Max Blumenthal: Report From the Real Venezuela

[@lavenderluna5311]

i deeply respect Max Blumenthal. He is one of the honest voices being heard in our time.

[@briankoontz1]

He's a global hero.

[@garylord2219]

Not too may like Max...

[@duncansinclair586]

Beautiful descriptions

[@tnix80]

Considering the typical American jew--a neocon or a liberal "humanitarian" interventionist, it's astounding that max exists. A throwback from another time, when there was an honest left with some principles, including anti-war. Great work, I saw the video with the vendors.

[@lady4real75]

@BLAIR M Schirmer I agree!

[@Notecrusher]

Max Blumenthal's reporting has been a beacon of light in the darkness of the corporate coverage of Venezuela which has been little more than US state propaganda.

[@ronagoodwell2709]

"Petro-politics." Very useful term to add to one's vocabulary. Thanks guys. Great work, as always.

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

@Bif Webster politics is all about energy...oil and gas ...it has always been like that...

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

I just said what it is ! I don't like american foreign policy at all ...but nobody asks me

[@AudioPervert1]

Hey Hey this Fraud, Max BluCheese is a Nicolas Maduro Pet. He was eating imported cheese and drinking imported Wine, in Caracas, while thousands and thousands of Venezuelanas and Venezuelanos were fleeing the country - no food - no medicines - no hope. Fact is, as published by the UN - between 2016 - 2019 about 3 million citizens of Venezuela ran away from their own country - Towards Peru, Columbia, Chile and even a few towards EU. This hack journalist - MaxBluCheese never uttered a word about such a mass exodus. A clever assholx at best. One sided story telling bullshit. The worst part is Nicolas Madura and Washington are both the biggest enemies of Venezuela. F**K this bullshit media hence...

[@ronagoodwell2709]

@@AudioPervert1You sound bitter.

[@MegaMahuro]

The medieval siege of Venezuela is like all sieges, criminal and coward.

[@prestonrobert2625]

For the winners we write the books. Thought you infiltrated my country.

[@almanzaralbert1]

Max, thanks, thank u. Great job. Muchas gracias. This planet needs more people like u.

[@liam314]

As f--ed up as the US is, I think you guys are so lucky to have great independent journalists like Max Blumenthal and the moderate rebels!

[@PandoraBVV]

Yes indeed! He is a tremendous blessing and we mere mortals, inhabitanats of Planet Earth, need many, many more of his caliber!

[@benitollan]

Blumenthal is not a journalist, he's a mercenary propagandist.

[@dj4monie]

Problem is most people aren't listening/watching stuff like this. It will take a holistic approach to fix some wide ranging problems because they are mostly tied to the petrodollar. Greening the economy will help but as I've said before we'll attempt to burn every piece of carbon in the ground before the world economy goes green which means sea level rise is on target and so is ice cap melting. Severe weather events will create climate refugees in the United States itself. We've already seen the mass migrations from Katrina... Not reported on very much but is the case.

[@markmacdonald7955]

@@benitollan Hmm.. nope. He's shedding light on the propaganda model of the mass/corporate media. Read a book - maybe start with Manufacturing Consent or Necessary Illusions.

[@alchemistoxford]

Max Blumenthal provides a wealth of knowledge.

[@AudioPervert1]

F**K OFF Wealth of Misinformation. Hey Hey this Fraud, Max BluCheese is a Nicolas Maduro Pet. He was eating imported cheese and drinking imported Wine, in Caracas, while thousands and thousands of Venezuelanas and Venezuelanos were fleeing the country - no food - no medicines - no hope. Fact is, as published by the UN - between 2016 - 2019 about 3 million citizens of Venezuela ran away from their own country - Towards Peru, Columbia, Chile and even a few towards EU. This hack journalist - MaxBluCheese never uttered a word about such a mass exodus. A clever assholx at best. One sided story telling bullshit. The worst part is Nicolas Madura and Washington are both the biggest enemies of Venezuela. F**K this bullshit media hence...

[@Skylarking00]

One of our best journalists.

[@tp0187]

Send him to Russia

[@benitollan]

Bluementhal is everything but a journalist. He's a psycopathic mercenary sellout propagandist.

