Juan Guadio (C). IMAGE: AP Photo / Fernando Llano
The US is fueling crisis in Venezuela in an obvious attempt to implement a regime change policy in the country.
On January 23, US President Donald Trump once again declared the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro “illegitimate” and officially recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as “the Interim President of Venezuela”.
The citizens of Venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate Maduro regime. Today, I have officially recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela. https://t.co/WItWPiG9jK
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2019
Later, Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if he was considering sending the US military to the country, that all options were on the table for Venezuela.
“We’re not considering anything, but all options are on the table,” he said.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Maduro to step aside and confirmed the US support to the transitional government.
“The Venezuelan people have suffered long enough under Nicolas Maduro’s disastrous dictatorship”, he said. “We call on Maduro to step aside in favour of a legitimate leader reflecting the will of the Venezuelan people.”
Multiple reports appeared in the media that Washington is considering imposing an oil embargo against Venezuela if its government takes action to defend his government.
Meanwhile, Guaido, the president of the disempowered National Assembly, claimed that he had entered the office as Interim President of Venezuela. He claimed that 4 of the 23 Venezuelan states had joined the protests against the government and called on the army to support the protesters. After this, he reportedly fled to the Colombian embassy where he’s waiting for the international community to intervene.
Several, Latin American countries, including Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Brazil, with a high US influence in within the government also decided to recognize the opposition leader as Venezuela’s interim president.
A look at the situation in the capital of Caracas:
According to different sources, from 2 to 6 people were killed in clashes between protesters and police. Multiple people were injured.
In response, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that his country was breaking diplomatic and political relations with the US, and gave Washington’s diplomats 72 hours to leave. The president vowed to fight for the people’s right to peace and a sovereign government of their choosing.
He accused the US of attempting to stage a coup in the country.
Russia recognizes Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.
“I think that in this developing situation the United States is trying to carry out an operation to organize the next color revolution [a regime change attempt] in Venezuela,” the deputy chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the upper house of parliament, Andrei Klimov, told the state-run news agency RIA Novosti.
“I do not think that we can recognize this — it is, in essence, a coup,” another committee member, Vladimir Dzhabrailov, was quoted as saying by the agency Interfax.
Pro-opposition sources speculate that security forces opened live fire on protesters, but no evidence has been provided so far:
#Caracas Plaza Madariaga. 1 hombre detenido por la GNB, bombas lacrimógenas y perdigones cuando personas intentaban concentrarse en la plaza. Video @luisgonzaloprz @NTN24ve pic.twitter.com/veSE4XBSJN
— Roman Camacho (@RCamachoVzla) January 23, 2019
#Update: Military is shooting Warning shots fired at protestors at the Highway in #Caracas in #Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/TcxUz0HYTe
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) January 23, 2019
Suprisingly as it might be I´m with the US on this one. People under Maduro´s rule is starving and dying, this is the first time I would see the US do something good with their army.
You don’t think the US had some thing to do with that starvation. I suppose you’d just have the US come in and privatize everything. Giving their resources away for pennies on the dollar. Defrauding the Venezuelan citizens of their natural right. Sadly you just don’t understand how Evil my country is. I pity the human race with people like you in it. You care nothing for anyone but yourself.
Yes, humans are animals that need food and meds. Better let US take over than starving your own people. There is A LOT more liberty under US rule than under Maduro. It’s a dirty job that Trump assumed. Other South American countries will follow. Maybe Brazil, hopefully.
Keep on dreaming up that propaganda. Maduro and Chavez actually did something for their people. Which is more than the US government ever did for its own citizens.
Like sizing guns and allowing only the pro-government militia to have guns… a good example for the US government. Id’s say you keep on dreaming.
If you personally didn’t develop into human being but degraded to animal that is your personal problem. Stop suggesting others to follow this whore mentality that you show here.
Stop lying . The only thing us wants is plunder . Nothing else. The idea that more liberty would follow is laughable…libya is a perfect example!!
