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Venezuela’s Maduro was preparing to flee to Cuba but was stopped by Russia, Pompeo says
www.miamiherald.com ^ | April 30, 2019 6:32 PM | By Jim Wyss

Posted on 05/01/2019 6:12:49 AM PDT by Red Badger

enezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro was prepared to leave the country Tuesday and seek asylum in Cuba but was stopped by Russia, U.S. officials said.

“We’ve watched throughout the day, it’s been a long time since anyone’s seen Maduro,” Pompeo told CNN. “He had an airplane on the tarmac, he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it and the Russians indicated he should stay.”

Pompeo said Maduro had been planning to travel to Havana.

Asked if Maduro would have been allowed to safely depart for Cuba, Pompeo dodged the question.

“Mr. Maduro understands what will happen if he gets on that airplane. … He knows our expectations,” he said.

Maduro hasn’t made a public appearance since his rival, interim President Juan Guaidó, called on Venezuelans early Tuesday to take to the streets and oust the 57-year-old leader.

Venezuela and Cuba have been staunch allies, and the U.S. has accused the communist island of propping up Maduro.


TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: cuba; fakenews; gossip; maduro; mikepompeo; nicolasmaduro; pompeo; rumor; russia; venezuela
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To: Red Badger; Vigilanteman

Mussolini therapy. Maybe Cauecescu therapy.


41 posted on 05/01/2019 7:27:40 AM PDT by OKSooner ("...cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war..." - Marcus Antonius, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)
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To: VietVet876

“Gotta love it when the Secretary of State is a former CIA Director.”

You ain’t kidding.


42 posted on 05/01/2019 7:28:47 AM PDT by romanesq (For George Soros so loved the world, he gave us Obama.)
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To: ScottinVA

I never said that we should intervene militarily. No, we don’t need to send in the Marines, even though they’re very good at that kind of thing.

What we need to do, to help rid this hemisphere of Russian and Chinese influence, is to give monetary, logistical, moral and legal support to the opposition. We need to organize and support Brazil, Columbia and others who should be the ones (if anyone) to intervene, since it is literally their backyard. Hell, if we could get rid of Maduro and his regime by giving him a pallet with $1.5 billion of cash and a free flight to the repressive/Communist nation of his choice, then we should do it...but no US troops, that I have believed from the beginning.

But NOT doing nothing, either.


43 posted on 05/01/2019 7:34:09 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: OKSooner
The only difference between Cauecescu and Mussolini therapy was the drumhead court for the Cauecescu couple.

Personally, I prefer Julius Streicher therapy because it leaves a long and well documented record and a less messy grand finale.

44 posted on 05/01/2019 7:41:37 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve been saying this for months: Send in the Marines!


45 posted on 05/01/2019 8:11:52 AM PDT by myerson
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To: TangledUpInBlue
If it becomes a risk to the US, then we go in and level the place, full on. No holds barred.

It is a risk to the US.

Russia, China, and Cuba are deeply involved there.

46 posted on 05/01/2019 8:27:30 AM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: ScottinVA
".... the Venezuelans have shown they are in favor of socialism....they just don’t like Maduro right now...."

Gee, ya' think? That is a massive understatement.

Maduro has run off 3.4 million of his own people to nearby countries and others, like the US.

Why? The people are leaving Venezuela due to horrendous living conditions and hardships that are a direct result of failed socialist policies.

They include government corruption, rampant crime in the streets, food and medicine shortages that have left grocery store shelves empty and hospital with no drugs to treat people with. People are literally starving to death.

Hyperinflation, which hit 2.3 million percent in February 2019 has caused their currency to become worthless.

This is the same socialism that politicians in our own country are pushing. Those who support it simply do not understand the realities of socialism. It sounds good on paper but in the real world, things go south quickly.

But the Venezuelans are very familiar with the realities of socialism and its failure to produce a thriving economy as promised by the Marxists.

47 posted on 05/01/2019 8:31:46 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: HotHunt

I know what the current conditions in Venezuela are; my point is it’s on THEM to rectify those issues themselves.

The longer that country agonizes over its decisions to adopt socialism, the better likelihood of success for those who reject it.


48 posted on 05/01/2019 10:36:15 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: Vigilanteman
Nicolae Ceaușescu therapy.
49 posted on 05/01/2019 11:15:26 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (BUTTGIGGITY ! It's an anal thing. You wouldn't understand.)
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To: ScottinVA
Gee, I didn't know we had invaded Venezuela already. Maybe I missed something.

Venezuela IS trying to "rectify those issues themselves." We are on the sidelines observing the situation.

National Assembly president Guaidó is calling for Maduro's ouster and a return to fair elections.

The US has interests in the region to protect and doesn't want Russia in there stealing Venezuelan gold, which they may have done already or their oil. One US Republican congressman claims the Russians have installed nukes in Venezuela.

The statement by Bolton that said all options are on the table does not mean we are going to overtly interfere.

But as it is with any volatile regime overthrow, the US already has it's fingers in the pie trying to sway it out of Maduro's hands and into the hands of those who oppose socialism.

50 posted on 05/01/2019 11:16:20 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: HotHunt
Gee, I didn't know we had invaded Venezuela already. Maybe I missed something.

Nope.. not sure where I might've implied we did.

the US already has it's fingers in the pie trying to sway it out of Maduro's hands and into the hands of those who oppose socialism.

And until those who oppose socialism (most important, those in the Venezuelan military) turn out in sufficient numbers to make a difference, this will end relatively quickly. I'm not convinced enough anti-socialism forces exist there.

51 posted on 05/01/2019 11:25:48 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: ScottinVA
".... Nope.. not sure where I might've implied we did....."

I said it tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek. I wasn't being literal.

I was only making the point, albeit sarcastically, that the US is not down there with troops to kick Maduro out, but that the Venezuelans are trying to do it themselves.

52 posted on 05/01/2019 11:33:49 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: HotHunt

53 posted on 05/01/2019 11:37:15 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: pfony1

My plan is no plan. Let the South American countries deal with this. The US has too many problems of its own, including a massive looming federal debt problem and an invasion on our southern border.


54 posted on 05/01/2019 2:54:44 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: mjp

Have people noticed that in almost every instance where the US attempted to manage the world, that things have not turned out as planned?


55 posted on 05/01/2019 2:57:02 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: Antoninus

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/on-venezuela-america-should-check-its-regime-change-impulses-at-the-door/

from The American Conservative site


56 posted on 05/01/2019 3:27:21 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: Ancesthntr

from the American Conservative site

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/on-venezuela-america-should-check-its-regime-change-impulses-at-the-door/


57 posted on 05/01/2019 3:27:57 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: pfony1

from The American Conservative site

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/on-venezuela-america-should-check-its-regime-change-impulses-at-the-door/


58 posted on 05/01/2019 3:28:21 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: mjp

from The American Conservative site

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/on-venezuela-america-should-check-its-regime-change-impulses-at-the-door/


59 posted on 05/01/2019 3:28:44 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: Pining_4_TX

My guess is the Russians told him to stay and forced him to stay cause he used the countries oil deposits as collateral for Russian loans. They own his butt.


60 posted on 05/01/2019 3:37:10 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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