[H-PAD] The Democrats want war in Venezuela???

Tue Jan 29 14:11:12 PST 2019

Colleagues,

Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-Pad) is concerned with threats of 
invasion and regime change in Venezuela. Below is a statement from 
Codepink denouncing moves in this direction. While we do not need to 
agree on what the Venezuelan government should do, and we don't need to 
endorse everything the Democrats are saying, we need to stand firm in 
opposition to US intervention in Venezuela.

Over 70 scholars on Latin America, political science, and history have 
signed an open letter calling on the United States to stop interfering 
in Venezuela's internal affairs: 
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/01/24/open-letter-united-states-stop-interfering-venezuelas-internal-politics. 
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) also has a statement at 
https://www.nlg.org/nlg-statement-on-the-illegal-u-s-interference-in-the-bolivarian-republic-of-venezuela/ 
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Dear Marc,

On Monday, *National Security Advisor and massive war hawk John Bolton* 
was seen during a briefing with reporters about new sanctions on 
Venezuela holding *a yellow legal pad* inscribed with the words *"5000 
troops to Colombia." Really? Are we going to allow US troops to invade 
Venezuela?* We've seen this before, we know how it turns out, and we 
can't let the U.S. embark on another military intervention in Latin 
America.

*Send an urgent email now to the Democrats in Congress telling them to 
speak out against the U.S. orchestration of a coup in Venezuela — a coup 
that, if successful, could lead to a civil war.* 
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*“A coup is not a democratic transition in Venezuela,” *I said, *as I 
interrupted 
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*Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Organization of American States 
on Thursday. *“The U.S. has a long and sordid history of supporting 
coups in Latin America and they always turned out horrible for the 
people. Look at Guatemala in ‘54, Chile in ‘73, and Honduras today.”*

We are right now seeing the results of past U.S. interventions in Latin 
America, as refugees stream to the U.S. border. But rather than learning 
from the past — *the Iraq war and other interventions in the Middle East 
have also led to extreme destabilization and refugee crises* — the Trump 
administration is orchestrating another coup by *recognizing opposition 
politician Juan Guaidó as the President of Venezuela.*

During this grotesque show, with Trump imbuing himself with the power to 
decide the leader of a sovereign country, *WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS?* So 
far only a handful of them--Senator Sanders and Representatives Khanna, 
Gabbard, Ocasio-Cortez, Lee, and Omar — have spoken out against Trump’s 
policy, and some — such as Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Adam Schiff— have 
actually supported Trump. *Send an urgent email now to the Democrats in 
Congress telling them to speak out against the U.S. orchestration of a 
coup in Venezuela.* 
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*The U.S. has been trying to overthrow the Maduro government in 
Venezuela for years (hint: Venezuela has the world’s largest oil 
reserves).* U.S. economic sanctions have devastated the country's 
economy, creating a humanitarian crisis of food and medicine shortages, 
widespread poverty, and mass migration.

*Newly elected Representative Ilhan Omar said it perfectly:*

Tweet

*Send an email now telling all the Democrats to follow the lead of Omar, 
Ro Khanna, Gabbard, and Sanders. 
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Mexico and Uruguay have offered to facilitate talks, as has the Pope. 
Without that, Venezuela is barreling towards all-out civil war. It’s 
urgent that the Democrats — especially those outspoken about Russian 
interference in U.S. elections — not stay silent as the U.S. engages in 
another episode of meddling in the internal affairs of another country. 
As Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said, *“We don't want other countries to choose 
our leaders — so we have to stop trying to choose theirs.” *

*Tell the Democrats to speak out now! 
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Towards peace across the world,
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