[@benitollan]

@@tp0187 he works for Russia already, as much as it might blow your mind... given the ridiculous flawed ideology and extreme ignorance of this comment section, I might be misunderstanding your intent and background specifically, but there definitely are many american """liberals""" that hate Russia but love Bluementhal, which is hilarious as he works for them.

[@rEiNaKiNg520]

You're coverage was and continues to be fantastic Max!

[@mattsherv1986]

Reina Quintanilla omg

[@Danskadreng]

your*

[@mattsherv1986]

Philanthropy Calm down! It's KZbin not an English essay! Plus she's beautiful, she's allowed to do as she pleases

[@AudioPervert1]

Hey Hey this Fraud, Max BluCheese is a Nicolas Maduro Pet. He was eating imported cheese and drinking imported Wine, in Caracas, while thousands and thousands of Venezuelanas and Venezuelanos were fleeing the country - no food - no medicines - no hope. Fact is, as published by the UN - between 2016 - 2019 about 3 million citizens of Venezuela ran away from their own country - Towards Peru, Columbia, Chile and even a few towards EU. This hack journalist - MaxBluCheese never uttered a word about such a mass exodus. A clever assholx at best. One sided story telling bullshit. The worst part is Nicolas Madura and Washington are both the biggest enemies of Venezuela. F**K this bullshit media hence...

[@patmcd3578]

Fantastic reporting. Great guest. Max seems very earnest and authentic without getting irritated and using inflammatory language, which many people have done, and I think it is easy to do in regard to this situation.

[@SlackKeyPaddy]

Max a rare true journalist and american hero

[@mohammadkaveh9125]

And Ben Norton.

[@rodgerasai]

Yes. Wish he would remember to explain that the Monroe Doctrine was our statement to the rest of the world that they would not be allowed to begin or continue any Colonizing activities in the Americas. (i.e. Trump Admin. is trying to do exactly what the Monroe Doctrine says we won't allow to be done.)

[@fieldflower7916]

What originally caused the economic crisis in Venezuela? I hear some say Madero others say US sanctions... I decided to look for news clips around the world to see what the economy was like before there was any sanctions even on individuals in Venezuela. I reasoned if they caused the problem, then the economy should not already be in crisis prior to sanctions. What I found was that they were already in a severe crisis headed toward hyperinflation caused by excessive currency speculation (buying and selling currency) and a powerful black market. Sanctions made a crisis worse beginning in 2017, but they didn't cause the crisis Venezuela has many resources and capabilities why rely only on oil? This creates an unnecessary vulnerability. Why borrow so much money to have the huge national debt? This makes it difficult to just pay the interest. And why did Hugo Chavez set multiple currency exchange rates that invited currency speculation? These policies were all set into practice years before sanctions and have had terrible effects on their economy. I haven't seen a good explanation for why these things were done. Having said that the sanctions, from 2017 when it involved the banking industry, have made it more difficult to manage the crisis. They can still borrow from other countries who aren't US allies and do business with these countries so they alone can't be attributed to these severe problems. Here's some of the clips that led me to my believe excessive currency speculation was the primary cause of the Venezuelan crisis. kzbin.info/aero/PLn95Vk05FrXEUrxPZ6jCyBO4joqt56Nww

[@rodgerasai]

@@fieldflower7916 U.S. Leadership has been working to undermine the Democratically-elected Leadership in Venezuela ever since Chavez was elected. Looking at anything they did in the past few years - in reaction to what outsider banksters were doing isn't accomplishing your premise of finding the "original cause". For origins of outside interference one needs to go back before the babyBush & Cheney petro-politic activities (which were easily overlooked with the more violent petro-political actions being perpetrated in the Middle East).

[@alexberg5037]

M BLUMENTHAL AND BEN NORTON ARE GREAT JOURNALISTS...

[@sputnik466]

@BLAIR M Schirmer Then there`s also Vanessa Beeley, 21st Century Wire, UKColumn, Gordon Dimmock etc....all stalwarts of journalistic truth, and all having to do the job that msm "journalists" fail miserably at.

[@xiinomadia4923]

Dont you dear forget about Rania Khalek

[@debbiedogs1]

And Aaron Mate!!

[@Kinkle_Z]

"A virtual reality coup" Max B. Well put. PS - Loved your grocery store video!

[@beesplaining1882]

The term makes so much sense.

