New York Times’ confirms Reich-Carmona ties
THE confirmation arrived quickly: Otto Reich was the true mastermind of the coup in Caracas. Reich mini-managed every move the coup leaders took, according to an April 17 article in The New York Times, which – paradoxically – tries to minimize the U.S. role in those events.
According to the daily, Reich personally advised coup leader Pedro Carmona, in telephone conversations. The State Department has said that it was consulted about the coup, days before it was carried out, and now it is trying to cover its tracks by saying that it recommended that Carmona not dissolve the national legislature, according to the Times. This is an implicit admission that the Bush administration did indeed support the coup.
Although the White House denies its role in the recent events in Venezuela, the prestigious U.S. newspaper based its detailed report on statements by U.S. government officials, who attempted to absolve the Bush administration of any responsibility.
The Times reported with absolute certainty that Reich had contact with Chávez’s successor on the very day of the coup d’état.
The CIA, the Pentagon and the State Department are thoroughly contaminated with the virus of intervention, and the only cover-up the White House could manufacture, presented by its spokesperson Ari Fleisher, is that members of the administration had met with the conspirators, but he stressed that the United States did not plan to support the coup.
TWO COUP PLOTS: THE CIA’S AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S
Meanwhile, a report issued by the private U.S. agency called Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor), published in the Mexican daily La Jornada, states that there were two separate U.S. plans for a coup against the Chávez government. Stratfor, composed of former CIA agents, indicated that both the CIA and the State Department advised the anti-Chávez forces in their efforts to bring down the democratically elected Venezuelan president.
Stratfor added that the CIA-backed opposition had originally planned the coup for February 27, but were convinced to abort that attempt |
