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US confirms sanctions against seven top officials from Maduro's regime
United States President Obama on Monday issued a new Executive Order (E.O.) declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAre we all still Chavez ?
Mar 10th, 2015 - 09:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0When Venezuela will invade the United States?
Mar 10th, 2015 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yankees hypocrites!
Wait until the USA says CITGO is funding a NARCO state and they freeze the accounts.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I will laugh and laugh
We are all Chavez
Don't you remember?
Bahahahahahaa
I hope the people suffer enough to realize and remember that Marxism always brings misery.
@2. With a bit of luck, the United States will get in first. Can we all imagine the US Third, Fourth and Seventh Fleets turning up in appropriate positions? That'll be at least FIVE aircraft carriers together a full complement of cruisers, destroyers, frigates and supply vessels. And Tomahawk-equipped submarines. Do hope the 24 SU-30MK2s are feeling up to it. Remember how Chavez reckoned his SU-30s could sink any US vessel? There'll be about 200 US combat aircraft. Hornets and Super Hornets. Probably best not to upset the big guy on the block by making accusations you can't support. Or perhaps MADurine has been listening to his 'little bird' again!
Mar 10th, 2015 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@4 Lay off the crystal meth for fucks sake! It's obvious your brain has already been fried, but remember that shit will rot what teeth you have left out of your melon.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 03:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We are talking selected economic sanctions here.
The US was very carefully to only target the specific people to stop Madburro from using it as an “imperial attack” on the Venezuelans.
It's good'to see that while the rest of the world was preoccupied with ISIS, the Middle East, etc., the U.S. was quietly making notes about SA.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 03:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0While Maduro was putting on his dog & pony show about US assassination plots, the Americans have in fact hit these individuals (not the Venezuelan people) where it counts- their personal finances.
“ndividuals designated or identified for the imposition of sanctions under this E.O., including the seven individuals that have been listed today in the Annex of this E.O., will have their property and interests in property in the United States blocked or frozen, and U.S. persons are prohibited from doing business with them. The E.O. also suspends the entry into the United States of individuals meeting the criteria for economic sanctions.”
Well done! Good for a start, anyway! Good that it was done publicly and above board, naming them specifically.
This should cause some turmoil from within.
The old Cuban-style ploy of accusing the US of assassination and sedition is not working.
6. I don't think the TinPot dictators understand how weak and stupid they look to the outside world when they claim they've been under coup and assassination attempts for decades.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Plus I don't think the CIA is that bad at its job.
And why would be bother they're destroying themselves better than we could ever do?
I love watching it collapse.
The slower the better
Let people get hungry and wait until the water/sewage system collapses
Then we'll have something to watch.
The CIA is far from what the public image is. In fact, it's a safe premise to think of the CIA as one views an iceberg. Such a small amount is seen, the vast majority is submerged. Most of all, many people fail to understand the the vast majority of CIA work is data collection and a small amount is actually “spies” in the NCS. The CIA does a very good job, their successes and never heard about, only failures and they are few and far apart.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@5. Are we? Perhaps for the time being. But if MADurine doesn't get removed soon, together with his 'little bird', he will take a step too far. He's fond of accusing the US on conspiracies to remove him. By comparison to others, Obama is a bit of a 'dove'. But anyone can be pushed too far. Keep slagging off the US and watch what happens.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How long will it be before the US decides that, with its reserves of shale oil, it can do without Venezuelan oil? Just the move to push MADurine into stupidity. And then US military force.
You must try to look beyond the end of your droopy nose. You seem to know a fair bit about the use of narcotics, so I assume you don't have a septum. Thus providing a suitable channel from what little brain you have can dribble.
Remember Grenada? Might be an idea for you to read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada#Order_of_battle
Then go back and read what prompted the US-led invasion. No anti-US statements, just an unacceptable situation. Venezuela is a Russian proxy. What do you think it would take for the US to decide on military action? Remember that right next door is Colombia. A country in the process of rehabilitation from its identity as a narcotics source. And allied with the US.
Let's see what will be the reactions of Unasul.
Mar 10th, 2015 - 10:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0From my understanding all the countries of South America should impose sanctions in the same order to the United States.
UNASUL....... Bahahahahahahaha
Mar 10th, 2015 - 10:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Will
Do
Nothing!
Brasshole.....hold your breath waiting......you'll die waiting.....or we can hope.