[@cainwasabel]

share the grocery store link please

[@octavioaraujo1674]

He also coined the phrase, “the radical center,” that nailed it.

[@merbst]

The mall video was even funnier!

[@merbst]

@@cainwasabel go to the Grayzone channel! It was 2 weeks ago

[@Kinkle_Z]

Wow. Great stories Max!! Great to hear that the "normal" Venezuelan opposition are beginning to tremble at a possible U.S. Military carpet bombing and increased U.S. sanctions and the threat of U.S.-style "destabilization." Like the "moderate rebels" in Syria, sounds like the mercenary nihilistic Guarimbas are Bolton's only allies at this point. And of course, always great to hear that little Marco is facing pushback.

[@Kinkle_Z]

Are the rich opposition able to get insulin and medical supplies?

[@Kinkle_Z]

Why doesn't Russia sanction us? End their exports of oil to us?

[@PandoraBVV]

@@Kinkle_Z The United Nations Security Council is why.

[@clarenceedwards2866]

I am happy to see that these two gentlemen agree with a comment I made on one of Florida Maquis videos; If you push someone too hard there will be push-back; consequently, these sanctions that America are imposing on Venezuela are also hurting their own economy. For every action there is an equal an opposite reaction.

[@azar1520]

Not really. We are causing much more harm to Venezuela than we are hurting our economy.

[@karlhaynes3090]

Sanctions = seige

[@PandoraBVV]

👍👍👍 Great interview with a no-nonsense, cut straight down to the issues Investigative Journalist, Max Blumenthal! I learned more facts and truth in these 37 minutes than I could have gleaned from the Network news and Cable News Networks in a full month of Sundays.

[@wilcoxwilcox3272]

I live in Venezuela and I DEFINITELY support the DEMOCRATICALLY elected President Maduro and his government. Thank you Max Blumenthal for telling the absolute truth about Venezuela 🇻🇪. THERE IS NO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN VENEZUELA. THERE IS NO STARVATION IN VENEZUELA.

[@braelig]

I bet you think that Cuba is a nice place to live too. That is exactly what Venezuela is becoming. You are just too ignorant to fight against a regime that wants to empower itself to be in power forever. How much of an intellectual weakling do you have to be to swallow the "blue" pill, instead of seeing the truth. If you really are a Venezuelan and not just a Maduro-bot online, then you should be ashamed of everything you are, down the core. You are a traitor to the future of your own country - exactly like EVERY Castro supporter.

[@wilcoxwilcox3272]

@@braelig I don't live in Cuba. I visited the Island in the early 1990's by yacht. Venezuela is NOTHING like Cuba. Any fool knows that. More than 90 percent of businesses are PRIVATELY owned in Venezuela which makes Venezuela a capitalist country with socialist programs for the poorer Venezuelan majority. Simple. The United Kingdom, the United States, the Scandinavian countries, the EU, Australia, New Zealand, Canada etcetera are MORE socialist than Venezuela. Do your research before you make a fool of yourself on KZbin. Venezuela's petroleum was nationalised by Carlos Andres Perez in 1975. It had nothing to do with Chavez or the Maduro government. I personally prefer a government who works for the people and I do not appreciate any government that works for the Globalists and multinational corporations. Cuba has endured more than 40 years of sanctions. Under the circumstances it has done very well for itself. Cuba exports doctors and dentists. The diabolical United States of Israel 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 exports terrorism, death and destruction. Viva Maduro 💕 Viva la revolución Bolivariana 💕

[@braelig]

@@wilcoxwilcox3272 Any fool who actually watches news from a SPANISH media channel knows that Chavez's hero was Castro. Even his cancer treatment was in Cuba. And that Venezuela's economy is based on oil 95% of exports and 25% of GDP, so when you let the government take over your dominant source of income as a nation, then you let a dictator have control of your country, what the fuck happens? The dictator and his cronies pocket as much of the wealth as they can, not only rig, but even reverse elections by accusing elected officials of crimes right after the elections that could have ousted Maduro. I mean you literally have no clue what the fuk you are talking about. Maduro's qualifications were that he was an ex-bus driver and a Chavez lackey. He can't even spell basic words. Here is what this dipshit has done to the country due to sheer ignorance: www.forbes.com/sites/stevehanke/2019/01/01/venezuelas-hyperinflation-hits-80000-per-year-in-2018/#3a61f87e4572 Comment on things you actually know about. Peoples lives are on the line here buddy. Zip it up, your ignorance is showing.

