How the Orange Revolution stumbled over Venezuela
There are not many government leaders in the world, and when they mention the name of the employees of the US Department of State, they start a nervous itch. Of course, one of these “allergenic” for the United States of America politician is Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. For a good dozen years, Comandante Chavez stands across the throat of American politicians of all stripes. And the point here is not only and not so much in its sustained rejection of American policy in all its manifestations, but in the fact that Venezuela has rich oil resources that Hugo Chavez clearly prevents Washington from “properly” disposed of.
By the way, Venezuela was one of the first countries in the world to test for itself, which means an attempt by American “partners” to remove all questions using such a notion as the “color” revolution, which today is perhaps the most stable combination of words in world politics. Back in 2002, a series of anti-government speeches, actively funded, as it turned out, later from the American treasury, had as its goal the “head” of Chávez. However, at that time, public sentiment in Venezuela was too far away about what today is called “an irresistible burden of democratic change.” The demonstrations began to fade away, and the Venezuelan special services managed to establish sources of financing for those who are hungry for “big changes.” It turned out that several non-governmental organizations were working on the territory of the country, which, quite legitimately, were engaged in the necessary preparation of the opposition to what we know today as anti-government actions to attract the attention of the world community.
Then the situation began to develop according to a painfully familiar scenario, which, apparently, was a kind of run-in. Hugo Chavez was accused of trying to “crush freedom of speech” in the country, in the crackdown on exclusively peaceful demonstrations and pressure on the opposition. But Chavez, in order to take Chavez to take, and just step on the throat with the overly “preoccupied” democratic situation in Venezuela, representatives of opposition movements, who only opened their mouths, and the words flew out of their mouth, obviously prepared by someone else. In principle, the word "someone" here does not look overly conspiracy. By whom - it is clear ... However, the new wave of attempts to knock the chair out from under Chavez was not crowned with success. Chavez sat thoroughly, and at every convenient opportunity he answered his opponents in his own way. During this time, the United States decided that it was ill-considered to "run in" the scenario of moving toward world domination on Hugo Chavez. It was decided to temporarily leave Chavez alone and spread to another continent called Europe. “Running in”, as we know, was successfully held in some countries that were once Republics of the USSR. Obviously, there were no such monumental politicians as the president of Venezuela, therefore, the stars and stripes of the revolutionary waves successfully flooded the social and political life of these states, and in some places, it must be admitted, they cannot yet disappear.
May 2007 was chosen for a new attempt to solve a problem called “Chavez”. This time, the Venezuelan opposition began its speeches, linking them to the closure of one of the TV channels. An association of Venezuelan students was created, headed by a certain John (or Ion) Goicochea. He openly called for a united front against Chávez, who, according to Goikochea, leads the country into nowhere. However, all attempts by the "student union" to pour revolutionary oil into a smoldering fire have clearly failed. It is possible that the oppositionists, and those who ruled them at that time, hoped that Goikochea would become a symbol of resistance, would be captured by the police, placed in the dungeons, and then it could be used for another PR action, shedding light on the “bloodthirstiness” of the Hugo regime Chavez. However, nothing like this happened. All Goykoche's appeals cracked along the seam after the information contained in his personal notepad leaked to the media. It turned out that this notebook was full of telephone numbers, which the young man himself was clearly not going to "light up". These numbers corresponded to the phone numbers of the American embassy, and also exposed the identity of the person who was in charge of working with people who called themselves the Venezuelan opposition at that embassy. After such a scandal, even those who in Venezuela, for a variety of reasons, are not thrilled with the policy of Hugo Chávez, have turned away from the opposition’s oppositionists, and the “colored” wave has come to nothing.
Incidentally, new threads appeared that linked the “student protest” with the work of non-governmental organizations working on behalf of the United States in Venezuela. Of course, the representatives of these NGOs themselves stated that this is just a provocation, and that they work in the territory of the Latin American state exclusively on a voluntary basis, and in no way participate in the destabilization in the country. However, the facts were too obvious, and after that Chavez decided to introduce a bill that once and for all cut off the possibility of direct financing of the “orange” opposition from abroad. Two years ago, this bill, which consists in controlling the activities of non-governmental organizations funded from abroad, was approved by the Venezuelan parliament. Naturally, the adoption took place in tough debates, because even in the Venezuelan parliament there are enough of those who work in the field of generous American funding. But the matter was nevertheless decided again in favor of Chávez. And the main democratizers of the planet after that, apparently, realized that Chavez was too tough for them.
Today, attempts to "reset" Hugo Chávez are still being made by Venezuelan oppositionists, but for this it is necessary to use somewhat different territories than before. In particular, at the end of February 2012, a rather remarkable congress of Venezuelan non-governmental organizations under the slogan “democracy in Venezuela is threatened” was held in Miami, demanding that Chavez be tried by the international tribunal in The Hague. However, Comrade Hugo, whose presidency expires next year, calmly stated that "you can bark as much as you want from the US, and it’s time for the judges of the international tribunal in The Hague themselves to be judged by their own invented laws." Therefore, Chavez can definitely learn the ability to withstand the "orange" threat. And if he publishes a textbook on this, the publication will become a real bestseller.
