Eva Golinger

Is a Venezuelan-American attorney based in New York. She is currently writing a book about the results of her investigation of U.S. intervention in Venezuela. See also her website

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Venezuela’s Elections: A Win for US Interference

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 2 October 2010

Although it is undeniably true that the winner of Venezuela’s legislative elections last Sunday was the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which sealed a solid and absolute majority in the new National Assembly, there was also another winner: US interference.

Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power”

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 6 November 2009

The coup d’état in Honduras - instigated, executed and supported by the United States - offers a clear illustration of the new US foreign policy. Underneath, nothing has changed. Washington continues to " do and undo" governments in many parts of the world, if necessary through the use of (…)

Top U.S. Defense Officials Increase Hostility Towards Venezuela

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 14 February 2006

During an appearance today at the National Press Club in Washington, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld compared Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to Hitler, declaring, “We’ve got Chavez in Venezuela with a lot of oil money. He’s a person who was elected legally, just as Adolf Hitler was (…)

The Súmate Case

How the NED Violates Sovereignty and Self-Determination in Venezuela

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 July 2005

Let’s set the record straight once and for all. There is no need to keep kidding ourselves into thinking that our U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used by this little known entity, the National Endowment for Democracy, to truly “promote democracy abroad”, as its mission proclaims.
Since its (…)

Venezuela Rejects CIA, But Opens Doors to FBI & DEA

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 30 June 2005

In mid June 2005, Venezuela’s national intelligence agency, the DISIP, underwent a crisis resulting in an Executive Order that called for a restructuring of the entire intelligence apparatus.
The predicament was sparked by the escape of a Colombian drug trafficker, José Maria Corredor, aka (…)

What the CIA Could Learn from Venezuela: The Luis Posada Carriles Case

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 May 2005

The stir raised by the recent news of a political asylum petition submitted by one Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban by nationality and wanted international terrorist, has placed the Bush Administration in a conundrum. If it grants asylum to Posada Carriles, it negates its universal declaration of a (…)

U.S. Aggression towards Venezuela: The Rise of Black Propaganda and Dirty War Tactics (Again)

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 31 March 2005

Washington’s efforts to discredit the Venezuelan Government have increased over the past few weeks. Tactics and strategies applied in prior years attempting to overthrow the Chávez administration through a coup d’etat, an illegal oil industry strike that crippled the Venezuelan economy and a (…)

CIA Classifies Venezuela as Top "Potentially Unstable Country"

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 18 February 2005

Porter Goss, the Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) named Venezuela as the leading Latin American nation to be alarmed about in 2005. In testimony before the U.S.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding “Global Intelligence Challenges 2005: Meeting (…)

U.S. Augments Aggression towards Venezuela

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 31 January 2005

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As predicted, the United States has launched an aggressive campaign towards
Venezuela, kicking off the New Year. In the course of just a few weeks,
strong signs of incoming Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s antagonistic
foreign policy have been filtered into the (…)

The proof is in the documents: The Cia Was involved in the Coup Against venezuelan President Chávez

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 22 November 2004

On April 12, 2002, White House spokesperson Ari Fleischer stated:
“Let me share with you the administration’s thoughts about what’s taking
place in Venezuela. It remains a somewhat fluid situation. But yesterday’s
events in Venezuela resulted in a change in the government and the (…)

While The Us Takes A Step Backward In Media Reform, Venezuela Advances

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 18 October 2004

"This is an abuse of the public trust...And it is proof positive of media consolidation run amok when one owner can use the public airwaves to blanket the country with its political ideology - whether liberal or conservative." [23]
Sounds like a statement about the private media in Venezuela, (…)

Old School U.S. Intervention Model Used in Venezuela

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 4 October 2004

During the 1980s, the U.S. Government was heavily involved in Nicaragua. More than $100 million was invested into removing the Sandinistas from power, first through armed struggle and later through electoral intervention. The National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Agency for International (…)

A Case Study of Media Concentration and Power in Venezuela

Media war against the people

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 28 September 2004

I. Propaganda
Setting: Venevisión, one of 5 major private television channels in Venezuela, December 20, 2002. The following is a transcription of a television advertisement played on a Venezuelan private media channel during the December 2002 managerial stoppage. The commercial that (…)

New Documents Reveal that USAID Provided $2.3 Million to Venezuela’s Opposition in 2003

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 September 2004

Documents recently obtained from the U.S. Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by Documents recently obtained from the U.S. Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by www.venezuelafoia.info demonstrate that more than $5 million annually during (…)

Venezuela’s Political Situation Discussed at U.S. Senate Hearing

by Martin Sanchez , Eva Golinger , Gregory Wilpert

Caracas (Venezuela) | 2 July 2004

The State of Democracy in Venezuela was the subject of a hearing at the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held Thursday in Washington, DC. Venezuela has attracted interest from U.S. politicians as numerous allegations have been made against President Hugo Chavez and as a recall (…)

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