US accuses Venezuela's leader of operating 'a kleptocracy'

[TomSea]

Klepto - You are stealing from the nation, kleptocracy, a government that does.

US accuses Venezuela's leader of operating 'a kleptocracy'
By EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS –  A U.S. official on Monday accused Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro of "rapacious corruption" and operating "a kleptocracy" on a rarely seen scale that includes not only embezzling from the state-owned oil company but stealing from a government program created to feed millions of hungry people.

Marshall Billingslea, the U.S. Treasury's assistant secretary for terrorist financing, alleged at an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council that corruption by Maduro, his wife Celia Flores and their inner circle "have laid low a once great nation, and impoverished millions."

The result, he said, is "a humanitarian crisis threatening regional stability," a near-collapse of Venezuela's oil production, and an economy "now in a death spiral."

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/09/10/us-accuses-venezuelas-leader-operating-kleptocracy.html

[Frank Cannon]

LOL. Looks like Tommy found the Bitmoji app.

[mountaineer]

Venezuela Calls for Massive March Against U.S. amid Talk of Military Coup
10 Sep 2018
By Ben Kew

Officials in Venezuela called for a massive march against the United States and “imperialism” on Sunday following reports that the Trump administration met with disaffected members of the country’s military.

On Sunday, leading socialist Diosdado Cabello announced “a march against imperialism and in honor of Salvador Allende,” a Marxist Chilean leader overthrown via a U.S.-backed military coup. “Imperialism and the government of the United States admitted to having met at least three times with military coup leaders to carry out a coup d’état.”

At an event by the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Cabello also blamed the U.S. for the failed alleged assassination attempt on Maduro at a military parade last month, an incident initially blamed on internal actors. ...

The announcement came a day after the New York Times reported that the Trump administration met with members of the Venezuelan military who wanted to discuss ousting Maduro but ultimately decided not to back the operation over fears that it had not been planned thoroughly. The White House responded to the report Times by admitting that it engages in “dialogue with all Venezuelans who demonstrate a desire for democracy [to] bring positive change to a country that has suffered so much under Maduro.”   ...

Full story at Breitbart

How far can starving people march?