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Maduro Assassination Plot Allegations
The event under discussion and analysis is the revelations of evidence about the attempted assassination of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro in 2013 (Reuters, 2014). The assignation attempt was staged by suspected assassins whose identity and intention is still unclear and under investigation. However, the Venezuelan president openly accused the United States to be behind the assassination attempts through its secretive CIA. RT News (2014) reports the Venezuelan government claims that the United States supported the opposition to plan and execute the plot to kill the president. The selection of this event is because it is still a continuing issue that threatens tensions between Venezuela and United States; as the world questions the extent of American involvement in internal issues of independent countries.
Question 1
The New York Times, the Argentinean independent and the BBC reported the event. The similarity is that all the sources reported the allegation of U.S involvement in the assassination plot as evidenced by emails revealed by Venezuela. The three events illustrate how the Venezuelan government accused the opposition to have worked with the United States to assassinate president Maduro. The Argentinean independent describes the evidence of the accusation as emails between U.S officials and the opposition (Argentinean Independent, 2014). Similarly, the New York Times links the Venezuella Opposition with the United States officials in the plotting of the attempted assassination of president Maduro (Neuman, 2014).
However, the three sources report the same event in different ways. The BBC reports further information on the circumstances that led to the current situation. The BBC reports some facts on the ground that Venezuela had experienced conflicts between the government and the opposition. Consequently, there were protests against the government leading to arrests of 3000 political prisoners, and death of 42 people (BBC News, 2014). This makes the BBC reporting deeper than the other two. While the New York Times and the Argentinean Independent focus on the allegation of the Venezuelan government towards the United States government, BBC provides the information on the opposition that gives the reader a different view to the scenario.
Question 2
The differences are based on the depth that each source goes to give the account of the events and the circumstances surrounding the event. This explains what the reporting by the New York Times reveals the impact of the allegations in the United States. Neuman (2014) reports that the House of Representatives discussed the allegations in America and questioned threatened the freezing of the American assets in Venezuela. While the Argentinean Independent (2014) reports on the allegations and does not focus on the circumstances. On the other hand, the BBC report goes to the extent of illustrating the previous events that the opposition had with the government. Due to the different depths in reporting, the three sources appear to report the same event slightly differently.
The depth of reporting is also evident when some sources decide to leave the story open while others reveal more. For instance, the Argentinean Independent reveals that the evidence that the Venezuelan government had information on the plot. However, the Neuman (2014) explains that the Venezuelan government revealed as emails evidence that showed the involvement of the United States and the opposition. According to Argentinean Independent (2014), the emails contain the information shared by conspirators in the planning, financing and implementation of the assassination plot. However, the Neuman (2014) leaves the issue superciliously, by stating that the Venezuelan government claimed that it has information that the opposition worked with the United States, without revealing what type of information.
References
BBC, 2014. Venezuela opposition politician Machado questioned over ‘plot’. Retrieved From, <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27877431> July 4, 2014
Neuman, W. (2014). U.S. Alleged to Join in Plot in Venezuela. Retrieved From, <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/world/americas/us-alleged-to-join-in-plot-in-venezuela.html?_r=0> July 4, 2014
New York Times, 2014. Venezuela: Chronology Of Coverage. Retrieved From, <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/venezuela/index.html> July 4, 2014
Reuters, 2014. Venezuela accused of forging Maduro assassination plot evidence. Retrieved From, <http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/02/us-venezuela-plot-idUSKBN0F72GX20140702> July 4, 2014
RT News, 2014. Plot to kill Maduro: Venezuela demands US explain role in assassination plan. Retrieved From, <http://rt.com/news/163464-maduro-us-plot-assasination/> July 4, 2014
The Argentina Indepenent, 2014. Venezuela: Government Reveals Assassination Plot. Retrieved From, <http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromlatinamerica/venezuela-government-reveals-assassination-plot/> July 4, 2014