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Judi Lynn

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Wed Jun 12, 2013, 10:47 PM Jun 2013

Economic war and terrorist actions planned against Venezuela

Economic war and terrorist actions planned against Venezuela
By Arturo Rosales writes from Caracas. Axis of Logic Exclusive
Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013

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On Monday June 10th, President Maduro spoke on live TV about intelligence information concerning negotiations to purchase 18 military aircraft by the Venezuelan opposition in San Antonio, Texas, to be stationed in a US base over the border in Colombia. He also gave more details about the two paramilitary groups captured by Venezuelan security forces in the states of Táchira and Portuguesa.

The original denouncement about the 18 military aircraft was made on Sunday by journalist José Vicente Rangel and Maduro commented, “this is a real situation and behind this is the group called Gente del Petróleo (People of Petroleum). These people are now based in Bogotá and the US and it is they who are negotiating the purchase of these aircraft”.

Gente del Petróleo is made up of ex-managers of the Venezuelan oil company, PDVSA, who were fired by President Chávez for being instrumental is organizing the crippling oil lock-out and sabotage of 2002 – 2003. Maduro stated that they are the main financiers behind the conspiracy to destabilize the country and foment violence against the Venezuelan population to be carried out by paramilitary groups contracted for that specific purpose. “Later on I will give the names of the people involved but the first thing I must alert us all to is that this financing is in millions of dollars,” stated Maduro.

He added that the two groups captured had a series of political objectives to fulfill: the assassination of the President of the Republic; confrontations with the military implementing the National Security Plan of the Homeland; and to increase the number of murders and insecurity in various cities and towns across the country.

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