Posted on 02/25/2014 7:41:47 PM PST by kingattax
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is expressing concern about Venezuela's escalating political crisis and wants to meet with leaders on both sides in an upcoming trip.
Carter, a mediator of past political conflict in the deeply polarized South American nation, made the offer in private letters he sent this week to President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
Expressing "grave concern" about the loss of life in recent protests and the risk of more conflict ahead, Carter in the letter to Capriles said that for dialogue aimed at easing tensions to succeed both side must "send signals of their willingness to alleviate the present state of tension."
For the opposition, that means making clear its commitment to act within constitutional limits and strongly reject violence, the Nobel peace laureate wrote. In turn the government must guarantee the right to peaceful protest and impartial justice for jailed protesters.
"It is difficult for elected officials from opposition parties to resolve differences when they feel threatened and persecuted," Carter wrote.
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Forget Carter, send Clinton. Plenty of loose women running around in Venezuela....ask the Secret Service where the HOT spots are.
Take Zbigniew Brzezinski and his daughter with you.
They’ll keep him, right?
he’s going to try to rescue the communist regime he helped put in place
Hasn’t Venezuela suffered enough?
IOW, the traitor and incompetent is heading there to put his imprimatur on the bogus Marxist regime. May the rebels do us all a favor. Thanks kingattax.
Predictably, he called on the opposition to respect the rule of law.
Jimmy is a real poece of work.
“he’s going to try to rescue the communist regime he helped put in place”
Exactly!!!!
Not even close. Obama is 1000 times worse than Carter. We recovered from Carter. I'm not sure we will ever recover from Obama.
Carter convinced me to become a conservative. I voted for Carter in 1976. I haven't voted for a democrat since. In that sense he was good for the country. If it weren't for Carter we would never have had Reagan.
Carter was actually quoted as saying that dictatorships are easier to deal with, because you only have to talk to one person to know what the country is thinking. Seriously!
Why can’t Democrat Presidents shut their gobs after they leave office? Jimmy Carter is bad, Bubba Clinton (and his crime family) are worse, and just think how bad Barry Soetero and Bigfoot will be!
“I have never understood why he breaks this unspoken rule.”
There is a very, very good reason why he’s normally referred to as “stooopid!”
“BTW, Jimmah made a good travel choice as Global Warming has not yet hit Washingto, District of Corruption.”
It’s such a shame that Mel Brooks never became President. Just think, with one little Executive Order we could be referring to ....”Schwartz, District of Columbia.”
“There you go again.”
something more he can phuque up...
so he goes.
his calling.
thank God he isn’t going to Teheran or Kiev or Cairo or Jerusalem or Ottawa, eh?
One way maybe?
Maybe he needs medical care....
Wait. I want his daughter.
Zib can go though...
Maybe Jimmah can bring a couple of crates of toilet paper with him. For the masses. Remember you only need one sheet!
Carter is making the trip to help a country that is suffering under oppressive regulation, shortages of common commodities, and roaring inflation? This should be interesting.
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