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Venezuelan President Is Chased by Angry Protesters
The New York Times ^ | September 3rd, 2016 | By NICHOLAS CASEY

Posted on 09/03/2016 2:36:44 PM PDT by Mariner

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro was chased at a routine political event by a crowd of angry protesters banging on pots and yelling that they were hungry, just days after thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets to call for his ouster, local news media reported on Saturday.

Scenes from the confrontation late Friday, which also appeared in videos uploaded to social media, captured the attention of Venezuelans, many of whom blame the unpopular president for the country’s food shortages.

In one video, Mr. Maduro tries to calm the pot-bangers by walking among them, only to be surrounded as the furious crowd yells obscenities.

“What is this?” an astounded voice behind the camera asks in one of the video clips.

Mr. Maduro had traveled from the capital, Caracas, to Margarita Island off Venezuela’s northern coast to inaugurate a number of new public housing units and give a televised address.

During the speech, he denounced his opponents’ calls for his removal from office, calling them “vampires” and saying they were preparing for violence.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: venezuela
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To: lee martell

Obama dare not mingle in such a public situation. He dare not appear in public at all....... he fears for his life


21 posted on 09/03/2016 4:05:46 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: Mariner

That is what is going to happen here if Trump doesn’t win this election...

Are you hearing Butcher of Benghazi, Barky and the rest of the never trumpers and RINOs???

You are all on our lists!!!


22 posted on 09/03/2016 4:08:57 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: Chickensoup

They should have grabbed him while they could.

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Yeah, it’s a shame they missed their chance. He will surely be much more careful now.


23 posted on 09/03/2016 4:15:05 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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To: lee martell
This could happen here too, if we get walked over too much. Civility and decorum can quickly go in the dumper!

Civilization is a very thin veneer..., we have been blessed that we have enjoyed far longer periods of such existence than other areas of the world!

24 posted on 09/03/2016 4:19:35 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: Mariner

Maybe he should fire into the crowd and give them leave to eat their dead. That worked great for Prince Joffrey.


25 posted on 09/03/2016 4:22:09 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Mariner

Hunker in the Bunker


26 posted on 09/03/2016 4:28:56 PM PDT by dasboot
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To: Mariner

It’s just weird watching a leftist country spiral into total disintegration with near-starving people but they still have internet, upload videos to social media so they still have working cell phones, and they still have television. I’d think food would take precedence over electronic communications. I’d think a near-dictator would have clamped down on them by now, too.


27 posted on 09/03/2016 4:29:47 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: SpaceBar

Looks like he’s one of the only people over there who is well-fed. They may eat him.


28 posted on 09/03/2016 4:59:14 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: The Antiyuppie
He needs the Ceaușescu treatment
29 posted on 09/03/2016 5:08:27 PM PDT by littleharbour
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To: Mariner

Too bad they didn’t do a “Mussolini” on his sorry carcass.


30 posted on 09/03/2016 5:37:03 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: MUDDOG

Proves that even with no healthcare,starvation,no food ,no electricity and waiting in lines for hours,the well off seem to have it all.Maduro has a gut..Wonder how you get a gut when there is no food in Venezuela???Like one poster said,some are more equal than others.I hope the Venezuelan people see that.


31 posted on 09/03/2016 5:44:41 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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To: Mariner

Could Venezuela’s Ceausescu moment be near? Senor Maduro better get right with God, and soon.


32 posted on 09/03/2016 5:51:26 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Mariner

They may not have guns but surely they could fashion bows and arrows or something to end this beast.


33 posted on 09/03/2016 7:53:37 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Fred Hayek

Either that, or get right to Cuba.


34 posted on 09/04/2016 2:24:56 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Try rock climbing. It builds character and guts.)
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To: unixfox

or unsanctioned weapons..lol


35 posted on 09/04/2016 4:12:43 AM PDT by aces ( Islam is the religion of the dead, Got Jesus?)
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To: Mariner

and the country will wake up semi free again, but in such debt, robbed of all wealth by the commie bosses, to help the people don’t you know..


36 posted on 09/04/2016 4:13:50 AM PDT by aces ( Islam is the religion of the dead, Got Jesus?)
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To: Hambone 1934

awww hell, these guys gold tip their toilet paper and hire folks for dirt to recover it from the septic..their idea of a good social structure


37 posted on 09/04/2016 4:14:59 AM PDT by aces ( Islam is the religion of the dead, Got Jesus?)
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To: Mariner
to inaugurate a number of new public housing units

The country is imploding because of socialism and they celebrate opening new public housing complexes.

There's a long way to go before they learn anything here. The common folk are protesting because they think a better socialist will put food in their mouths.

38 posted on 09/04/2016 5:00:31 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: RegulatorCountry

Oil booms allow to hide the decay in commie petrostates, but the crash is that much faster when the oil boom ends and the money is suddenly gone.


39 posted on 09/04/2016 5:33:16 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Caipirabob

Or even a decent machete.


40 posted on 09/04/2016 9:00:38 AM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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