Latin American leaders warn of Chile-style coup

[Judi Lynn]

Latin American leaders warn of Chile-style coup
Feb 2015
Thursday 19th

FEBRUARY 12 saw the announcement of the discovery of a plot to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with government officials saying the plans included violent attacks on the presidential palace and other government buildings.

The thwarting of this latest coup attempt comes as leaders of numerous Latin American countries have warned of a similar situation developing in Venezuela to that which preceded the 1973 coup against Chile’s Salvador Allende, which led to the horrendous dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

In recent weeks, Maduro himself has warned that the right-wing opposition in the country is trying to create conditions that will lead to a coup. The warning came after a series of raids on shipping companies revealed that they were hoarding products to generate shortages.

Venezuelan Vice-President Jorge Arreaza also echoed Maduro’s concerns, saying the opposition is intentionally creating shortages of supplies to destabilise the country.

In an illuminating contribution to the discussion, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa called on young people in his progressive governing alliance to learn from Latin America’s history, when economic wars and coups have been regularly used to destabilise popular governments.

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[Marksman_91]

1. So how much longer are they gonna be under a coup/economic war?

I think it's been almost 2 years since they've been talking about that shit with no signs of improvement. And the recent "coup" attempt is as fabricated as anything else has been by the Maduro administration. Doesn't it seem odd that they'd announce the coup so calmly and in such a public environment on the day when they announced the new exchange rate which is almost as bad as the black market one?

[Judi Lynn]

2. People everywhere have noticed the exact similarity to the Chilean coup engineered in DC.

Your post doesn't make a lot of sense.

US citizens who bother to know US foreign relations have known this for a long time. Venezuelan officials didn't invent it.

[Marksman_91]

3. Really? Why should we take their word? Are they saints whose word should be believed?

[Bacchus4.0]

4. It also coincides with the one year imprisonment of Lopez nt

[truebluegreen]

6. No, but we are...

and so are multi-national corporations.

I'm sure I don't need this:

[Judi Lynn]

7. We're not "taking their word." We are going on our knowledge of history already manifested.

You're probably not going to sway any Democrats here. Democrats don't yearn for the days of Pinochet, the military dictatorships, the genocides of Stroessner and Rios-Montt, or the Caracazo Massacre ordered by oligarch's favorite modern Venezuelan monster President, Carlos Andres Perez.

You are wasting your time here. EVERYONE can tell the difference between Democrats and right-wingers. It's a matter of character. Right-wingers don't have any.

[Bacchus4.0]

8. Democrats don't like Maduro, only idiots do. Chavismo is Perez 2.0 n/t

[polly7]

9. "It's a matter of character. Right-wingers don't have any."

SNAP!

[Marksman_91]

10. Guess you must've missed the part where Maduro accused Joe Biden of being behind the coup n/t

[COLGATE4]

5. "Latin American Leaders warn..."

Correa of Ecuador and Ortega of Nicaragua. Impressive.