Caracas Plaza: Love Affair and American Country

caracas plaza: When previously unknown Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Gua do stood up in an East Caracas plaza and declared himself interim president of the South American country, Western corporate media were ebullient, according to MSNBC. In those heady early days, corporate journalists could scarcely conceal their love affair with the 35-year-old politician, whom they likened to Barack Obama CNN 2/7/19 and described as a freedom fighter Fox Business 1/29/19 and Venezuela's only democratically elected figure MSNBC 1/24/19 who had captured the heart of the nation New York Times, 3/4/19 . Nearly six months later, with Gua do no closer to ousting Venezuela's elected president, Nicol s Maduro, from Miraflores Presidential Palace, the enthusiasm has dampened. CBC depiction 6/29/19 of Juan Gua do. Now that the honeymoon is over, it would appear that corporate journalists have been compelled to reckon with some uncomfortable truths about Gua do, US sanctions and the coup they had been vigorously endorsing. After Gua do's self-proclamation in January, the corporate outlet 1/23/19 gushingly described him as a salsa-loving baseball fan, who posed the boldest challenge to socialist President Nicolas Maduro's rule in years. A dying romance image Bloomberg Forced to Bathe With a Bucket of Water, Juan Guaido Soldiers On Disappointed Venezuelans Lose Patience With Gua do, writes Reuters 7/1/19 in what might be read as a projection of its journalists' own frustration with Washington's failing coup. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.