Attempted coup d' etat underway in Venezuela.

[22lcidw]

Internet Restrictions Reported as Venezuela Crisis Intensifies

"A group that monitors internet censorship says Venezuela’s state run internet provider has been restricting access to YouTube and Google services following the opposition leader’s call for the military to revolt against President Nicolás Maduro.

"The non-governmental NetBlocks group says access to the services remains intermittently available since the restrictions don’t appear to be completely effective.

"It says Twitter, Facebook and several other services were briefly restricted earlier, although core internet connectivity remains unaffected."

US neocons are once again behind foreign policy, so expect a constant green light for regime change in Venezuela especially as impeachment talk heats up in DC.

The History - and Hypocrisy - of US Meddling in Venezuela

Maduro eat a bullet yet?

Maduro eat a bullet yet?

Has anyone seen him today?
You better check with Ollie and Elliot!

There was a time I read that magazine. What a fool! Anyway Chavez and Maduro have done a number on Venezuela. Chavez is the one that gave fellow socialist Obama a book in 2009 at a meeting.

 

[beautress]

Outside of mass genocide...WHAT GOES ON IN VENEZUELA IS NONE OF AMERICA’S BUSINESS.
ZERO.
The only thing Trump, Bolton and company want is oil.
Trump and his America First policy has proven to be almost, pure bullshit.

Who makes decisions of state is at the discretion of the Executive Branch of the United States Government. You're fooling only yourself.

 

[Bleipriester]

Everything you need to know about Guaido´s coup:
Venezuelan Military Putsch Defeated as Leopoldo Lopez Takes Refuge in Spanish Embassy

 

[SweetSue92]

If America goes in there at all, I hope we are very very cautious, do so as only a last resort and send only the barest number of troops. I'm sick of being the world's military. For once let the world do the job.

Can't wait to read all the foreigners now whine, "America, DO SOMETHING."

No. Your turn.

 

[Bleipriester]

If America goes in there at all, I hope we are very very cautious, do so as only a last resort and send only the barest number of troops. I'm sick of being the world's military. For once let the world do the job.

Can't wait to read all the foreigners now whine, "America, DO SOMETHING."

No. Your turn.

The gangsters are already jailed or fled. Everything is fine now. The criminal they released and who fled was in gaol (and later in arrest) for arson.

 

[SweetSue92]

If America goes in there at all, I hope we are very very cautious, do so as only a last resort and send only the barest number of troops. I'm sick of being the world's military. For once let the world do the job.

Can't wait to read all the foreigners now whine, "America, DO SOMETHING."

No. Your turn.

The gangsters are already jailed or fled. Everything is fine now. The criminal they released and who fled was in gaol (and later in arrest) for arson.

"everything is fine now"? As in the people can go back to starving and checking into hospitals run like they were run in the 1800s?

Okay

 

[Bleipriester]

If America goes in there at all, I hope we are very very cautious, do so as only a last resort and send only the barest number of troops. I'm sick of being the world's military. For once let the world do the job.

Can't wait to read all the foreigners now whine, "America, DO SOMETHING."

No. Your turn.

The gangsters are already jailed or fled. Everything is fine now. The criminal they released and who fled was in gaol (and later in arrest) for arson.

"everything is fine now"? As in the people can go back to starving and checking into hospitals run like they were run in the 1800s?

Okay

Like they were before Chavez? No, they won´t allow this to happen again.

 

[JWBooth]

If America goes in there at all, I hope we are very very cautious, do so as only a last resort and send only the barest number of troops. I'm sick of being the world's military. For once let the world do the job.

Can't wait to read all the foreigners now whine, "America, DO SOMETHING."

No. Your turn.

The gangsters are already jailed or fled. Everything is fine now. The criminal they released and who fled was in gaol (and later in arrest) for arson.

"everything is fine now"? As in the people can go back to starving and checking into hospitals run like they were run in the 1800s?

Okay

The US sanctions on foods and medicines, much like current blockade of medical and food goods to Yemen and earlier Iraq (where the deaths of 300,000 children was “worth it”) enlarges the suffering.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Good,

Fire up the helicopters and get rid of some commies!!!

