I keep worrying he'll get capped. Kinda like Kennedy refusing a close topped limo in Dallas.
Posted on 05/02/2019 10:48:35 PM PDT by NorseViking
Maybe Venezuela’s most famous political prisoner, Leopoldo Lopez, was the thread that unraveled it all.
The overthrow that sputtered began when opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido tried to spark an uprising in Caracas on Tuesday, standing not only with masked soldiers who had defected but Lopez, his mentor and a cult figure in some circles. That dramatic turn sent a signal that this wasn’t mere posturing. To many watching, it seemed the opposition plan to replace President Nicolas Maduro was finally moving swiftly forward.
But it turns out that Lopez’s first appearance in public in years might actually have had the opposite effect and helped doom a deal two months in the making. It was a surprise to some in the Maduro regime who had, after talks with the opposition, agreed to take part in a handover of power. They consider Lopez an unreliable hothead and that contributed to their decision to pull out, some insiders said, along with the fact that they hadn’t been given any warning about the hastily organized event.
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Russians talking him into staying didn’t help either.
It aint over, but it is coming to attention.
Chavez is in hell and Maduro is on the way.
Why is Russia in Venezuela? Well it aint for the heavy sulfur crude, they want a presence in our backyard, and want warm water ports
Hey Ivan watch yer back.
One round , two thousand yards , end of problem
Either we allow the Russians and Chinese into our hemisphere or we don’t. But the second part of the Monroe Doctrine was that we would stay our of Europe and their business.
Seems like we reap what we sow.
Better question: Why is Iran in Venezuela....?
Very good question.
I am no fan of Colin Powell, but a saying of his pertains here: If you break it, it’s yours.
VZ has a population of about 33 million. How many are protesting? The videos(which could be limited) show no more than a bigger antifa gathering in Portland, maybe 3,000(?).
Must not be bad enough yet to get a critical mass crowd out.
And if our issue is with the Russians and Chinese, we can take that up with them directly.
No reason to start what would be an oil and endless-war war on the ground in a country that would be more physically challenging than Afghanistan or Vietnam.
I would have had far more respect for him if he had simply resigned. The guy who works for a retarded baboon is a bigger fool than the baboon.
Some Venezuelan patriot needs to step up and kill Maduro.
That’s a possibility but who would be his replacement?
I keep worrying he'll get capped. Kinda like Kennedy refusing a close topped limo in Dallas.
More like the Europeans would stick to their own business and we would leave existing colonies alone but they better not start trying to “accumulate” new colonies...and if they did crap that messed with us they could expect some “resistance”.
Maduro can not afford to let this guy live.
And he can’t afford to put him in some jail.
Any way ya look at it, it will be interesting.
I’d bet there are more than 100 russian soldiers there too
That’s why it’s going to take a “Pinochet” to get rid of Maduro.
The legally elected Juan Guaido.
Course our CIA has been responsible for lot of things in south America.
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