VENEZUELANS 'TAKING IT TO THE STREETS'

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE ^ | February 17, 2014 | Humberto Fontova

[Dqban22]

Venezuelans ‘Taking it to the Streets’

Posted By Humberto Fontova On February 17, 2014 @ 12:05 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 19 Comments

“Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro.” (Sean Penn, March 5, 2013.)

Protests rocked Venezuela this week. Hundreds of Venezuelans were arrested by Cuban-trained police and at least three were shot dead by Cuban-trained paramilitary storm-troopers. As we go to press, Caracas is under a military clampdown with government troops guarding most public buildings and patrolling the streets.

In brief, Venezuelans have had it with the corruption, shortages, censorship, 56% inflation rate, crime and general privations brought on by the late Hugo Chavez’ “Bolivarian Revolution,” especially as implemented by Chavez’ successor Nicholas Maduro, who won last October’s elections–most non-Hollywood observers believe—by stealing them.

Now Maduro and his cronies are stealing the country blind. It’s all under the guise of something the Chavistas call “21th Century Socialism,” mind you. But it still amounts to the government stealing businesses and replacing the owners and managers with vengeful, bumbling and rapacious government hacks. So the results exactly mimic those of old-fogey 20th century socialism. Here’s a nation sitting atop the world’s largest oil reserves and earning $100 BILLION in oil revenues annually—while its citizens can’t find toilet paper in any stores.

But no matter how hard daily life becomes for Venezuelans, no matter how menacingly looms the prospect of national bankruptcy, no matter how drastically oil production drops–President Maduro keeps shipping 100,000 barrels of oil to Castro’s Cuba daily. Venezuelan subsidies to Cuba last year were estimated to total $10 billion. That’s more than double what the Soviets used to send.

So, as you might imagine, the Castro regime’s interest in the Maduro regime’s “durability” probably exceeds even Sean Penn’s interest. To that end around 50,000 Cubans infest Venezuela. The media (especially those networks and agencies bestowed Havana bureaus) all claim these Cubans are all “doctors and teachers.” Actual Venezuelans know better. In fact the Venezuelan secret police is essentially controlled by KGB-trained Cubans. Maduro’s very platoon of bodyguards is headed by Cubans. This is the type of “teaching” most valued by such as Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro, who the Castro regime took under their wing as far back as the 1990’s. Maduro’s Quisling-esque qualities shone even then.

The thousands of young Venezuelans (mostly college students) who took to Venezuela’s streets this week demanded, essentially, that the Venezuelan government abide by the Venezuelan constitution and end their pathetic subservience to the Castros.

“We are not Cuba!” chanted Venezuelan demonstrators in front of a hotel hosting Cuban baseball players last week, before being arrested. Another dig came from the leader of the Venezuelan opposition party behind most of this week’s protests Leopoldo Lopez. Venezuela’s rubber stamp judiciary recently issued an arrest warrant against him. So the 42 year old Harvard-educated firebrand Tweeted back: “Come on, Maduro. You don’t have the guts to arrest me. Or are you waiting your orders from Havana?”

In fact as we go to press, Lopez has not been arrested.

Most Venezuelans blame the Maduro government’s dirty work, including the three dead demonstrators, on paramilitary storm-troopers called “colectivos” (collectives.) “Chavez called them (the colectivos) the armed wing of his Revolution,” revealed Anthony Daquíne ex-security assesor of Venezuela’s Interior Ministry. “In essence they are paramilitary groups. The leaders of the collectives have traveled to Cuba for socialist education and military training.”

Hugo Chavez’ inspirational debt to Ernesto “Che” Guevara is such that he titled his regime’s socio-economic model, “Mision Che Guevara.” So unsurprisingly, many of these Cuban-trained storm-troopers regard Che Guevara with great affection, even as their inspiration.

“Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental mandates! Instead they must dedicate themselves to study, work and military service! The very spirit of rebellion is reprehensible!” raved Che Guevara in a famous speech in 1961.

“My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood. Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any vencido that falls in my hands” raved Ernesto Guevara in a book later known as The Motorcycle Diaries. The Spanish world vencido, by the way, translates into defeated, hence surrendered, hence defenseless.

So, indeed, what could be more fitting than murdering unarmed youngsters while worshiping Che Guevara?

[Capt. Tom]

I think people are starting to feel something is very wrong with the world.

Today, radio, TV, instant communications and the Internet give everyone a real-time look at worldwide problems. - tom

[GeronL]

The protests and such are pretty close to blacked out in Venezuela

[dfwgator]

Today, radio, TV, instant communications and the Internet give everyone a real-time look at worldwide problems.

But what are they watching? American Idol(atry) and all that other mindless garbage.

[kidd]

Is Obama’s silence also an implicit endorsement of Maduro’s brutal repression of those who oppose his illegitimate regimen?

You know that it is.

[Capt. Tom]

But what are they watching? American Idol(atry) and all that other mindless garbage.

Not us Freepers. - Tom

[Jane Long]

So sad. Such a brave, beautiful young lady. She died fighting for her country, though.

[PoloSec]

Around the world people are in the streets demanding freedom from oppressive gov’t, but here in the U.S., we whistle past the graveyard.

[Therapsid]

Millions were in the street ....and I think many more that 5 are in the ground.

We should BE there
but I guess The Muslim “brotherhood” has special needs.......cant go around helping EVERYBODY.

I think mr. penn....needs to visit ....walk the streets and really TALK to the people.Shake some hands....kiss some babies..shouldnt need security...everyone loves him there...He should grow a pair and get on down there.

oh well

[Therapsid]

Check out the 9th the photo

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/photography/2014/02/venezuela_protest_photos_police_and_protesters_clash_during_demonstrations.html

[Biggirl]

Americans are starting to do just that. Operation American Spring is coming to Washington DC on May 16, 2014.

http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/

[Biggirl]

For now that is.

[Biggirl]

More explained:

http://www.truthandaction.org/operation-american-spring-ret-colonel-creates-march-washington-may-16-2014/

[Paladin2]

Bammy has made the US a Banana Republic.

[Dqban22]

Where have all the Flower Children gone?

By: Humberto Fontova

2/21/2014

http://www.humanevents.com/2014/02/21/where-have-all-the-flower-children-gone/

That silence you hear issues from the media/celebrity axis regarding the massive protests in Venezuela where hip college kids are being beaten, tear-gassed, and shot down in a manner to shame anything done by Mayor Daley’s police in 1968 or the Ohio National Guard in 1970. Six Venezuelan youths are confirmed dead and hundreds have been injured and/or arrested.

Forget looking in the mainstream media for the nitty-gritty of this communist repression. The Venezuelan regime —under the (literal!) and expert tutelage of their Cuban colonial overlords–is easily censoring the sheeplike mainstream media. The truth is getting out through social media.
Please don’t miss these dramatic videos.

http://caracaschronicles.com/2014/02/19/19f/