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Let's talk Venezuela

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    89th
    wrote on 30 Jul 2024, 19:27 last edited by
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    Had election.

    Maduro... claims he won, but other data says he lost by 75% of the vote to Gonzalez of the opposition party?

    Maduro just arrested Superlano, the opposition party's coalition leader?

    Civil war imminent.

    @jon-nyc I vote your next vacation is there, and plz report back. THANKS!

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      Mik
      wrote on 30 Jul 2024, 19:37 last edited by
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      Jon's gone all Inca on us. You won't see him in Caracas.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 30 Jul 2024, 20:31 last edited by jon-nyc
        #3

        I actually worked there for maybe 6-8 weeks in 1997. For PDVSA no less, the state run oil company.

        My last visit was in the fall of 1998, right around the time Chavez took power. I went there to visit a girl I had been working with in São Paulo (long story). Gasoline was 17c a gallon domestically.

        Around then I also spent some time in Bogota. At that time Bogota was dangerous and Caracas was safe. It’s exactly the opposite now.

        Something like 20% of the population has fled the country since then. Almost all the people I worked with there fled early, as they had good jobs with multinational corporations.

        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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          George K
          wrote on 30 Jul 2024, 23:04 last edited by George K
          #4

          Screenshot 2024-07-30 at 6.05.14 PM.png

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 31 Jul 2024, 13:02 last edited by
            #5

            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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              31 Jul 2024, 13:02

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              Jolly
              wrote on 31 Jul 2024, 13:41 last edited by
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              @jon-nyc said in Let's talk Venezuela:

              Yeah, but is it going to be enough?

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • J Jolly
                31 Jul 2024, 13:41

                @jon-nyc said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                Yeah, but is it going to be enough?

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                George K
                wrote on 31 Jul 2024, 13:43 last edited by
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                @Jolly said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                Yeah, but is it going to be enough?

                Exactly. It's very impressive, but I see stories that Maduro is cracking down on the protests and rallies.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 31 Jul 2024, 13:50 last edited by
                  #8

                  It wasn't in Iran.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    Renauda
                    wrote on 31 Jul 2024, 15:40 last edited by
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                    Maduro still has hold in over the army. If he were to lose that control then it’s good night Caracas for him and his regime.

                    Elbows up!

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 01:20 last edited by
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                      Hopefully it will work. Reading back on Premier Ceausescu, nobody really predicted that or thought it was possible. (But I think that was more of a coupe than a true public uprising and overthrow).

                      Sad what is happening to the people down there in Ven.

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 01:29 last edited by
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                        Well, at least some of the criminal element is out of the mix.

                        They're here...

                        https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/us-news/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-gives-green-light-to-shoot-denver-cops/

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          taiwan_girl
                          wrote on 3 Aug 2024, 02:58 last edited by
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                          The US signed a "secret" MOU with Venezuela last May '23 that would reduce sanctions and restore diplomacy IF Maduro held free fair elections.

                          I guess Maduro just read the part about holding elections. LOL

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                            3 Aug 2024, 02:58

                            The US signed a "secret" MOU with Venezuela last May '23 that would reduce sanctions and restore diplomacy IF Maduro held free fair elections.

                            I guess Maduro just read the part about holding elections. LOL

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on 3 Aug 2024, 12:56 last edited by
                            #13

                            @taiwan_girl said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                            The US signed a "secret" MOU with Venezuela last May '23 that would reduce sanctions and restore diplomacy IF Maduro held free fair elections.

                            I guess Maduro just read the part about holding elections. LOL

                            Nah, he just did a Biden.

                            A politically expedient big lie, with no intention of doing anything you say.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              3 Aug 2024, 12:56

                              @taiwan_girl said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                              The US signed a "secret" MOU with Venezuela last May '23 that would reduce sanctions and restore diplomacy IF Maduro held free fair elections.

                              I guess Maduro just read the part about holding elections. LOL

                              Nah, he just did a Biden.

                              A politically expedient big lie, with no intention of doing anything you say.

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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on 4 Aug 2024, 03:14 last edited by
                              #14

                              @Jolly As a county, Venezuela had a lot to gain if he had followed through. Sad for the citizens of the country.

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                              • T taiwan_girl
                                4 Aug 2024, 03:14

                                @Jolly As a county, Venezuela had a lot to gain if he had followed through. Sad for the citizens of the country.

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                                George K
                                wrote on 4 Aug 2024, 12:14 last edited by
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                                @taiwan_girl said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                                @Jolly As a county, Venezuela had a lot to gain if he had followed through. Sad for the citizens of the country.

                                I saw a chart indicating that pre-Chavez, Venezuela was the richest country in South America. It is now the poorest.

                                https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/08/venezuela-economic-woes-2017-explained/

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 5 Aug 2024, 18:39 last edited by
                                  #16

                                  Omg the stupid - it burns.

                                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                  • J jon-nyc
                                    5 Aug 2024, 18:39

                                    Omg the stupid - it burns.

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 9 Aug 2024, 00:53 last edited by
                                    #17

                                    @jon-nyc said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                                    Omg the stupid - it burns.

                                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                    • J jon-nyc
                                      9 Aug 2024, 00:53

                                      @jon-nyc said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                                      Omg the stupid - it burns.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 9 Aug 2024, 01:17 last edited by
                                      #18

                                      @jon-nyc said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                                      Now do Great Britain.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • J jon-nyc
                                        5 Aug 2024, 18:39

                                        Omg the stupid - it burns.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 10 Aug 2024, 00:50 last edited by
                                        #19

                                        @jon-nyc said in Let's talk Venezuela:

                                        Omg the stupid - it burns.

                                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 10 Aug 2024, 01:32 last edited by Jolly 8 Oct 2024, 09:49
                                          #20

                                          When Trump made that statement, was it correct?

                                          Trump's campaign line has been that the border problem has led to increased crime in the U.S., because Venezuela had shipped a lot of their criminals northward. Since they had less criminals, Venezuela 's crime rate had fallen.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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