I can’t live with or without you.
-U2
Canada, the Bad Neighbor
I still haven't found what I'm looking for ...
Well maybe if you didn't live where the streets have no name it wouldn't be so god damned hard!
Posted by: tungsten
There is no siege from within,
ffs - the oligarchy you moran!
Are you directing this insult toward Cooterpunch?
Posted by: syncro
[KenN] The opposite of within is not without, it's outside. Without means to not have something, it does not mean outside or exterior to. [/KenN]
syncro is on fire!!!!
https://twitter.com/i/status/1098653242446307328
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/22/canada-and-the-venezuela-coup-attempt/
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Posted by: chupacabra
the incumbent doesn't usually get 68% of the vote for his/her bang-up job leading the nation. It is also troubling that the turnout of the vote dropped by almost half from the election before.
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Nevertheless, Maduro won the presidency in 2018 in an election that leading members of the opposition demanded he call, then boycotted, a tactic they tried against Chavez.
The boycott failed: 9,389,056 people voted; sixteen parties participated and six candidates stood for the presidency. Maduro won 6,248,864 votes, or 67.84 per cent.
On election day, I spoke to one of the 150 foreign election observers. “It was entirely fair,” he said. “There was no fraud; none of the lurid media claims stood up. Zero. Amazing really.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/22/the-war-on-venezuela-is-built-on-lies/
The Maduro government has waged a violent crackdown on Venezuelan civil society, violated the constitution by dissolving the National Assembly and was re-elected last year in an election many observers said was fraudulent. The economy is a disaster and millions are migrating. ~ Bernie Sanders
And then they went on to totally win a super cool super legit election. ~ Tungsten
Bernie's full of shit.
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Posted by: tungsten
Posted by: chupacabra
The Maduro government has waged a violent crackdown on Venezuelan civil society, violated the constitution by dissolving the National Assembly and was re-elected last year in an election many observers said was fraudulent. The economy is a disaster and millions are migrating. ~ Bernie Sanders
And then they went on to totally win a super cool super legit election. ~ Tungsten
Bernie's full of shit. He only agitates domestically, never does he subtantively challenge empire.
He's the one who hatched the bizarre idea that the "west" give the Saudis funds and liscense to police the middle east.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/14/bernie-sanders-the-company-man/print/
Who should the US elect?
Considering that Maduro is actively trying to starve out the people of Venezuela in his bid to retain power, ANY suggestion that he is the rightful leader of that nation is complete idiocy.
Posted by: syncro
Considering that Maduro is actively trying to starve out the people of Venezuela in his bid to retain power, ANY suggestion that he is the rightful leader of that nation is complete idiocy.
^Spoken like a true MAGA'er.^
Even Pat Tillman's brother....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-call-to-halt-an-illegal-invasion-of-venezuela/
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lol, you’ve totally lost the plot here dude.
Tungsten if you stepped away from your alternate news sites for a second or two you might learn that there are a number of causes beyond just US sanctions that are creating the scenario in Venezuela. I feel a little dirty posting this link but it offers miles more info than that truthdig link.
https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/25/news/economy/venezuela-breaking-point/index.html
Your citing CNN and think I've lost the plot! lol...
Venezuela Coverage Takes Us Back to Golden Age of Lying About Latin America
CNN was ridiculed recently (Redacted Tonight, 2/1/19) when it carried a report on Venezuela, “in the socialist utopia that now leaves virtually every stomach empty,” followed immediately with a cut to a demonstration by the right-wing opposition, where everybody appeared to be quite well-fed.
https://fair.org/home/venezuela-coverage-takes-us-back-to-golden-age-of-lying-about-latin-america/
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