Venezuela To Impose Mandatory Visas on Americans

[JohnAdams]

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had detained U.S. citizens, including a pilot, on suspicion of espionage, in a move likely to strain already tense relations between Washington and Caracas.

Maduro also said his government would order a reduction in the number of U.S. embassy staff in Caracas and prohibit some U.S. officials from entering Venezuela in retaliation for a similar U.S. measure last year. Venezuela would also require U.S. citizens to obtain visas before visiting, he told a rally.

U.S. companies (Ford, Kimberly-Clark, J&J to name a few) have billions of $$ invested in this country. How will this decision impact on the American economy? What do you think about it?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Who cares? We do as we please in the US, right.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I think Venezuela has become another nation that has fallen victim to Communists. Do the Cuban Communists over there right now need a visa?

 

[Political Junky]

Do Venezuelan citizens need a visa to visit the US?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had detained U.S. citizens, including a pilot, on suspicion of espionage, in a move likely to strain already tense relations between Washington and Caracas.

Maduro also said his government would order a reduction in the number of U.S. embassy staff in Caracas and prohibit some U.S. officials from entering Venezuela in retaliation for a similar U.S. measure last year. Venezuela would also require U.S. citizens to obtain visas before visiting, he told a rally.

U.S. companies (Ford, Kimberly-Clark, J&J to name a few) have billions of $$ invested in this country. How will this decision impact on the American economy? What do you think about it?

We have 'relations"? Who knew...

 

[AceRothstein]

Do Venezuelan citizens need a visa to visit the US?

Yes. We also need one to visit quite a bit of South America.

Visa requirements for Venezuelan citizens - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[Political Junky]

I think Venezuela has become another nation that has fallen victim to Communists. Do the Cuban Communists over there right now need a visa?

Venezuela is a Federal presidential constitutional republic.
Hell, the Right calls President Obama a Communist, so that means nothing.

 

[HenryBHough]

Things of which to not lose track:

1. Venezuelans have long had to have visas to visit The U.S.
2. Americans traveling visa-free to Venezuela have spent millions there. Money that will dry up given the new barrier.
3. The U.S. diplomatic element in Venezuela has been a bloated monstrosity for decades. Cutting it back will help reduce the need for some part of the State Department budget - Congress take note.
4. Venezuela has become a communist dictatorship, not all that far removed from Libya. The fewer diplomats America has there, the fewer who are set up to die in what will come to be called "Benghazi II".

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I think Venezuela has become another nation that has fallen victim to Communists. Do the Cuban Communists over there right now need a visa?

Venezuela is a Federal presidential constitutional republic.
Hell, the Right calls President Obama a Communist, so that means nothing.

Wrong. Much has changed and they are being taken over by communists. The Cuban Communists are down there in force help making it happen.

See this picture? This is food shortages - communists arranged this many months ago.

Hang on - I'll show you a few more.....

grocery shelves emptied -

Venezuelans hunting for food is title of photo.

Title of next photo - Venezuelans wait in long line at "STATE RUN" GROCERY MARKET.

Communists do this in a takeover. You should know that. Are you politically aware of what is going on or aren't you? The Cuban Communists have been reported to be down there assisting the communists inside Venezuela. Showing them how it's done?

 

[Political Junky]

Things of which to not lose track:

1. Venezuelans have long had to have visas to visit The U.S.
2. Americans traveling visa-free to Venezuela have spent millions there. Money that will dry up given the new barrier.
3. The U.S. diplomatic element in Venezuela has been a bloated monstrosity for decades. Cutting it back will help reduce the need for some part of the State Department budget - Congress take note.
4. Venezuela has become a communist dictatorship, not all that far removed from Libya. The fewer diplomats America has there, the fewer who are set up to die in what will come to be called "Benghazi II".

The same crap the Right spouted about Chile which cost the life of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
1973 Chilean coup d tat - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

And of course - every good communist takeover needs a food identification card system. So here you are:

Venezuela tackles food shortage with ID card system World news The Guardian

Food shortages are among the problems cited by those who have been protesting against Nicolás Maduro's regime since February. Photograph: Santi Donaire/EPA
Associated Press

Tuesday 1 April 2014 13.28 EDTLast modified on Friday 20 June 2014
166
Battling food shortages, the Venezuelan government is rolling out a new ID system that is either a grocery loyalty card with extra muscle or the most dramatic step yet towards rationing in Venezuela, depending on who is describing it.

President Nicolás Maduro's administration says the cards to track families' purchases will foil people who stock up on groceries at subsidised prices and then illegally resell them for several times the amount. Critics say it's another sign the oil-rich Venezuelan economy is headed toward Cuba-style dysfunction.

Registration begins at more than 100 government-run supermarkets across the country on Tuesday and working-class shoppers – who sometimes endure hours-long queues at the stores to buy cut-price groceries – are welcoming the plan.