[@wilcoxwilcox3272]

@@braelig F*ck off. I have visited 88 countries in my lifetime and Venezuela is by far STILL the best out of all of them. I have no problem with the Castro/Chavez friendship. But Chavez died in March 2013. My dentist is Cuban and she's awesome. I am truly grateful for their friendship with the Maduro government too. By the way Venezuela is definitely the cheapest country in the world if you have access to USD or Euros which what all of the diabolical right wing fascist opposition in Venezuela most certainly have. As for the poorer Venezuelan majority they definitely SUPPORT the DEMOCRATICALLY elected President Maduro and his government. I have lived in Venezuela for 32 years now. I was here before Chavez, during Chavez and I am here after Chavez. I definitely prefer this Venezuela to the old Venezuela. I support President Maduro and his government and I have absolutely no intention of leaving Venezuela. I am 100% sure that there is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. I am 100% sure that there is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. I know because I travel the length and breadth of Venezuela at least every 2 or 3x months. I am on the ground and I know exactly what is going on in Venezuela.

[@mattsherv1986]

Wilcox Wilcox We love and support you!

[@debralegorreta1375]

Thank you Max. Take care of yourself.

[@roberthaley8734]

Let me get this straight. We're sanctioming3 oil from Venezuela which forces us to buy oil from Russia who I is importing oil from Venezuela.

[@NyetTube]

Real journalism! MSM employees sold their souls.

[@tweekmenipps5053]

Max. Another true American patriot. Kudos to you and the production for this firsthand evidence of the reality on the ground in Venezuela.👍

[@takehe68]

Brilliant interview. Thank you. Very informative.

[@hopesnopes]

WOW!! The best, most comprehensive interview on Venezuela I've seen. Thank you.

[@papopapo6600]

Let me inform you what's going to happen to Venezuela, we're going to steal the oil and then we are going to build concentration camps for the Venezuela people

[@Hands2HealNow]

Thanks for presenting this excellent report.

[@adrianosverko6601]

Very good insight and analytical angles.

[@nancyk7954]

Mind blowing, wonderful clear and honest investigative journalism. Thank you RJ and Max, thank you so much for your time, dedication and integrity.

[@jodeerbird6504]

I watched this on Free Speech tv. Thank you for bringing Max on and shedding a little light on this. Networks never saw a war or intervention they didn't love. We need to spread these kinds of reports far and wide. Thanks guys. Really.

[@crithon]

I believe in Max

[@rudymilman994]

Very important information. Thanks a lot.

[@jibbi4one]

Max a straight up journalist who reports.

[@fearnonebutone4977]

The US tends to practice manufactured consent.

[@benmak917]

Max Blumenthal is courageous journalist who brings news reports from most critical events in the world. Great video, very informative, you won't find this on MSM.

[@ajisenramen888]

Thank you for trying to get the true picture out to the rest of us. Reporting news and not manufacturing it. 👍

[@amritawhitman8112]

This was a great interview!! Thank you so much. Since RJ was Bernie's speech writer in 2016, it would be great if he could set up a meeting between Max, Aaron Mate, Ben Norton and others and Bernie and/or Bernie's foreign policy adviser Matt Duss.

[@micheldiaznocetti2873]

Great analys from Max at 25.00 min... spot on

[@onetwo3962]

Max is doing a great job. Keep up the good work.

[@experiencescotlanddifferen4910]

Thank you for speaking out and making sense. If we don't stop this craziness, it will go wrong one day

[@colinfoster2191]

Do not forget the UK involvement The person who put the UK case at the UN Security Council was not the usual representative It was Alan Duncan a Member of the UK Parliament who before he was elected was a dodgy oil trader

[@sputnik466]

Mister smarm himself....I wouldn`t trust his as far as I could throw him !!

[@kathiebishop1]

Great interview, thanks!!

[@palefeathervaldez3563]

Trump may not care about Venezuela, but I'm sure he cares about their OIL! It's just how greedy people are no matter how rich they are, they always want more, or ALL of it.

[@gianca60]

He just returned, he was lucky to escape the blackout.

