The US has unleashed protests in Venezuela as part of a plot to stage a coup and overthrow the Caracas government, an analyst writes in a column for the Press TV website.
Paul Craig Roberts wrote in an article published on Saturday that Washington was the mastermind behind the ongoing unrest in Venezuela as it did the same in Ukraine, saying such policy bore a testimony to the US “stark criminality.”
He added that the US started stoking unrest in Venezuela by first devaluing the South American country’s currency and then instigating student protests against growing economic problems.
“Washington began the attack on [Venezuelan President Nicolas] Maduro by attacking the Venezuelan currency and driving down its value in currency markets. Then university students…were sent out to protest. The falling Venezuelan currency raised prices and spread dissatisfaction among Maduro’s poor indigenous base,” he said.
The analyst stated that Maduro had to turn to the police to put down the riot and prevent the “unrest that Washington is using to launch a coup” but he was unjustly blamed for not respecting human rights.
“For Washington, it is always the same script. Commit a crime and blame the victim,” Roberts wrote.
He said the US seeks to bring Venezuela back to its time of “servitude,” adding that if Washington re-conquers Venezuela it will then go for other countries in the region, including Ecuador and Bolivia.
On Friday, Maduro accused the US government of trying to overthrow him and warned that such an incident would have dire consequences for all of Latin America.
Venezuela has been rocked by a wave of protests since early February. At least 28 people have been killed in the violence since then.
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