversees Campaign of Assassination, Kidnapping and Torture of Political Opposition
Max Blumenthal and Esha Krishnaswamy | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Apr 2022

17 Apr 2022 – While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals’ arrest, and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents across the country.

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How WHO Chief Tedros Violated UN Rules to Advance TPLF Interests in Ethiopia
Ann Garrison | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Jan 2022

18 Jan 2022 – In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia’s conflict.

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Kazakhstan Coup Fails, US-Russia Talks Go Nowhere. Is War on Horizon?
The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Jan 2022

15 Jan 2022 – Max Blumenthal and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar: Inside Look at Kazak & Russia Events

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Backed By AFRICOM, Corporations Plunder DR Congo for “Climate-Friendly” Materials and Blame China
T.J. Coles | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Dec 2021

Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the West points the finger at China, the US Africa Command is indirectly policing mining operations that profit US corporations.

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Public Health or Private Wealth? How Digital Vaccine Passports Pave Way for Unprecedented Surveillance Capitalism
Jeremy Loffredo and Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Nov 2021

19 Oct 2021 – For those yearning for an end to pandemic-related restrictions, credential programs certifying their vaccination against Covid-19 are the key to reopening the economy and restoring their personal freedom. But the implementation of immunity passports is also accelerating the establishment of a global digital identity infrastructure as titans of global capitalism are exploiting the crisis to institute social credit-style digital ID systems.

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NATO’s Plans to Hack Your Brain
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Oct 2021

8 Oct 2021 – Behind NATO’s ‘cognitive warfare’: ‘Battle for your brain’ waged by Western militaries. Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of “cognitive warfare,” using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a “battle for your brain” in the “human domain,” to “make everyone a weapon.”

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How Big Corporations and Bill Gates Took Over the UN Food Summit
Nils McCune and Camila Escalante | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Sep 2021

24 Sep 2021 – Large corporations and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation took over the UN Food Systems Summit, abandoning small farmers on behalf of Big Ag companies, endangering food sovereignty.

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US Kidnaps Venezuelan Diplomat: The Case of Alex Saab
Anya Parampil | Red Lines/The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Jun 2021

4 Jun 2021 – Attorney Femi Falana talks about the shocking case of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab who has been kidnapped for violating illegal sanctions to feed his country. Under pressure from the USA, Cape Verdean authorities arrested Saab in Jun 2020 when he stopped to refuel his plane. Falana explains why the case is invalid, accusing the US of practicing “gangsterism”.

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US-Funded Belarusian Regime-Change Activist Arrested on Plane Joined Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 May 2021

27 May 2021 – Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government’s media apparatus.

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The Largest Strike in Human History
The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Feb 2021

11 Feb 2021 – Radhakrishnan explains why farmers are rising up, how they are organized, and how the neoliberal government of Narendra Modi has responded to the movement. Just one day after this interview, the Modi government raided the offices of Newsclick.in and detained its editors in what has been denounced as an act of intimidation against critical media.

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US Backs Al-Qaeda in Yemen while Dubbing Its Houthi Enemies ‘Terrorists’
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Feb 2021

12 Jan 2021 – The US State Department designated Yemen’s Houthi movement — the most effective force in fighting al-Qaeda — as a “terrorist” organization. Meanwhile, Washington and Saudi Arabia have supported al-Qaeda.

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Leaked Docs Expose Massive Syria Propaganda Operation Waged by Western Gov’t Contractors and Media
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 Oct 2020

29 Sep 2020 – Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in the media and ran a cadre of journalists. A trove of leaked documents exposes the propaganda network. The documents also shine light on the British program to train and arm rebel groups, including extremist jihadists.

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Assange’s Father Speaks Out, Calls Oppression of WikiLeaks Founder a “Great Crime of 21st Century”
Denis Rogatyuk | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Jul 2020

15 Jul 2020 – An extended interview with Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, who condemns the US, UK, and Australian governments for their “11 years of ceaseless psychological torture” of the WikiLeaks publisher.

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As Nicaragua Confronts COVID-19, Its U.S.-Backed Opposition Exploits the Pandemic to Create Chaos
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Apr 2020

13 Apr 2020 – Nicaragua’s right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine the elected Sandinista government, spreading fake news on coronavirus, while the state takes a balanced approach with close attention to the working class and poor.

