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US diplomat convicted over Iran-Contra appointed special envoy for Venezuela
- tuxxy 8y agoI'm not really surprised given the current administration. That's all I have to say on that.
- AndyMcConachie 8y agoWhat past US administration has not been brazenly imperialist? Regime change has been the policy in Venezuela since Chavez took power. And the US has been propping up dictators in south and central America since the Spanish American War ended.
- dragonshed 8y agoAbout par with appointing a coal lobbyist to the EPA.
- crazynick4 8y agoIt's an excellent example that shows the difference between Trump's marketing slogans of 'fighting the deep state', and the clear and apparent reality.
- sorokod 8y agoA history refresher from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
- optxr 8y agoElliott Abrams was born into a Jewish family[6] in New York in 1948.
- yostrovs 8y agoWould have been nice for the Guardian to be upset about corruption and criminality in Venezuela over the past two decades. But no, it's time to blame America for that country's demise just as it's about to have a revolution against the socialism and corruption that did it in.
- Garvey 8y agoIn fairness to The Guardian, they've been writing about it for years. Online coverage seems to have started in 1999, with a few significant articles reproduced from earlier print versions.