Venezuela's Continuous Coup

[Judi Lynn]

Is it imminent? It's ever-present!

Venezuela's Continuous Coup
Mon, 03/02/2015 - 02:17
by: Alfredo Lopez

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The evidence is overwhelming that the rich and powerful of Venezuela have followed a continuous, constantly morphing plan to de-stabilize the country and take over the government by any means necessary and that the United States government knows about that plan, supports it and, as much as it can, is assisting in it.

"There's been an ongoing effort to destabilize the government," said author Miguel Tinker Salas, a top authority on the Venezuela's situation, "to represent the government as a crisis in crisis mode, and to depict the country as if it's on the brink of a precipice."

Everything about Venezuela -- including its progress and successes, its growing status as a leader in its continent and its difficulties, stumbles and failures -- is driven by two realities. One is its government's commitment to a genuine program of fundamental political and economic change and the other is an equally committed effort to sabotage that program and overthrow this government.

Is there a coup planned in Venezuela? All the time.

As Ledezma, a virulent right-winger and participant in Venezuela's violent and aborted coup of 2002, was being dragged off to jail, people in the surrounding "barrios" of Caracas probably applauded. This is a man who made a career of initially ignoring them and, when finally forced to acknowledge their existence, insulted their work habits and intelligence. Now he was being jailed for trying to return their lives to the ones they led prior to 1999.

Back then, many of these residents had no water, sewers or electricity and very few paved streets. In fact, many of the neighborhoods that surround Venezuela's capital weren't even displayed on the map: they were unrecognized by the government so the government had no need to provide services, and they were politically powerless because people in unrecognized areas were seldom registered to vote.

More:
http://thiscantbehappening.net/venezuelacoup

[jwirr]

1. Our government will not be happy until Standard Oil (Exxon) owns Venezuela again.

[roody]

2. knr

[salib]

3. What is this about?

"President Obama has never recognized the government of Nicolás Maduro years after his and his supporters' clear and unquestionable election win."

Is this president only willing to recognize "enemies" after they have been squashed into the ground by sanctions are war and then begging for reprieve?

Oh yeah. Nevermind.

[forest444]

4. When it comes to Latin America,

Obama -like his predecessors- mostly does what he's told by the extremist exile gangs in Miami, with a few notable exceptions. These are Cuban exiles mostly, as well as Central and South Americans with direct or indirect ties to dictatorships and/or atrocities in their respective countries. Until the State Department's Western Hemisphere desk isn't rid of these types (who think solely of their personal gripes when drafting policy) we'll always have a 1950s attitude to a 21st Century Latin America - to the detriment of both them and us.

[Zorro]

5. Obama...mostly does what he's told by the extremist exile gangs in Miami?

Really? What evidence do you to that very bold assertion?

[Judi Lynn]

6. Every Presidential candidate ALWAYS makes at least one trip to Miami to huddle with the "exiles."

So many insist on getting their photo ops at Versailles restaurant, where they all gather to drink their little cups of Cuban coffee. A huge number of Republican national candidates flock there like swallows to San Juan Capistrano, glad to shake hands and pick up money for their campaigns, and spend some time bitching about Cuba.

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Oh, please!

Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, his brother, Mario, and John McCain

Click to see: http://www.trbimg.com/img-505df3db/turbine/fl-paul-ryan-florida-campaign-20120922-001/600

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jeb Bush, his son, George P., and Paul Ryan



Jesus H. Christ!







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[Zorro]

11. Where's Obama's picture huddling with the "exiles"?

Didn't see it in that crowd of Republicans.

[Bacchus4.0]

7. Nope, just look at the rapprochement with Cuba forest. Did the Miami exiles tell him to do that?nt

[forest444]

9. Hence "with a few notable exceptions."

It helps to read the post, 4.0.

[Bacchus4.0]

10. Your post is still b.s. 444 n/t

[hack89]

8. So the extremist exile gangs told him to normalize relations with Cuba? Did not know that. nt