tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post5161224073893052978..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The banality of evil, Caracas styleDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-56763834981180272102015-11-02T06:22:17.498+01:002015-11-02T06:22:17.498+01:00Are you sure that Nieves could have gotten out of ...Are you sure that Nieves could have gotten out of Venezuela with his family? Once he was appointed as the judge for the case, it seems unlikely to me that he could just leave and bring the family with him.<br /><br />Joe 999999https://www.blogger.com/profile/11644721665245952646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-81752905376485682192015-10-29T20:42:13.738+01:002015-10-29T20:42:13.738+01:00Nieves had an out without facing a long jail sente...Nieves had an out without facing a long jail sentence for himself by leaving Venezuela, before the final prosecution and conviction of Lopez, therefore "I just followed orders" is not a valid excuse here. Furthermore, had he escaped and told his story beforehand, the regime would have had quite a bit of trouble in proceeding to convict Lopez.<br /><br />This is entirely different from the military command structure where one is supposed to follow orders no matter what and in rogue regimes, such as Germany's IIIrd Reich, the option was death by firing squad (or a more "elegant" solution like the one for Field Marshal Rommel).<br /><br />The Milgram Obedience Study (http://tinyurl.com/nc9tjdx) is an interesting experiment on human obedience to perceived authority, even if there are no consequences to not following orders. About 65% of the subject obeyed. I would believe that this result would be very close to 100%, if the option of not obeying is death or a very long jail time.<br /><br />MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-26910693506138488492015-10-29T01:23:56.347+01:002015-10-29T01:23:56.347+01:00"No, my interest is elsewhere. First, let'..."No, my interest is elsewhere. First, let's us start with the one with easiest access: why is the US covering for all those defectors? Is it a strategy to encourage them to defect the regime so as to build a case against its corrupt narco officials?"<br /><br />Very doubtful. The US immigration polices are chaotic. The US 0bama administration is not focused in the slightest on South America. But the bureaucracy is huge and that would allow anyone with a decent lawyer and a coherent story that he is being persecuted could ask for asylum. Unless the 0bama administration or someone high up in it steps in, asylum cases can take a couple years or longer to settle. Therefore, the Judge can reasonably expect that even if he gets denied asylum, it will be quite a while for it to happen. He would have a good idea he is not getting asylum in plenty of time to try somewhere else. <br /><br />Joe 999999https://www.blogger.com/profile/11644721665245952646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57106089176985672892015-10-28T16:10:02.376+01:002015-10-28T16:10:02.376+01:00To further illustrate my comment above:
ND / 28 o...To further illustrate my comment above:<br /><br />ND / 28 oct 2015.- El diputado a la Asamblea Nacional por el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (Psuv), Freddy Bernal, aseguró que las declaraciones del fiscal Franklin Nieves en el programa Conclusiones de CNN en Español solo buscan desestabilizar Venezuela.<br /><br />Not a word as to whether what Nieves said is true or notIslandCanucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-44602525513786856662015-10-28T13:26:15.904+01:002015-10-28T13:26:15.904+01:00In any civilized country there would immediately b...In any civilized country there would immediately be retrails of every case this idiot touched.<br /><br />Of course, not in Venezuela.<br /><br />The reactions of the PSUV higher ups has been pretty pathetic from Diaz saying that her department never puts pressure on prosecuters to someone else saying that he stayed quiet too long (which to me is an admission of the truth).<br /><br />Lopez will continue to rot in jail until we throw these bastards out.IslandCanucknoreply@blogger.com