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Allan Nairn: Trump’s Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Is a War Criminal Who Has Abetted Genocide
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Published on Jan 30, 2019
https://democracynow.org - In an ongoing effort to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Mike Pence met with members of the Venezuelan opposition at the White House Tuesday alongside Trump’s new special envoy to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams. Elliott Abrams is a right-wing hawk who was convicted in 1991 for lying to Congress during the Iran-Contra scandal, but he was later pardoned by President George H.W. Bush. Abrams defended Guatemalan dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt as he oversaw a campaign of mass murder and torture of indigenous people in Guatemala in the 1980s. Ríos Montt was later convicted of genocide. Abrams was also linked to the 2002 coup in Venezuela that attempted to topple Hugo Chávez. We look at Abrams’s track record with prize-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn, who has closely tracked Abrams for over three decades. Nairn is two-time winner of the George Polk Award and a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award.

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Richard King
Richard King
2 days ago
This entire country is rotten to the core!

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m newman
m newman
2 days ago
this government is nothing more than greedy psychopaths. they don't care about their own citizens, so why would they care about the poor, workers elsewhere

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DAIVIET NGUYEN
DAIVIET NGUYEN
2 days ago
Uncle scam is using the same old tactics once again !!! It is so blatant to the point beyond outrageous, beyond words, morals and decency !!! Is this the so called “Americans value “ or “Americans exceptionalism” ??? The saddest thing is that most Americans are still so blind to realize the truth enemies are from within and their own kind !!! :(

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Steven Yourke
Steven Yourke
2 days ago (edited)
Abrams is a real fascist. A really evil character. He should be tried for war crimes, convicted and executed. Pompeo, too.

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Gem Girlla
Gem Girlla
2 days ago
Makes me so sick to my stomach.

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Tom Hall
Tom Hall
2 days ago
There isn't a pit in Hell deep enough into which Elliot Abrams could be flung to a just punishment.

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David Wood
David Wood
2 days ago
Name a major crisis anywhere on the planet that has caused bloodshed that the US isn't complicit in. Every major one is partially American fault.

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D' Essay
D' Essay
2 days ago
Very good report by Allan Nairn and the question he poses is the challenge of our time.

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Nancy Mesek
Nancy Mesek
2 days ago (edited)
Elliot Abrahams is an evil war criminal.
Charlie Rose had to cut Nairn off the moment he spoke out about Democrats as well as Republicans.
Obama dropped the ball for not charging the Bush Administration for war crimes.

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Xandrosi
Xandrosi
2 days ago (edited)
The deeper the corruption, the more enthusiastic those in power are to do anything to perpetuate and expand power.  On this path  lies vast wealth.

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Many Different Things
Many Different Things
2 days ago
Eliott Abrams his licking his lips as his head fills with visions of death over Venezuela.  The assassin/serial killer has been given a green light to produce his twisted works of art in the South American country.

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Michael
Michael
2 days ago
The cold war gave so many genocidal war profiteers like Abrams the excuse they wanted to be evil for profit. Now we're doing it again. Who even needs a cold war to be evil? The Trump doctrine: Go in and take the oil. No doubt the US has eyes on Venezuela's gold too.

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Carmen Santana
Carmen Santana
2 days ago
No AMERICAN soldiers in Venezuela.  No war. THAT is TRUMPS jobs plan  ww3.

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Remlat Zargonix
Remlat Zargonix
2 days ago
Elliott Abrams = Evil Incarnate.

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Paddy Maguire
Paddy Maguire
2 days ago
Thanks, DN! Our past is very present...