mr6666 Posted January 26, 2019 Glenn GreenwaldVerified account @ggreenwald 8h8 hours ago Mike Pompeo, just back from blowing kisses to the murderous despots of Saudi Arabia and the UAE (and sending arms to them), says "we cannot ignore the suffering or tyranny taking place in this proud nation" & somehow thinks anyone outside of the US will believe this: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted January 27, 2019 49 minutes ago, Gershwin fan said: THE HORROR!!!! (sorry the world doesn't need to see that!) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 28, 2019 The HillVerified account @thehill 2h2 hours ago JUST IN: Venezuela opposition leader says he's in talks with military officials to force out Maduro http://hill.cm/f694Bku Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhov Posted January 28, 2019 5 hours ago, mr6666 said: The HillVerified account @thehill 2h2 hours ago JUST IN: Venezuela opposition leader says he's in talks with military officials to force out Maduro http://hill.cm/f694Bku Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCid Posted January 28, 2019 12 hours ago, mr6666 said: The HillVerified account @thehill 2h2 hours ago JUST IN: Venezuela opposition leader says he's in talks with military officials to force out Maduro http://hill.cm/f694Bku Be interesting to see what kind of deal he will have to cut. The military has long sided with whoever gave them the best pieces of the pie, not the people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 28, 2019 POLITICOVerified account @politico 3m3 minutes ago Trump slapped sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned petroleum company, his latest move against a regime he has deemed illegitimate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 28, 2019 Ned PriceVerified account @nedprice My eagle-eyed colleague spotted on Bolton’s notepad what sure looks like: “Afghanistan—>welcome the talks. 5,000 troops to Colombia” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 28, 2019 NBC PoliticsVerified account @NBCPolitics 7m7 minutes ago No US troops or assets are heading to Colombia or Venezuela, three Defense officials tell @NBCNews, despite the notes seen on NSA Bolton's notepad today - @ckubeNBC https://nbcnews.to/2sRt5mj Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 28, 2019 Bank of England blocks Maduro's $1.2B gold withdrawal - report .......... The move by the Bank of England came after top U.S. officials urged the British government to help cut off Maduro's access to his country's assets, the report said, and instead steer them towards opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has claimed the presidency. .... https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/26/uk/venezuela-maduro-bank-of-england-gold-withdrawal-gbr-intl/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted January 29, 2019 I've covered South America a bit in person. Things are insane down there; not in the same way as they are in North America. Different kind of buzz. It's a wholly oddball place; things are more solid but somehow less trustworthy; or trustworthy in a different way. Like the water. Very much recommend the novels of Wilson Harris. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 29, 2019 Bolton just exposed real motive for intervention in Venezuela: "We're in conversation with major American companies now ...It would make a difference if we could have American companies produce the oil in Venezuela. We both have a lot at stake here." 6:49 PM - 28 Jan 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, HIGHWAY said: Hey, in Vietnam the old saying was 'we have to kill them, to save them'. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MovieMadness Posted January 30, 2019 Venezuela Has 20 Tons of Gold Ready to Ship. Address Unknown Venezuelan lawmaker Jose Guerra dropped a bombshell on Twitter Tuesday: The Russian Boeing 777 that had landed in Caracas the day before was there to spirit away 20 tons of gold from the vaults of the country’s central bank. The claim set off a welter of social media speculation and outrage. When asked how he knew this, Guerra provided no evidence. Just another outlandish comment from a lawmaker trying to draw attention to the plight of crisis-torn Venezuela? Perhaps not. For one thing, Guerra is a former central bank economist who remains in touch with old colleagues there. For another, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg News Tuesday that 20 tons of gold have been set aside in the central bank for loading. Worth some $840 million, the gold represents about 20 percent of its holdings of the metal in Venezuela, the person said. He provided no further information on plans for those bars. With strongman President Nicolas Maduro losing control of the country’s already-scant finances and reserves thanks to U.S. sanctions, who can put his hands on the nation’s estimated 200 tons of gold at home and abroad has become a key question. The nation owes billions to its patrons Russia and China as well as bondholders, and also needs hard currency to buy food for its starving people. Venezuela has been trying for years to increase its gold reserves by encouraging mining, putting the military in charge of vast territories that yield the precious metal. State gold processor Minerven melts the ore into bars, which military aircraft take to airbases around Caracas. Soldiers regularly unload it into armored vehicles bound for the central bank and beyond. The U.S. has been working to put National Assembly head Juan Guaido, who says he is the nation’s rightful president, in charge of Venezuelan finances and starve the regime. Last week, the Bank of England denied Maduro officials’ request to withdraw $1.2 billion of gold stored there after top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton, lobbied their U.K. counterparts to cut off the regime from its overseas assets. ************************************************** Why does this guy remind me so much of Obama? Maybe it's the plane loads of money that went to Iran, and Bush sending a ton to Iraq. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 30, 2019 Elliott Abrams, Trump’s Pick to Bring “Democracy” to Venezuela, Has Spent His Life Crushing Democracy- "....Mike Pompeo named Abrams as America’s special envoy for Venezuela. According to Pompeo, Abrams “will have responsibility for all things related to our efforts to restore democracy” in the oil-rich nation. The choice of Abrams sends a clear message to Venezuela and the world: The Trump administration intends to brutalize Venezuela, while producing a stream of unctuous rhetoric about America’s love for democracy and human rights. Combining these two factors — the brutality and the unctuousness — is Abrams’s core competency...... Abrams participated in many of the most ghastly acts of U.S. foreign policy from the past 40 years, all the while proclaiming how deeply he cared about the foreigners he and his friends were murdering. Looking back, it’s uncanny to see how Abrams has almost always been there when U.S. actions were at their most sordid. ....... https://theintercept.com/2019/01/30/elliott-abrams-venezuela-coup/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted February 1, 2019 Tulsi GabbardVerified account @TulsiGabbard 7h7 hours ago “Coercion, whether military or economic, must never be used to seek a change in government in a sovereign state. The use of sanctions by outside powers to overthrow an elected government is in violation of all norms of international law,” warns UN expert. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24131&LangID=E … Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted February 1, 2019 Venezuela's Guaido lays out broad vision for the country During the speech, the self-declared interim president says police went to his home in an attempt to intimidate him. "We have a plan, well thought out, structured," Guaido said at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences in the Central University of Venezuela on Thursday, noting that "it is the sum of many sacrifices". The "National Plan" focuses on the opposition's vision for the economy and oil resources, but it also tackles public services, security, governability and society. Guaido said there would be something for everyone in society to do as Venezuela moved forward, including the military. "The armed forces also have a role in the reconstruction of the country," he said........... In Thursday's speech, Guaido divided the plan into three phases: the "cessation of the usurpation", the establishment of a "transitional government" and free elections. According to Guaido, the priorities include the coordination of humanitarian assistance, the restoration of public services and an effort to tackle people's dependency on subsidies. 'No dialogue with Maduro' Guaido indicated that there would be no dialogue with Maduro or anyone in his government..... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/venezuela-guaido-lays-broad-vision-country-190131175355984.html?fbclid=IwAR2xLOf2Z7Y1zCjrzoJbeiy0F2EaPwO_oXGl9fcoBhM27XtF2I-zCH3zvG0&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c5384fb04d3011324a1f306&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