You are nothing but a state department shill. I dont know what whoever wrote the script your on is smoking, but holy fuck thay shits whack!!!
Mind your own business!
Or he may just be one of those “useful idiots” .You know like the two Scandi girls who thought all headchoppers are just misunderstood and they knew better.
Your level of misunderstanding is astonishing. That’s not Maduro who’s making people of Venesuela starving. That is USA. What Maduro is trying to do is preserving some sort of soveregnity to his country so it can develop for the good of their people. USA is strangling Venesuela so it goes back to being their colony. Will it be better for Venesuelians to be colony? Look at Ukraine as an example – they promised thick and thin but result is that Ukraine became poorest country in Europe. Whore may prefer to be slaves for a peace of bread but actual humans will fight for his freedom.
Clearly most people do not understand the situation at hand; i am no expert on this matter but what i do not is that those people that i have spoken to that are from venezuela only blame the U.S for whats going on in their country, for creating all the caos, granted Maduro is no “great” president on that everyone can agree, but if their was no external political pressure on venezuela most people would not mind having so call “dictator” run the country as long as they have food and a shelter
The Evil Rich must always have more more more…….
And why is a dictator that is happy to see his own people starving better than the US hegemony?
Who created the starving? Google “Moon of Alabama.org” Learn something.
Both Maduro and the US are guilty for the starving but US is not meant to care of the Venezuelans more than Maduro do. Why a man thinks that it’s better for millions of HIS OWN people to starve rather than him to step out of the room?
No just Americans like you.
Ouch, that burns.
Why, your only renting America.
Back to the NY Times for you.
Gaddafi was not starving his own people like Maduro. I never said US should care about Venezuelans, but Maduro should care. They are literary starving.
Well that is a lie, but the US has made life very unpleasant for Venezuelans. Are you Venezuelan? If not what makes you think you have the right to rule over others?
Venezuelans are not ruling their own country. That’s the definition of the dictature, you dummy
Same goes for the US and yeah there people starving over there too, despite having a GPD of 20 trillion.
Almost everyone here knows the USA is not really going to help the venuzualeans but merely to insert a controlled sock puppet that will create a climate that will ensure foreign interests can get a foothold into controlling oil and energy infrastructure, banking and other industries. Everything else they say is just a front to appease certain people and justify the interfernce. The USA can t even feed and house ALL of its own citizens so why should we believe the US government? A quick look look back through history and we see a constant theme running win relation to the USA bringing ‘democracy and freedom’ to foreign countries. They don’t do jack shit except fuck the country up after pillaging everything of value from it. Then they drop it like a hot potato. Don’t treat us like fools. We fucking know what is really going on here. Stop interfering in other sovereign states USA. We are all getting tired of this shit.
Thank You. And that’s just the beginning!’
The Anglo-Americans can care less about the Venezualian people. It’s about their oil.
Not just the oil, the US will take everything, power water etc, and make the Venezuelan people debt slaves.
Just like they do to their own citizens. Our Benevolent Masters.
EXACTLY. I wish Americans could see what is being done to them.
And those who defend Maduro care even less about the Venezuelans. They are pretending for the exactly same reason.
You parrot the Western narrative: demonize those you want out of your way.
Venezuela is in its current state mostly due to US economic warfare crippling its economy.
The degenerate Anglo-American Empire needs to end once and for all for world peace to prevail.
Isn’t more easy for Maduro to step down now and let the people eat?
Not sure what you’re on about in repeating the “food” argument but as I said, you merely regurgitate the Anglo-American narrative without applying the slightest critical thinking.
Besides it’s up to the Venezuelan people to decide what they want; not you or me.
Unfortunately Chaves confiscated all their guns so they are unable to start a revolution. Maybe if US and Brazil sends some they could.
They should send some poison to your food, so that you won’t get any stupid ideas anymore.
No wonder for guns when the army is by Maduro’s side.
Janukovich has stepped down, ukranians have got even less to eat now than they did before 2014, a lot less.
