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Golinger is the author of several books on Venezuela's relationship with the United States, based on research using the US ] to shed light on what she calls links between US government agencies and Venezuelan organizations, particularly in relation to the ]. The '']'' described Golinger's website, Venezuelafoia.info as "pro-Chavez" and noted in 2004 that she uncovered "&nbsp;... documents form part of an offensive by pro-Chávez activists who aim to show that the United States has, at least tacitly, supported the opposition's unconstitutional efforts to remove the president. Golinger ... obtained reams of documents from the National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit agency financed by the United States government, that show that $2.2 million was spent from 2000 to 2003 to train or finance anti-Chávez parties and organizations."<ref name=DocumentsShow/> Golinger is the author of several books on Venezuela's relationship with the United States, based on research using the US ] to shed light on what she calls links between US government agencies and Venezuelan organizations, particularly in relation to the ].

The '']'' described Golinger's website, Venezuelafoia.info as "pro-Chavez" and noted in 2004 that she uncovered "&nbsp;... documents form part of an offensive by pro-Chávez activists who aim to show that the United States has, at least tacitly, supported the opposition's unconstitutional efforts to remove the president. Golinger ... obtained reams of documents from the National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit agency financed by the United States government, that show that $2.2 million was spent from 2000 to 2003 to train or finance anti-Chávez parties and organizations."<ref name=DocumentsShow/> According to ''The New York Times'', "The documents do not show that the United States backed the coup, as Mr. Chávez has charged. Instead, the documents show that American officials issued "repeated warnings that the United States will not support any extraconstitutional moves to oust Chávez."<ref name=DocumentsShow/> US State Department officials said the opposition leaders were warned "against trying to remove Mr. Chávez through unconstitutional means",<ref name=DocumentsShow/> and author Brian Nelson of Miami University "concludes that Mr Chavez's brief ouster was 'not a coup in the classic sense', nor a premeditated conspiracy, and he exonerates the United States of direct involvement".<ref> ''The Economist'', 11 June 2009.</ref>


Her first book, ''The Chávez Code'' (2006), has been published in six languages and a film is being made.<ref name=Gol/> A 2009 book, ''La Mirada del Imperio sobre el 4F'', uses declassified US documents to examine Washington's views of the ]. Her first book, ''The Chávez Code'' (2006), has been published in six languages and a film is being made.<ref name=Gol/> A 2009 book, ''La Mirada del Imperio sobre el 4F'', uses declassified US documents to examine Washington's views of the ].

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Eva Golinger is a Venezuelan-American attorney and editor of the Correo del Orinoco, a web- and print-based newspaper financed by the Venezuelan government with a $3.2m grant in 2010 to its foundation. She is a winner of Mexico's International Award for Journalism, and the author of several books on Venezuela's relationship with the United States. She is an outspoken supporter of Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez; Chavez has called her La novia de Venezuela ("The Sweetheart of Venezuela"). Golinger is a writer at Venezuelanalysis.com, and according to the National Catholic Reporter in 2004 was "head of the pro-Chavez Venezuela Solidarity Committee in New York". Her website, venezuelafoia.info, aims to shed light on what she calls links between US government agencies and Venezuelan organizations by publishing documents obtained using the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Background

Golinger is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College (1994). She initially studied music, before switching to political science and law, and developed an interest in what she says is the role of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in regime change around the world. She completed a doctorate in international human rights law in 2003 at City University of New York School of Law. In the interim she had spent nearly five years in Merida from the mid-1990s on, discovering her Venezuelan roots.

Venezuela activism

The Center for Public Integrity describes Golinger as "a writer at the pro-Chavez Web site, Venezuelanalysis.com" and says she was asked in 2003 by the Venezuela Information Office (VIO) to be the member of a "rapid response team to combat news articles and editorials critical of Chavez". According to Golinger, the "VIO's communications were not significant, and ... 'Long before that office came into existence ... I was writing articles about Venezuela and engaging in efforts to educate on Venezuelan current affairs'."

In 2005 Golinger was at the request of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) excluded from a worldwide summit in Stockholm, Sweden about "Democracy and its obstacles".

Books

Golinger is the author of several books on Venezuela's relationship with the United States, based on research using the US Freedom of Information Act to shed light on what she calls links between US government agencies and Venezuelan organizations, particularly in relation to the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt.

The New York Times described Golinger's website, Venezuelafoia.info as "pro-Chavez" and noted in 2004 that she uncovered " ... documents form part of an offensive by pro-Chávez activists who aim to show that the United States has, at least tacitly, supported the opposition's unconstitutional efforts to remove the president. Golinger ... obtained reams of documents from the National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit agency financed by the United States government, that show that $2.2 million was spent from 2000 to 2003 to train or finance anti-Chávez parties and organizations." According to The New York Times, "The documents do not show that the United States backed the coup, as Mr. Chávez has charged. Instead, the documents show that American officials issued "repeated warnings that the United States will not support any extraconstitutional moves to oust Chávez." US State Department officials said the opposition leaders were warned "against trying to remove Mr. Chávez through unconstitutional means", and author Brian Nelson of Miami University "concludes that Mr Chavez's brief ouster was 'not a coup in the classic sense', nor a premeditated conspiracy, and he exonerates the United States of direct involvement".

Her first book, The Chávez Code (2006), has been published in six languages and a film is being made. A 2009 book, La Mirada del Imperio sobre el 4F, uses declassified US documents to examine Washington's views of the 1992 coup d'état attempt by Chavez.

In 2009 Golinger co-authored another book (with Jean-Guy Allard) called La Agresión Permanente ("The Permanent Aggression"), published by the Venezuelan Ministry of Information. The book looks at the USA's history of "democracy promotion", focusing on United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the NED and the CIA and links between them and other organisations such as the Inter-American Press Association and Human Rights Watch. The book continues the themes Golinger elaborated in Empire's Web (2008).

Publications

References

  1. Template:Es icon Parlamento aprobó crédito para aumentar tiraje del Correo del Orinoco. Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (ABN), 3 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. ^ Golinger, Eva (10 January 2010). Eva Golinger Describes Curacao as the Third Frontier of the United States. Salem-News.com. Retrieved 22 February 2010
  3. http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n84564.html
  4. ^ Bogardus, Keven (22 September 2004). Venezuela Head Polishes Image With Oil Dollars: President Hugo Chavez takes his case to America's streets. Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  5. About venezuelanalysis.com. Venezuelanalysis.com. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  6. Jones, Bart (2 April 2004). "U.S. funds aid Chavez opposition: National Endowment for Democracy at center of dispute in Venezuela". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  7. ^ Forero, Juan (3 December 2004). "Documents Show C.I.A. Knew of a Coup Plot in Venezuela". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  8. ^ Template:Es icon Allard, Jean-Guy and Eva Golinger (2009), La Agresión Permanente: USAID, NED y CIA (PDF), Caracas: Ministerio del Poder Poder Popular para la Comunicación y la Información, p5
  9. ^ Golinger, Eva (18 November 2008). My new book is out! The Empire's web: encyclopedia of interventionism and subversion. Postcards from the Revolution. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  10. Eva Golinger. Axis of Logic. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  11. http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n65329.html
  12. Venezuela's curious coup. The Economist, 11 June 2009.
  13. http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n145783.html
  14. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122217718/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

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