Quote of the Day

[V]enezuela is in complete, utter catastrophe, a lot of it brought on by the United States deliberately, creating massive, massive suffering. We know there’s hunger. We know there’s an incredible shortage of medical supplies. We can only imagine, because we won’t know really until the dust settles and careful studies are done, how much excess mortality there is, but, surely, in a context like this, this is a catastrophe largely created by the U.S., because . . . this is an all-or-nothing strategy.

What the [Trump administration] just doesn’t understand . . . is the idea of negotiations. This is an attempt at an overthrow. It’s very crude. It’s not working. And it’s very cruel, because it’s punishing 30 million people.

– Jeffrey Sachs
Excerpted from “Economist Jeffrey Sachs:
'U.S. Sanctions Have Devastated Venezuela
and Killed Over 40,000 Since 2017'”
Democracy Now!
May 1, 2019

Related Off-site Links:
This U.S.-Backed Rightwing Coup Attempt in Venezuela Must Be Condemned – Gerry Condon (Common Dreams, May 1, 2019).
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Says Trump Wanted War with Venezuela in 2017 Because ‘They Have All That Oil’ – Tom Cahill (GritPost.com, February 19, 2019).
It’s Looking Like Another Failed Coup Attempt by the U.S. and Its Puppet Guaidó in Venezuela – Dave Lindorff (Common Dreams, May 1, 2019).
Joe Biden Sides With Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo in Backing Coup Effort in Venezuela – Jon Queally (Common Dreams, May 1, 2019).
Presidential Candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Venezuela Needs Peaceful Reconciliation, Not Military Intervention – Fox News (May 1, 2019).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• A Call to Halt an Illegal Invasion of Venezuela
• Quote of the Day – November 11, 2018
• Progressive Perspectives on U.S. Military Intervention in Syria
• The War Racket
• On International Human Rights Day, Saying "No" to Donald Trump and His Fascist Agenda
• Saying "No" to Endless U.S. Wars
• Making the Connections

Image: Michael J. Bayly (2/23/2019).