Posted on 02/15/2014 1:43:36 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather
Florida lawmakers are trying to turn the Obama administration’s attention toward two weeks of escalating deadly protests in Venezuela, where protesters frustrated with the socialist government have taken to the streets to demand a better country.
The late Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian experiment, continued by his handpicked successor Nicolas Maduro, has resulted in an economy in tatters, sky-high crime, and massive government corruption.
Maduro has put the world on “alert” that he’s “facing a developing coup plan against the democracy and the government that I preside over, orchestrated by a small group of irresponsible leaders, violent, full of hatred and personal ambitions.” Protesters have demanded he resign.
“So we are deeply concerned by rising tensions, by the violence surrounding these February 12th protests, and by the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. We join the Secretary General of the OAS in condemning the violence and calling on authorities to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of peaceful protestors. We also call on the Venezuelan government to release the 19 detained protestors and urge all parties to work to restore calm and refrain from violence,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said at Friday’s press briefing.
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“has resulted in an economy in tatters, sky-high crime, and massive government corruption. “
Why does that sound so familiar?
Why should our socialist pig help a nation become free from THEIR socialist pig ?
Chavistas, Sandinistas, 0bamanistas, all the same.
Where’s Mccain? He supported protests in the Middle East. He’s silent on this one!
The left hates these people they have strong faith. They even pray.
If only the opposition were Muslim Brotherhood then they might get some help from this Administration.
I know, sad it has to come to this.
What the people can not win in the courts and election booths, they will have to win in the streets.
I was there almost 30 years ago, the people deserve better.
Obama will not touch this issue. He will ignore it until he is forced to comment upon it. Even then, he will deflect.
His fear is that WE the people are watching Venezuela. Time for more bread and circuses.
“Pray for the people in Venezuela.”
Yes.
Another ‘experiment’ in socialism / communism. Wonder what the left will blame this failure on, as they keep pushing the same disaster on the rest of us.
Doesn’t anyone own a sniper rifle in Venezuela?
WOW!
You can see the brass being ejected!
Sickening to watch.
SAD.
I submit that president 0 will be helping the communists.
bttt
Thanks sheikdetailfeather.
The bloody, ignoble death of the commie dictator Nicolas Maduro is being prepared by the good citizens of Venezuela.
Watch, you thieving, elitist pigs. You are next.
Starving people are known to become cranky and violent .... who’d of thunk?
Depends. Reagan was extraordinarily successful in defeating the forces of authoritarianism without ever engaging the military -- which is probably what you're concerned with.
In most cases, he did it by publicly offering America's moral support. E.g., "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
I would submit that President Obama could give the Venezuelan protesters a substantial leg up by expressing support for their cause.
He won't do that, of course.
Who in this world gives a damn about what Obama has to say about anything?
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