They are receiving less food than before 2014 you say… Nobody starved Ukrainians more than Russians by confiscating their food during Holodomor
BS, ukranians were taking food from ukranians during holodomor, not the russians.
And Maduro is happy to see his people starving than giving up the power. How classy from him!
He does not want to see his people RAPED by the Evil US government and its corporations.
So you’re bragging that you are american huh ;)
Are you going to repeat the same thing over and over again, you poor mind.
You are a contrary fool who will not see reason but keep parrotting crap about giving up to the Americans.
Here is an idea.;keep your ranting for the American gov. Tell them to back off and you will see the poor Venezuelans you care about SO MUCH have more than enough food. Try that ,friend.
The Americans starve the people of other countries so America can afford to invade other countries. If the USA was destroyed, millions would be lifted out of poverty. Look at the countries that are controlled by America, and they are getting poorer, look at the countries that defy America, and they are getting richer.
Tell me again how America should be destroyed, cause I forgot since your last comments.
Destroy the tool of the moneylenders, the US dollar. Anybody who supports freedom and liberty should buy gold or silver, and burn the filthy shekels.
From what I remember you were more in favor of a nuclear strike from Russia
Well you remember wrong. A nuclear strike might be plan B, but plan A, economic collapse will hurt those who are guilty, and help the oppressed American people.
But being the country with the highest productivity of work, on top of Germany and Japan, they will come back before anyone else. And the economic collapse would be global anyway. I guess it was always plan B for you.
The only thing America produces is moneylenders.
Lending works also as a system of credibility: If a bank trusted you, they verified you, that means I can do business with you. It’s a bit more complicated system. Other countries would do that too if they had the international recognition as long term good business partners.
If a bank trusted me? Very funny, banks don’t trust anybody, especially other banks.
“But being the country with the highest productivity of work,”
You have won the BS’r of the day award, come up and accept your prize, a freshly minted turd.
I agree. The whole world needs to attack America as it is cancerous and will kill all of us. They are a pernicious malign influence on world events.
Do you prefer slavery (with some food) to fighting for your freedom and better life (in the long run)?
More freedom and better life in the long run with under US instead of slavery with ‘some food’ under Maduro.
Now that’s bs, plenty of examples to prove you wrong.
“more freedom and better life in the ling run”(c) what a pile of crap! Do you know how Venesuela was living under US rule (before Chaves)?
You’r almost right. No need for the USA to starve Venezuela by means of special war. They are wasting energy on making enemies.
All they have to do is to leave Venezuelans alone. Maduro is bad but war is worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP8vapiRsyo
American spring incoming… by CIA
I think they have been setting that up for awhile now. See the whole of South America and whatever else we can get our greedy hands on.
…and starving people.
Starved by America.
Better homeless in California than starving at home in Venezuela.
Your whore mentality is discusting.
Homeless and hungry in US despite a very large GPD, americans should do something about that.
The good thing about being homeless in America is you can sh!t in the street. In Venezuela people would be disgusted, but nothing is too gross in America.
Today, the rules of international diplomacy and laws, drew their last breath.
Sadly my Evil and Corrupt government has been it from day one.
I agree with you but a president that would have just a drop of shame would declare war on US then surrender next 5 mins to let them take over and stop the hunger
The hunger will only grow worse if the US starts pillaging, look at Iraq.
Let’s not compare apples to oranges. Iraq, Libya, Syria interventions are criminal. Venezuela would put an end to a real criminal regime.
Bullshit stop the liberal intervensionism, you guys just screw it up, you know why? Because you dont plan to fix anything, all you do is kill and steal.
Go the fuck home!
Just curious, did you ever hope that I’m american?
Who said you have to be american to support liberal intervensionnism? Im saying its a bad idea period, wether your from america or zanzibar.
Maybe Venezuela should organize mass destruction on US territory, a taste of their own medicine and let them spend $$$ in combating internal terrorism.
Maybe it should organize an asylum for retards like you.
