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Venezuela’s Elections Were Not Free or Fair – They Were Undermined by the US

Steven Chovanec explains some of the US meddling in the recent Venezuelan elections, which, he argues, shows a clear disdain for democracy and an intention to pressure and coerce the Venezuelan people.

June 11th, 2018

By Steven Chovanec @stevechovanec

Venezuela’s Elections Were Not Free or Fair – They Were Undermined by the US

The Western press did its

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Steven Chovanec

Steven Chovanec is an independent journalist and analyst based in Chicago, Illinois. He has a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Sociology from Roosevelt University, and has written for numerous outlets such as The Hill, TeleSur, MintPress News, Consortium News, and others. His writings can be found at undergroundreports.blogspot.com, follow him on Twitter @stevechovanec.

U.S. Meddled in Venezuela’s Elections, Says Venezuelan Foreign Minister

Were the election boycotts an attempt by Western diplomats to meddle in the elections of Venezuela?

May 29th, 2018

By Frank Sellers

U.S. Meddled in Venezuela’s Elections, Says Venezuelan Foreign Minister

Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, talked about how the US embassy and American diplomats meddled in Venezuela’s elections, calling for the opposition to boycott the elections in a bid to undermine its legitimacy, in

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The Untold Story: Russiagate and the Media’s Authoritarian Turn

There is no evidence that the WikiLeaks disclosures or the social media posts allegedly intended to undermine support for Clinton had any effect on the election. What almost certainly did was low turnout by Democratic voters, especially African-Americans.

March 26th, 2018

By Jon Jeter

The Untold Story: Russiagate and the Media’s Authoritarian Turn

NEW YORK -- Published 25 years ago this fall, Mark Danner’s 22,000-word article for the New Yorker magazine recreated, in painstakingly vivid detail, the 1981 massacre of nearly 800 villagers by a Salvadoran Army brigade hunting for communist guerrilla

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Jon Jeter

Jon Jeter is a published book author and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist with more than 20 years of journalistic experience. He is a former Washington Post bureau chief and award-winning foreign correspondent on two continents, as well as a former radio and television producer for Chicago Public Media’s “This American Life.”

Top Russian Official: US Meddling in Russian Presidential Election

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the U.S. has a “rich tradition” of interfering in the elections of other nations.

March 05th, 2018

By Jake Johnson

Top Russian Official: US Meddling in Russian Presidential Election

As U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election continues to intensify, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

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Robert Mueller, Russia and International Oil Politics

The Robert Mueller indictment is more about imperial powers competing for oil and gas than it is about alleged election interference on behalf of Russia.

February 19th, 2018

By Rob Urie

Robert Mueller, Russia and International Oil Politics

The Mueller indictment made public on Friday charges 13 Russian nationals with trolling the American electoral process to ‘sow discord’ by falsely representing themselves as American dissident personas. Once the

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Rob Urie

Rob Urie is an artist and political economist. His book Zen Economics is published by CounterPunch Books.

Election Meddling A Two-Way Street Long Traveled By US Government

As demonstrated by the Arab Spring and pro-Western revolutions in post-Soviet states, interfering with the political processes of other nations is the main tool by which the U.S. maintains its international influence.

October 26th, 2017

By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb

Election Meddling A Two-Way Street Long Traveled By US Government

Amid the flurry of media reports blaming Russia for allegedly “interfering” in last year’s U.S. presidential election, top Russian politicians are warning that the U.S. is set to exert “unprecedented pressure” on the Russian political scene in order to

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News and a contributor to Ben Swann's Truth in Media. Her work has appeared on Global Research, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has also made radio and TV appearances on RT and Sputnik. She currently lives with her family in southern Chile.

Indicted Russians Actually Show Up in Court, Mueller Scrambles

Mueller asked a Washington federal Judge for a protective order that would prevent the delivery of copious evidence.