tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post6975053425856038530..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The rebellion has startedDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57586543966725435812016-10-30T02:59:47.633+02:002016-10-30T02:59:47.633+02:00If the US intervenes, the Chavista minority could ...If the US intervenes, the Chavista minority could quickly swell to a majority again simply for fear of Intervention or Occupation. The VZLAn people have to remove Maduro which is what the majority of VZLAns want anyways. For the US to stay out. The US supported outright the Carmona govt in 2002 and the backlash continues to this day. Although hard to understand, the approach the US is taking is probably best for the stability of the next govt which Venezuelans will install themselves..And hopefully soon.Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480413143262518693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-88896036776054946682016-10-29T18:13:32.891+02:002016-10-29T18:13:32.891+02:00I'm not North American but really why do latin...I'm not North American but really why do latinos talk about the US, Vatican etc not doing anything. If Western countries step in then they get accused of interfering. Where the hell are the latin countries? When are they going to step up to the plate?<br />Imagine how pround South and Central Americans could feel if they sort this s$%t out without outside help. Living for the past 18 yeats in CA though I know it will or could never happen.<br /><br />jakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91244973395411754492016-10-29T05:40:25.780+02:002016-10-29T05:40:25.780+02:00Great job again, like reading the comments from th...Great job again, like reading the comments from the informed readers. The pictures and video, EXCELLENT. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-70967821757338519212016-10-28T15:19:21.670+02:002016-10-28T15:19:21.670+02:00We do what we can. There is a conundrum for the US...We do what we can. There is a conundrum for the US government, as I'm sure you are aware. If the US government acts to aid the democratic parties, even in the most benign manner, it will be widely condemned as "Gringo intervention", or "Imperialism". If the government does only what it can through back channels, it is criticized for being indifferent. It's a difficult position.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198810866232200453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-22223642663423304372016-10-28T01:54:48.591+02:002016-10-28T01:54:48.591+02:00With a name like Nicolae Madurescu,I would be worr...With a name like Nicolae Madurescu,I would be worried for my future.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-87609669818410415762016-10-28T00:59:13.911+02:002016-10-28T00:59:13.911+02:00Fernando I cannot follow your point. You have bee...Fernando I cannot follow your point. You have been clear that Venezuela is controlled by the Castros. Cuba has been banished by similar trade pacts. Why on earth would Castros care if Mercosur suspends Venezuela? I am sure Castros would be happy for it. Same as they would have loved a tough stance from USA as the USA did with Cuba. In fact they had counted on it and are now scrambling to convince the people that their ill country is a result of USA action. Castros wanted the USA to take action in order to give a logical serious reason to the people for why they are suffering. All you want is for the world to step in and give the reason. It is getting to the point that it can and the people will see through the excuse but if the USA had when you wanted or others wanted or the opposition wanted then over half the population would believe that their ills are due to USA sanctions and actions. Now all the regime can do is put out false propaganda as to how they stole everything from the people. Why do you think Venezuela has done its best to piss of USA?Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61143611056269602572016-10-27T22:49:15.702+02:002016-10-27T22:49:15.702+02:00McCain wasnt electable, he was a bit old, and Pali...McCain wasnt electable, he was a bit old, and Palin was absolutely out of the question (I heard about her through personal contacts in Alaska, and I concluded the country couldn't risk it). <br /><br />Some say the Venezuelans should "just revolt", but that's marching down the shotgun barrel. Today I've tried as much as possible to get moves to have Maduro criticized in international forums. I believe PKK thinks like I do, he seems to be ready to call for the OAS meeting. But we do need to have Mercosur move fast to suspend Venezuela, followed by a move to have UNASUR shuffle the dialogue facilitators. We need to have signals sent to Padrino López. Otherwise Maduro will cement himself in place. And forget about future elections. All MUD political parties will be outlawed by early next year. <br /><br />I can't emphasize enough its important for people to get involved. I've always felt Venezuelans were bound to be Castro's slaves, they simply lack the unity and willpower to oppose communist cadres trained by Castro linked to a narco military. But hell I have to keep on trying. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-49405934987835985182016-10-27T21:15:20.332+02:002016-10-27T21:15:20.332+02:00@ Rich
"Some" is so tiny as to be invisi...@ Rich<br />"Some" is so tiny as to be invisible.<br />99% of Americans could not find VZ on a map if you spotted them Columbia, Guyana and Brazil.Dave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-5749317567982848552016-10-27T20:31:36.487+02:002016-10-27T20:31:36.487+02:00It will remain one of the biggest failure of US or...<b> It will remain one of the biggest failure of US or Vatican diplomacy, to underestimate the level of despair AND resolve of the Venezuelan opposition, a mistake that could cost Obama's "legacy" a big chunk.</b><br /><br />Anyone who had read up on Obama before the 2008 election should not surprised at all at the "legacy" of Obama's foreign policy. Obama has performed as I anticipated.The late Frank Marshall Davis would be rather pleased, I suspect.