[news] Was U.S. Labor Involved in the 2002 Coup Attempt in Venezuela?

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This article addresses the question of possible (American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations) involvement in the (Venezuela) coup attempt...To do this, the paper proceeds in the following directions: (A) it discusses the AFL-CIO's foreign policy program and its history of foreign interventions; (B) it considers evidence of the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center staff activities in Venezuela prior to the coup attempt, and the coup attempt itself; (C) reports AFL-CIO statements as well as others' concerning the coup attempt that followed, and subsequent analyses of the coup and US involvement; and (D) it answers the question as to whether the AFL-CIO...was involved in the 2002 coup attempt.

  


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