Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts

Friday, August 24, 2018

Venezuela’s refugee exodus is the biggest crisis in the hemisphere





Saturday, July 7, 2018

A cup of coffee in Venezuela costs 1 million bolivars



It's nearly impossible to buy a cup of coffee in Venezuela right now.





Monday, May 7, 2018

Venezuela feeling the Bern?









Saturday, April 14, 2018

In Venezuela: The regime announces a "patriotic give away" for April 19 that will reach TEN million of Venezuelan families. The problem(s)? There are probably not 10 million families left in Venezuela









Monday, March 19, 2018

Today, President Trump, joined by Vice President Pence, signed an Executive Order to take additional steps to stop the Maduro regime of Venezuela from attempting to circumvent U.S. sanctions by issuing a digital currency

Monday, July 31, 2017

Under the US sanctions, all of Maduro's assets in the US are frozen, and Americans are barred from financial transactions with him.













Sunday, July 30, 2017

Venezuela: 'The election was fake - but the violence was real' - 17 murdered by #Maduro mercenaries



















Tuesday, June 27, 2017

In Venezuela: Maduro threatens his people



Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro warned on Tuesday that he and supporters would take up arms if his socialist government was violently overthrown by opponents who have been on the streets protesting for three months....
Maduro, 54, was speaking at a rally to promote a July 30 vote for a special super-body called a Constituent Assembly, which could rewrite the national charter and supersede other institutions such as the opposition-controlled congress.

He has touted the assembly as the only way to bring peace to Venezuela. But opponents, who want to bring forward the next presidential election scheduled for late 2018, say it is a sham poll designed purely to keep the socialists in power....

Friday, May 19, 2017

It is difficult to imagine overseas what we are going though in Venezuela these days.











Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Death toll in Venezuela's unrest rises to 26











Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Massive anti-government protests in Venezuela leave 2 students dead











Thursday, February 9, 2017

A CNN investigation reveals that Venezuela for years may have issued passports to people with ties to terrorism.



Thursday, November 3, 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Venezuela: The rebellion has started



What else could the regime expect today after the annulation of all elections? Or is is it what the regime hoped for? And will it still be of any use for the regime this late a confrontation?

...The first victim is the carelessly dialogue called by the Vatican next Sunday, a clumsiness that surprises everyone. Then again the US and the Vatican have always had in mind solving the Cuban situation thorough Venezuelan pockets never caring much for the fate of the Venezuelan opposition. It will remain one of the biggest failure of US or Vatican diplomacy, to underestimate the level of despair AND resolve of the Venezuelan opposition, a mistake that could cost Obama's"legacy" a big chunk. Never mind Francis himself though he still can recover better than the US.

The second result is that the regime has got in overdrive, invoking article 323 of the constitution, a preamble of sorts to suspend the constitution altogether. Except that ironically the decisions taken out of 323 have a validity only if the chair of the national assembly signs them. Not that it matters much for the regime, of course. But that seems a little paltry after all the other violations of the Constitution by the regime that justify in full all that the National Assembly has decided to undertake. These are also in agreement with the constitution, and include removing illegally appointed justices and electoral board, citing Maduro for investigation on many issues, etc...

The third result may be the most momentous....

Sunday, July 31, 2016

How many PETA members were enthusiastic cheerleaders for Chavez?





SOCIALISM’S BAD LUCK DOESN’T JUST IMPACT PEOPLE: More Than 50 Animals Starve to Death in Venezuela’s Zoos as the Nation Endures Devastating Food Shortages.

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Venezuelan President Maduro’s New Decree: Forced Farm Labor





Here at Li, we’ve been covering the failure of socialism unfolding in Venezuela. Toilet paper, sugar, and food shortages have resulted in violence and thus far unsuccessful attempts to oust President Nicolas Maduro. With the country’s citizens tired, hungry, and angry, Maduro has landed on a “solution” that would make Pol Pot proud: forced labor.

CNN reports:
In a vaguely-worded decree, Venezuelan officials indicated that public and private sector employees could be forced to work in the country’s fields for at least 60-day periods, which may be extended “if circumstances merit.”

. . . . President Nicolas Maduro is using his executive powers to declare a state of economic emergency. By using a decree, he can legally circumvent Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly — the Congress — which is staunchly against all of Maduro’s actions.

According to the decree from July 22, workers would still be paid their normal salary by the government and they can’t be fired from their actual job.

It is a potent sign of tough conditions in Venezuela, which is grappling with the lack of basic food items like milk, eggs and bread. People wait hours in lines outsides supermarkets to buy groceries and often only see empty shelves.
As a means of fixing Venezuela’s many and diverse problems that have resulted in the current shortages, this move is, according to Amnesty International, “like putting a band aid on a broken leg.”

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

They went to a different country just so they could get food.