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Haiti on the Precipice as Coronavirus and US-Imposed Leadership Take Their Toll
Jeb Sprague and Nazaire St. Fort | The Grayzone - TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Apr 2020

30 Mar 2020 – While Haiti’s widely despised, US-backed government officially promotes social distancing to suppress Covid-19, the stark reality is that most of the population is likely heading toward herd immunity, where many must get infected in the street rather than die by hunger at home.

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Under US Pressure, Social Media Companies Censor Critical Content and Suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian Accounts
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Jan 2020

12 Jan 2020 – As the US escalates its hybrid wars, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are suspending accounts and censoring content that conflicts with Washington’s pro-war narrative. We spoke to several people silenced in these social media purges.

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China Detaining Millions of Uyghurs? Serious Problems with Claims by US-Backed NGO and Far-Right Researcher ‘Led by God’ against Beijing
Ajit Singh and Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Dec 2019

21 Dec 2019 – Claims that China has detained millions of Uyghur Muslims are based largely on two studies. A closer look at these papers reveals US government backing, absurdly shoddy methodologies, and a rapture-ready evangelical researcher named Adrian Zenz.

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(Français) Des néonazis ukrainiens parmi les manifestants à Hong Kong
Ben Norton | Investig’Action – The Grayzone, 16 Dec 2019

9 Déc 2019 – Dans les médias occidentaux, les manifestations qui embrasent Hong Kong sont présentées comme un combat honorable pour la liberté et la démocratie. Bizarrement, ce mouvement est ardemment soutenu par des figures notoires de l’extrême droite US. Et depuis, les manifestants hongkongais peuvent même compter sur les conseils de néonazis ukrainiens, venus partager leur expérience et leurs tactiques d’insurrection.

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Bolivia Coup Led by Christian Fascist Paramilitary Leader and Millionaire–with Foreign Support
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Nov 2019

11 Nov 2019 – Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region, where the US has encouraged separatism. He has courted support from Colombia, Brazil, and the Venezuelan opposition.

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Top Bolivian Coup Plotters Trained by US Military’s School of the Americas, Served as Attachés in FBI Police Programs
Jeb Sprague | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Nov 2019

13 Nov 2019 – The United States played a key role in the military coup in Bolivia, and in a direct way that has scarcely been acknowledged in accounts of the events that forced the country’s elected president, Evo Morales, to resign on November 10.

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US and Israel Were Lone Votes against UN Resolutions Opposing Space Arms Race and Nuclear Middle East
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Nov 2019

8 Nov 2019 – The only two countries that voted consistently against UNGA draft resolutions calling for a nuclear weapons-free Middle East and to stop an arms race in outer space.

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By Protecting Syria’s Idlib, the US Created a Safe Haven for Baghdadi and ISIS
Dan Cohen | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2019

29 Oct 2019 – With the [alleged] killing of self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shoddy narrative pushed by US government officials and regime change propagandists about Idlib was blown to pieces as well. October has been a tough month for the motley crew of self-styled Syria experts and regime-change diehards who spent years cheering on the so-called “moderate rebels.”

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‘This Charge Is 100% False’: Grayzone Editor Max Blumenthal Arrested Months after Reporting on Venezuelan Opposition Violence
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2019

28 Oct 2019 – The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal has been arrested on false charges after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence outside the DC embassy. He describes the manufactured case as part of a wider campaign of political persecution.

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Behind a Made-For-TV Hong Kong Protest Narrative, Washington Is Backing Nativism and Mob Violence
Dan Cohen | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Aug 2019

17 Aug 2019 – Hong Kong’s increasingly xenophobic protests are devolving into chaos with help from US government regime-change outfits and a right-wing local media tycoon with close ties to hardliners in Washington.

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NY Times Admits It Sends Stories to US Government for Approval before Publication
Ben Norton | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Jul 2019

24 Jun 2019 – The New York Times has publicly acknowledged that it sends some of its stories to the US government for approval from “national security officials” before publication. This confirms what veteran NYT correspondents like James Risen have said: The American newspaper of record regularly collaborates with the US government, suppressing reporting that top officials don’t want made public.

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The Making of Juan Guaidó: How the US Regime Change Laboratory Created Venezuela’s Coup Leader
Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Feb 2019

Before the fateful day of January 22, fewer than one in five Venezuelans had heard of Juan Guaidó. Only a few months ago, the 35-year-old was an obscure character in a politically marginal far-right group closely associated with gruesome acts of street violence. He is the product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s elite regime change trainers. While posing as a champion of democracy, he has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilization.

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