By the way, Venezuela was one of the first countries in the world to test for itself, which means an attempt by American “partners” to remove all questions using such a notion as the “color” revolution, which today is perhaps the most stable combination of words in world politics. Back in 2002, a series of anti-government speeches, actively funded, as it turned out, later from the American treasury, had as its goal the “head” of Chávez. However, at that time, public sentiment in Venezuela was too far away about what today is called “an irresistible burden of democratic change.” The demonstrations began to fade away, and the Venezuelan special services managed to establish sources of financing for those who are hungry for “big changes.” It turned out that several non-governmental organizations were working on the territory of the country, which, quite legitimately, were engaged in the necessary preparation of the opposition to what we know today as anti-government actions to attract the attention of the world community.
Then the situation began to develop according to a painfully familiar scenario, which, apparently, was a kind of run-in. Hugo Chavez was accused of trying to “crush freedom of speech” in the country, in the crackdown on exclusively peaceful demonstrations and pressure on the opposition. But Chavez, in order to take Chavez to take, and just step on the throat with the overly “preoccupied” democratic situation in Venezuela, representatives of opposition movements, who only opened their mouths, and the words flew out of their mouth, obviously prepared by someone else. In principle, the word "someone" here does not look overly conspiracy. By whom - it is clear ... However, the new wave of attempts to knock the chair out from under Chavez was not crowned with success. Chavez sat thoroughly, and at every convenient opportunity he answered his opponents in his own way. During this time, the United States decided that it was ill-considered to "run in" the scenario of moving toward world domination on Hugo Chavez. It was decided to temporarily leave Chavez alone and spread to another continent called Europe. “Running in”, as we know, was successfully held in some countries that were once Republics of the USSR. Obviously, there were no such monumental politicians as the president of Venezuela, therefore, the stars and stripes of the revolutionary waves successfully flooded the social and political life of these states, and in some places, it must be admitted, they cannot yet disappear.
May 2007 was chosen for a new attempt to solve a problem called “Chavez”. This time, the Venezuelan opposition began its speeches, linking them to the closure of one of the TV channels. An association of Venezuelan students was created, headed by a certain John (or Ion) Goicochea. He openly called for a united front against Chávez, who, according to Goikochea, leads the country into nowhere. However, all attempts by the "student union" to pour revolutionary oil into a smoldering fire have clearly failed. It is possible that the oppositionists, and those who ruled them at that time, hoped that Goikochea would become a symbol of resistance, would be captured by the police, placed in the dungeons, and then it could be used for another PR action, shedding light on the “bloodthirstiness” of the Hugo regime Chavez. However, nothing like this happened. All Goykoche's appeals cracked along the seam after the information contained in his personal notepad leaked to the media. It turned out that this notebook was full of telephone numbers, which the young man himself was clearly not going to "light up". These numbers corresponded to the phone numbers of the American embassy, and also exposed the identity of the person who was in charge of working with people who called themselves the Venezuelan opposition at that embassy. After such a scandal, even those who in Venezuela, for a variety of reasons, are not thrilled with the policy of Hugo Chávez, have turned away from the opposition’s oppositionists, and the “colored” wave has come to nothing.
Incidentally, new threads appeared that linked the “student protest” with the work of non-governmental organizations working on behalf of the United States in Venezuela. Of course, the representatives of these NGOs themselves stated that this is just a provocation, and that they work in the territory of the Latin American state exclusively on a voluntary basis, and in no way participate in the destabilization in the country. However, the facts were too obvious, and after that Chavez decided to introduce a bill that once and for all cut off the possibility of direct financing of the “orange” opposition from abroad. Two years ago, this bill, which consists in controlling the activities of non-governmental organizations funded from abroad, was approved by the Venezuelan parliament. Naturally, the adoption took place in tough debates, because even in the Venezuelan parliament there are enough of those who work in the field of generous American funding. But the matter was nevertheless decided again in favor of Chávez. And the main democratizers of the planet after that, apparently, realized that Chavez was too tough for them.
Today, attempts to "reset" Hugo Chávez are still being made by Venezuelan oppositionists, but for this it is necessary to use somewhat different territories than before. In particular, at the end of February 2012, a rather remarkable congress of Venezuelan non-governmental organizations under the slogan “democracy in Venezuela is threatened” was held in Miami, demanding that Chavez be tried by the international tribunal in The Hague. However, Comrade Hugo, whose presidency expires next year, calmly stated that "you can bark as much as you want from the US, and it’s time for the judges of the international tribunal in The Hague themselves to be judged by their own invented laws." Therefore, Chavez can definitely learn the ability to withstand the "orange" threat. And if he publishes a textbook on this, the publication will become a real bestseller.
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