I used to think Pinochet was a bad guy, then you see what Progressive scum like Chavez and Maduro do to their own people

 

[JWBooth]

“At least under democratic socialism, after the government runs you down with an armored car, you get free healthcare.”
Austin Peterson

 

[JWBooth]

“So who convinced coup leader Leopoldo Lopez to hide in the Chilean embassy and his little band of 25 military defectors to flee to Brazil’s after just 12 hours of failure upon miserable “
Max Blumenthal

 

[JWBooth]

Maduro 1 CIA/USAID/NED/Pompeo/Bolton/Guaido 0

 

[sparky]

 

[MisterBeale]

The best thing we can do for Venezuela is to let those fuckers sleep in the shit bed they made. We should have no part of it.

Let that be a lesson to the rest of the world about voting for commies.

.

It's more a problem of diminishing returns.

Socialism tends to be very good at developing backward nations. It very quickly caught Russia up to the rest of the industrialized world, but then held it back.

The same was true of China.

If you look, objectively at the metrics of how both Castro and Chavez fought poverty and illiteracy in their nations, there can be no dispute about their policies.

OTH, at a certain point, the restrictive controls over the population with the use of government policy tends to be a hindrance rather than a boon on the productive capacity of the nation.

"1. Never in the history of Latin America, has a political leader had such incontestable democratic legitimacy. Since coming to power in 1999, there were 16 elections in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez won 15, the last on October 7, 2012. He defeated his rivals with a margin of 10-20 percentage points.

2. All international bodies, from the European Union to the Organization of American States, to the Union of South American Nations and the Carter Center, were unanimous in recognizing the transparency of the vote counts.

3. James Carter, former U.S. President, declared that Venezuela's electoral system was "the best in the world."

4. Universal access to education introduced in 1998 had exceptional results. About 1.5 million Venezuelans learned to read and write thanks to the literacy campaign called Mission Robinson I.

5. In December 2005, UNESCO said that Venezuela had eradicated illiteracy.

6. The number of children attending school increased from 6 million in 1998 to 13 million in 2011 and the enrollment rate is now 93.2%.

7. Mission Robinson II was launched to bring the entire population up to secondary level. Thus, the rate of secondary school enrollment rose from 53.6% in 2000 to 73.3% in 2011.

8. Missions Ribas and Sucre allowed tens of thousands of young adults to undertake university studies. Thus, the number of tertiary students increased from 895,000 in 2000 to 2.3 million in 2011, assisted by the creation of new universities.

9. With regard to health, they created the National Public System to ensure free access to health care for all Venezuelans. Between 2005 and 2012, 7873 new medical centers were created in Venezuela.

10. The number of doctors increased from 20 per 100,000 population in 1999 to 80 per 100,000 in 2010, or an increase of 400%.

11. Mission Barrio Adentro I provided 534 million medical consultations. About 17 million people were attended, while in 1998 less than 3 million people had regular access to health. 1.7 million lives were saved, between 2003 and 2011.

12. The infant mortality rate fell from 19.1 per thousand in 1999 to 10 per thousand in 2012, a reduction of 49%.

13. Average life expectancy increased from 72.2 years in 1999 to 74.3 years in 2011.

14. Thanks to Operation Miracle, launched in 2004, 1.5 million Venezuelans who were victims of cataracts or other eye diseases, regained their sight.

15. From 1999 to 2011, the poverty rate decreased from 42.8% to 26.5% and the rate of extreme poverty fell from 16.6% in 1999 to 7% in 2011.

16. In the rankings of the Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), Venezuela jumped from 83 in 2000 (0.656) at position 73 in 2011 (0.735), and entered into the category Nations with 'High HDI'.

17. The GINI coefficient, which allows calculation of inequality in a country, fell from 0.46 in 1999 to 0.39 in 2011.

18. According to the UNDP, Venezuela holds the lowest recorded Gini coefficient in Latin America, that is, Venezuela is the country in the region with the least inequality.

19. Child malnutrition was reduced by 40% since 1999.

20. In 1999, 82% of the population had access to safe drinking water. Now it is 95%.

21. Under President Chavez social expenditures increased by 60.6%.

22. Before 1999, only 387,000 elderly people received a pension. Now the figure is 2.1 million.

23. Since 1999, 700,000 homes have been built in Venezuela.

24. Since 1999, the government provided / returned more than one million hectares of land to Aboriginal people.

25. Land reform enabled tens of thousands of farmers to own their land. In total, Venezuela distributed more than 3 million hectares.