[@JuanCarlos49086]

Yes, that prank conversation has been kept out of mainstream media. I thought the same thing: how could Abrams have thought he was talking to the Swiss president, when that guy's accent was clearly Russian? Rubio is a despicable character, by the way. HIs behavior and words are the best evidence.

[@lifehope4603]

Stand strong Venezuela! Its the elites vs working class around the world.

[@litesp]

Max is amazing. He was born into privilege, with a powerful, politically connected father. Yet he crusades for truth and justice for the downtrodden. He is an inspiration.

[@hippiechic65]

He does the job set out for him. There has to be two sides to keep us fighting. Lolol just because i might agree with a spokesman for one of the "sides" does not mean that spokesman is on MY side. Max is literally a spokesperson for the elite, he just gets to play the altruistic side lololol

[@cedricbillingsley3960]

The system is broken, time to reset.

[@annegeorge5367]

I'm so sorry Venezuela. 2020 will hopefully usher in a Progressive Democrat, and usher out Corporate Dems and the cruel GOP.

[@jani-ho8cl]

Thank u Max Blumenthal for being a real reporter.

[@debralegorreta1375]

The Venezuelan Opposition will do Trump's bidding so long as they don't have to leave Chacao.

[@absoluterefusal]

Thank you RJ and /\/\AX!!!!

[@kenricashe]

At 8:46 - Am I really the first one to ask what's the translation for Corrió/Correo(sp?) tu Madre? Haha, and are KZbin videos really regulated by the FCC? Update: Ah now I see this is also a radio program. Sadly I had to dig deep just to learn that, found via DuckDuckGo because even your own website does nothing when clicking About and the site footer can't be fully read because of the infinite paging of more and more content pushing the footer down. I mention all this in hopes that it helps your program! On the plus side, because I'm a fan of Max, KZbin put this video in the Recommended section for me, and now I am subscribed to this channel as well!

[@kenricashe]

Found it! en.wiktionary.org/wiki/co%C3%B1o

[@chugalongway01]

How refreshing Max is the old style of a journalist, who actually researches and knows his topic, but most of all has his "boots on the ground"

[@Kinkle_Z]

"A cloud of unknowing" RJ? Um...only among the brainwashed.

[@jeffreylorien6687]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_of_Unknowing

[@SlackKeyPaddy]

RJ should know better and calling what it really is Manufactured Consent deja vu all over again.

[@adelineyee1815]

US is the country that needs a Leader change!!!!

Blumenthal is way funnier than most self-styled comedians. And I'm not being sarcastic.

[@n.r.2258]

That was an outstanding interview. Thanks Max. Interviews like this are very rear.

[@josephlee4337]

Actually, we all are complicit with the US government, if we are not doing our share to help or stop our government from trying to achieve regime change in Venezuela.

[@jimmyandtheresurrection7247]

Honest man. More like him and we'll soon have peace right here on earth. The kingdom of heaven you understand.

[@papopapo6600]

keep waiting for the kingdom of heaven for the meanwhile the world is going to war

[@jimmyandtheresurrection7247]

Roberto Quintana you dont understand. The wicked is about to destroy themselves. Destruction comes to the destructive. Then those that remain will know that war is unprofitable and start doing constructive things with the material resources of the world. If you upful,have no fear. If you wicked,then tremble. This guy speaking speaks the truth.

[@bamboo1165]

Is Max Blumenthal sent by GD to save us from Herod and his henchmen? This max knows so much and I learn so much from him! I can't wait to vote for U to be president!

[@aerily1]

thanks, RJ!

[@RF-tt2tm]

Thank you for sharing the truth.

[@2wheelvloggers]

Go Max, you rock. Be careful out there.

[@sandrawalker8839]

Venezuela has over the last two decades assisted the rest of the Caribbean and Latin America with oil at favorable rates which has kept them afloat .... shame on them for not standing up for the majority of the people of Venezuela in their hour of need against US oil grab takeover...it did not work in Libya, Syria , Afghanistan .....etc ..etc ...Stand firm Venezuela

[@joylove8693]

Love your program, many thanks

[@kanonierable]

I remember not so long ago hearing about the US being able to produce all the oil it needs from fracking, and even exporting a massive surplus. What happened to that?

