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Maduro said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “assured me of support for Venezuela, more wheat, more investment in the oil sector, more investment in gas, more investment in telecommunications and more investment in military investments.” On Friday, Reuters reported that roughly 400 Kremlin-linked forces were in Venezuela to aid in Maduro’s protection.
Bill Brownfield, a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, suggested three main options for Maduro on Saturday.
Least likely, he said, was to order the military to force its way into the U.S. Embassy, provoking a direct confrontation with Washington. Slightly more probable, he said, is to quietly encourage pro-government supporters to do the work for him.
Maduro “withdraws all security . . . they come over the gates. What they probably would do is to destroy, or at least to strip, every one of the outer buildings,” he said. “I doubt a mob could get into the building itself.”
Most likely, though, is that Maduro “settles down for a siege” of the compound and doesn’t allow anyone in or out “until they are ready to go home.”
A memo from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas obtained by The Washington Post warned that the “political and security situations are unpredictable and constantly changing” for the 124 Americans, including 46 family members, under its authority as of Thursday night. The memo also noted an estimated 47,500 U.S. citizens — the majority of whom are dual-nationals — are in the country.
So we are openly aiding a coup now.
So we are openly aiding a coup now.
I am no expert in Latin American foreign affairs but I don’t think you can call this a coup.
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So we are openly aiding a coup now.
That reads like a Republican fanfic to get rid of the Democrats and form a God-ordained Constitutional government. They just shutdown the government because Democrats won the House. Imagine what they’ll do if Democrats win the White House.
No.We are hearing the voices of Venezuelans who are living with a dictator. The President did what the US does..what all of you complain about.The President took the lead on what is clearly a humanitarian crisis.
Oh my..look now at who is back in bed with the Vlad and the Russians. Just like old times
the donkey-Russkie collaboration worked really well in concocting the Steele dossier
Why didn’t dear leader, I mean the President, step up and help the people of Nicaragua at any point over the last year, as their dictator violently suppressed civil rights, killed up to 500 people, and incarcerated 3000 more? What’s the difference with this Venezuela situation?