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To: Kaslin
I think they're a write-off. As Nixon once said, they are "prone to violence and irrationality". Probably why we really haven't did anything there.

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During a goodwill trip through Latin America, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by an angry crowd and nearly overturned while traveling through Caracas, Venezuela. The incident was the dramatic highlight of trip characterized by Latin American anger over some of America's Cold War policies.

The trip began with some controversy, as Nixon engaged in loud and bitter debates with student groups during his travels through Peru and Uruguay. In Caracas, Venezuela, however, things took a dangerous turn. A large crowd of angry Venezuelans who shouted anti-American slogans stopped Nixon's motorcade through the capital city. They attacked the car, damaged its body and smashed the windows. Inside the vehicle, Secret Service agents covered the vice president and at least one reportedly pulled out his weapon. Miraculously, they escaped from the crowd and sped away.

In Washington, President Eisenhower dispatched U.S. troops to the Caribbean area to rescue Nixon from further threats if necessary. None occurred, and the vice president left Venezuela ahead of schedule.

https://youtu.be/nvigX1doz2U

76 posted on 05/12/2019 11:20:09 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

“In Caracas, Venezuela, however, things took a dangerous turn. A large crowd of angry Venezuelans who shouted anti-American slogans stopped Nixon’s motorcade through the capital city. They attacked the car, damaged its body and smashed the windows.”

They must have been those gallant Venezuelan people who are longing for freedom.


81 posted on 05/12/2019 11:34:34 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: Karl Spooner

And I have little doubt Americans are anymore popular there now than they were then. There’s no evidence the Venezuelans want to turn away from socialism; they’re just longing for Chavez.


104 posted on 05/12/2019 4:20:34 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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