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Related: About this forumVenezuela government says foes seek to slam it at Oscars
Venezuela's government said "right-wing extremists" were lobbying in Hollywood for movie stars to denounce President Nicolas Maduro's socialist administration from the stage at Sunday's Academy Awards.
Venezuela has been rocked by its worst unrest in a decade, with at least 17 people killed in violence around opposition demonstrations and clashes between hooded protesters, security forces, and pro-government militants.
Maduro's critics are demanding he quit and accuse him of repression, while the president says "fascists" working with U.S. financiers want to engineer a coup like the one in 2002 that briefly toppled his predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
"Right-wing extremists are lobbying in Hollywood, looking for pronouncements against Venezuela at the Oscars!" Information Minister Delcy Rodriguez said on her Twitter account @DrodriguezMinci on Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-government-says-foes-seek-slam-oscars-012155379--sector.html
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)What comedy team is writing this stuff for Maduro?
Flatulo
(5,005 posts)smokey775
(228 posts)Adam Sandler, to name a few.
Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)So that's a thing
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)joshcryer
(62,287 posts)Read more: Oscars 2014: Watch Jared Leto's Amazing Acceptance Speech: VIDEO | TIME.com http://entertainment.time.com/2014/03/02/oscars-2014-jared-letos-amazing-acceptance-speech-for-supporting-actor/#ixzz2us1yOTRI