Ah, another flunky. Frightened that your actions will have repercussions? Your name suits you; an occupied sow.
LOLOL busy sow nice one
It’s not apples to oranges but the exact same exact thing: all sorts of measures are taken to demonize and weaken the targeted nation. The media then takes care of the ideological warfare which ultimately leads to a military intervention.
You care even less about the Venezuelans than Americans. Nobody in Americas can stand SUA, it’s common sense to not use your own people as canon fodder against the greatest power in the world. A sacrifice that most dictators are ready to do is sacrificing their own people for noble ideas…
Don’t make this about me. You’re the one advocating another US military intervention.
Americans are mostly zombified sheep who have no clue of what “their” government did or does. When I write “Anglo-American empire”, I imply the degenerate oligarchs and their military-industrial-financial complex running it.
Totally clueless or you’re just shilling. So tell me, the US financial war on Venezuela has nothing to do with why the country is in this current mess, right?
The point is, it’s up to Venezuelans not foreigners to decide their fate, mind your own business.
Who says?
Stop the hanger? Just as they did in Ukraine?
Thank you for working hard to prove my point. The only time Ukraine starved was under Muscovites rule.
Are you really trying to say that Ukraine is in better shape now than it was before 2014? Really? Should we look at simple statistics?
Well Jewish Ukrainians are better off, and that’s all bacon is interested in.
Most Russian Billionaires are Jewish too, they are throwing expensive watches at Putin.
Which one feeds you?
I will repeat it because we all can see you have a deformed head: only Russians starved Ukrainians.
Nonsense, only ukrainians have starved ukrainians and are doing the same now.
When have you been in Ukraine last time? I’m talking with my relatives daily and I know first hand what is going on.
They both starved under communist regime. russians suffers most
It’s not the first time the US has pulled this stunt, they rule the world don’t you know :)
No they don’t. They only rule if you acknowledge it:)
We’re just napalming the world with liberty and democracy because nobody else can or will. We’re on a mission from Gog.
Why didn’t you f’king OBEY to us, Argentina?
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Maduro should recognize Hillary Clinton as the American President, and urge Americans to rise up and restore democracy.
You have a point. She did win the popular vote.
Sounds good, I don’t see any problem.
“After this, Guaido reportedly fled to the Colombian embassy where he’s waiting for the international community to intervene.”(C) “People” president indeed :) He’s really ejoying massive “support” of Venesuelian people.
Maybe not a leader but at this point anyone but Maduro would be preferable
not the people he fears. It’s the army
I don’t know where your are from and how things are in your country but in my country (Russia) army consists of our people and defends its people.
I wish it were that clean in all instances, but sadly in a lot of cases the army defends the hand that feeds them. there are a lot of supporters for Guaido. The whole population is not against him as you imply. hes not hiding from the people. It’s the army he’s hiding from who are still under maduro control. Possibly an arrest warrant for him. Could get ugly I hope not.
I do not imply that whole population is against US stooge Guaido. Many are stupid enough to believe that US is interested in better life for Venesuela. Many don’t remember how it was before Chaves. Many are willing to sell their country and people to get their 30 shekels. “Possibly an arrest warrant for him.”(c) How would US act if similar situation will happen in their country? How many yellow vests are arrested in France? What Guaido does is against constitution and law – he would be arrested anywhere in the world.
How would people in the US act if similar situation? If trump put all his people in power, including the Supreme Court and disbanded the National Assembly so that he could run unopposed which is against their constitution? In typical dictator fashion? I bet they’d be pissed and they would demonstrate just like some Venezuelans are. Calling those people stupid and working for sheckels….that kind of talk is beneath me. I stand by my remark that Guaido isn’t hiding from his people as you implied. Let’s watch the developments closely.
Madero needs to mobilize, arm and bring out into the streets his supporters. In mass numbers. That will consolidate the military. And that will paralyze a US military intervention.
Maduro should storm the Columbian embassy, arrest the traitor, and then publicly hang him. All Americans should be arrested and their assets seized, that’s what America would do.
