Posted on 05/01/2017 3:15:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Venezuela’s increasingly embattled president called Monday for a new constitution as an intensifying protest movement entered a second month amid clashes between police and demonstrators.
After hundreds of thousands took to the streets again to call for his ouster, President Nicolás Maduro announced that he was calling for a citizens assembly and a new constitution for the economically flailing South American nation. He said the move was needed to restore peace and stop his political opponents from trying to carry out a coup.
Opposition leaders immediately objected, charging that Maduro was seeking to further erode Venezuela’s constitutional order. …
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Yes, if only Maduro were the absolute ruler then everything would be fine in Venezuela.
Ugh.
Socialism ALWAYS leads to tyranny by the few who hold power as the nation crumbles and the people suffer.
He’ll probably get his way. A new phony constitution that gives him ultimate power. But things won’t get any better of course. And he’ll end up swinging from a lamp post when the people rise up and ask some other communist takes over. Then the cycle repeats. Welcome to latin american politics.
Either Maduro gets deposed or Venezuela will become yet another socialist killing field.
Maduro needs to get The Burn down there to ‘splain how the economy needs to be.
When are the Venusians, the Venezuelans, whatever, going to recognize that their messiah awaits their call?
Obama is custom made for the job.
A rudderless commie state. A gay muslim commie without a day job.
Perfect match.
Baraq should go down there and set things right. Since he’s an unemployed “light being” and political genius and all that.
Article one section one: government can do whatever the hell it wants. No further amendments are allowed.
GMTA
we need to find a way to hurry this along
Maduro is riding a tiger, and can’t get off.
He can’t reduce subsidies to the underclass, because they supply the thugs who keep him in power. He can’t continue the subsidies, because the money is running out.
His current choices are (A) flee Venezuela while he can, and let it collapse behind him, versus (B) stick around until it collapses, and wind up hanging from a meat-hook.
A constitution written by a dictator is fake law.
Oh hell yeah,
What could go wrong?
Just one more mookabooker who needs a dirt nap.
Rope’s cheaper. Bring enough for the whole crew.
It would be an interesting experiment as to what Obama would choose to do if given reins of Venezuela tomorrow.
He would step tight back into his role as the public face for the same shadowy cabal of anti-American globalists who snuck him into the White House.
A constitution written to give him complete and unlimited powers for life or until assassination, whichever comes first.
Isn’t that what Erdogan just did in Turkey -— and allowed himself far more power. Same here for Maduro - who would trust him at this point.
I’m buying lamp post futures.
Socialism ALWAYS leads to tyranny
And tyranny usually leads to massive deaths.
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