Ben Norton: The CIA, The Coup in Peru, and the Growing Rebellion

In this episode of Pirate TV, we are going to take an in-depth look at the latest United States sponsored regime change operation in Latin America. That is the recent overthrow of the leftist government of President Pedro Castillo in Peru. We are going to share a presentation by Ben Norton, an investigative journalist based in Latin America who has previously written and worked for Salon, AlterNet, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), The Real News network and The Intercept. He has appeared on Sky News, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now and many others. He is the editor of the independent news website Multipolarista. And I must say, if you’re not familiar with Multipolarista, then you need to be checking that out. It’s one of the best sources of investigative journalism regarding US foreign policy out there. This video features Ben talking about his recent exposé in Multipolarista titled “Peru coup: CIA agent turned US ambassador met with defense minister day before president overthrown”. The goal