On the eve of major planned opposition marches in Venezuela, US Vice President Mike Pence took the opportunity to issue a video message expressing support for the protests, condemning Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a “dictator” with no claim to power, and backed opposition leader Juan Guiado as the “last vestige of democracy” in the country.
Unsurprisingly, this didn’t go over well with Maduro, who ordered a “total revision” of diplomatic ties with the United States and accused the Trump Administration of trying to orchestrate a coup against him.
Which is probably not an inaccurate assessment. President Trump has been encouraging the Venezuelan military to oust Maduro for months, and the State Department has in recent weeks called for Guiado to immediately remove him from power.
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https://news.antiwar.com/2019/01/22/maduro-slams-us-after-pence-addresses-venezuelan-people/
Here we go again - trying to overthrow a democratically elected government in an oil rich nation. And we're still whining about Russian "election interference"?
Bottom line - What has Maduro done that Rep. AO-C doesn't advocate? If you can resolve that dilemma, you'll have a good idea what is happening in DC.
Here is further discussion of the issue:
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Looks like the VZ Army won't accept DC's intervention:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rt.com/news/449545-venezuela-defense-minister-constitution/
More discussion:
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