[@kanonierable]

And what about the enormous sums that are "invested" into the fracking industry with more and more money for lesser and lesser oil, a lot of it coming from US pension funds?

[@kanonierable]

And we should also not forget that Saudi Arabia is depleting its own oil reserves ,thanks to this insane overproduction, that they have to sell for a ridiculously low price, which led them into the war against its neighbour Yemen, to get their hands on that country's huge untapped oil reserves...

[@kanonierable]

And all this gigantic circle of waste and blunder, death and destruction, hunger and ruin of tens of millions of humans is set into motion for the sole purpose of giving a handful of US oil barons and Wallstreet speculators the chance to make a killing with exploiting Venezuelas oil, to fill their pockets at the expense of the citizens of that country, cheating them out of even a minimal share from their nations natural ressources!

[@kanonierable]

What a gigantic clusterfuck made in the U.S,A. !!!

[@charleskesner1302]

Always good to hear from Max. Thanks. US Corporate Media fails us.

[@jimmihotdog3469]

Millions in the street for Maduro Viva Maduro standing up for his Nation.

[@dalegribble4308]

Rj and max thanks for my daily belly laugh about the restaurant thing lol

[@captjimMcintyre]

INCREASE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, LET THE OIL ALONE IN THE ROCK; CONFESS YOUR SINS, AND BE WELL!

[@peterravenscroft9241]

Coup defeated, all very restrained and civilized. Dueling concerts not bullets like Kent State etc. This is the future of protest - mockery not violence. Now, all grow food. Can't eat flags or slogans.

[@PortlandsTransport]

Best report I’ve seen yet on this topic

[@bamboo1165]

I believe Max should run for president in the US. we need U Max! we need a honest ,strong man like U!

[@allgoo1964]

I knew that the low gas price in 2017 had something to do with political fight.

[@ronaldhonda2276]

Nice one, Max, love your work.

[@koondogmcfry9333]

Such a great point about Saudi cheap oil. It's amazing what the US will do to other countries while simultaneously blaming their hardships on "socialism". This is the same foreign policy scenario we've seen for years. Anytime a country chooses to nationalize it's resources, the US stages a fake "uprising" and swoops in to spread "democracy". Venezuela will soon join the list ... Iran (1953); Guatemala(1954); Thailand (1957); Laos (1958-60); the Congo (1960); Turkey (1960, 1971 & 1980); Ecuador (1961 & 1963); South Vietnam (1963); Brazil (1964); the Dominican Republic (1963); Argentina (1963); Honduras (1963 & 2009); Iraq (1963 & 2003); Bolivia (1964, 1971 & 1980); Indonesia (1965); Ghana (1966); Greece (1967); Panama (1968 & 1989); Cambodia (1970); Chile (1973); Bangladesh (1975); Pakistan (1977); Grenada (1983); Mauritania (1984); Guinea (1984); Burkina Faso (1987); Paraguay (1989); Haiti (1991 & 2004); Russia (1993); Uganda (1996);and Libya (2011)

[@thegodbox12]

#HandsOffVenezeula #StopTheSanctions

[@jsherr5773]

⭐SANCTIONS BE DAMNED!!!! MAY THE EVIL INTENTIONS & ACTIONS THAT GREEDY OPPRESSORS PERPETRATE UPON THE OPPRESSED QUICKLY BACKFIRE & BOOMERANG BACK TO THEM!!! ⭐MAY WHAT THE OPPRESSORS DO BE QUICKLY DONE BACK TO THEM!!REAP WHAT U SOW!! THINK4YOURSELF📢

[@paulproductions9213]

Power to the people, long live socialism.

[@captjimMcintyre]

I have heard enough, Arrest them for starting all the wars lately, eh!

