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Venezuela president declares emergency, citing U.S. domestic 'threats'
The Telegraph ^ | 5/14/2016 | Reuters

Posted on 05/13/2016 10:45:52 PM PDT by Nextrush

Nicholas Maduro, the Venezuelan president declared a 60-day state of emergency on Friday due to what he called plots from within the OPEC country and the United States to topple his leftist government.

Mr. Maduro did not provide details of the measure. A previous state of emergency, implemented in states near the Colombian border last year, suspended constitutional rights guarantees in those areas.......

Earlier on Friday, U.S. intelligence officials told reporters they were increasingly worried about the potential for an economic and political meltdown in Venezuela and predicted Mr. Maduro was not likely to complete his term.....

(Excerpt) Read more at thetelegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: colombia; cuba; hugochavez; maduro; murderedopponents; nationalassembly; nicaragua; nicholasmaduro; nicolasmaduro; opec; russia; socialisthell; stateofemergency; stuffedballotboxes; venezuela; venezuelacrisis
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Daniel, the Venezuelan blogger, is outside the country tonight and posting: 'unknown to me as I was typing this overseas, Maduro was in cadena announcing a new emergency decreed rendering moot the National Assembly and annulling Recall Election efforts for all practical purposes.....I have the feeling that the fall of Dilma (Brazil's impeached president) is going to speed up the conclusion of the Venezuelan farce......
1 posted on 05/13/2016 10:45:52 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

As if Obama would ever do anything to undermine a leftist government.


2 posted on 05/13/2016 10:47:54 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle ("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
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To: Nextrush

Link to story:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/14/venezuela-president-declares-emergency-citing-us-domestic-threat/


3 posted on 05/13/2016 10:51:40 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

Marxist governments always have one resource in abundance - they’re always fullash*t.


4 posted on 05/13/2016 10:52:55 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Nextrush

Cuba is in charge of Venezuela

Obama just legitimized them.

Maduro might be expendable, but it’s like replacing Stalin with Khrushchev.

The Americans are now allied with the COMINTERN.


5 posted on 05/13/2016 11:02:51 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Nextrush

State of emergency?

Dont they mean martial law to save Maduro’s ass.

The USA as bogeyman? How trite!


6 posted on 05/13/2016 11:04:17 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Nextrush

You have a link for “Daniel the Venezuelan Blogger”? Sounds interesting.


7 posted on 05/13/2016 11:05:25 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Nextrush

8 posted on 05/13/2016 11:21:14 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (God's blessing has been on America from the very beginning, and I believe God isn't done yet. TCruz)
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To: Nextrush

“called plots from within the OPEC country and the United States to topple his leftist government.”

I was dialing random numbers making prank calls the other
day and guess what...


9 posted on 05/13/2016 11:22:34 PM PDT by Slambat (Self-censoring in support of The Great Trump)
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To: Lucky9teen

Spot on!


10 posted on 05/13/2016 11:35:30 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please support Free Republic)
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To: Drago
Daniel the Venezuelan Blogger
11 posted on 05/13/2016 11:51:20 PM PDT by Joe Miner
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To: Nextrush

Dystopia: Venezuelans are now killing cats, dogs, and birds for food because socialism can't provide...

http://media.townhall.com/townhall/reu/ha/2016/118/80fbc037-20fd-4bac-8c9a-5aa19282365f.jpg

So, you know Venezuela is on the verge of economic collapse. The price of oil has dropped precipitously over the past few years—that’s a budgetary nightmare for a nation dependent on its oil exports. As a result, basic necessities, like toilet paper, are being rationed. There’s limited access to television and long distance phone service.

Read more at..http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/05/09/venezuelans-are-now-hunting-cats-dogs-and-birds-for-food-because-socialism-cant-provide-n2160036

12 posted on 05/14/2016 12:01:52 AM PDT by hamboy
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To: Drago

Sorry I didn’t link earlier.

Daniel is fortunate to be wealthy enough to travel out of the country to get medicine for friends and family.

His site:

http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/


13 posted on 05/14/2016 12:28:44 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Lucky9teen

LOL! I will be stealin’ that!


14 posted on 05/14/2016 12:30:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Nextrush

I wondered how long it would take them to trot out an outside enemy ...


15 posted on 05/14/2016 12:32:56 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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The devil is in the details of this new emergency decree, which some scholars in the country were telling the media last night entails restrictions on demonstrations and protests.

They also said that the opposition controlled National Assembly must vote on the state of emergency, but the regime controlled Supreme Court can overrule any “NO” vote they conjure up.


16 posted on 05/14/2016 12:44:21 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Jack Hammer
Marxist governments always have one resource in abundance

Party members or true believers willing to torture, maim or kill citizens that speak against the government.

17 posted on 05/14/2016 1:44:46 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Let's Roll
I wondered how long it would take them to trot out an outside enemy ...

I expect Maduro is complete wrong about the United States.

I expect any day now Obama will be sending Secretary John F(ing) Kerry on a mission to offer to shore up the Venezuelan government.

I don’t think Obama could stand to let a Socialist government fail on his watch.

18 posted on 05/14/2016 1:50:59 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Nextrush
If he can just hold out for another year, the populace will be too weak from hunger to revolt. Lookit the Norks.

Starvation has been their biggest weapon of mass murder through the ages.

Remember when Mr Sumohadiwijojo tole us we weren't gonna be able to eat the kinds of foods we want, nor as much of it? I do!

19 posted on 05/14/2016 1:53:50 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Nextrush

Marshal law? Our progressives are watching closely and drooling on themselves from various places.


20 posted on 05/14/2016 2:07:03 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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