“La sabiduría de la vida consiste en la eliminación de lo no esencial. En reducir los problemas de la filosofía a unos pocos solamente: el goce del hogar, de la vida, de la naturaleza, de la cultura”.
Lin Yutang
Cervantes
Hoy es el día más hermoso de nuestra vida, querido Sancho; los obstáculos más grandes, nuestras propias indecisiones; nuestro enemigo más fuerte, el miedo al poderoso y a nosotros mismos; la cosa más fácil, equivocarnos; la más destructiva, la mentira y el egoísmo; la peor derrota, el desaliento; los defectos más peligrosos, la soberbia y el rencor; las sensaciones más gratas, la buena conciencia, el esfuerzo para ser mejores sin ser perfectos, y sobretodo, la disposición para hacer el bien y combatir la injusticia dondequiera que esté.
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10 de febrero de 2019
Avoiding Regime Change in Venezuela Palast on The Scott Horton Show
Greg
Palast with the future President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, at our
office in New York, responding to documents we obtained regarding plans
to overthrow the Chavez government. Investigator Leni Badpenny in
background. (photo: Palast Investigative Fund 2004.)Palast
explains the situation in Venezuela, where the Trump administration has
recently been signaling for U.S.-backed regime change. Although the
claim is that it’s the U.S.’s duty to support “democracy,” says Palast,
the concern is really for Venezuelan oil. Major players like the Koch
brothers need reliable access to Venezuela’s particular form of heavy
crude oil, and the Maduro government doesn’t play ball the way the
Saudis, for example, do. Now Maduro’s political opponent, Juan Guiado,
is openly calling for outside military support in his attempt to
overthrow Maduro. Palast is adamant that that would be an utter
catastrophe both for the U.S. and for the Venezuelan people. Discussed on the show:
“U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela’s Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to Reshape Latin America” (WSJ)
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Venezuela? It’s the oil. It’s always the oil.
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Scott Horton
Scott Horton is the author of Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, FoolsErrand.us, managing director of the Libertarian Institute at LibertarianInstitute.org, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles and KUCR 88.3 in Riverside, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from this website.
In 2007, Horton won the Austin Chronicle‘s “Best of Austin” award for his Iraq war coverage on Antiwar Radio. He’s conducted more than 4,800 interviews since 2003.
His articles have appeared at Antiwar.com The American Conservative, the History News Network, The Future of Freedom and the Christian Science Monitor.
He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s.
Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.
