tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post9001122795991596210..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: No recall election in 2016: one hidden motive Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47096790144643311832016-08-15T01:40:26.270+02:002016-08-15T01:40:26.270+02:00They can't go to Europe, forget that. In the w...They can't go to Europe, forget that. In the weeks immediately after losing power, international warrants for their arrest will be issued. Any Western European country will snatch them up and deliver them to the waiting hands of the US DEA. Basically, they have two choices, Cuba or Nicaragua. Either way, the protection money they will be forced to pay to their "comrades in revolution" will be very steep indeed. The high life will be over, and a life of looking over their shoulder will begin. Ask yourself, where is Manuel Noriega right now?Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198810866232200453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12378769573270373122016-08-12T13:38:30.416+02:002016-08-12T13:38:30.416+02:00Castro will let go of Venezuela if there's a c...Castro will let go of Venezuela if there's a concerted set of economic sanctions placed on his regime. This worked with South Africa's apartheid regime, and will work with Raúl, but the option won't be exercised as long as the Obamites and the Europeans remain focused on Israel lobby agendas and protect the Castro regime. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-43037458230432876152016-08-12T06:03:41.182+02:002016-08-12T06:03:41.182+02:00I cannot imagine the regime doing anything less th...I cannot imagine the regime doing anything less then occured in Cuba during Castros run. Referendum will not happen such as to remove the regime and by the time 2019 elections come they will start the Cuban minimal daily food ration or hand out, and make minimal improvements to medicine and crime rate. Result after so many years of awful living many will take that as improvement and regime's media will crank out lies about the peoples satisfaction with the improvements and the regime will then simply steal the election. Like Cuba everone will know in the world the election was a fix much the same as past ones and the regime will carry on forever. The opposition still thinking the regime is incompotent will have once again be outsmarted.Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2468615755430636872016-08-11T18:55:06.211+02:002016-08-11T18:55:06.211+02:00One question. Maduro assumed power, after Chavez d...One question. Maduro assumed power, after Chavez died, in April of 2013.<br /><br />According to Article 233 of the Constituiton, if a recall occurs within the first 4 years of a presidential term, then a new election is called.<br /><br />4 years from April 2013 is April 2017. So why the drama?<br /><br />Anon 242Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-10478542270894431152016-08-11T17:53:26.017+02:002016-08-11T17:53:26.017+02:00"The opposition truly has its work cut out.&q..."The opposition truly has its work cut out." <br /><br />Leopoldo is in jail, Maria Corina has probably been threatened too many times and is tired, and Capriles just loves to travel and hug people, doing nothing, year after year. The rest of the MUD is probably mostly bribed by now, and highly incompetent<br /><br />And what can they do against the corrupt military, the corrupt TSJ and the corrupt CNE, plus the corrupt guardia nacional and putrid police? In a country full of thugs and corruption everywhere, a dictatorship of sorts, if you talk too loud you end up shot, or in jail, or someone in your family gets hurt. Same goes for regular people: if they hit the streets they are repressed by the chavista regime, possibly hurt. That's why the "street protests" are so meager and ineffective. The one next month called by Chuo will be the same. <br /><br />Now why don't the Chavista thugs accept a referendum? Because they are Thieves that love Power and Money. Because they have nowhere to go, unless they are willing to flee with their stolen millions to Europe. But they can't even speak English.. so they wouldn't be too comfortable. And because they risk jail at some point. And loss of properties. <br /><br />And because every month counts: They can steal a lot every month. So if they hang on to power 5 months, or until the 2019 Presidential elections, well that's a lot of cash to steal every week. That way they buy time, bribe more people, and figure out an escape plan. <br />Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-37706527628800137462016-08-11T01:34:57.598+02:002016-08-11T01:34:57.598+02:00I said a while ago that Castro will not lose Venez...I said a while ago that Castro will not lose Venezuela under any circumstances, and we need to remember that Maduro simply works for him. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190289424461705144noreply@blogger.com