The Ironies of the Venezuelan Opposition, part 22 - pre-planned violence in National Assembly, pt 2

[Catherina]

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 22
May 2, 2013 — Sabina Becker




María Corina Machado, Washington’s darling, flanked by the only people in Venezuela who find her even remotely credible: the “reporters” (note the quotes) of oppo crapaganda channels Venevisión and Globovisión, respectively. As a presumptive victim of the brawl in Venezuela’s parliament the other day, it’s a wonder and a miracle that she can even be seen in public with all her injuries. So, tell us, MariCori: where does it REALLY hurt?

In spite of having FOUR fractures to the bridge of her nose, according to her own words, and wearing a collar (obviously around her neck) to “improve” said nasal fractures, María Corina Machado confirmed that she will be travelling to Bogotá on Thursday to meet “with leaders of the opposition”, the president of the Colombian congress, and, obviously, with “journalists”.

The objective of the trip, she says, is “to make visible the situation of Venezuela.”

Note: In the midst of all her “suffering”, María Corina still took the time to put on earrings the same color as her shirt…

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One would expect someone with four fractures to the bridge of her nose to be bandaged out to there, and have so much bruising and swelling around the eyes that she could barely see, much less be seen. Yet there she is, looking remarkably well, with tasteful little turquoise earrings and everything. And she’s even going to Colombia today, to show what a horrible country Venezuela is, presumably against doctor’s orders. What a trouper! Perhaps MariCori had a little help from the same makeup wizard at Globomojón who livened up Julio Borges for the cameras? In any event, one doesn’t wear a whiplash collar for a broken nose. If you’re going to make up stories, MariCori, can’t you at least make sure the details match? If you could find earrings to go with your blouse (in that condition!), it shouldn’t be any problem for you.

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“The lie will always triumph. The good always conquers. We have to take the hatred of a few and convert it into energy to fight more!”

Um, Julio…since when does a lie serve the “good”? And yeah, interesting choice of words there. “The hatred of a few”…that wouldn’t be your side, now, would it? Nahhhhhh, of course not. They’re only the noisy minority who lost the election to a dead man they hated, after all…

And your stage manager doesn’t seem to do any better at keeping things under his hat, either:



“Today the ‘parlimentary coup’ could come together, watch the National Assembly session.”

Note the date and time. This was tweeted right before all the shit started to hit the fan in the Hemiciclo. It was planned violence, and good ol’ Albertico Federico seems to have seriously believed no one was watching his tweeter for the cues. Only his loyal sycophants, of course.

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If these hopeless bumbling idiots are the best Washington can do for local allies, it’s no wonder the locals are no longer fooled by the show they put on. And they won’t vote for them, either. Even the vaunted “international community” no longer gives a shit for them. Even the spooks couldn’t help them. Just a pity they can no longer rig elections in their favor, like they used to before Chavecito. Ha, ha, ha.

http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/05/the-ironies-of-the-venezuelan-opposition-part-22.html

[Catherina]

1. Part 1 here. And some explanatory pics of Marina

Last edited Thu May 2, 2013, 12:26 PM - Edit history (2)

Part 1 here http://www.democraticunderground.com/110815603#op


President George W. Bush welcomes Maria Corina Machado, the founder and executive director of Sumate, an independent democratic civil society group in Venezuela, to the Oval Office Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Sumate was established in January 2002 as a non-governmental organization to defend the electoral and constitutional rights of all Venezuelan citizens and to monitor and report on the performance of Venezuela's electoral institutions. White House photo by Eric Draper





Poor little misunderstood CapriBushta Maria Corina



What company this one keeps. From to the swearing in of Carmona during the 2002 coup d'etat, to the Bush White House to Capriles, just filth and more filth.

Well I suppose if I were a rightwinger, I'd support this little princess too and squawk about how unfairly persecuted the poor Capriles lambs are.

[idwiyo]

2. K&R Poster girl for facist coop.

[ocpagu]

3. How long do these clowns intend to keep pushing?

It's amazing. They are not even worried about concealing the conspiracy any longer.

Seriously. Jail them.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Oh, nooooooo! Fate has served the martyr Maria Corina a whiplash! Poooor Maria!

The nation will be brought low over this. The injury to her beezer, what could be worse?

It's a miracle she survived long enough to make it to her next press opportunity.

