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Opposition cries dictatorship after Venezuela blocks recall
AP ^ | October 21, 2016 | Hannah Dreier

Posted on 10/21/2016 10:31:43 AM PDT by C19fan

The Venezuelan opposition's campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro has been thrown into disarray with elections officials' decision to suspend a recall drive against the socialist leader a week before it was to start.

In a related move, a court appeared to issue a ruling Friday blocking key opposition leaders from leaving the country.

With the latest actions, the government has effectively halted the effort to stage a recall effort that polls suggest Maduro would have lost by a wide margin. The ruling is particularly dramatic because it comes just days before critics of the socialist administration were to start gathering the one-fifth of voters' signatures needed to place the issue on the ballot.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: venezuela
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This is going to be decided who has the bullets.
1 posted on 10/21/2016 10:31:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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It usually is.


2 posted on 10/21/2016 10:35:20 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: C19fan

BLOAT


3 posted on 10/21/2016 10:35:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Rigged.


4 posted on 10/21/2016 10:35:58 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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It is time for a coup; if the military sticks with Maduro, it is time for a guerrilla war sad to say. Venezuela is now under a Communist dictatorship.
5 posted on 10/21/2016 10:37:11 AM PDT by Truth29
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It will be here

Where do the rank and file military stand?


6 posted on 10/21/2016 10:37:17 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hilary is an Ameriphobe)
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“This is going to be decided who has the bullets.”

This is what happens when communists like the Witch gain total control of a country. They leave a constitutional shell that’s been gutted of all real safeguards, making it impossible for the formerly free citizens of that country to regain their country without violence. Could happen here.


7 posted on 10/21/2016 10:38:02 AM PDT by libstripper (oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
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Country is being transformed into a full-blown Communist dictatorship.

Maduro is going to stay in power and if the people don’t like it, it doesn’t matter.


8 posted on 10/21/2016 10:38:07 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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Hmmm sounds like some people who are now really living under socialism have woken up and agree with Trump about tyrant’s how screw them while the useful idiots dream about their future utopia. Anyone who’s ever lived under socialism know its a tyrants game and that the useful idiots get played every time. The tyrants depend on their weak-spiritedness and feeble mindedness to accomplish their goals.


9 posted on 10/21/2016 10:38:25 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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"Venezuela is now under a Communist dictatorship."

Obama sez: "Mission accomplished!"


10 posted on 10/21/2016 10:39:50 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Or they could go the East German route and tens of thousands of citizens sit in the streets and refuse to go to work. No government can exist without the work of the people. If nothing else, the officials sink in their own stinking garbage.


11 posted on 10/21/2016 10:40:38 AM PDT by txrefugee
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The judge in Venesuela is following the lead of the judge in Virginia that overturned the voter registration date

The Virginia guy needs to be horse whipped and then tarred and feathered in front of his shackled wife and children


12 posted on 10/21/2016 10:42:12 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hilary is an Ameriphobe)
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...if the military sticks with Maduro

That's the $64,000 question...

At some point they will have to take a side...

If we had a POTUS with a molecule of liberty and freedom DNA in his blood, we would make sure democracy will prevail...

13 posted on 10/21/2016 10:42:42 AM PDT by Popman
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The rank and file were caught stealing farm animals because the army had no food. I don’t think Maddy Boy should bet too much on their supporting him!!


14 posted on 10/21/2016 10:58:20 AM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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LOL, they are crying “dictatorship” now?

I thought our citizenry was out of touch...


15 posted on 10/21/2016 11:07:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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Democratic socialism does not exist.


16 posted on 10/21/2016 11:27:38 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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Democratic socialism does not exist.

www.dsausa.org

Probably ought to mention it to these guys.

17 posted on 10/21/2016 11:35:39 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, RINOs......same thing.)
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To: libstripper

I’d say we have a better than 50/50 chance of that happening, esp if her Haginess wins.


18 posted on 10/21/2016 12:02:04 PM PDT by attiladhun2 (The Free World has a new leader--his name is Benjamin Netanyahu)
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To: C19fan

The people kept voting in the uber socialists, they get what they deserved.


19 posted on 10/21/2016 12:03:55 PM PDT by AU72
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

They would not give up their delusions easily.


20 posted on 10/22/2016 1:57:22 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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