Violence is the only thing Americans understand.
And who brings the food?
Oh, that will come straight from the warehouses of the profiteers and hoarders owned by the opposition. The usual, in all such cases.
Western seeks Latin American Maidan…
Finally
China and Russia might use their leverage at the UN but probably an invasion is what Venezuela is up against with the EU backing Trump all the way, too many God damned Roman Catholic swine in Latin America, so what the hell else can you expect, I mean these queer Christians used my intellectual property for owell over 6 decades to be what what are by simply torturing me, I was always a Communist but as it turns out Allah was obviously just using that to protect me from these Christian swine.
Good luck with the defence Venezuela i would help but the Roman Catholic pigs want me here riding motorbikes.
Is Allah a Communist?
Good question let me explain. Everybody I know in Heaven says the exact same thing on this question about is Allah a communist.
No one knows exactly who Allah is in Heaven so of course No one knows who he supports outside of Religion.
Perhaps… this is a joke I heard from Syrian friends: When Lenin died, he came before the Allmighty himself and the heavenly hosts were eager to see him judged. So G-d (Allah) took him into his private room; after an hour, G-d re-emerged greated by eager and loud enquiries as to Lenin’s punishment to which G-d replied: Sshshshshshs! Quiet! The comrade is sleeping… !
If all they want from you now is to ride you have it good ;)
I couldn’t have it any better Cincrete Mike I got the upper hand now.
Well maybe four virgins would improve things a bit, but every time I got married before Allah said it was predestined.
The last mole I married it was a miracle, there I was at Tubtable Falls Nimbin on the commune getting my rocks off in this rocky stream bed location, with Sue Goldingham.
So I noticed a strange platypus freaking out as it disappeared into the bank just before a sudden pulsation struck my left arm and a mighty force compelled my left hand into the thousands of rocks Sue was laying on.
Subliminally I grabbed on to one and held on for fear of losing my life, still got it today it’s an Aboriginal Stone Axe minus the handle.
So I prey to Allah for at least one virgin to make up for the moles that He set me up with, but I’m not hopeful, if I play my cards righ I’ll for sure get 4 virgins in the after-life if Allah is Willing.
What happened to the 72. Have you been a bad boy and Allah is shortchanging you?
A little turd once spoke badly to me Brother Ma, I stepped in his face and blood poured out of his arse.
I have known you a long time Rodney . Even back when you were commenting as a Jew .
And if you have complaint of me you must really hate those that despise and laugh at you in earnest..
I am one of the few that actually bothers to engage with you.
Sorry about that I didn’t recognize the name, I personally think Allah has been framing His identity through me and you can take two views about it, either you accept being a composed person or not.
I don’t want to put my hand up for either one for fear I’m spitting on the hand that I hope will continue to back me, all Muslim Clerics believe we are the slaves of Allah, maybe Allah doesn’t want slaves, I could go by what philosophy indicates and say Allah came from nothing when the Telepathic Bridge interacted with Fate the major premiss of emptiness and possibility the minor premiss, so Allah was the first correspondent still indicating His Presence to us through the Scriptures still being constructed by the Telepathic Bridge that I claim to exhibit.
In which case we are his identity but not necessarily His slaves, which means I don’t really endourse that view but in the past I have used it and the Muslim Clerics didn’t reject me for pronouncing that it exists, I also spoke of a possible Alien that could have pre-existed Allah, I didn’t ever say for sure he did.
Either way I sit where it’s safe, the Queran says 4, so 4 is all I ask for, the people I know in Heaven all have only 1 but Jews are like that stupid.
Of course the USA wants to install puppet Juan Guaido, who hasn’t even been a politician for a month, that served as the President of the now defunct National Assembly of Venezuela. Don’t have to be a genius to know will happen if this corrupt US puppet becomes president, he will sell all of Venezuela’s resource rich assets to the USA.
Guapo is Uncle Sam’s bumboy.