Venezuela opposition wants probe of violence
May. 2 3:57 PM EDT



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One of the injured lawmakers, Maria Corina Machado underwent surgery Thursday on a nose she said was broken when political rivals threw her to the floor and repeatedly kicked her in the face.

More:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/venezuela-opposition-wants-probe-violence

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Oh, the humanity.

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[Catherina]

5. Lol! Imagination and make-believe. A rightwing trait shared with the criminals who lied

Imagination and make-believe. A rightwing trait shared with the criminals who lied us into so many wars.

They expect people to take them at their *word* lol. Yeah right.

[Catherina]

6. "The Devil Wears Prada:" María Corina Machado and Washington’s Indecent Game Against Venezuela

"The Devil Wears Prada:" María Corina Machado and Washington’s Indecent Game Against Venezuela

BY COHA Director Larry Birns
– Posted on February 9, 2006


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...One component of Washington’s larghetto attempts to undermine Venezuela’s constitutional rule has been the channeling of funds to anti-Chávez cabals being mixed in Venezuela, and then reacting with cultivated outrage when the leaders of such a movement are threatened with prosecution. No clearer example of this exists than the events surrounding María Corina Machado, the leader of the profoundly anti-Chávez Caracas group, Súmate.

Indignation Misplaced

In one of his earliest initiatives after becoming Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Thomas Shannon appeared before the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere in November, where he denounced Venezuela’s “persecution” of Machado and Alejandro Plaz, leaders of the Súmate electoral organization. The two are currently facing prosecution for “conspiracy against the republican form of the nation,” a charge stemming from Súmate’s acceptance of a $31,000 National Endowment for Democracy grant. As for Shannon’s rhetoric, any hope that Shannon might bring some professionalism and moderation to his job is now rapidly evaporating. The White House’s ideological extremism that has done so much damage to U.S.-Latin American relations apparently is scheduled to continue.

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The case against Plaz and Machado seems to be clear cut: Venezuela’s Ley de Partidos Politicos, Reuniones Públicos y Manifestaciones (Political Party Law), which dates to 1965 contains the clause in Article 25 that parties “may not accept donations or subsidies…from foreign companies…or from foreign governments or organizations.” Caracas authorities claimed, then, that the organization’s acceptance and administration of a $31,000 grant from the NED was precisely that, and that Súmate’s behavior in the 2004 referendum – actions which were funded by the grant – constituted political organizing rather than non-partisan “democracy promotion.”

NED’s Generosity to the Rich

Of course, it should be noted that even a cursory examination would reveal that the NED is far from being an ordinary charitable organization. In fact, the word “endowment” was meant to be something of a conceit. The NED has always operated as a quasi-intelligence agency whose main purpose was to launder funds to ultra-right wing overseas groups needing seed money to launch their coups and assassinate their opponents. Reagan planners were originally able to muster Congressional budgetary support – even from liberal Democrats – by setting up a quadripartite system meant to deliver pork to both the Republicans and Democrats. This was done by the division of funds: half to ostensibly centrist operations like the National Democratic Institute, which was meant to be the self-respecting liberal deodorant to relieve the foul scent of the three other right wing core grantees, whose funds mainly go to extremist causes. NED was chartered by congress and nearly all of its $80.1 million 2004 annual budget comes from U.S. taxpayers. It also should be noted that the NED was founded by President Reagan at the height of the Cold War and was meant to fund controversial back-door Cold War projects with which the State Department didn’t want to be publicly associated. NED’s president since its founding has been Carl Gershman, who was one of the most rightwing ideologues of the Reagan Administration (he was a deputy to hardliner Jeanne Kirkpatrick, the Bolton-esque U.S. ambassador to the UN at the time). Throughout its history, the organization, whose core grantees, including the International Chamber of Commerce and the International Republican Institute (IRI), have been involved in controversial projects linked to the heavy ideological purposes to which their grants are directed – skillfully earmarked its funds to extremist causes. In Haiti, for example, the IRI was intimately involved with the paramilitary “thugs” (as described by then Secretary of State Powell) who eventually overthrew constitutional President Jean-Betrand Aristide. Those types of unsavory involvements were made evident in a recent New York Times article, which suggested that the IRI partisanly worked against Aristide rather than behaving in a non-partisan fashion. It is not too far of a stretch to argue that the IRI’s backing of Súmate was the mirror image of its earlier, very controversial, activities in Haiti.

