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GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 02:51 PM Jun 2017

Maduro infuriated, as the rest of the world yawns

over his staged helicopter fiasco.

"Meanwhile, Caracas has blasted other governments for remaining largely silent with regards to the armed assault. Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada accused several countries of “feigning ignorance” out of support for the right-wing opposition in the country and confirmed that neither Canada, the US or a single country in Europe had issued an official statement.

“In Europe we have still not received the first reaction. Spain has not even bothered to pick up the phone to condemn this attack… We are still waiting for a reaction from countries of the Organization of American States, Mexico, [and] Argentina,” said the FM.

“How can we believe these countries that defend human rights [one day] and the next they pretend to have dementia?… There is a campaign of hostility against Venezuela and the best example of that is what has happened today, they do not care about Venezuelans,” he added."

-snip-

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/13209 (Maduro's English language mouthpiece)

Meanwhile, as the world is distracted by this stunt...

The Supreme Tribunal strips authority from the Prosecutor General, confiscates her accounts and bans her from leaving the country
5 more students murdered while protesting (shot in head... like Che used to do!)
Thousands of voting centers and schools are declared "Military Security Zones"
Declaration that protesting the unConstitutional referendum is punishable by 10 years in jail, and
Maracay is in flames
Maduro claims what he cannot gain by the vote, he will gain with guns.

But, not to worry. I understand that the big news is they found a new fossil in Patagonia!

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