“The Violence Elliott Abrams Supported Is Unspeakable”
NOVANEWS
BY: Janine Jackson,
Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams briefs the media on the current situation in the country, in the briefing room at the Department of State, on March 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C.MARK WILSON / GETTY IMAGES
Janine Jackson: Difficult as it is to believe, there are many people for whom Elliott Abrams’ appointment as Donald Trump’s special envoy to Venezuela is their first introduction to the man a recent Washington Post headline described as “trailed by mistrust.”
Abrams’ public record in Latin America and elsewhere, as an official under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, ought to be central in any reporting on his current Venezuelan adventure. But it only really got on media’s front burner when Abrams’ was confronted with ...