USA backs another coup attempt in Venezuela - with Elon Musk's help

The USA and its allies in Latin America have refused to recognize the results of Venezuela's elections, as far-right opposition extremists try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, with the help of billionaire oligarch Elon Musk. Ben Norton documents the many US-backed coups since Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez came to power and launched the Bolivarian Revolution.

Our investigation: "US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election" - https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/07/29/us-government-edison-poll-venezuela-election/

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0:00 US supports coup attempt in Venezuela
1:41 Elon Musk: "We will coup whoever we want!"
3:35 Electoral "fraud" allegations
5:52 Observers say vote was fair
8:05 Argentina's leader Javier Milei
9:06 CIA & Israeli Mossad
9:50 Venezuelan opposition loves Israel
10:38 Maduro supports Palestine
11:07 China, Russia, Iran
11:52 Why USA is obsessed with overthrowing Venezuela
12:57 Oil
13:36 CLIP Donald Trump wanted to "take over" Venezuela (and its oil)
14:07 CLIP John Bolton: US corporations want Venezuela's oil
15:18 CLIP Bolton boasts Venezuela coup attempt was "a lot of work"
15:49 From Juan Guaidó to María Corina Machado
17:55 US-backed coup in Venezuela in 2002
19:25 Venezuelan opposition's long history of crying "fraud"
19:48 Guarimbas
21:35 What "dictatorship"?
22:13 Obama declares Venezuela a "national security threat"
23:38 Economic war, sanctions, & embargo
30:15 Venezuela's oligarchy vs. working class
32:12 Inflation
33:08 Sanctions
35:39 West steals Venezuela's foreign assets
36:46 Failed CIA-backed invasion of Venezuela
37:36 No evidence for "fraud" claims
39:36 Outro