“Every accusation is a confession” Venezuela is reeling from devastating twin earthquakes that rocked Caracas and neighboring cities on June 24. Carlos Ron, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America for Venezuela and a researcher at the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, joins Rania and Zoe to discuss the reality on the ground, as critical aid flows in from solidarity governments – and as if on cue the right-wing has launched an unhinged disinformation campaign. What of the billions of dollars in frozen Venezuelan assets the US is still sitting on? Or the “aid” it’s coordinating via the same Southern Command that was behind the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife that killed over 100 people? We dig into how over a decade of U.S. sanctions crippled the country’s infrastructure long before this disaster struck, why $7 billion in frozen accounts and Venezuelan gold held in the UK still hasn’t been returned, and growing fears that “humanitarian intervention” could become a foothold for something far more sinister. Disaster relief — or disaster opportunism? Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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