The US Covert War on Venezuela in 2015 – Diary: Feb 4

[Judi Lynn]

The US Covert War on Venezuela in 2015 – Diary: Feb 4
By Arturo Rosales writing from Caracas
Wednesday, Feb 4, 2015


Government Counter Offensive well underway

Tuesday February 2nd was a fitting day to take enemy territory and prisoners in the ongoing media and economic war being waged against Venezuela, its government and people. This date, 16 years ago was when President Chávez was first sworn in as President in 1999 after his landslide victory the previous December.

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) held a plenary meeting attended by around 14,000 delegates from all 24 states to plan the strategy for internal elections to postulate candidates for the December elections for the National Assembly (Congress) and to plan strategy to combat the economic war that has been waged by the business sector and property owning bourgeoisie against its own people.

President Maduro spoke in detail about the arrest and occupation of the 167 Farmatodo shops in the country and then went on to describe another important retailer and distributor of food that had been caught participating in the economic war against the people.

The supermarket chain Supermercados Día a Día has 36 hypermarkets up and down the country, located mainly in popular areas. Reports have shown that each day, every day, there were lines outside these outlets as people struggled to find basic products for their families. The directors of the chain had been to Miraflores Palace on at least two occasions to assure the Executive that they were “doing their best” to provide decent service and products to the customers. However, this assertion and demonstration of good will proved to be a well-crafted web of deceit.

When the Minister for Food Sovereignty and Security, Carlos Osorio, accompanied by Caracas Governor Ernesto Villegas, went to inspect the Supermerados Día a Día store in the popular area of La Yaguara in south west Caracas, they discovered the doors closed and a line of about 60 people waiting to be allowed entry to search for the products they needed.

Osorio challenged the duty manager and the people were allowed in to buy their goods. This irregularity led to an inspection of the warehouse and – lo and behold – the authorities discovered more than 2500 tons of food, cleaning and personal hygiene products hoarded there. Some of the corn flour needed to make traditional arepas had the date of being packaged on August 7th 2014 and was still sitting there. In fact, the country’s biggest private producer of food, The Polar Company, had over 1000 tons of products in this warehouse including corn cooking oil, margarine and the fabled corn flour.

More:
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_69274.shtml

[Marksman_91]

1. Oh, wonderful! More propaganda from Absence of Logic.

Tell me, what's your opinion on the fact that a pack of condoms now costs over $700 at the black market exchange rate in Venezuela?

[Judi Lynn]

2. "Tell me," what do you have to disprove what was written in my post?

That's the subject of the article.

[COLGATE4]

3. Fiction and Fact, from Judy's Almanac. nt

[Demeter]

4. May the facts make a difference!

A slim hope, to be sure...thanks Judi Lynn!

[eridani]

5. Evidence of US Sabotage in Venezuela to Be Reviewed by Latin American Leaders

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/28474-evidence-of-us-sabotage-in-venezuela-to-be-reviewed-by-latin-american-leaders

cuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Friday that Quito will host a meeting in the coming days with the foreign ministers from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to discuss the situation in Venezuela, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's claim that the United States is acting to overthrow his government.

"Ecuador, which holds the pro-tempore presidency of CELAC and is part of the group of foreign ministers of UNASUR, has been promoting talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition in order strengthen institutions in Venezuela," Patiño said, adding that he wants to avoid destabilization in Venezuela and the region.

Patiño strongly rejected the United States' decision to impose and activate new sanctions against Venezuelan government officials, saying it is an "absolutely illegal action.”

On Wednesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with the UNASUR Secretary-General Ernesto Samper in Caracas and asked for the regional bloc's meditation with the United States. The Venezuelan president said he had been informed by other regional leaders that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had been pressing other country’s to “isolate” Venezuela. Maduro also said he had proof that the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela was attempting to bribe officials in order to turn against his government.

Samper rejected “destabilization” and “all forms of violence” against the government, and said he would bring the evidence provided by the president before UNASUR's Foreign Ministers Council.

[Marksman_91]

6. There's no "evidence" provided in this article, just more BS from Maduro's mouth n/t