Open AccessNotes from the Editors, March 2019
Author(s) -
The Editors
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
monthly review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 0027-0520
DOI - 10.14452/mr-070-10-2019-03_0
Subject(s) - hegemony , latin americans , socialism , government (linguistics) , political science , economic history , political economy , economy , history , sociology , law , economics , philosophy , politics , communism , linguistics
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The present ongoing coup attempt organized in Washington is simply the latest in a series of such attempts by the U.S. government to overthrow the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela over the last two decades. It can be seen as having three interrelated motives: (1) the destruction of Venezuelan socialism, (2) regaining control of Venezuela's oil (the largest petroleum reserves in the world), and (3) reasserting U.S. hegemony over Latin America.