{"id":44349,"date":"2019-03-10T06:40:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T11:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44349"},"modified":"2019-03-10T06:40:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T11:40:08","slug":"presstitutes-turn-blind-eye-to-un-report-on-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44349","title":{"rendered":"Presstitutes Turn Blind Eye to UN Report on Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2019\/03\/08\/presstitutes-turn-blind-eye-to-un-report-on-venezuela\/\">Presstitutes Turn Blind Eye to UN Report on Venezuela<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Washington and the Convict Appointed to Overthrow Venezuela Continue the Lies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t you think something is fishy when the presstitutes orchestrate a fake news \u201chumanitarian crisis\u201d in Venezuela, but totally ignore the real humanitarian crises in Yemen and Gaza?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t you think something is really very rotten when the expert, Alfred Maurice de Zayas,&nbsp;&nbsp;sent by the UN to Venezuela to evaluate the situation finds no interest by any Western media or any Western government in his report?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t you think it is a bit much for Washington to steal $21 billion of Venezuela\u2019s money, impose sanctions in an effort to destabilize the country and to drive the Venezuelan government to its knees, blame Venezuelan socialism (essentially nationalization of the oil company) for bringing \u201cstarvation to the people,\u201d and offer a measly $21 million in \u201chumanitarian aid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the United States is completely devoid of any print or TV media, it falls upon internet media such as this website to perform the missing function of honest journalism.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the alleged starvation and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, Zayas has this to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The December 2017 and March 2018 reports of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) list food crises in 37 countries. \u201cThe Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is not among them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2017, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela requested medical aid from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the plea was rejected, because Venezuela \u2018is still a high-income country \u2026 and as such is not eligible\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201ccrisis\u201d in Venezuela \u201ccannot be compared with the humanitarian crises in Gaza, Yemen, Libya, the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, Haiti, Mali, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, or Myanmar, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presstitutes Turn Blind Eye to UN Report on Venezuela Washington and the Convict Appointed to Overthrow Venezuela Continue the Lies Don\u2019t you think something is fishy when the presstitutes orchestrate a fake news \u201chumanitarian crisis\u201d in Venezuela, but totally ignore the real humanitarian crises in Yemen and Gaza?&nbsp;&nbsp; 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