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http://www.coha.org/the-devil-wears-prada-maria-corina-machado-and-washington%E2%80%99s-indecent-game-against-venezuela/

[Judi Lynn]

12. Incoming info. from C.O.H.A. through your link which should be known,

rather than hidden under a ton of deliberately deceptive propaganda:

Venezuela’s Ley de Partidos Politicos, Reuniones Públicos y Manifestaciones (Political Party Law), which dates to 1965 contains the clause in Article 25 that parties “may not accept donations or subsidies…from foreign companies…or from foreign governments or organizations.” Caracas authorities claimed, then, that the organization’s acceptance and administration of a $31,000 grant from the NED was precisely that, and that Súmate’s behavior in the 2004 referendum – actions which were funded by the grant – constituted political organizing rather than non-partisan “democracy promotion.”

How much plainer does the Venezuelan law need to be? Clearly the opposition has no intention of complying in any way other than the accidental ways which may be convenient to their purposes.

Thank you!

[naaman fletcher]

7. Who is Alberto Revell?

The one who wrote the tweet?

[joshcryer]

8. Journalist.

Shitty ass context (and crappy translation) since he's referring to the chavistas disallowing the opposition their constitutional right to merely be present in the AN.

A proper translation would be, "Today a "parliamentary coup" could be established pending the AN session."

He's obviously referring to the opposition not being allowed in the AN (which is what caused the violence to begin with).

What's interesting is how VTV clearly and unambigiously has video of the entire session yet somehow they don't show the actual uncut video. Instead they show propaganda pieces and snapshots. Why is that? Obviously they can't allow the uncut video to be shown. I hope it's archived by someone for historical purposes because when the chavistas do go down it'll be interesting to see who goes to jail first.

[reorg]

9. but, but, Venevisión? Globovisión?

weren't we told here only recently that they are Chavista channels now?

One poster said that Venevisión has long changed sides. And rumor has it that the owner of Globovisión, the ONLY remaining "independent" channel ("until the election we'll stay the course and remain the megaphone for Capriles&quot could no longer stand the financial pressures and had to sell! (To his wife's uncle, though, I heard.)

Perhaps that's the reason why not a single clip on their sites shows PSUV assembly members beating up on the poor, most innocent opposition golpistas who were so badly wounded in the violent attack.

[joshcryer]

15. They cut away, the only footage is from a cell phone.

Which clearly starts videoing as much as a minute into the altercation.

Globovision isn't going to change overnight, you don't just tell well meaning journalists to stop reporting the way they do, you got to do it slowly, over time, so that they don't even know that they're ruining their own profession.

I'd love to see an uncut version of the video that VTV undoubtedly has, but I wouldn't hold my breath, if it did put the opposition in a bad light you damn sure know they'd release it.

[mecherosegarden]

10. She had surgery today, was that also a lie?

The information that I have is very different than the information posted here. The videos about the incident clearly shows who started the fight. Ms. Machado had surgery to repair 4 broken bones and some other injuries. She was pushed to the floor and kicked several times on the face.
It is sad to see what is happening in Venezuela and I hope that things get better soon. Planned violence? Only Maduro fans' believe that..... among them, the Castro's brothers.

[Flatulo]

11. The OP reads like a childish, hateful rant. A hit piece that will play well with authoritarians.

The author's hateful bias is so obvious as to be absurd, as are the kudos delivered by the usual folks.

[Marksman_91]

13. It almost seems like the maduristas actually condone this violent behavior against opposition

CLEARLY this shows the maduristas are the most "peaceful" of the bunch, even when there's overwhelming evidence that they started AND finished the fight.

UPDATE: I would also like to add this little gem.

The first video is the one that the government edited (poorly) to make it seem like the opposition was the one that started the brawl. And it just so happens to have the theme from Call of Duty 4, which is the second video, so that you can compare.

What's ironic about this is the fact that the government supposedly passed a law that banned any violent video games because they thought it stimulated violence amongst teens. After a few years, though, it seems it has done jack-shit to:
1) keep people from buying these games
2) keep people from becoming violent

So I think we can add this "law" to the list of dumb-ass useless legislation the government decided to pass because of their lack of any actual intelligence.

What's funny now is that they actually used music from one of these games which they apparently condemn the possession of. You just can't make this stuff up!!!

[Bacchus4.0]

14. wow, chavista cabrones support beating up women now

way to go chavista pigs!!!!

[Bacchus4.0]

16. picture of MCM recuperating after violent chavista attack