{"id":8474,"date":"2020-12-24T12:55:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2020-12-24T12:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:55:53","slug":"correa-venezuela-assange-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/opinions\/correa-venezuela-assange-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL PICK: Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and &#8220;preventing the total destruction of our homeland&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>EDITORIAL PICK: Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and &#8220;preventing the total destruction of our homeland&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span>In this week&#8217;s editorial pick, we select an a\u00a0video from The Grayzone Project that focuses on\u00a0the Venezuelan elections, recent developments in Latin America taking into account U.S. intervention and the case of Julian Assange.\u00a0<\/span><span>In this video, Max Blumenthal interviews former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who was in Venezuela to observe its legislative elections and show support to a government under sustained economic and political attack by the U.S..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>To read the transcript of this video visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/12\/13\/ecuador-rafael-correa-venezuela-assange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/12\/13\/ecuador-rafael-correa-venezuela-assange\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO 1:\u00a0Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and &#8220;preventing the total destruction of our homeland&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rafael Correa on Venezuela, Assange, and &quot;preventing the total destruction of our homeland&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6L0l-e8fjY?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<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<hr \/>\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<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT\u00a0MAX BLUMENTHAL<\/h2>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/355_Blumenthal.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/355_Blumenthal-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Max Blumenthal Grayzone acTVism\" width=\"91\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a>Max Blumenthal<\/b>\u00a0is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Republican-Gomorrah-Inside-Movement-Shattered\/dp\/1568584172\">Republican Gomorrah<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Goliath-Life-Loathing-Greater-Israel\/dp\/1568586345\">Goliath<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/51-Day-War-Ruin-Resistance\/dp\/156858511X\">The Fifty One Day War<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/2868-the-management-of-savagery\">The Management of Savagery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has produced print articles for an array of publications, many video reports, and several documentaries, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/killinggaza.com\/\">Killing Gaza<\/a>. Blumenthal founded The Grayzone in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America\u2019s state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Citation of Featured Image: Rafael Correa<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citation of YouTube-Thumbnail: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.<\/li>\n<li>Description: Paris (Francia), 06 de noviembre 2013. El Presidente Rafael Correa, junto al Canciller Ricardo Pati\u00f1o, arribaron al Palacio de Luxenburgo para reunirse con el Presidente del Senado, Jean Pierre Bel.<\/li>\n<li>Foto: Fernanda LeMarie &#8211; Canciller\u00eda del Ecuador.<\/li>\n<li>Date: 6 November 2013, 06:51<\/li>\n<li>Source: Paris, Presidente del Senado<\/li>\n<li>Author: Canciller\u00eda Ecuador from Ecuador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s editorial pick, we select an a video from The Grayzone Project that focuses on the Venezuelan elections, recent developments in Latin America taking into account U.S. intervention and the case of Julian 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