"The rich people have things all hoarded away, and they pull the strings," said Juan Rodriguez, who waited two hours to enter the government-run Abastos Bicentenario supermarket near downtown Caracas on Monday, then waited three hours more to check out.

Rigid currency controls and a shortage of US dollars make it increasingly difficult for Venezuelans to find imported basic products such as milk, flour, toilet paper and cooking oil.

In January, more than a quarter of basic staples were out of stock in Venezuelan stores, according to the central bank's scarcity index. The shortages are among the problems cited by Maduro's opponents who have been staging protests since mid-February.

Reflecting Maduro's increasingly militarised discourse against opponents he accuses of waging "economic war", the government is calling the new programme the "system of secure supply".

Patrons will register with their fingerprints, and the new ID card will be linked to a computer system that monitors purchases. The food minister, Félix Osorio, said it will sound an alarm when it detects suspicious purchasing patterns, barring people from buying the same goods every day. But he also said the cards would be voluntary, with incentives such as discounts and entry into raffles for homes and cars.

So the grocery stores are now Government run. And they accuse the rich of hoarding food (US already has made laws against hoarding food) while tracking the purchases of the poor? This is control at the extreme people. If you buy more than one of an item it detects suspicious purchasing patterns? Ha! And Political Junky says this is not communism? Au Contraire Monfraire! This is Communism and you know it!

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Things of which to not lose track:

1. Venezuelans have long had to have visas to visit The U.S.
2. Americans traveling visa-free to Venezuela have spent millions there. Money that will dry up given the new barrier.
3. The U.S. diplomatic element in Venezuela has been a bloated monstrosity for decades. Cutting it back will help reduce the need for some part of the State Department budget - Congress take note.
4. Venezuela has become a communist dictatorship, not all that far removed from Libya. The fewer diplomats America has there, the fewer who are set up to die in what will come to be called "Benghazi II".

The same crap the Right spouted about Chile which cost the life of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
1973 Chilean coup d tat - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

ha! ha! You must be kidding me! Allende shot himself with his own rifle - his own family even said so - the rifle was a gift from his buddy, Fidel Castro. You are too much! It is the fault of the right that Allende put the rifle between his knees with barrel pointing his way - loaded no less and it accidently fires and kills him??!

How about his own stupidity? Dare we go there?

Or is that too far a reach for you, PJ?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Do Venezuelan citizens need a visa to visit the US?

You didn't answer the question. Do Cuban communists need a Visa to enter Venezuela? yes or no.

 

[Political Junky]

Things of which to not lose track:

1. Venezuelans have long had to have visas to visit The U.S.
2. Americans traveling visa-free to Venezuela have spent millions there. Money that will dry up given the new barrier.
3. The U.S. diplomatic element in Venezuela has been a bloated monstrosity for decades. Cutting it back will help reduce the need for some part of the State Department budget - Congress take note.
4. Venezuela has become a communist dictatorship, not all that far removed from Libya. The fewer diplomats America has there, the fewer who are set up to die in what will come to be called "Benghazi II".

The same crap the Right spouted about Chile which cost the life of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
1973 Chilean coup d tat - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

ha! ha! You must be kidding me! Allende shot himself with his own rifle - his own family even said so - the rifle was a gift from his buddy, Fidel Castro. You are too much! It is the fault of the right that Allende put the rifle between his knees with barrel pointing his way - loaded no less and it accidently fires and kills him??!

How about his own stupidity? Dare we go there?

Or is that too far a reach for you, PJ?

Link?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Things of which to not lose track:

1. Venezuelans have long had to have visas to visit The U.S.
2. Americans traveling visa-free to Venezuela have spent millions there. Money that will dry up given the new barrier.
3. The U.S. diplomatic element in Venezuela has been a bloated monstrosity for decades. Cutting it back will help reduce the need for some part of the State Department budget - Congress take note.
4. Venezuela has become a communist dictatorship, not all that far removed from Libya. The fewer diplomats America has there, the fewer who are set up to die in what will come to be called "Benghazi II".

The same crap the Right spouted about Chile which cost the life of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
1973 Chilean coup d tat - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

ha! ha! You must be kidding me! Allende shot himself with his own rifle - his own family even said so - the rifle was a gift from his buddy, Fidel Castro. You are too much! It is the fault of the right that Allende put the rifle between his knees with barrel pointing his way - loaded no less and it accidently fires and kills him??!

How about his own stupidity? Dare we go there?

Or is that too far a reach for you, PJ?