26. In 1999, Venezuela was producing 51% of food consumed. In 2012, production was 71%, while food consumption increased by 81% since 1999. If consumption of 2012 was similar to that of 1999, Venezuela produced 140% of the food it consumed.

27. Since 1999, the average calories consumed by Venezuelans increased by 50% thanks to the Food Mission that created a chain of 22,000 food stores (MERCAL, Houses Food, Red PDVAL), where products are subsidized up to 30%. Meat consumption increased by 75% since 1999.

28. Five million children now receive free meals through the School Feeding Programme. The figure was 250,000 in 1999.

29. The malnutrition rate fell from 21% in 1998 to less than 3% in 2012.

30. According to the FAO, Venezuela is the most advanced country in Latin America and the Caribbean in the erradication of hunger.

31. The nationalization of the oil company PDVSA in 2003 allowed Venezuela to regain its energy sovereignty.

32. The nationalization of the electrical and telecommunications sectors (CANTV and Electricidad de Caracas) allowed the end of private monopolies and guaranteed universal access to these services.

33. Since 1999, more than 50,000 cooperatives have been created in all sectors of the economy.

34. The unemployment rate fell from 15.2% in 1998 to 6.4% in 2012, with the creation of more than 4 million jobs.

35. The minimum wage increased from 100 bolivars/month ($ 16) in 1998 to 2047.52 bolivars ($ 330) in 2012, ie an increase of over 2,000%. This is the highest minimum wage in Latin America.

36. In 1999, 65% of the workforce earned the minimum wage. In 2012 only 21.1% of workers have only this level of pay.

37. Adults at a certain age who have never worked still get an income equivalent to 60% of the minimum wage.

38. Women without income and disabled people receive a pension equivalent to 80% of the minimum wage.

39. Working hours were reduced to 6 hours a day and 36 hours per week, without loss of pay.

40. Public debt fell from 45% of GDP in 1998 to 20% in 2011. Venezuela withdrew from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, after early repayment of all its debts.

41. In 2012, the growth rate was 5.5% in Venezuela, one of the highest in the world.

42. GDP per capita rose from $ 4,100 in 1999 to $ 10,810 in 2011.

43. According to the annual World Happiness 2012, Venezuela is the second happiest country in Latin America, behind Costa Rica, and the nineteenth worldwide, ahead of Germany and Spain.

44. Venezuela offers more direct support to the American continent than the United States. In 2007, Chávez spent more than 8,800 million dollars in grants, loans and energy aid as against 3,000 million from the Bush administration.

45. For the first time in its history, Venezuela has its own satellites (Bolivar and Miranda) and is now sovereign in the field of space technology. The entire country has internet and telecommunications coverage.

46. The creation of Petrocaribe in 2005 allows 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, or 90 million people, secure energy supply, by oil subsidies of between 40% to 60%.

47. Venezuela also provides assistance to disadvantaged communities in the United States by providing fuel at subsidized rates.

48. The creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) in 2004 between Cuba and Venezuela laid the foundations of an inclusive alliance based on cooperation and reciprocity. It now comprises eight member countries which places the human being in the center of the social project, with the aim of combating poverty and social exclusion.

49. Hugo Chavez was at the heart of the creation in 2011 of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) which brings together for the first time the 33 nations of the region, emancipated from the tutelage of the United States and Canada.

50. Hugo Chavez played a key role in the peace process in Colombia. According to President Juan Manuel Santos, "if we go into a solid peace project, with clear and concrete progress, progress achieved ever before with the FARC, is also due to the dedication and commitment of Chavez and the government of Venezuela."
50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution

How did Venezuela change under Hugo Chávez?

On that other hand, all of this can come at a dire, dire cost. Much like the Soviet Union sapping the productive classes of it's creative potential as a price for modernization in the early part of the 20th century to grind the nation to a halt by the 50's, now, Venezuela is finding a stagnant economic paradigm.