[@dieple2964]

Please do not misread as I am a US political sympathizer. I only want the US to have long lasting relationships with other nations around the world. There is a proverb in the Vietnamese sociolinguistic texts saying "Them ban, bot thu" which literally means "More friends less enemies". I personally appeal to the US to give attention to it and where appropriate add this proverbial meaning in its political agendas on interacting with the world for the sake of strengthening its political stance on the world stage and hence for the world peace. In my observation, the legally elected President Mr Maduro is very tolerant and kind to the illegally declared president Mr Guaido who is causing severe social disorder, violence and chaos in his country. He could have taken this lawless man into custody long ago. Yes, it seems WW3 is inevitable unfortunately for the whole peoples of the Earth Planet! It is unbelievable, in my view, that President Trump announced that the U.S. recognized the opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s new leader. The statement made sounds very arrogant, highly intrusive and lawless. Under what source of law can President Trump employ to declare the opposition leader Juan Guaido is a legitimate Interim President? Should we all respect International Laws or the more powerful nations do not have to observe them? There is no ground under international laws that enables the opposition leader Mr Guaido to declare himself to be interim president of Venezuela. Thus President Trump’s statement of recognition of Mr Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela indicates that President Trump thinks he can dogmatically represent, approve and appoint a Venezuelan president on behalf of the Venezuelan people regarding who is to run this country. Can the US continue to lead and represent the Democratic World while continuing to interact with other nations in this direction? The current social and economic problems of Venezuela is of its own domestic affairs, while bearing in mind that Venezuela’s economic problems are largely caused by the US economic sanctions. Relevant external forces, please be observing that the current legally elected President Mr Maduro has the right to reject aids from any unfriendly provider and his rejection should be respected. There should not be any external power coerce him or his nation to receive an unwanted aid, especially when he has publicly declared that he would receive aids from another source soon. Coercion which aiming at or intending to, be it explicit or implied, to overthrow his Government, would be held as or assumed to be in violation of “all norms and conventions of international law.” Humanitarian aid should always be maintained as a genuine human suffering relief. It should not be misused or manipulated by anyone for enhancing one’s own political agenda be it of a nation or an individual. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said "Sunday humanitarian aid "is going to get through" to Venezuela with or without the cooperation of Nicolas Maduro". This statement if it follows through by the act threatened, it would amount to or be conceived as a declaration of war and not an action of aid; and it would be unfortunate not only for the people of Venezuela but for the whole world. The Red Cross has declared that The US Aids on the relevant occasion are not aids but is politicized and so as a UN human rights expert, Idriss Jazairy who has previously stated that “Coercion, whether military or economic, must never be used to seek a change in government in a sovereign state. The use of sanctions by outside powers to overthrow an elected government is in violation of all norms of international law”. As of mine concern, there should not be any external forces there lurking to impose or coerce to bring about a change of the legitimate government. A world superpower should not coerce a flimsy nation to take "humanitarian aids" should that nation refuse to do so. Under International Law and norms of the United Nations, humanitarian aids must not be used for political ends of any nations. Thus I sincerely hope that President Trump does not mean it literally when he officially declared Mr Guaido as the “legitimate interim” president! Mr Guaido, the most naïve political figure of all, has no legal status to declare himself as the president of Venezuela. His act of declaration under the circumstances makes him looks like a clown at the most under the world observation and opinion. He should now formally withdraw his unlawful declaration as the ‘interim president’ and publically offer apologies for his naïve ambition and unlawful coup-attempts and denounce his own act of illegal usurpation of power to the people of Venezuela and the legitimately elected President Mr Maduro so as to restore social order and peace for Venezuela. Since Mr Guaido is not the president of Venezuela he has no legal ground to invite foreigners to intervene and assist him in Venezuela. He is so politically inexperienced and it is very unfortunate for all Venezuelans! More embarrassingly he has selfishly used his own twenty one months old daughter as human shield to protect him physically and politically by holding her in various dangerous and politically chaotic gathered crowds. The opposition leader Mr Guaido is selling his country off cheaply for his own selfish political ambitions. It is very unfortunate for the people of Venezuela. As a political sympathizer of the US I urge it and the President to reconsider the recognition statement. If WW3 is really a non-stoppable event, then there would be no winners, as most of human races would be gone consequently. Hence, for the sake of humanities and their survivals, please employ our logical, fair, just and reasonable minds to confront and resolve international issues by peaceful means and military must be the last option to use.

