Amid International Outcry, Venezuelan Officials Allege Blackwater, U.S. and Canadian Links to Thwart
Amid International Outcry, Venezuelan Officials Allege Blackwater, U.S. and Canadian Links to Thwarted Coup
By Lucas Koerner
Caracas, February 16, 2015 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - New revelations in Venezuela have linked U.S. private security firm Blackwater, now known as Academi, to the aircraft that was to be used as part of Thursday's thwarted "Blue Coup" attempt.
The four-stage plan included economic war, an international media offensive against the Venezuelan government, political destabilization fomenting ungovernability, and finally the use of a Super Tucano aircraft to strike "tactical targets" in the capital, such as the Presidential Palace, teleSur, and military intelligence
The coup was planned for the one-year anniversary of violent opposition protests known as the Guarimba and was to come one day after a public statement by leading opposition leaders calling for a "transition".
According to U.S. aviation records, the EMB-314B1 or "Super Tucano" aircraft in question was acquired from Brazilian manufacturer Embraer by the firm Blackwater Worldwide in 2008 allegedly for the purpose of pilot training. Registered under the serial number N314TG, the aircraft is, moreover, the only one of its kind sold by the Brazilian firm to a private company.
The Super Tucano is a light, highly agile Brazilian aircraft designed principally for pilot training and counterinsurgency operations. The aircraft has an operational range that extends from the U.S. to any point in Colombia, and has been widely used in Colombian counterinsurgency operations, including in the 2008 assassination of FARC second-in-command Raul Reyes in violation of Ecuadorian sovereignty.
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and the killing of the socialist President Salvador Allende Nixon intended to destroy.
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La Moneda, ravaged by Chile's Air Force.
Last photo of Salvador Allende as he gazed at his own country's Air Force fighters bombing him.
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Absolutely sickening in every way. Only a right-winger could support it. No one else is that sociopathic.
On edit: they dropped 17 bombs on their own Presidential Palace, La Moncada.
So, let's add this coup-attempt up:
1. Venezuela going down the gutter economically. Maduro blames everybody and everything except venezuelan policies.
2. The coup-attempt was facilitated by venezuelan ex-militaries.
3. Someone hired Academi.
This is the plane that was supposedly to be used in the coup-attempt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano
And for the accusations against the canadian and british embassies: The asked about contingency plans of airports. (The german ambassador to Venezuela was handing out tips to german tourists how to survive in Venezuela if public services break down.)
To repeat: Venezuela is THIS close to open riots because the economy sucks. Is it really that outlandish for embassies to look after themselves?
Maduro is not trustworthy in any way. He's a delusional ideologue thinking that the whole world is after him. We should wait until the evidence is actually out.
