tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post8555403482584925041..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The Venezuelan Narco State is getting an international definition Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73949157157670212222015-05-23T00:45:17.211+02:002015-05-23T00:45:17.211+02:00True & it's also completely socialist. Mor...True & it's also completely socialist. More proof that socialism doesn't work.Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-81679980977564699232015-05-22T16:49:02.310+02:002015-05-22T16:49:02.310+02:00The oil trade's completely legal. The income d...The oil trade's completely legal. The income doesn't seem to benefit Venezuelans much.Yngvarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-51573661566515261002015-05-21T02:34:31.832+02:002015-05-21T02:34:31.832+02:00Canadian, you can say that again :-)Canadian, you can say that again :-)Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12245978956561414712015-05-21T02:02:41.420+02:002015-05-21T02:02:41.420+02:00If drugs were legalized Darren then where would th...If drugs were legalized Darren then where would the CIA get all its illicit operating money from? You try from a point of logic but the world is not that simple, the CIA has founded arms trades, drug business and wars forever. Is the arm of the elite. Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25646786071348991542015-05-20T14:52:45.878+02:002015-05-20T14:52:45.878+02:00Being that the cocaine trade is more dangerous &am...Being that the cocaine trade is more dangerous & kills more people it's more important to legalize it. <br /><br />I don't want to see people destroy themselves with drugs. I'm in recovery myself. We have to face the reality of what the war on drugs does & doesn't do. It doesn't stop people from getting drugs & it does do much harm around the world. Legalization is the only way out. Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-67649611560787510372015-05-20T09:23:50.531+02:002015-05-20T09:23:50.531+02:00No, it is not obvious. One thing is to legalize po...No, it is not obvious. One thing is to legalize pot. Another is to legalize crack.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-67320326323666822772015-05-20T03:13:46.442+02:002015-05-20T03:13:46.442+02:00Don't forget the legalize part. The drug trade...Don't forget the legalize part. The drug trade only fuels so much killing & corruption because it is illegal. For some odd reason too many think that legalizing drugs means legalizing the other criminal things drug dealers do, it doesn't. What I'm saying is that in the hands of regular businessmen the drug trade would be way less harmful. Not to mention it would end US efforts at drug interdiction in LatAm. It would also end the boatloads of money going to unsavory characters like FARC. It seems obvious. Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-74274547804883281322015-05-20T00:09:05.180+02:002015-05-20T00:09:05.180+02:00I appreciate the feeling but I would not pretend t...I appreciate the feeling but I would not pretend to such an honor. However I think I may be one of the most purposeful and that gives a form of clarity that is appreciated by some.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-89491791807780742082015-05-19T19:51:39.650+02:002015-05-19T19:51:39.650+02:00The US does not need Venezuelan evidence, they are...The US does not need Venezuelan evidence, they are collecting the evidence on their own.<br /><br />Roberto NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-26322062655907678292015-05-19T19:36:22.972+02:002015-05-19T19:36:22.972+02:00Daniel, let me praise you for publishing. You are...Daniel, let me praise you for publishing. You are the best blogger in English my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91722708599730105522015-05-19T19:34:59.062+02:002015-05-19T19:34:59.062+02:00Please, explain to us in which way it helps Latin ...Please, explain to us in which way it helps Latin America that the US opens its border to cocaine consumption from LatAm, like a NAFTA like for drugs.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-70994813898186514512015-05-19T17:44:11.231+02:002015-05-19T17:44:11.231+02:00..the executive branch as there is separation of p.....the executive branch as there is separation of powers and that the intervention of this last one is reserved strictly on actions that may be taken according to national interests?"<br /><br />Perhaps I'm day-dreaming here but the last Weird moves from Obama could start to make some sense: <br /><br />- Sudden rapprochement with Cuba<br />- Sudden incrimination of Vzla as an "urgent threat" to US interests.<br /><br />The US might be preparing to use Obama's last months in power to shake the Latin-American tree a bit more. Hey, blame it on the outgoing Democrats.. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-52590847202801160442015-05-19T17:34:54.638+02:002015-05-19T17:34:54.638+02:00Seems to me you can't compare Cuba's Geo-p...Seems to me you can't compare Cuba's Geo-political position to Vzla's strategic location as a gateway right next to Colombia, Bolivia, etc. The logistics are much easier and more dangerous. Colombia and Bolivia could not move HALF of their Coke through la Havana..Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-10521006610277289052015-05-19T17:25:33.444+02:002015-05-19T17:25:33.444+02:00Daniel, one thing to mention from my perspective.....Daniel, one thing to mention from my perspective... This US Report on Cabello etc- will only give Mad-uro something else to use that the Evil empire is trying to throw a wrench into Venezuela politics, etc.. I don't expect to predict the future, but so far Mad-uro seems to cling on... I am always amazed how long he has lasted... It will be very difficult to get solid evidence because EVERY Branch of Venezuela Gov't is controlled by the reds... Police, Forensics, Judicial.. unfortunately, tough road ahead .. <br />Dennis "el gringo"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12058237918336875559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-76624282406866594372015-05-19T16:57:23.113+02:002015-05-19T16:57:23.113+02:00All the more reason to end the US war on drugs. La...All the more reason to end the US war on drugs. Latin America can't be free while it rages & the US meddles there.Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15914228490093420522015-05-19T15:36:57.369+02:002015-05-19T15:36:57.369+02:00Correct me if I am wrong but Castro was a drug kin...Correct me if I am wrong but Castro was a drug kingpin as well. So the world will know Canello is a drug kingpin of Venezuela. Will it change anything? Your point that removing him and how he will take down the country first is well noted but they are already doing that. The country is present and future has been destroyed. The populous is very poor and has nothing and does not care enough to do anything. It would take someone like Chavez but from the right to rally the people like the sheep they are but the govt will never allow a person to run free and connect to the populous. The people with pride and fight in them are few as most left the country and the leaders are in jail.<br />I try and find hope in my thoughts for Venezuela but simply cannot see how this mess gets cleaned up.Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-79332264524532760172015-05-19T12:24:25.052+02:002015-05-19T12:24:25.052+02:00Once any country becomes one of the "standard...Once any country becomes one of the "standard, go-to" for "baddies, drug lords, crooked pols and other assorted rifraff" in the artistic media (TV, Film, Video Games) then it's done for.<br /><br />Not that fiction should be the arbiter, per se, but because it becomes an identity for that country in the wider global audience, well that's hard to overcome, isn't it?<br /><br />Actual reporting that confirms, in real life, that the fiction does have a rather firm backdrop is just one more nail in a coffin that is slowly becoming more metal than wood.<br /><br />Roberto NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com