Posted on 03/30/2019 11:08:53 AM PDT by amorphous
Caracas (AFP) - Walking for hours, making oil lamps, bearing water. For Venezuelans today, suffering under a new nationwide blackout that has lasted days, it's like being thrown back to life centuries ago.
El Avila, a mountain that towers over Caracas, has become a place where families gather with buckets and jugs to fill up with water, wash dishes and scrub clothes. The taps in their homes are dry from lack of electricity to the city's water pumps.
"We're forced to get water from sources that obviously aren't completely hygienic. But it's enough for washing or doing the dishes," said one resident, Manuel Almeida.
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Yes.
Doing Russian stuff no doubt.
If you think there is a whit of difference between the two parties, you need to see your Optometrist.
Sure, there is a lot of Kabuki theater that goes on for optics, but in the end, the outcome is the same.
Not hardly.
From today’s Op Eds:
....Yet Moscows move is a blatant challenge to Washington. Unanswered, it will make not just President Trump but America look weak.
Trump warned midweek that Russia has to get out of Venezuela and that all options are on the table for making it happen.
National Security Adviser John Bolton followed up Friday by declaring such provocative actions to be a direct threat to international peace and security in the region and vowing to defend and protect the interests of the United States and those of our partners in the Western Hemisphere.
...This strengthens the case for the approach suggested by veteran diplomat Roger Noriega, namely American military support for a Venezuelan-led liberation force loyal to Interim President Juan Guaidó.
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Russia, Russia, Russia. See, if Trump doesn’t act, he’s Putin’s butt boy. If he does act, the neocons win.
Putin To Trump: Mind Your Own Business On Venezuela; Russian Troops Will Stay "As Long As Needed"
Venezuela Military Deploys S-300 Missiles [3/25] Following Russian Troop Arrival
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) The Three Amigos
Thanks SC. That’s an amazing picture which foretells an ominous future for the entire region, IMHO.
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