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Venezuela is collapsing.

Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 5 months ago to History
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Statement from President Donald J. Trump Recognizing Venezuelan National Assembly President Juan Guaido as the Interim President of Venezuela
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Issued on: January 23, 2019
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Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela. In its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, the National Assembly invoked the country’s constitution to declare Nicolas Maduro illegitimate, and the office of the presidency therefore vacant. The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.

I will continue to use the full weight of United States economic and diplomatic power to press for the restoration of Venezuelan democracy. We encourage other Western Hemisphere governments to recognize National Assembly President Guaido as the Interim President of Venezuela, and we will work constructively with them in support of his efforts to restore constitutional legitimacy. We continue to hold the illegitimate Maduro regime directly responsible for any threats it may pose to the safety of the Venezuelan people. As Interim President Guaido noted yesterday: “Violence is the usurper’s weapon; we only have one clear action: to remain united and firm for a democratic and free Venezuela.”
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  • Posted by dukem 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No, no, no! It's just that the right people haven't put in charge if the socialist country. If we would only elect them, then it would all turn out rainbows and unicorns
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Only dictators on "the left"? It depends on what 'left' and 'right' mean. In the US 'right' generally means individualist. In 1920s and 30s Germany there was no individualism; the 'right' meant the conservative nationalists in contrast to the communist left. The compromise was National Socialism. But the communists (and the collectivists in general) have been package-dealing capitalism with fascism ever since the breakup of the Hitler-Stalin pact, smearing anything not communist as the fascist 'right'. In fact, fascism is a kind of socialism -- the left. There are no dictators "on the right". But not every dictator is a leftist collectivist -- some can be old fashioned tyrant kings with no collectivist ideology.
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wasn't Chavez legitimately elected in the first place by promising oil money to everyone?
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  • Posted by Solver 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The collective voices of the majority is good!
    In this way we can milk the minority to pay for our Utopian dream.
    /s
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Aren't all dictators leftist? Of course the counterpoint is fascism, but that's an invention.
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Why was this 'downvoted'? "Democratic socialism" is the latest mantra. Trump knows enough to denounce Venezuelan socialism (which the Democrats have not) but does not generally have a strong grasp of principles.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 6 years, 5 months ago
    Looks like the two are still fighting it out, whom ever has the military on their side will win that fight.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 6 years, 5 months ago
    When anyone tells me they want socialism, I just point at Venezuela. There is no better example of the end-game of socialism than that - everything else is still in its mid-stages.
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  • Posted by GaryL 6 years, 5 months ago
    I see the pictures of hundreds of thousands in the streets and kind of wish that could be here in DC and every other metro city in this country. In a socialist nation the folks have already been disarmed and believe me, our elected officials want us in the same defenseless position.
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  • Posted by chad 6 years, 5 months ago
    Ocasio-Cortez and every other leftist should be sent to live there, not as elected officials but as ordinary citizens trying to find work. Let them live there for a couple of years and I bet they would still blame free market capitalism but at least they would be away from here.
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Maduro is a copy cat in his breaking diplomatic relations with the US, which is only the latest in recent breaks. He follows the severing of diplomatic relations by Popeye Pelosi, whatsername Cortez and the Democrats.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "People from countries with dire conditions come here (Honduras, Guatemala etc) rather than fighting for freedom and better conditions at home." This is why the idea of Galt's Gulch is so appealing. The biggest (and perhaps only) mistake in Atlas Shrugged was the idea that the Gulchers would ever return at the end of the book.
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Soviet Union "fell on its own" from internal collapse, not from internal revolt. It was propped up for nearly 3/4 of a century by the US and other countries providing it with food. Some of the satellites had tried to revolt, especially towards the end, but for the most part the prisoners accepted their fate even though they didn't like it -- they didn't know what to replace it with and feared the freedom of the west. The Russians wound up with fascism and the Russian mafia replacing communism and still don't know what to replace it with.

    Venezuela will fall on its own if it is not propped up, but will be replaced by some other statism, not become a free nation as long as most of the populace remains altruist/collectivist. Being against something does not say what one is for and there is no evidence that Venezuelans are for freedom, missing the "spirit" you refer to.
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  • Posted by swmorgan77 6 years, 5 months ago
    Someone needs to tell Trump that democracy and socialism are not mutually exclusive.
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  • Posted by exceller 6 years, 5 months ago
    Venezuela will not fall on its own.

    Countries under Soviet occupation revolted but I don't see the same spirit in the Southern hemisphere.

    People from countries with dire conditions come here (Honduras, Guatemala etc) rather than fighting for freedom and better conditions at home.

    They have gotten used to handouts for many generations.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This from one year ago. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s infant mortality rose 30 percent last year, maternal mortality shot up 65 percent and cases of malaria jumped 76 percent, according to government data, sharp increases reflecting how the country’s deep economic crisis has hammered at citizens’ health.
    In 2018 this The Venezuelan government has tried to suppress the statistics on the rising levels of malnutrition-driven infant mortality. Public clinics and hospitals are asked not to report the cause of death for babies that die to malnutrition. The Ministry of Health’s 2015 annual report concluded that, “the mortality rate for children under 4 weeks old had increased a hundredfold, from 0.02 percent in 2012 to just over 2 percent.” After this report was released on the ministry’s website, the health minister was fired and the military police took control of the ministry in order to censor any future reports..
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