MADURO TAGGED AS BLM PROTEST INSTIGATOR

During the first half of June, as thousands marched to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in major US cities, people started sharing photos and videos of demonstrators waving socialist slogans or Venezuelan flags in the United States, wrote Gabriela Mesones Rojo for the online Global Values on July 1, 2020.

For this reason, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been tagged as the agent provocateur in BLM rallies, a foreign meddler who should be kicked out of Caracas and replaced by Juan Guaido, who had been trying to unseat Maduro since January 2019 with no success.

A senior Trump administration official, who preferred to stay anonymous, was quoted by the Miami Herald as saying: “We are aware of efforts by individuals linked to America’s adversaries, including the illegitimate regime of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, to instigate conflict, help incite violence, and divide Americans by exploiting peaceful protests. US Republican Senator Rick Scott also highlighted similar theories and stated that the US government would investigate any operatives tied to Latin American dictators who instigate conflict in Miami as part of the protests.

Guaido himself linked Maduro to the violent protests without proof, along with Julio Borges, who sits in a parallel government created by Guaido, whose last stab at a coup d’etat was the botched assault by US mercenaries and Guaido supporters launched in Colombia.