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US coup in Venezuela

Started by biggytitbo, January 23, 2019, 07:15:19 PM

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KennyMonster

Nae Pasaran is currently on BBC iplayer.

Many echoes of Chile's coup with what's happening in Venezuela right now.

I know it means giving the Beeb ratings but well worth a watch.

Looks like they missed their window for a coup: even the NY Times now reporting factual information: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/world/americas/venezuela-aid-fire-video.html

biggytitbo

Quote from: Pearly-Dewdrops Drops on March 10, 2019, 03:28:51 PM
Looks like they missed their window for a coup: even the NY Times now reporting factual information: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/world/americas/venezuela-aid-fire-video.html


As Greenwald points out, whilst the likes of cnn were blatantly lying about something that never happened, RT told the truth about it.

Quote from: biggytitbo on March 10, 2019, 03:54:37 PM

As Greenwald points out, whilst the likes of cnn were blatantly lying about something that never happened, RT told the truth about it.

Obviously, but neither one is objective.

biggytitbo



biggytitbo

Amazing. The absolute top minds at work on this one.

Dog Botherer

Marco Rubio must be amongst the top 10 dumbest Republicans in the Senate.

https://splinternews.com/wow-marco-rubio-is-dumb-1833189740

biggytitbo

A new study here has claimed that US sanctions against Venezuela have resulted in 10s of thousands of deaths. If true this is nothing more than a war crime targetting civilians - http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/report-finds-us-sanctions-on-venezuela-are-responsible-for-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths

KennyMonster

Quote from: biggytitbo on April 26, 2019, 10:10:09 AM
A new study here has claimed that US sanctions against Venezuela have resulted in 10s of thousands of deaths. If true this is nothing more than a war crime targetting civilians - http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/report-finds-us-sanctions-on-venezuela-are-responsible-for-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths

Not a war crime, the exact same thing happened prior to the war in Iraq.

It's only a war crime when the bad guys do it.

jobotic

Quote from: biggytitbo on April 26, 2019, 10:10:09 AM
A new study here has claimed that US sanctions against Venezuela have resulted in 10s of thousands of deaths. If true this is nothing more than a war crime targetting civilians - http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/report-finds-us-sanctions-on-venezuela-are-responsible-for-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths

That is appalling.

So why don't you ask the leader of your new party to have a word with Trump? How do you reconcile this?

Paul Calf

WE've been here before.

Euro elections meaningless dirty protests don't like Farage voting for protest biggest democratic will of people neoliberal boys club...

So biggy is going to scweam and fill his nappy in outwage by voting for a fascist, and we're all going to have to spend a decade or so in biggy's dirty cell with biggy's dirty nappy.

biggytitbo

Trump may be nominally the president but these are US empire sanctions, with enthusiastic cross party support. The EU of course, were falling over themselves to support the coup there weren't they? Had you forgotten about that?

Nigel's in your mind again, eating your brain.

Paul Calf

Quote from: biggytitbo on April 26, 2019, 11:09:02 AM
Trump may be nominally the president but these are US regime sanctions, with enthusiastic cross party support. The EU of course, were falling over themselves to support the coup there weren't they? Had you forgotten about that?

Nigel's in your mind again, eating your brain.

Bellwhiff.

BlodwynPig

Quote from: Paul Calf on April 26, 2019, 11:11:23 AM
Bellwhiff.

Be careful of those Japanese whaling vessels as you drift further out to sea

pcsjwgm

Quote from: biggytitbo on April 26, 2019, 10:10:09 AM
A new study here has claimed that US sanctions against Venezuela have resulted in 10s of thousands of deaths. If true this is nothing more than a war crime targetting civilians - http://cepr.net/press-center/press-releases/report-finds-us-sanctions-on-venezuela-are-responsible-for-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths

"We got to sanction everything we can."
https://twitter.com/MarkWeisbrot/status/1121815204080357376

Fambo Number Mive

There has been gunfire between the two sides.

I don't understand how anyone can say Juan Giaido is the legitimate president. Even if there was evidence last election was not proper (I don't know if there is or not), surely the answer is to re-run the election rather than just decide Giaido is president.

Senator Lindsay Graham, for example, seems to be advocating a coup on Twitter.

Gerald Fjord

It only needs the flimsiest pretense of being democratic and they barely have that. But Maduro = Dictator, Dictator = Bad, ergo Opposition = Good.

Is Socialism killing people again? :(

Urinal Cake

Venezuela, Iran then the world!

USA! USA! USA!

chveik

#260
and they wonder why everyone on the planet hates them...

Urinal Cake

It's an interesting foreign policy. Fresh off regime change defeats in the Middle East and Eastern Europe the USA go back to their old and successful hunting ground of South America to score an easy win. An amuse bouche for Iran.

Urinal Cake

Fucking hell again. To be as courageous, stupid and deceitful as an American in government. 

Blumf

Quote from: chveik on April 30, 2019, 10:09:24 PM
and they wonder why everyone on the planet hates them...

It's because of their freedums

biggytitbo


Gerald Fjord

hello class welcome to propaganda 101

first lesson of propaganda is gotta call them bus driver

thank you for coming propaganda 101 goodnight

biggytitbo


Gerald Fjord

shit this mothafucka can COUNT

biggytitbo


jobotic

What do Trump, Farage and the ERG reckon on all this?