{"id":6487,"date":"2020-05-20T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2020-11-11T01:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:06:49","slug":"venezuela-coup-invasion-sala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/venezuela-coup-invasion-sala\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed Invasion &#038; Coup Plot in Venezuela and US involvement. | Prof. Miguel Salas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Failed Invasion &amp; Coup Plot in Venezuela and US involvement. | Prof. Miguel Salas<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"\">In this interview with author, historian and professor at Pomona College in California, Miguel R. Tinker Salas, we examine the recent invasion and coup attempt in Venezuela, the facts surrounding it and the actors involved. In addition, we discuss the role of the United States in Venezuela historically and presently with this recent incident. Lastly we talk about what solutions could be pursued by policymakers and peace movements that could improve the situation for the Venezuelan people.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO:\u00a0Failed Invasion &amp; Coup Plot in Venezuela and US involvement. | Prof. Miguel Salas<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Failed Invasion &amp; Coup Plot in Venezuela and US involvement.  | Prof. Miguel Salas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AO87RhErFSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT\u00a0MIGUEL TINKER SALAS<\/h2>\n<p>Bio via:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pomona.edu\/directory\/people\/miguel-r-tinker-salas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.pomona.edu\/directory\/people\/miguel-r-tinker-salas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tinkersalas-miguel-2014_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tinkersalas-miguel-2014_0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Professor Miguel Tinker Salas<\/strong>\u00a0is an authority on the political and social issues confronting Latin America. He is the author of\u00a0Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know; The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture and Society in Venezuela; co-editor with Steve Ellner of\u00a0Venezuela, Hugo\u00a0Ch\u00e1vez\u00a0and the Decline of an Exceptional Democracy; co editor with Jan Rus of\u00a0Mexico 2006-2012: neoliberalism, movimientos sociales y politica electoral;\u00a0and author of\u00a0Under the Shadow of the Eagles, The Border and the Transformation of Sonora During the Porfiriato.<\/p>\n<p>His research expertise includes contemporary Latin America, society and politics in Venezuela and Mexico, oil, culture and politics in Venezuela, the drug war in Mexico, Mexican border society, Chicanos\/as and Latinos\/as in the United States, and Latin American immigration policies.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview with author, historian and professor at Pomona College in California, Miguel R. 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