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Venezuela arrests 131 accused of economic sabotage
Yahoo News (from AFP) ^
| August 30, 2018
| AFP
Posted on 08/31/2018 5:25:25 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Caracas (AFP) - Venezuelan authorities have arrested 131 people accused of attempting to sabotage reforms implemented by President Nicolas Maduro to alleviate a crippling economic crisis, the attorney general said on Thursday.
Tarek William Saab said the arrests included "several managers of large chains" accused of "speculating and hoarding basic products" that are subject to prices fixed by the government.
The detainees are accused of trying to "destabilize the economy," Saab added.
Of those arrested, 29 have been permitted conditional release and 10 others exonerated.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrests; businessmen; maduro; venezuela
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Now Maduro arrests businessmen for not being able to provide food at fixed prices, during a national economic collapse.
Wonder how long it will be before Maduro's close friend Erdogan the Islamist dictator of Turkey joins this club?
To: Texas Fossil
Ahhh, I see Venezuela has reached that stage of socialism where multitudes are arrested and often executed for the crime of being “counter-revolutionary”.
To: Texas Fossil
The fatal flaw “redistributionists” face is capitalism produces EVERYTHING they wish to “redistribute.”
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:28:54 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" height=200> zXSEP5Z, xnKL3lW, RZ9yuyQ. XywCCJd, zQ9Ghyq.)
To: Texas Fossil
I’ll guarantee that he is demanding that they provide goods at a fraction of the cost of producing them.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:29:23 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Democratic socialism is when the majority of people vote to steal your property.)
To: circlecity
It’s so weird how these failed socialist states just never manage to find “the right people” to lead everyone to paradise.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:30:30 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: Texas Fossil
Will maduro arrest himself?
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:30:46 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
To: Texas Fossil
Atlas Shrugged was an instruction manual
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:32:12 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:33:06 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: circlecity
Whereas capitalism encourages economic activity, socialism criminalizes it. The result? No toilet paper.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:35:55 AM PDT
by
fhayek
To: fhayek
Yep. Under socialism you have an obligation to starve to death in support of the glorious revolution.
To: Haiku Guy
Blame everybody except the cause? The Dictator.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:39:15 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: circlecity
Very Likely.
The state will survive by mass murder.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:40:01 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yes. Simply and well stated.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:40:45 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: I want the USA back
Will maduro arrest himself?
...
Exactly.
Not only do price controls cause shortages, but they cause inflation, too. The resulting drop in productivity shrinks the economy, which leads to less revenue for the government which continues to spend and spend.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:40:55 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:41:10 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
Ah, the purges begin!
But according to The Guardian, it is all Trump’s fault, lol.
To: Texas Fossil
Pour encourager les autres.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:41:56 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
To: Flag_This
There is no path from a socialist collapse to prosperity.
Only destruction of the Socialist government will do that. That in itself does not fix the problem.
Bringing order to chaos is a huge order.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:42:37 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: I want the USA back
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:43:02 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Teacher317
Yes, and accurate manual.
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posted on
08/31/2018 5:43:50 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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