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*Comando de Campaña Popular Hugo Chávez: http://youtu.be/7SlkO2_IouY?a <http://t.co/WeShq1W6TT> * * * *Pebble RCLA 95.1* <https://twitter.com/rdcomlapiedrita> Listen to the best music for your Community Radio 95.1fm The Piedrita on the dial in the parish and Pastor 23 http://www. lapiedrita951fm.info <http://t.co/rTaCnPRfI0> ---------------------------------------------- 1. [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> Solidarity and support for the Bolivarian revolution, Barcelona April 13 https://www. facebook.com/events/5218272 44,522,771 / ... <https://t.co/64itYsIVqA> *Expand* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/319836179921002497> - *Reply* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign#> - *Retweeted* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign#> - *Favorite* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign#> - ** *More* 2. ** [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> April 12, Campinas / SP Brazil Venezuela Debate About https://www. facebook.com/events/5276243 07,277,065 / ... <https://t.co/Hzxe9T30aI> *Expand* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/319831859397804032> 3. [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> Venezuelan News Agency ( @ *AVNve* <https://twitter.com/avnve> ) Assaulted and kicked out of meeting of so-called "chavistas with Capriles" http://www. avn.info.ve / content / medi os-p% C3% BAblicos-C3 non-est% % A1N-guests ... <http://t.co/YAfxEhqA3A> *Expand* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/319800506975399937> 4. ** [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> Spanish FB page of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign https://www. facebook.com / ManosFueradeVe Venezuela ... <https://t.co/OXVjq3cF7X> Hands off Venezuela! *Expand* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/319793600428929024> 5. ** [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> Brazil, Sao Paulo, April 5 meeting in support of @ *nicolasmaduro*<https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro>and homage to Chavez https://www. facebook.com/events/3089482 82,565,252 / ... <https://t.co/K9D4Pj8DYw> *Expand* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/319752569717133312> 6. ** [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> new Facebook page of the Brazilian Committee of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign https://www. facebook.com / pages / Tirem-as -M% C3% A3os-da-Venezuela/631602180198818 ... <https://t.co/CF0qfaIv2W> *Expand* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/319751415893471232> 7. ** [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela *@ *HOVcampaign*<https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> Graffiti at the Orinoco (under workers' control) campaigning for @ * nicolasmaduro* <https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro> via @ *tato241181*<https://twitter.com/tato241181> pic.twitter.com/KZCSxgVg9h <http://t.co/KZCSxgVg9h> http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-venezuela-us-chavez-358/ New WikiLeaks cable reveals US embassy strategy to destabilize Chavez government Get short URL <http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-venezuela-us-chavez-358/> Published time: April 04, 2013 23:56 [image: Hugo Chavez (AFP Photo / Leo Ramirez)] Hugo Chavez (AFP Photo / Leo Ramirez) In a secret US cable published online by WikiLeaks, former ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to infiltrate and destabilize former President Hugo Chavez' government. A newly released document posted by Wikileaks has revealed concrete evidence that William Brownfield, a current US Assistant Secretary of State and former Ambassador to Venezuela, actively sought to destabilize former President Hugo Chavezs administration. The new cable, which was classified Secret and dispatched in November of 2006 by Brownfield during his tour in Venezuela, outlined his embassys five core objectives in the country since 2004, which included: *penetrating Chavez political base,* *dividing Chavismo, protecting vital US business* and *isolating Chavez internationally.* The memo, which appears to be totally un-redacted, is plain in its language of involvement in these core objectives by the US embassy, as well as the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), two of the most prestigious agencies working abroad on behalf of the US. According to Brownfield, who prepared the cable specifically for US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), the majority of both USAID and OTI activities in Venezuela were concerned with assisting the embassy in accomplishing its core objectives of infiltrating and subduing Chavez political party: *This strategic objective represents the majority of USAID/OTI work in Venezuela. Organized civil society is an increasingly important pillar of democracy, one where President Chavez has not yet been able to assert full control. * In total, USAID spent some one million dollars in organizing 3,000 forums that sought to essentially reconcile Chavez supporters and the political opposition, in the hopes of slowly weaning them away from the Bolivarian side. Brownfield at one point boasted of an OTI civic education program named Democracy Among Us, which sought to work through NGOs in low income regions, and had allegedly reached over 600,000 Venezuelans. In total, between 2004 and 2006, USAID donated some 15 million dollars to over 300 organizations, and offered technical support via OTI in achieving US objectives which it categorized as seeking to reinforce democratic institutions. Much of the memo details efforts to highlight instances of human rights violations, and sponsoring activists and members of the political opposition to attend meetings abroad and voice their concerns against the Chavez administration: So far, OTI has sent Venezuelan NGO leaders to Turkey, Scotland, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Chile, Uruguay, Washington and Argentina (twice) to talk about the law. Upcoming visits are planned to Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. In his closing comments, Brownfield remarked that, should President Chavez win re-election during the December 2006 elections, OTI expected the *atmosphere for our work in Venezuela* to become more complicated. Ultimately, it seems that the former ambassadors memo wisely predicted a change in conditions. Following his re-election, President Chavez threatened to eject the US ambassador from Venezuela in 2007, amid accusations of interfering in internal state affairs. 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