Venezuelan opposition strategy based on provocation, manipulation [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuelan opposition strategy based on provocation, manipulation
Friday, March 14, 2014
By Steve Ellner, Puerto La Cruz

The strategy and tactics of the Venezuelan opposition is a replay of events that took place leading up to the coup against Hugo Chavez on April 11, 2002.

The blatant distortions and in some cases lies of the media — CNN in Spanish playing a lead role — represent an essential element in the strategy.

There are two main groups that the United States-funded right-wing opposition has mobilised. From all appearances, the two act in coordination even though their style, and even social background, differs.

One group is non-violent and the other engages in acts of aggression — in some cases endangering lives.

On the one hand, students and other young people carry out protests that the media and the opposition deceptively call “peaceful”. These mobilisations involve, to a disproportionate extent, students from private universities and operate almost exclusively in wealthy areas whose mayors (and in some cases governors) belong to the opposition.

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https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56072