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Some comeuppance for Univision's Jorge Ramos? Detained in Venezuela by Maduro
American Thinker ^ | 02/26/2019 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 02/26/2019 6:53:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Univision's star anchorman, Jorge Ramos, got a taste of what a real dictator is over in Caracas, when, after showing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro a cell phone video of starving Venezuelans eating out of a garbage truck, found himself and his television crew shoved in a dark room for two and a half hours in detention, only to be released with their expensive television equipment and interview material stolen.

Here's the Washington Post report of what went down:

Journalist Jorge Ramos and his Univision team were detained at Nicolás Maduro's presidential palace in the Venezuelan capital Monday, reportedly because Maduro didn't like the questions the reporters were asking him during an interview.

The group was freed shortly after, said Daniel Coronell, Univision's president for news in the United States.  Coronell said Venezuelan government officials confiscated the journalists' equipment.

Ramos, in a phone interview with Univision after he was released, said the interview with Maduro lasted about 17 minutes.

"He didn't like the things we were asking him about the lack of democracy in Venezuela, about torture, political prisoners, the humanitarian crisis that they were living," he said.

But the breaking point came, Ramos said, after he showed Maduro a video of people eating from a garbage truck.

Here's Marco Rubio's tweet of the actual video:

This is the video that upset the dictator @NicolasMaduro.@jorgeramosnews recorded it on his cell phone in the streets of Caracas. When he played it for Maduro during the interview the dictator got angry & detained him & his crew in a dark room for over 2 hours. https://t.co/SwM6AKCeX2— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 26, 2019


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TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: cuba; hugochavez; jorgeramons; juanguaido; maduro; nicaragua; nicolasmaduro; oldnews; russia; venezuela
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1 posted on 02/26/2019 6:53:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.


2 posted on 02/26/2019 6:55:20 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ramos ran his loud mouth in the wrong country.


3 posted on 02/26/2019 6:56:17 AM PST by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: SeekAndFind

Embrace the suck, Jorge.


4 posted on 02/26/2019 6:58:05 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL. Good stuff. Shut the boy up for a while. He’s got a big mouth.


5 posted on 02/26/2019 6:58:34 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: SeekAndFind
Doesn't Maduro know who he is?

Must be a real blow to Whore-Gay.

6 posted on 02/26/2019 6:58:53 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: SeekAndFind

How long before Ramos blames Trump?


7 posted on 02/26/2019 6:59:31 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maduro is a real tyrant but there’s no chance Ramos will actually learn anything from the experience. I bet he’ll blame Maduro’s behavior on President Trump.


8 posted on 02/26/2019 7:00:41 AM PST by Spok
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To: SeekAndFind

Ramos is a Commie scum. He’ll continue defending Maduro. He’s a Useful Idiot.


9 posted on 02/26/2019 7:00:52 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now will he want Trump to get his sorry ass out?................good luck with that, pendejo!................


10 posted on 02/26/2019 7:04:37 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wonder when he’s heading to NK for an in depth review of that country?


11 posted on 02/26/2019 7:06:18 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: SeekAndFind

And he’ll be changing his long held view of Maduro’s brand of socialism as a result of this experience, right?

Hahaha. I’ll be holding my breath. Not.

He’ll come back and give a dozen interviews on every MSM network; raise his profile and visibility, and yield NOTHING in terms of his goofball views.


12 posted on 02/26/2019 7:08:45 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, Jorge gets a taste of what America would be like if his ideas took root. Tough noogies, dipstick.


13 posted on 02/26/2019 7:09:16 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey Jorge, this is what a REAL war on journalists looks like.


14 posted on 02/26/2019 7:12:00 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jorge may be an irritating anti-Trump jerk, but he isn’t a fool. He knows Trump is relentless; the pressure he is exerting on Maduro will eventually push him out of power, after which Jorge will make a return visit to his new hispanic fan base in Venezuela. Jorge is playing a long game to benefit himself.


15 posted on 02/26/2019 7:14:17 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Pls see my related comment #15.


16 posted on 02/26/2019 7:15:41 AM PST by Starboard
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To: SeekAndFind

Leftists believe if they protect and feed the crocodile, they will be the last ones eaten. It always takes them by surprise when their adopted socialist predators fail to show even that much gratitude.


17 posted on 02/26/2019 7:27:20 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: SeekAndFind

They should have kept him.
We don’t want him back.


18 posted on 02/26/2019 7:35:14 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

But do that to Trump and he responds by calling you a “bad person” and suddenly he’s the worst dictator on Earth.


19 posted on 02/26/2019 7:42:03 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Spok


Maduro is a real tyrant but there’s no chance Ramos will actually learn anything from the experience.

there are none so bind as those who will not see.


20 posted on 02/26/2019 8:24:50 AM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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