Posted on 01/24/2019 2:34:03 AM PST by Nextrush
"The citizens of Venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate Maduro regime. Today, I have officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela"
Donald J. Trump On Twitter 1/23/2019
Crowds took to Venezuela's streets en masse today and in Caracas before hundreds of thousands a ceremony to swear in Juan Guaido, President of the National Assembly, as the country's interim president pending new elections.
Guaido is committed to holding new elections in the country and told the crowd protests would continue in the country:
"until Venezuela is liberated"
But around the crowds riot police firing tear gas to suppress the crowds and President Nicolas Maduro trying to show his legitimacy even as most Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, and the European Union no longer recognize Maduro as president.
US President Donald J. Trump began a cascade of announcements today formalizing recognition of Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela. Announcements recognizing Guaido came from Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador as well as from Canada.
Maduro moved to break off diplomatic relations with the US later in the day. He gave the US diplomats 72 hours to get out.
But the new President Juan Guaido has asked all embassies to remain in the country saying that none of them need to obey Maduro's order to leave.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned about any harm coming to Americans in Venezuela and the possibility of US oil sanctions on Venezuela is being reported in the media as well.
Pompeo urged the military and police in Venezuela to protect all citizens in the country and foreign diplomats but they still appear loyal to the Maduro regime.
Mexico, Bolivia and Cuba still recognizing Maduro as Venezuela's president.
(COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)'
The Globalists, the Corporatists, the "Russia Haters", call them what you will are trying regime change in Venezuela but when I remember what the Russian writer, the prophet Alexander Solzhenitsyn offered to us I am reminded of the evil that is Communism, the evil of the system in Venezuela.
This "regime change" will not drive refugees or migrants into other countries by the millions like the Syrian intervention did, but on the contrary it will get the millions that already fled to other countries back home to Venezuela.
So onward we go to hopefully a positive end but an end that will likely not be without pain or suffering in the interim.
Maduro can ratchet things up but he's sure to get some sort of response with the tightening of economic sanctions and perhaps even some military intervention in the border regions by Colombia and Brazil to establish "safe zones" or "humanitarian corridors".
Link below.....
If a civilian uprising becomes large enough the rank and file military will turn on Murduro. Military will not fire on their own relatives and friends. That’s the crucible. Trump should do everything possible short of direct military intervention.
My bet is TRUMP is in talks with President Duque of Colombia. Colombia has a solid military and we have been involved in joint training/exercises for a long time. Let’s see how this plays out.
since I am in the global kiteboarding community, I see posts from friends on FB from all over the world. I seen 2 just this morning from those in or near venezuela and low and behold!! lol... Theyre down there blaming Trump for all this!! One guy called Maduro “trumps appointed puppet ruler” I couldnt believe my eyes!!!
To: cawwThat sounds like guns to me...Here's badguy Venezuela’s Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, who stands with Maduro and stated the armed forces won't recognize Juan Guaido, an imposed interim president..However the General of the Armed forces today stood with the people and so did his military.
Notice that Mexico has taken the other side.
A hard charge to back up.
There are few more hated by the Globalists than President Trump and President Bolsonaro of Brazil.
Vin Scully was right on in 2016 about the situation in Venezuela. Between pitches of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg5ugD_vgx4
That was great!!!
It’s time to send in the Marines! That’s the way it’s been done in the past, right?
There are lot of central and south American countries that on board with the new leader. Maduro’s days as dictator are short.
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