Venezuelan coup document reveals extent of Guaido involvement
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2020
DETAILS of the US mercenary bid to invade Venezuela have emerged after a copy of a 41-page contract was leaked to the Washington Post this weekend.
Washington-backed usurper Juan Guaido was named as commander-in-chief of the operation and, according the document, he was to provide a $10 million (£8m) bond to the Silvercorp private security firm, to be be paid back depending on its success.
The document reveals a list of individuals and organisations deemed legitimate targets under the terms of the agreement, including President Nicolas Maduro and constituent assembly president Diosdado Cabellero.
Also included were the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and the Middle Eastern Islamist militant group Hezbollah, which US Vice-President Mike Pence bizarrely insists operates terrorist cells in Venezuela.
More:
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/venezuelan-coup-document-reveals-extent-guaido-involvementf
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Guaidó and the Failed Military Operation against Venezuela: A Story of Betrayal and Financial Corruption
May 5, 2020 Patricio Zamorano
By Patricio Zamorano
From Washington DC
Now that we have had a few days to study the failed, illegal paramilitary incursion by a group of American and Venezuelan mercenaries into Venezuela, some key details have emerged in this incredible story. They reveal the internal dynamics of the fractured, demoralized, and financially corrupt nature of the hardline sectors of the opposition. Much of the information was provided by the former U.S. soldier Jordan Goudreau, hired for “Operation Gideon” by Juan Guaidó himself along with advisors Sergio Vergara, Juan José Rendón, and with the advice of attorney Manuel Retureta, all of whom signed the service plan to launch the paramilitary operation (called “General Services Agreement”).
A dozen paramilitaries were captured from Sunday May 3 to Monday May 4 in the coastal area of La Guaira and Chuao[1] with the help of fishermen. They include deserters from Venezuela’s armed forces and police, along with former U.S. soldiers. Eight of the mercenaries were killed by the country’s security forces.[2]
The trove of evidence makes it impossible for Guaidó and his advisors to deny their involvement in the contract for services. Not only are copies of the 8-pages General Services Agreement circulating on the internet, also included in this article,,[3] there is also a recording of their phone conversation while they were signing it.[4]
Mercenaries captured in Chuao (Photo-credit: Government of Venezuela).
A multi-million dollar contract
U.S. mercenary Jordan Goudreau, owner of Florida Silvercorp USA Inc, which has been around for two years, is revealing all the inside information for the simple reason that Guaidó never paid the agreed upon fee, including a retainer of US$1.5 million. He claims that he only received US$50,000[5] through Rendón.
A native Canadian, Goudreau is a U.S. Army combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. According to his simple website that centers around his personal image, Jordan Goudreau “has also planned and led international security teams for the President of the United States as well as the Secretary of Defense.”[6] According to a profile AP wrote about him,[7] that claim seems to be an exaggeration of his friendly relationship with Keith Schiller, who served as chief of security and bodyguard to Trump. Several interviews conducted by AP of people close to the mercenary suggest that Goudreau is politically naive, impulsive, and harbors delusions of grandeur.
More:
http://www.coha.org/guaido-and-the-failed-military-operation-against-venezuela-a-story-of-betrayal-and-financial-corruption/
