News Brief: Rubio and Trump's Cynical Venezuelan Aid PR Stunt (Patreon)

Despite the International Red Cross and UN warning the US not to do, the Trump administration and Senate Republicans decided to weaponize aid into Venezuela, attempting to spark a conflict and expedite their plan for regime change. Per usual, the American media uniformly fell for the PR stunt––omitting key mitigating context and details along the way. 

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Western Media Fall in Lockstep for Cheap Trump/Rubio Venezuela Aid PR Stunt

Adam Johnson | February 9, 2019 | FAIR

U.S. Considering Humanitarian Corridor for Venezuela Aid, Envoy Says

Nick Wadhams | January 30, 2019 | Bloomberg

U.S. Envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams says his history with Iran-Contra isn’t an issue

Grace Segers | January 30, 2019 | CBS News

Elliott Abrams, Trump’s Pick To Bring “Democracy” To Venezuela, Has Spent His Life Crushing Democracy

Jon Schwarz | January 30, 2019 | The Intercept

U.S. Asked Brunei To Assist Contras

Bernard Gwertzman | December 7, 1986 | The New York Times

Elliott Abrams Must Now Face the Music on Nicaragua, and Congress Is Calling the Tune

William Plummer | June 8, 1987 | People

Abrams Denies Wrongdoing In Shipping Arms to Contras

August 17, 1987 | AP/New York Times

Hurting, Hanging, Suffocating & Starving: The Inhumanity of Iran Threat Rhetoric

Nima Shirazi | March 2, 2012 | Wide Asleep In America

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