Yes he has committed treason and should be executed. I have watched how the US persecutes countries, and most try to act in a civilized manner. The US demanded to search Saddam’s home, and he allowed it. Like all the countries that obey the law America crushed them. Now lets look at Iran, when the US tried to overthrow the Iranian Government, a mob? overran the US embassy and took Americans hostage. Iran is still a free country. To get America to respect you, you have to demonstrate that you are as evil and bloodthirsty as they are.
Problem is that Venezuela is trying to be nice guy and bad guy at the same time to not lose the support of liberal-minded middle -class people like us.
Iran did all that but the mad mullahs were in charge and cared nothing about getting involved in war or starvation because of the insult to the Us. Over time, more progressive-types took over in Iran which allowed it to thrive.
Venezuela is scared that if they let loose the dirty dogs to fight fire with fire and clean up the American influence for ever ,they may not be able to rein them in like Iran was over time.
Like you I want the Yankers cleaned out of Latin America root and branch.
in venezuela,there is a bloody dictatorship
Yes and it’s called the United States of America.
You would not know a dictator if he smacked you and spit in your face. You seem one of those useful -idiots.
What business is that of the US – you are not the Policeman of the world
The American invasion of Syria failed, so they invade Venezuela.
If anybody has read Lord of the Rings, it’s easy to see the similarities with today’s world, and of course the USA is Mordor.
Well, next time USA will recognizes a dog as a president as far as to get close to its domination policy.
Everybody obeys the law except America, and the world accepts that. Time to get down and dirty like the Americans. A team of ISIS terrorists should attack the Columbian embassy, cut off Guaido’s head and post it to Trump. The Venezuelan army could chase the terrorists, but say they escaped and are hiding in the US embassy.
Do it the American way, lie torture and kill.
God bless freedom and the United States. Poor people that live in medieval states like Syria and iran or dictatorships like turkey and russia cannot understand what democracy means, just religion or cult of personality
What, you think Americans are rich? The greatest fraud ever committed in the United States, was to convince the serfs they are rich.
It’s funny, especially if it comes out from a nation electing a celebrity millionaire hosting a reality show as their political leader.
Tell that to the millions killed by US spreading so called democracy.
Time for Maduro to take off the gloves and go Erdogan on the coup-plotters. Arrest the traitors and all their financial backers amongst the traitorous local oligarchs. In addition, take control of the oligarch-controlled, pro-coup corporate media. Finally, requesting a Russian military presence would be a great way to fully stabilize the situation and make Washington and its regional puppets think twice about any potential imperialist adventures into Venezuela.
Thay is why the Us is doing all this now. To make the Russians spread their powers thin on the ground. To take the focus of the Russians from Syria etc
Im guided by the beauty of our creative chaos and destruction around the world. We Americans are winners………………LOL.
Only in your own mind Tommy boy!!
Venezuela needs a real socialist revolution.
I don’t know why Venezuela don’t just get rid of the assholes, the capitalis oligarchs, the US agents, the imperialist monkeys etc. Those forces will of course be used for permanent pressure on Venezuela and messing from the inside. This shit is because they refuse to do a real socialist revolution.
The soviet union would not allowed such mess before 80-ies, before Горбачёв government did allow the oligarchs to do their destruction in USSR and allies.
close all the borders immedeatly and send force to border area . and remove all US diplomat ASAP and others who is supporting US descsion . invite Russia military to open base . this is plan to destroy country by US.
The as in Honduras, where H. Clinton (with Pres. Obama) recognized a coup president. Disgusting.
Your bullying is disgusting, twit.
Guaido has committed treason in a time of war. Drag him out of the Embassy and make him disappear. If the US picks another President of Venezuela do the same to him.
“All U.S. options on the table” to Latin America sounds like “solving the Jewish question” to Israel.
What makes the case of U.S interference so clear is the lockstep nature of Guaido’s declaration and the immediate U.S. recognition of the interim Venezuelan presidency.
I say we do the Venezuelans a favor and ice him.
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