Posted on 02/05/2015 8:50:39 AM PST by fungoking
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for a relationship with the United States based on diplomacy and an end to what he claims is a US plan to destabilise his government. Mr Maduro was speaking to supporters in Caracas before meeting the Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), Ernesto Samper. He later asked Mr Samper to mediate between Venezuela and the US. The US imposed sanctions against Venezuelan officials in December. They were aimed at those allegedly involved in suppressing the anti-government protests that shook Venezuela in the first six months of 2014. On Monday, the US also imposed visa restrictions on unnamed Venezuelan officials it accuses of human rights violations and corruption. 'New tone' Addressing crowds of supporters in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, Mr Maduro called on the US president to "rectify and stop in time the coup plan (that would see) the destruction of Venezuela. "President Obama, I say this with goodwill: We hope that you set a new and different tone with Venezuela." Relations between the US and Venezuela have been tense for many years. The two countries last had ambassadors in each other's capitals in 2010. Mr Maduro later told a news conference he had asked Unasur to "support the South American country" by mediating with the US. For his part, Ernesto Samper said he would take Mr Maduro's concerns to Unasur member states, adding that it was them who could decide on whether to take any action. The South American union is based in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito, and is made up of 12 countries, including Venezuela. Mr Maduro's comments come days after he accused US Vice-President Joe Biden of plotting a coup against his left-wing government, an allegation that Mr Biden's office called "baseless and patently false".
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He wants our printed money to prop up his communism. After all, Obie gave it to Cuba.
His economy is in collapse, largely because of drop in oil prices. Better to make nice with Obama now than trust the next administration.
Maduro is desperate for money. He understands that Obama is an easy touch for American taxpayer’s money.
There, fixed it.
Mediation huh?
is that what they call BEGGING down in that neck of the woods??
Meanwhile, there were also signs that the strident, Chávez-style anti-American message that Mr. Maduro used during the campaign would now be set aside to improve Venezuela’s strained relations with the United States.
Just to keep this POS in context.
No, it’s a piece of Kabuki theater designed to (as always) vilify the US as oppressing Venezuela. This is a way of acknowledging Vens’ problems while backhandedly blaming the US. Despite all the love showered upon Chavez and his identical successor by 0bama for “successfully” operating this socialist utopia, they really need to feel the hate to feel like, if only the right conditions were in place, all would be good.
The collapse is more likely due to making private property illegal.
Better title ...
Venezuela seeks US handout
Here’s a thought: fellow socialist Obama might have suggested the move.
More accurately Venezuela seeks mediation with sympathetic communist in white house.
We have toilet paper, he wants it. Must have heard about the stack of it I have in my shed.
Sniffing around for a big check from hussein.
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