[@JimmySaul888]

Some people wonder why the the US has been able to strong arm everyone in Europe to go along with this fantasy that Guido is legitimate in any way. It's quite simple really. Venezuela is oil rich and the industry has been nationalized. The elite ruling class of Europe and the US are united in their opposition to any nation state (with a few exceptions within Europe) attempting to nationalize their resources, especially one with some of the world's largest oil reserves like Venezuela. Huge energy companies want access to exploit that land and Venezuela has been pissing the US off for a while now with their Socialist obstinance. I believe that the years long dip in oil prices have been coordinated between the Saudis and US domestic producers to crush the Venezuelan economy. Chavez was foolish to leave so many eggs in one basket. The CIA is and has been single minded in overthrowing the current regime for a while and they see this as an opportunity. I'm just fascinated by how this coup has unfolded. It's a coup right out in the open for everyone to see, yet the mainstream media continues to try and explain to us that it's not a coup, and that Guido is actually the real president because other countries suddenly say so. It really is crazy. Imagine if the rest of the world had a big vote and decided our president wasn't our real president and some other guy announced he was the new president out of the blue. How do you think that would be received?

[@barry7608]

Thanks Max the world owes you a lot, I'm sure you make lots of money but I also believe you do it for the TRUTH.

[@inespaschoarelli1287]

USA must stop meddling with other courntries.

[@INDIANxxWARRIOR]

thank you for bringing truth, out of real experience, i can't believe that the people are to dense to understand or belief what is going on

[@wkmac2]

US invoking medieval siege warfare on Venezuela.

[@Yourismouter]

always a treat to listen to max, RJ get Rania Khalek, Yves Engler, Paul Street the historian and Bernie Critic, Whitney Webb of Mint Press News and anyone from Black Agenda Report on your program though warning your gonna need extended long interviews for them :)

[@teocjan4406]

I would loooove to experience Floridians' public unrest to protest extreme climate events that kept hurting the peninsula thru hurricanes fueled by the carbon emissions of huge oil companies, and the politicians who are in the deep pockets of those companies.

[@oksimoron5246]

Great analysis by Max!

[@bigbang921]

Gracias gracias gracias gracias for this report

[@bamboo1165]

Max why dont u try congress? U are a true voice! we need U here in the US.GD Bless U! are U an angel in disguise,Max? spit it out!

[@tenzinnordron9836]

So the Wicked Imperialist Pirates amped up the attacks & shut power off. Praying their nefarious cruelty FAILS!

[@merlepatterson]

It would be nice to see the photos of the of failed power equipment which was at the root of the Venezuelan power grid failure. This would be indicative of how this failure occurred and show whether it was in fact poor equipment infrastructure as a coincidence of political timing or a deliberate act because of the political times?

[@WilliamMConner1]

Thanks for your descriptive analysis of the interactive economies and the shifting of planetary political paradigm , that will be initiated by actions in Venezuela. A’mor fati.

[@RachelDerGolem]

I am so glad to see how Max Blumenthal is taking time out from his busy schedule of trying to destroy Israel by protecting the people of Venezuela from American groceries.

[@rothschildwarbank4960]

6 trillion wasted on counterproductive military since 2001 could have bought enough solar panels, wind generators and batteries to power every home and factory in the usa

[@paulgibby6932]

Thanks for mentioning "food sovereignty", which I learned about from Vandana Shiva. It's just another of the important bulwarks against capitalist globalization, in which countries like the US force foreign powers to become part of a global market, thus losing their local connection to their ecological system. One example being the ability to grow their own food.

[@beesplaining1882]

Such an important report. If the US was a genuinely FREE country with a FREE press then when an experienced professional journalist like Max Blumenthal with local language skills returns after having travelled extensively inside Venesuala he would be in record demand by main stream media outlets. Instead he is reporting on KZbin to alternative media outlets that reaches a few thousand people or so. His message should be heard by all Americans! What a crazy place we live in!

[@DavidSanchez-vx4bv]

The Venezuelan crisis will pass and other crisis will come.. but the hate, the pain that US has produced will remain in the head of millions of people, and sadly it will emerge when (very soon I think) the US empire will fall.. In that moment, I hope the rest of the world show humanity towards Americans, because the American people is different than their governments and elites ... but I doubt it. Karma IS a bitch....

[@alanconlan8337]

These issues you highlight should be strongly presented at all levels to the public ear and brought forward for public debate and scrutiny. The American people are enslaved into funding a war machine ruled by international elites. The people deserve to be told in a way they can hear what's being said.

[@nestorvillalobos4101]

There is and exodo, people are living the country by the thousands by the hour. There are about 5 Millions people had left the country.

[@xyzsame4081]

An excellent piece, really insightful