Posted on 08/01/2017 10:16:17 AM PDT by fella
Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo López Re-Arrested in Middle of the Night
Venezuelan opposition leaders and former political prisoners Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma were taken back into custody this Tuesday, August 1. Members of the Venezuelan Intelligence Service re-arrested both of them at their respective homes in the middle of the night just two days after the regime successfully held illegal elections that gave it power over a newly created legislative branch.
Ledezma, 62, the former Mayor of Caracas, had been under house arrest since 2015 for allegedly supporting an attempted coup. On July 31, he uploaded a video on Youtube calling Maduro’s elections a fraud. His wife captured a video of the arrest:
López, 42, had only been placed on house arrest this July 8 after serving prison time since September 2015 for inciting violence. He leads the People’s Will party, and also uploaded a video the day of the election denouncing Maduro’s actions, which he has repeatedly claimed undermine the country’s constitution. At 12:27 a.m., officials arrived to his home, where a video of his arrest was also captured:
Paging Sean Penn, Danny Glover, and other misc. celebrities who glad-handed Hugo. Don’t bother you f*cking idiots, you’ll never learn that socialism and it’s big-brother communism just doesn’t work. And you’ll never learn why until you realize that there are more human traits than just love, compassion, empathy, “We Are The World, We’re Ignorant Children”.
Has anybody looked to see if there is a timeline correlation between these “stars” doing their ‘controversial’ appearances right before they have to start promoting a new film?
Always good to have your own private Cheka or NKVD. Next the show trials, then off to the hidden Gulags and banana orchard burials of those who oppose the regime. What, no one saw this coming? El Supremo shall rule. Its the Latin American way, so here we go again.
Anyone know what these people stand for? Are they limited government, free-market, civil-libertarians? Or are they just socialist-lite, wanting to run the junta for themselves?
So Mr President, you want to send a message to North Korea, Russia and China? Take decisive action in Venezuela. Stop buying their oil, blockade their ports, tell the dictators they have 48 hours to leave. Do something!
As you describe it sounds like the Deep State is there to stay. A warning to us.
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