Trump will appeal to “every appropriate tool” to end the Maduro regime

Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

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The White House said on Tuesday it would use “every appropriate tool” to end the presidency of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on the country's US-based assets. Read full article

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imoyaro
Great! Eh, Kamerad/Komrade Rique? Oh that's right, never mind, you support extrajudicial murder, torture, and selective starvation of the populace based on political support. Well, what goes around, comes around, eh, Kriminal... ?
Aug 07th, 2019 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Trump ends before.
Aug 07th, 2019 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
Question: Since when the US decides which government stays and which one goes in Latin America?

Answer: The US has been doing it for a long time -- we only need to remember the overthrow of democratically elected president Salvador Allende amid summary executions, kidnapping and torture of thousands of Chileans during Augusto Pinochet's bloody coup and subsequent dictatorship.

The US also supported the terrorist tactics of the Contras against the Nicaraguan government in the 1980s. With the blessing of former president Ronald Reagan, the Contras targeted health care workers and rural teachers, kidnapped, tortured and executed civilians including children, systematically raped women and stole civilian property.

Even a brief summary of all the US interventions in Latin America with their sequels of suffering and misery would take many pages and largely exceed the space of a MP comment.

Now, under president Donald Trump the Monroe Doctrine is applied more openly than ever, by asphyxiating Venezuela's economy in order to create the conditions for military intervention. Of course, the economic and political aggression reduces the chances of ongoing negotiations between Venezuela's current government and the opposition.
Aug 08th, 2019 - 07:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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