{"id":32579,"date":"2019-02-05T11:09:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=32579"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:09:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T19:09:19","slug":"ron-paul-on-boltons-plan-starve-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/05\/ron-paul-on-boltons-plan-starve-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul on Bolton&#8217;s Plan: Starve&nbsp;Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump Administration, led by <del datetime=\"2019-02-05T19:04:42+00:00\">President<\/del> National Security Advisor John Bolton, has announced that it would be sending humanitarian aid to the pro-rebel factions in Venezuela while tightening sanctions on pro-government civilians. The goal is obvious: use hunger to get people to turn against their elected government and for the US-appointed president. Is this a moral approach to foreign policy? Is this &#8220;restoring democracy&#8221;? Tune in to today&#8217;s Liberty Report:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HGWGlMfM0sI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Reprinted from <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/\">The Ron Paul Institute for Peace &amp; Prosperity<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump Administration, led by President National Security Advisor John Bolton, has announced that it would be sending humanitarian aid to the pro-rebel factions in Venezuela while tightening sanctions on pro-government civilians. The goal is obvious: use hunger to get people to turn against their elected government and for the US-appointed president. 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