The Legacy of Hugo Chávez | Harvard Political Review
Unsustainable Economic Policies


". . . Though Chávez’s social programs benefitted many poor Venezuelans, his policies came at a high economic and social cost that has laid the foundation for present and future economic challenges. Under Chávez, corruption, inefficiency, and mismanagement grew significantly. Chávez oversaw a decrease in oil production from 3.3 million barrels produced per day when he took power in 1998, to 2.4 million barrels per day in 2012. The effects of this decline have yet to be felt because of a corresponding increase in prices, but they may manifest themselves before long. According to MercoPress, oil accounts for over one third of Venezuela’s GDP, half of government revenues, and 90 percent of its exports. Ricardo Hausmann of the Kennedy School and former Venezuelan Minister of Planning criticized Chávez for remaining complacent despite Venezuela’s valuable resources. “The good hand that Chávez was dealt—the high price of oil—was not used to create a stronger country or a stronger society … he threw it away with a set of policies that will prove unsustainable,” he told the HPR.


Chávez’s socialist policies also hurt Venezuela’s productive capabilities by alienating business interests in the country. Venezuela was listed number 180 out of 185 countries on the World Bank’s list of “Ease of Doing Business” economies, a result of its socialist polices. In addition to these difficulties, Venezuela ended 2012 with an annual inflation rate of 20.1 percent. In the flourishing currency black market, a dollar is valued at 16 bolivars, contrasted with the official rate of 4.3 bolivars to the dollar. Venezuela’s only reliable export in the face of these circumstances is oil.


In addition to these economic challenges, the country’s security has also taken a hit. More civilians were killed in Venezuela from 2003 to 2011 than in Iraq during the same period of time, making Caracas more deadly than Baghdad. “Astronomical levels of crime and violence make Venezuela the most dangerous country in South America in terms of homicide,” according to Arnson. . . . "

 

[Likkmee]

Warning, graphic video: Government vehicle runs over protesters in Venezuela
Fucking awesome!

 

[georgephillip]

Internet Restrictions Reported as Venezuela Crisis Intensifies

"A group that monitors internet censorship says Venezuela’s state run internet provider has been restricting access to YouTube and Google services following the opposition leader’s call for the military to revolt against President Nicolás Maduro.

"The non-governmental NetBlocks group says access to the services remains intermittently available since the restrictions don’t appear to be completely effective.

"It says Twitter, Facebook and several other services were briefly restricted earlier, although core internet connectivity remains unaffected."

US neocons are once again behind foreign policy, so expect a constant green light for regime change in Venezuela especially as impeachment talk heats up in DC.

The History - and Hypocrisy - of US Meddling in Venezuela

Maduro eat a bullet yet?

Maduro eat a bullet yet?

Has anyone seen him today?
You better check with Ollie and Elliot!

There was a time I read that magazine. What a fool! Anyway Chavez and Maduro have done a number on Venezuela. Chavez is the one that gave fellow socialist Obama a book in 2009 at a meeting.

There was a time I read that magazine. What a fool! Anyway Chavez and Maduro have done a number on Venezuela. Chavez is the one that gave fellow socialist Obama a book in 2009 at a meeting.

You mean this book?

Chávez creates overnight bestseller with book gift to Obama

"During a session of the summit of the Americas in Trinidad at the weekend, Chávez strode up to Obama, patted him on the shoulder and, with a friendly handshake, gave him a paperback copy of Eduardo Galeano's 1973 work, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.

"As footage of the encounter appeared on news bulletins, the book rocketed up the US paperback sales chart of the online bookseller Amazon, soaring from number 54,295 to sixth place within 24 hours."

If Obama was a socialist (he wasn't), why did his justice department refuse to prosecute any of the Wall Street bankers who crashed the US economy in 2008?

 

[MisterBeale]

Internet Restrictions Reported as Venezuela Crisis Intensifies

"A group that monitors internet censorship says Venezuela’s state run internet provider has been restricting access to YouTube and Google services following the opposition leader’s call for the military to revolt against President Nicolás Maduro.

"The non-governmental NetBlocks group says access to the services remains intermittently available since the restrictions don’t appear to be completely effective.

"It says Twitter, Facebook and several other services were briefly restricted earlier, although core internet connectivity remains unaffected."

US neocons are once again behind foreign policy, so expect a constant green light for regime change in Venezuela especially as impeachment talk heats up in DC.

The History - and Hypocrisy - of US Meddling in Venezuela

Maduro eat a bullet yet?

Maduro eat a bullet yet?

Has anyone seen him today?
You better check with Ollie and Elliot!

Ilhan Omar Humiliates War Criminal

Hillary would have have invaded before the election was even held. . . .

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Only idiots could fuck up that much oil...….

 

[P F Tinmore]

 

[P F Tinmore]