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Venezuela's Maduro claims that Putin backs him
Source: El Universal
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reported on Tuesday that his Minister of Petroleum and Mining, Rafael Ramírez, held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin where financial agreements were entered into and support was received one month from the beginning of student protests in Venezuela, Efe cited.
" Rafael Ramírez) met in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin, who sent a message of confidence to Venezuela; he also signed agreements on financial support," Maduro twitted with no more details.
The Minister of Petroleum and Mining and president of state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) landed in Moscow on his return trip from China, where, according to Maduro, unspecified "economic-financial" agreements were completed.
" Rafael Ramírez) met in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin, who sent a message of confidence to Venezuela; he also signed agreements on financial support," Maduro twitted with no more details.
The Minister of Petroleum and Mining and president of state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) landed in Moscow on his return trip from China, where, according to Maduro, unspecified "economic-financial" agreements were completed.
Read more: http://english.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140304/venezuelas-maduro-claims-that-putin-backs-him
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Venezuela's Maduro claims that Putin backs him (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2014
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dlwickham
(3,316 posts)1. for wanna be dictators maybe
smokey775
(228 posts)2. Not so sure I would be announcing this at this point in time.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)3. Rubio backs the Venezuelan opposition
I don't need any further answers. Hey and this newspaper is pretty cool, after the US backed coup in 2002, front page headline ¡Un Paso Adelante! No, not any bias there. Of course their slogan is nice as well, "because you decide" Maybe Guillermo O'Reilly is Bill's brother?
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)4. I hear <gasp> that he also thinks the sky is blue!!! NT
Tarheel_Dem
(31,220 posts)5. !!!
Venezuela's poor join protests as turmoil grips Chávez's revolution
Government claims protests bear the hallmarks of US-backed coup plot led by jailed opposition leader Leopoldo López
Virginia López in Caracas and Jonathan Watts
The Guardian
The poor neighbourhood of Petare in western Caracas is not an obvious hotbed of anti-government sentiment. In the past, its residents have been among the major beneficiaries of Venezuela's public health and education campaigns, and an economic policy that resulted in one of the sharpest falls in inequality in the world.
But as demonstrations sweep several major cities, even the people of Petare have taken to the streets to protest again surging inflation, alarming murder rates and shortages of essential commodities.
Jorge Farias, a self-employed motorcycle taxi driver, once voted for the late president Hugo Chávez, but this week he joined opposition rallies. "This country can't stay like this for much longer. If it's not lack of food, it is the fear of being killed when you step out of your house to go to work", he said. "I would like to wake up without this fear," he added. "I have never seen this country in this state of total collapse. We are going from bad to worse, and we are losing faith".
"Ya esta bueno ya", is phrase which Venezuelans are hearing with increasing frequency. Roughly translated as "Enough already", the slogan captures a wide-spread sense of discontent and growing uncertainty over the country's future.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/20/venezuelas-poor-protests-chavez-revolution
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)6. looks like Maduro has no problem with Russia's actions either
in fact, I haven't heard much from the Latin American nations on the Ukraine situation.