tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post6758680645768145389..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Somebody home?Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-9131693254187043582015-12-20T15:47:47.375+01:002015-12-20T15:47:47.375+01:00no help from Argentina: there the cure is underway...no help from Argentina: there the cure is underway. Also a hard road ahead but nothing to Venezuela. <br /><br />"chavo-madurismo", excellent way to describe the sub-set; I hope the main stream media pick up on it.Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-72526805872643268452015-12-19T02:17:58.982+01:002015-12-19T02:17:58.982+01:00Ash, the timing is a blessing in disguise. Truth ...Ash, the timing is a blessing in disguise. Truth is the cases are piling up and feeding on each other. More GNB will be indicted and they will go rabid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-90405134818509548192015-12-18T00:59:20.715+01:002015-12-18T00:59:20.715+01:00I wouldn't count on that. Mr. Obama has reserv...I wouldn't count on that. Mr. Obama has reserved his power to pardon for the most deserving cases and has shown no inclination to use it for political purposes.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198810866232200453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-43267945218774169432015-12-17T19:32:41.783+01:002015-12-17T19:32:41.783+01:00Soory for the typos, my phone does what it wants. ...Soory for the typos, my phone does what it wants. By the way, since Maduro still claims to have "el pueblo" by his side, we should dare him to prove it, schoolyard style. Nicolas , tu no disque tienes el pueblo? renuncia pues y vamos a una eleccion de una. Nos contamos todos o tines miedo?Latamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020237142865593325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25313055771033890312015-12-17T19:26:22.080+01:002015-12-17T19:26:22.080+01:00Daniel , you are absolutely right on your assesmen...Daniel , you are absolutely right on your assesment but still there is more urgent work to do by the opposition. Namely, 2016 will suck so bad, no one is prepared for it. I believe that Chavism is trying to distract all of us from this fact until the time the ne AN is in place ad then it will use all its communication might to convince people that 1- It is the AN fault ans 2- They are vlocking the governent from solving the problem. <br />The opposition should come out an tell people right away not to waste their money on presents or holiday entertainment, buy basic stuffs and necessities if you can find them, there wil be no such luck in March, maybe soonerLatamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020237142865593325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-55436760499646731772015-12-17T00:41:21.995+01:002015-12-17T00:41:21.995+01:00I cannot help but to think the USA's charging ...I cannot help but to think the USA's charging of Nestor Reverol timing may be to control his actions go forward. Very easy for them with these charges to leverage him and if he cooperates promise him that Obama will amnesty him on his way out of office. Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-66177050169073486502015-12-17T00:21:56.063+01:002015-12-17T00:21:56.063+01:00Daniel why would they want to show their game plan...Daniel why would they want to show their game plan prior to being able to do anything? Wouldn't this just allow Maduro and clan to take more actions to nullify it? Let Maduro show all his cards and plan appropriately seems the ideal solution. <br />As for Capriles his strategy like him or not has worked. As much as I think Lopez's wife would be the ideal face of the opposition and next president I will admit Lopez squashed the uprising that students started and poor including Chavez voters were supporting by making it political. He did this for selfish reasons to put himself at the forefront of a potential revolution at the time in hopes of taking over. His actions turned many who hated what he stood for away from the uprising. I do not think Capriles is the idiot you make him out to be. Like him or not he knows you need the poor's support to oust the Chavismos. Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38070040081434816322015-12-16T21:59:04.232+01:002015-12-16T21:59:04.232+01:00I think the first official item needs to be seen s...I think the first official item needs to be seen strongly by all as bettering the economic situation for the everyday person who is suffering, not for a political prisoner who takes the risk of a rough and tumble game when they entered politics. <br /><br />This is to send a message during the rough first weeks that the opposition is there for the everyday person who risked payback by having the courage to vote for the opposition. The first item should not be to settle political disputes, this can and should come later. This will ensure that whatever Maduro does, the popular support will remain with the opposition with no dilution over being accused of only trying to settle political scores and not deal with the crisis people are facing in lineups to get basic food.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183916929435658177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-5498924443776770082015-12-16T19:49:31.546+01:002015-12-16T19:49:31.546+01:00Daniel, this game is played on multiple levels. Th...Daniel, this game is played on multiple levels. The unity coalition has to focus on ending censure, getting tv exposure within Venezuela, and recreating separation of powers. But there's nothing wrong with having a message oriented to the Chavista mass, that the objective is to end food lines, control crime, improve health care and get decent employment...but this requires the people's support because Maduro insists on allowing corruption and managing things using failed policies. <br /><br />Thus Capriles has to have a voice, but there should be moves to get the assembly covered on national tv, as it passes laws and resolutions we know Maduro will ignore. <br /><br />And I've been mentioning this for a long time, so here it goes again: the pressure points for these guys are in Havana. As long as Obama is kissing Castro the Cubans will back Maduro. And they'll be ruthless. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com