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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #50 on: July 30, 2024, 10:28:42 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on July 30, 2024, 10:00:51 am
Vice President Kamala Harris
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The United States stands with the people of Venezuela who expressed their voice in today’s historic presidential election. The will of the Venezuelan people must be respected. Despite the many challenges, we will continue to work toward a more democratic, prosperous, and secure future for the people of Venezuela.



Such hollow words.....   I look forward to how the MSM asks her what she would do about it......  (uhhhh....nevermind)
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #51 on: July 30, 2024, 11:08:36 am »
Quote from: LMAO on July 30, 2024, 10:03:52 am
Does she side with Maduro or the opposition?
Oh never mind. It’s Kamala Harris
She probably thinks the "will of the people" was Maduro, despite his opponent getting over 60% of the vote.
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #52 on: July 30, 2024, 11:09:59 am »
Unconfirmed:
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has fled from the Miraflores Palace.

https://twitter.com/DMichaelTripi/status/1818244161801277462

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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #53 on: July 30, 2024, 11:46:55 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on July 30, 2024, 11:09:59 am
Unconfirmed:
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has fled from the Miraflores Palace.mg width=400 height=303]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GTu1V5jWAAANjIZ?format=jpg&name=small[/img]

Wow, how cool would this be if confirmed.  I hope they execute him on site. 
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #54 on: July 30, 2024, 11:54:46 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on July 30, 2024, 11:46:55 am
Wow, how cool would this be if confirmed.  I hope they execute him on site.

Agree

If this turns out to be true, and Venezuela starts the march  away from its socialist policies, it can be a thriving country once again

Venezuela is an oil rich country. Chavez thought he could pay for all his social spending through oil revenues, but that failed spectacularly


I have my fingers crossed for the good people of Venezuela, who have suffered enough
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #55 on: July 30, 2024, 01:22:07 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on July 30, 2024, 11:54:46 am
Agree

If this turns out to be true, and Venezuela starts the march  away from its socialist policies, it can be a thriving country once again

Venezuela is an oil rich country. Chavez thought he could pay for all his social spending through oil revenues, but that failed spectacularly


I have my fingers crossed for the good people of Venezuela, who have suffered enough

I know several people who spent most of their working lives in Venezuela before Chavez showed up. It was a great place to live and work back then.
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2024, 02:11:47 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on July 30, 2024, 11:54:46 am
Agree

If this turns out to be true, and Venezuela starts the march  away from its socialist policies, it can be a thriving country once again

Venezuela is an oil rich country. Chavez thought he could pay for all his social spending through oil revenues, but that failed spectacularly


I have my fingers crossed for the good people of Venezuela, who have suffered enough
Oil rich doesn't cover it, quite. They have the largest oil reserves of any nation, even if it is low gravity (heavy) high sulfur crude.
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #57 on: July 30, 2024, 04:23:31 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on July 30, 2024, 11:09:59 am
Unconfirmed:
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has fled from the Miraflores Palace.


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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #58 on: July 30, 2024, 04:29:03 pm »
Catfish says:
"I hope they execute him on site."

Anwhere on the street will do.
ceausecu-style:


This will really depend on what the army and local police chiefs do...
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #59 on: July 30, 2024, 04:29:15 pm »
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #60 on: July 30, 2024, 04:31:22 pm »
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #61 on: July 30, 2024, 04:33:03 pm »
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #62 on: July 30, 2024, 04:36:18 pm »
Sounds like all hell is going to break lose down there. 

While the White House is semi-vacant
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #63 on: July 30, 2024, 04:37:02 pm »
Reading around the web I see that things are going kinetic in Venezuela.

To crib from Mark Twain and with regards to Maduro's pending funeral I will not be attending but I adamantly approve!
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #64 on: July 30, 2024, 06:19:26 pm »
 The Maduro dictatorship has just signed the arrest warrant against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (she wasn't even the candidate running against him, because they saddled her with corruption charges):

https://twitter.com/GatewayHispanic/status/1818396792989299038


https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1818398551098929386
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #65 on: July 30, 2024, 09:28:31 pm »
Where is the American President?  Does America support democracy or not?
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #66 on: July 30, 2024, 10:33:23 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on July 30, 2024, 09:28:31 pm
Does America support democracy or not?

Well, that depends how the administration defines "Democracy"

"Democracy" to the administration simply means keeping Democrats in power for eternity

 
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #67 on: July 30, 2024, 10:33:52 pm »
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #68 on: July 30, 2024, 10:47:56 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on July 30, 2024, 04:29:15 pm

https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1818358762081489204

if Maduro is losing the support of the military leaders then he's finished
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #69 on: July 31, 2024, 09:47:14 am »
Venezuelans are raiding warehouses controlled by Maduro’s forces and they’re finding massive stockpiles of medicines and food. It’s becoming evident the regime was keeping it all to themselves to manufacture artificial shortages and make the public dependent on the regime.

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1818499397153423683
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #70 on: July 31, 2024, 10:26:38 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on July 30, 2024, 09:28:31 pm
Where is the American President?  Does America support democracy or not?

Obama screwed over dissidents who were rising against Iran's Mullahcracy, and if it matters, Biden and Foggy Bottom will screw over those trying to overthrow Maduro. Foggy Bottom and Dem POTUSes don't want status quo changed.
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #71 on: July 31, 2024, 10:28:44 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on July 31, 2024, 09:47:14 am
Venezuelans are raiding warehouses controlled by Maduro’s forces and they’re finding massive stockpiles of medicines and food. It’s becoming evident the regime was keeping it all to themselves to manufacture artificial shortages and make the public dependent on the regime.

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1818499397153423683

It isn't Socialism that failed.  They simply had the wrong person running it.
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #72 on: July 31, 2024, 12:51:48 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on July 31, 2024, 10:28:44 am
It isn't Socialism that failed.  They simply had the wrong person running it.

Socialism is always run by the wrong people. Always.
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #73 on: July 31, 2024, 01:44:51 pm »
Well, according to the New York Times, it was capitalism that failed Venezuela
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Re: Venezuela opposition seeks to end 25 years of socialist power in Sunday vote
« Reply #74 on: July 31, 2024, 01:47:52 pm »
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Well, according to the New York Times, it was capitalism that failed Venezuela

The New York Times has been on the Commie bandwagon since at least the early 1920s with Walter Durante leading the band!
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