Venezuela Is Under Attack for Asserting That Black Lives Matter
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By Andrew King
Government supporters shout at opposition protesters in Caracas, Venezuela, April 19, 2017. (Photo: Meridith Kohut / The New York Times)
A recent New York Times article, "Targeting Maduro Supporters in Miami," describes the increasingly vocal body of anti-government Venezuelan "exiles" living in the United States who are escalating their agitation and harassment tactics against fellow Venezuelans who support President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. The Venezuelan opposition has enjoyed the unconditional support of the US government and mass media -- conservative and liberal pundits alike -- who simultaneously demonize and undermine the nation's democratically elected government as a brutal dictatorship while portraying the US-funded and often violent ...