tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post7848182658422056744..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The downfall of Maduro can only come from outsideDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-76929098018982646432018-10-08T17:31:24.436+02:002018-10-08T17:31:24.436+02:00The hardest part if a regime change will be any im...The hardest part if a regime change will be any improvement in gov't. Most educated folks have left Venezuela and many have cut all ties to it. If the regime was removed the vast majority left to vote will vote in whatever left wingnut (likely an ex Chavista) that runs over a sophisticated right-wing candidate with a future plan for Venezuela. The harsh reality is the ignorant have inherited Venezuela and only a dictator at this point could turn it around.Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12799872977904915712018-10-05T00:41:24.222+02:002018-10-05T00:41:24.222+02:00If Trump is going to invade someplace, it would pr...If Trump is going to invade someplace, it would probably be California. So, no foreign intervention from the U.S.A. I suspect the greatest threat to Maduro will come after a bloody riot, and some captain refuses to fire on fellow citizens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-44577989469528783392018-10-04T09:04:57.069+02:002018-10-04T09:04:57.069+02:00When does Maduro's current term expire? Around...When does Maduro's current term expire? Around Reyes Magos 2019? Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-29935911423424490382018-10-03T14:32:40.970+02:002018-10-03T14:32:40.970+02:00Snipers and better drones. Untraceable if well exe...Snipers and better drones. Untraceable if well executed. Leave a note, after each dead Chavista: "Pueblo Arrecho, leave or die". Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15431803099425017302018-10-03T05:39:57.060+02:002018-10-03T05:39:57.060+02:00INTERESTINGINTERESTINGClair Dufourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714358479915267691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-35287958579228006372018-10-03T04:33:49.223+02:002018-10-03T04:33:49.223+02:00The ICC will do nothing to change the situation as...The ICC will do nothing to change the situation as if Maduro was ever in threat they would just replace him with their next stooge.<br />I cannot see refugee camps in Venezuela as any such action of a foreign gov't seiging land in Venezuela would be considered by the world as an act of war and we already established that the outside world will not do that.<br />Any other ideas/plans?Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-17614315617306556442018-10-03T04:10:47.471+02:002018-10-03T04:10:47.471+02:00For the gossipy part of the debacle, the Maduro ag...<b>For the gossipy part of the debacle, the Maduro agent, former Spanish premier Zapatero, has been called imbecile by OAS secretary Almagro which for all practical purposes kills any potential at fostering dialogue he may think he still had.</b><br /><br />Almagro has been a pleasant surprise. He has not acted at all like one would predict a Pepe Mujica protégé would act. No Pepe Mujica clone, he.<br /><br />I would agree with your assessment that the toppling will come from outside. The traditional opposition methods of dealing with the party in power in a democracy no longer apply, as Chavismo got off the democracy train a while ago. The scuttling of the recall referendum and the July 30 Constituyente "vote" put paid to any pretense of democracy. <br /><br />(I would add that Gustavo Petro's defense of the July 30 sham "vote" in Venezuela indicates where he would like to take Colombia. It is one thing to refrain from criticizing Chavismo- a big Petro theme- to avoid taking attention off Colombia's own problems. It is another thing entirely to praise a Chavista sham vote. )<br /><br />Even with a collapsing economy and a collapsing country, Chavismo is firmly in control. As the food supply has shrunk- both from reduced domestic harvests and reduced imports- Chavismo has increased its control over the food supply- and thus its control of the impoverished population.<br /><br />I like your idea of UN-funded refugee camps inside Venezuela, protected by the Colombian army. Maduro has refused any food assistance- and as far as I can tell the recent Chinese medical ship is the only time he has permitted any medical assistance. This would provide food assistance inside Venezuela- a good thumb in the nose to Maduro. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I doubt the UN would approve. <br />Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20184180838874020192018-10-02T22:53:34.779+02:002018-10-02T22:53:34.779+02:00Duque despises Chavismo but he's a pacifist, n...Duque despises Chavismo but he's a pacifist, new in office. He might collaborate on some covert plan, but fall short in some military border initiative. I like drones and snipers. Imagine a few state-of-the-art drones hitting their targets, DelcyWhore one day, Narco-Cabello another beautiful afternoon, then Padrinita and a couple 'general' pussies. Rodriguez should be put down from 2 miles away with a single bullet between those evil eyes. <br />Always leaving a sign "vayanse pal coño, o mueran uno por uno". Signed "Pueblo Arrecho". <br /><br />Duque and other allies need Gringo expertise to get the drones and train the snipers, though.<br /> Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.com