Mar 11th, 2015 - 12:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0And at the same time the US throws a life jacket to Cuba? Jo jo. After more tan a decade of absence it seems the US is back in the gameplay of Americas geopolitics. Brazil has had its golden opportunity in recent years to be a regional leader and failed to spearhead a the Southern cone. Time is counting backwards now.
Mar 11th, 2015 - 12:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0@13 Cabeza
Mar 11th, 2015 - 12:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Maybe. The union of South America depends not only of Brazil. It depends on all of us South Americans.
But the truth is that Spanish America was never very close and this has been made very difficult the work of Portuguese America.
I hope that the union prevails.
Slowly, very slowly, the World is starting to wake up to the internal problems of Vnzla.
Mar 11th, 2015 - 12:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0I hope, these highly targeted sanctions against individuals (not the nation), draw more attention to the current state of affairs there.
What are the internal problems of Venezuela?
Mar 11th, 2015 - 01:09 am - Link - Report abuse 014.
Mar 11th, 2015 - 01:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0No, it depends on geography. Why do you say South America instead of Latin America?? I know why, because it means you have to compete with Mexico/Pacific Alliance for leadership if we talk about Latam. Brazil should have got in line Venezuela years ago and make it clear who is boss. Lula let Chavez to loose for to many years. It may have being useful for Brazil displacing the US during the early 2000s, but being an actual leader demands being able to exercise it, not just hold cocktail parties and long maxist lectures in Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC, OAS, BRICS. Its just names and they account for nothing.
While the Pacific alliance succedes you will most likely have a pro US government is going to be in power in Argentina by the end of this year under Macri a successfull businessmen and governor of CABA, has learned much of politics in the last 8 years. Dilma left wing, isolated economic recession, will have nothing and end up isolated the next 4 years.
And why o why, what use has it being for you as Brazil (not PT) bending overbackwads to the filthy and corrupt dictators of Venezuela and Argentina ??
@16
Mar 11th, 2015 - 01:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0you idiot.
Don't you already know?
7o% inflation
25000 violent deaths per annum
30% scarcity of basic goods
48.4% poverty levels
A corrupt Govt. that has US$1.4 billion in ONE Swiss bank account under the name of ONE minor govt. Minister...]
Official Exchange Rate = 6.3 BSF / US$
'Blue/street' Exchange Rate = approx. 200 BSF /US$
The fear, desperation and sense of hopelessness amongst the population.
The serious lack of medicines and equipment in the hospitals.
50000 Cuban 'advisors' in the country, and in the Army and Secret Police.
A President that now rules by decree.
Shooting unarmed protestors in the street.
28 opposition Mayors imprisoned without charge.
Over 1ooo student demonstrators imprisoned without charge.
A collapsing oil-price that means Vnzla can no longer 'white-wash' its failed economic principles, and may default soon.
A country that has earned US$800 billion in the past 15yrs is in debt to China and still begging them for more debt?
What are the internal problems of Venezuela, brasiliero?
Well, that's a good start. Can you figure out the rest on your own?
ilsen
Mar 11th, 2015 - 05:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0You are wasting your time
but then...
Brassiero is playing dumb, to wear you down.
Brassiero is Chavez
@19
Mar 11th, 2015 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0I know. But thank you for your concern.
However, apperently 10,000 people visit this site daily.
I feel that I must put my case, well not always mine, I am fortunate enough to 'come and go', but what about the millions in Vnzla that have no voice?
Sometimes I feel that I should speak for them.
ilsen, Brasshole is still working on what the internal problems of Brazil are, let alone Venezuela. That is once he/she figures out a way to redistribute the worlds fresh water supply that is in his/her basement (if you recall from a previous post).
Mar 11th, 2015 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“He also announced that the military would stage exercises around Venezuela on Saturday to ensure that the ”Yankee boot“ can never touch the South American oil country.”
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-president-seeks-increased-power-us-sanctions-29520331
It seems to me that Venezuela is beyond lost. I don't see how the opposition can bring Venezuela back to being somewhat of a democracy. They are now and out and out totalitarian nation. He must be shagging the military very good. The Venezuelan military should be ashamed to call themselves soldiers.
20 ilsen
Mar 11th, 2015 - 03:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are quite right.
One can't allow the situation in Venezuela to be so easily dismissed as Brasso attempts to do!
Somebody needs to make sense of what we are hearing, now that Venezuela is coming into prominence in the headlines.
That person is YOU!
Good on yer!
However pedanticly one is forced to lay it out, it's necessary.
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