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Hugo Chavez's childhood home burned by protesters in Venezuela, lawmaker says
AP/Chicago Tribune ^ | 5/22/17 | Fabiola Sanchez and Hannah Dreier

Posted on 05/22/2017 6:56:16 PM PDT by markomalley

Protesters set fire to late President Hugo Chavez's childhood home in western Venezuela on Monday, an opposition lawmaker said, as protests against the South American nation's socialist government grew increasingly hostile.

While demonstrators are decrying current President Nicolas Maduro for the country's triple-digit inflation, rising crime and shortages of food and medicine, they have also destroyed at least five statues commemorating Chavez, Maduro's mentor and the founder of Venezuela's "Bolivarian revolution."

Demonstrators lit the house in the city of Barinas where Chavez spent his early years aflame Monday afternoon along with several government buildings, including the regional office of the National Electoral Council, said Pedro Luis Castillo, a legislator who represents the area.

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Good.

Hope that there was no collateral damage.

1 posted on 05/22/2017 6:56:16 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

What I really want to know is how Sean Penn is dealing with this. Is he OK or is the cognitive dissonance almost killing his lefty, retarded ass?


2 posted on 05/22/2017 7:05:16 PM PDT by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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To: markomalley

Now, they’re looking for a steamroller to make Platanos Maduro.

[Spanish pun] (-:


3 posted on 05/22/2017 7:09:45 PM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: WMarshal

Sean Penn has been pretty quiet since he turned in El Chapo for the reward money.


4 posted on 05/22/2017 7:12:24 PM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


5 posted on 05/22/2017 7:18:29 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: markomalley

Maybe Baraq’s childhood home will be next.

It’s in Hawaii, right?


6 posted on 05/22/2017 7:19:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: markomalley

Sic semper socialismis.


7 posted on 05/22/2017 7:32:11 PM PDT by OldGuard1
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To: markomalley
The only person who is talking about Venezuela is Andrew Wilkow on Sirius XM Patriot.

No other prominent conservatives or Republicans are even talking about this.

Republicans should be out there with ads attacking socialism and what it always turn into.

8 posted on 05/22/2017 7:34:07 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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To: markomalley

Shrine it off, charge people a peso or two to see the “Ashes of a Flawed Political System” display.


9 posted on 05/22/2017 7:39:36 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: markomalley

Good news!


10 posted on 05/22/2017 8:02:58 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76

They need to burn Maduro.


11 posted on 05/22/2017 8:03:15 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: markomalley

Do the smoking remains smell like sulphur?


12 posted on 05/22/2017 8:04:41 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: dfwgator

Maduro is worthy of meeting the same fate as Ceausescu.


13 posted on 05/22/2017 8:47:13 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Fred Hayek

“Maduro is worthy of meeting the same fate as Ceausescu.”

Better still, strap him to the front of one of the busses he used to drive and let someone drive him around for awhile until they find something substantial to hit!
Nothing like a lot of pure terror before he dies.


14 posted on 05/22/2017 8:59:42 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: markomalley

Never knew underneath a rock could burn????


15 posted on 05/22/2017 9:02:10 PM PDT by LeonardFMason (426)
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To: eyeamok

:)


16 posted on 05/22/2017 9:17:17 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: eyeamok

heh, heh.


17 posted on 05/22/2017 9:32:10 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: markomalley

Looking for gold there? It’s got to be somewhere.


18 posted on 05/22/2017 10:09:06 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: eyeamok

lol!


19 posted on 05/22/2017 10:13:44 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: markomalley

This needs one small push to boil over. I’m betting the army steps in.


20 posted on 05/23/2017 3:24:40 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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