Link?

are you kidding me? You never heard that story?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Things of which to not lose track:

1. Venezuelans have long had to have visas to visit The U.S.
2. Americans traveling visa-free to Venezuela have spent millions there. Money that will dry up given the new barrier.
3. The U.S. diplomatic element in Venezuela has been a bloated monstrosity for decades. Cutting it back will help reduce the need for some part of the State Department budget - Congress take note.
4. Venezuela has become a communist dictatorship, not all that far removed from Libya. The fewer diplomats America has there, the fewer who are set up to die in what will come to be called "Benghazi II".

The same crap the Right spouted about Chile which cost the life of President Salvador Allende in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
1973 Chilean coup d tat - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

ha! ha! You must be kidding me! Allende shot himself with his own rifle - his own family even said so - the rifle was a gift from his buddy, Fidel Castro. You are too much! It is the fault of the right that Allende put the rifle between his knees with barrel pointing his way - loaded no less and it accidently fires and kills him??!

How about his own stupidity? Dare we go there?

Or is that too far a reach for you, PJ?

Link?

Consider this a favor.

Experts conclude Salvador Allende shot himself NEWSWARPED.COM

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

In the future do your own research, Political Junky. Before you blame the right for Fidel Castro's buddy shooting himself with the rifle he was given by him as a gift! Honestly. The lengths some of you go to. Don't you have enough drama in your life already?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had detained U.S. citizens, including a pilot, on suspicion of espionage, in a move likely to strain already tense relations between Washington and Caracas.

Maduro also said his government would order a reduction in the number of U.S. embassy staff in Caracas and prohibit some U.S. officials from entering Venezuela in retaliation for a similar U.S. measure last year. Venezuela would also require U.S. citizens to obtain visas before visiting, he told a rally.

U.S. companies (Ford, Kimberly-Clark, J&J to name a few) have billions of $$ invested in this country. How will this decision impact on the American economy? What do you think about it?

It's a very sad time for the Venezuelan people. I truly feel sorry for them. Life is quite terrible under communist rule.

 

[Political Junky]

KISSINGER AND CHILE THE DECLASSIFIED RECORD ON REGIME CHANGE

KISSINGER AND CHILE: THE DECLASSIFIED RECORD
Kissinger pressed Nixon to overthrow the democratically elected Allende government because his "'model' effect can be insidious," documents show
On 40th anniversary of coup, Archive posts top ten documents on Kissinger's role in undermining democracy, supporting military dictatorship in Chile
Kissinger overruled aides on military regime's human rights atrocities; told Pinochet in 1976: "We want to help, not undermine you. You did a great service to the West in overthrowing Allende."
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 437

 

[MaxGrit]

And of course - every good communist takeover needs a food identification card system. So here you are:

Venezuela tackles food shortage with ID card system World news The Guardian

Food shortages are among the problems cited by those who have been protesting against Nicolás Maduro's regime since February. Photograph: Santi Donaire/EPA
Associated Press

Tuesday 1 April 2014 13.28 EDTLast modified on Friday 20 June 2014
166
Battling food shortages, the Venezuelan government is rolling out a new ID system that is either a grocery loyalty card with extra muscle or the most dramatic step yet towards rationing in Venezuela, depending on who is describing it.

President Nicolás Maduro's administration says the cards to track families' purchases will foil people who stock up on groceries at subsidised prices and then illegally resell them for several times the amount. Critics say it's another sign the oil-rich Venezuelan economy is headed toward Cuba-style dysfunction.

Registration begins at more than 100 government-run supermarkets across the country on Tuesday and working-class shoppers – who sometimes endure hours-long queues at the stores to buy cut-price groceries – are welcoming the plan.

"The rich people have things all hoarded away, and they pull the strings," said Juan Rodriguez, who waited two hours to enter the government-run Abastos Bicentenario supermarket near downtown Caracas on Monday, then waited three hours more to check out.

Rigid currency controls and a shortage of US dollars make it increasingly difficult for Venezuelans to find imported basic products such as milk, flour, toilet paper and cooking oil.

In January, more than a quarter of basic staples were out of stock in Venezuelan stores, according to the central bank's scarcity index. The shortages are among the problems cited by Maduro's opponents who have been staging protests since mid-February.

Reflecting Maduro's increasingly militarised discourse against opponents he accuses of waging "economic war", the government is calling the new programme the "system of secure supply".

Patrons will register with their fingerprints, and the new ID card will be linked to a computer system that monitors purchases. The food minister, Félix Osorio, said it will sound an alarm when it detects suspicious purchasing patterns, barring people from buying the same goods every day. But he also said the cards would be voluntary, with incentives such as discounts and entry into raffles for homes and cars.

So the grocery stores are now Government run. And they accuse the rich of hoarding food (US already has made laws against hoarding food) while tracking the purchases of the poor? This is control at the extreme people. If you buy more than one of an item it detects suspicious purchasing patterns? Ha! And Political Junky says this is not communism? Au Contraire Monfraire! This is Communism and you know it!

Pretty much following the same pattern seen in Europe post WW1.