<br /><br />Ask the Syrians about Obama's "legacy." <br /><br />Recall Obama's reaction to "Mel" Zelaya's removal in Honduras. It mattered not a whit to Obama that 1) Zelaya had violated the Honduran Constitution and as such 2) his removal was justified. Obama stood with supporters of lawful democracies like Chavez and the Castro brothers. Daniel was not pleased with what Obama did then. <br /><br />Yet Daniel supported the election of Obama in 2008 and 2012. What you see is what you get. <br />Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-22199614846870045382016-10-27T19:27:00.943+02:002016-10-27T19:27:00.943+02:00Clearly the only way for the people of Venezuela t...Clearly the only way for the people of Venezuela to fix the mess they helped create is to rise up and take back their country. As for the Vatican or the USA the people of Venezuela care less about them and it would do little for them to take more action against the regime. Too strong of action from the USA is what the regime is looking for in order to justify their propaganda war against the USA and to push the country into a Cuba where it cuts itself off from the trade block and the Western world. The regime has been pushing hard for a powerful reaction from the USA. I believe the USA is leveraging it self pushing oil production and low oil prices to cripple both Venezuela and Russia. The whole Cuban love fest is simply to show the S America/Caribbean people that see the USA is not the bad guy don't justify Venezuela's problems on any USA action. Mean while the USA is running many investigations into who has prospered including going after companies willing to conduct shady deals with the regime to help out. I think USA's undermining actions are the smart path and an outright frontal action would have ill effects for the people of Venezuela. The time for that will come in great support of the replacement fo the regime to assure it does not get back in.Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-14308297427801488362016-10-27T18:41:35.624+02:002016-10-27T18:41:35.624+02:00Some of us here in the USA do care, care very deep...Some of us here in the USA do care, care very deeply, what is happening in Venezuela. The (pathetic) main stream media has taken little notice over the past years, but more frequent stories are beginning to appear. Ordinary citizens of the USA have little influence on The Big Game played governments, but more have care and compassion for the plight of our Venezuelan neighbors than your comment would suggest.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198810866232200453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-37360106964045281022016-10-27T15:25:15.090+02:002016-10-27T15:25:15.090+02:00Heck, even over a Million of Venezuelans like me, ...Heck, even over a Million of Venezuelans like me, or most readers of these blogs, left Vzla never to return. And most of them hardly care anymore about that mess. I see them in Miami all the time, they care about their future here, or in Madrid, or Europe, and every year that passes, they forget more and more about Venezuela, the Avila or Choroni. It's just a casual one-liner at the local barbecue fest or a few laments at the Doral coffee shops. "Ese pais esta jodio". "Aqui no hay cachitos de jamon, que vaina". Pero el marroncito ta' fino!" That's what you hear. <br /><br />Heck, whomever graduates from any school, or knows someone overseas gets out of Venezuela as soon as they can. Never to return. That's the fact, Jack, or who wants to get killed for a pair of shoes, or deal with Chavismo and the incompetent MUD? Just about any country in the world is safer and more attractive to live in than Venezuela. Thus the massive Brain-Drain, which is highly detrimental and mostly irreversible, for decades to come. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-86594817259715535302016-10-27T15:14:45.455+02:002016-10-27T15:14:45.455+02:00The freaking Vatican?! The USA? They couldn't ...The freaking Vatican?! The USA? They couldn't care less about little Venezuela, with its cheap, heavy oil already sold out to the Chinese.<br /><br />For starters, the Vatican is among THE most corrupt countries in the planet. Per capita, they are probably almost as corrupt as Venezuela or Haiti. Google it up. <br /><br />The USA? Europe? They do not care about Venezuela. There are dozens of more interesting countries to worry about, for political and economic reasons than little Venezuela. Latin America, Mexico, Africa, Europe, the Middle East are much bigger concerns, if concerns at all. <br /><br />So stop dreaming about the "Vatican". They are a bunch of corrupt priests. Stop dreaming about the USA or Europe. They have not done a single thing for Vzla in decades. Not one single, concrete action. Heck, they love Cuba now. Venezuelans have to get out in the streets and overthrow the criminal narco-dictatorship. Including the narco-corrupt military and the putrid TSJ. The Vatican, the USA? the rest of the world? they don't give a flying fock.. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-34303848616969443922016-10-27T11:50:16.500+02:002016-10-27T11:50:16.500+02:00Daniel, it's important that MUD and all Venezu...Daniel, it's important that MUD and all Venezuelan entities use their best efforts to call for UNASUR members to meet, ask Samper to review Zapatero's progress, and order a change in the mediating team composition. Zapatero can stay, if they think it's convenient, but the group needs better balance. They also need to give this new reformulated team the guidance that the dialogue has to include the requirement that Venezuelans express their choices in the referendum, governor elections, etc. <br /><br />A parallel effort has to be made to have the European Parliament vote on a resolution declaring there is a breach of constitutional rule. The OAS has to vote on the same issue even if they don't have the 75% supermajority. I don't see others being involved or caring, but a statement by individual governments stating the constitutional breach has taken place will help. <br /><br />I'm focusing on this issue because I sense Padrino Lopez is walking a fine line. Ramos Allup is making a mistake by insulting him, Allup doesn't understand the way the Cuban control system menaces the Venezuelan military. <br /><br />Padrino López needs an outside arbiter he can trust. He's not a lawyer, won't move unless there's overwhelming number of opinions from other nations which confirm Maduro has stepped into dictatorship territory. <br /><br />It's also evident Obama and the pope can't be trusted to help out. For whatever reason they are focused on helping the Cuban dictatorship survive, and this means they'll be as low key as possible. <br /><br />I sincerely hope this helps, and do understand you are in danger. If you go to protest wear leather and safety glasses, try to make sure you are difficult to recognize. <br />Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com