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GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:40 PM Jul 2017

Jorge Martin, Maduro's cheerleader, demands VZ Marxism must prevail (while he is safe in Spain)

Venezuela: Helicopter Attack as Opposition Steps up Campaign to Overthrow Maduro

By JORGE MARTIN - IN DEFENCE OF MARXISM, June 30th 2017

"Things in Venezuela are changing by the day, sometimes by the hour. Yesterday, June 27, a police officer commandeered a helicopter and attacked the buildings of the Ministry of Interior and Justice and the Supreme Court of Justice, at the same time broadcasting an appeal for others to join in and overthrow the government of Maduro.

This attempted coup follows heavy rioting in Maracay on Monday, June 26. The opposition, which has declared itself in a state of “disobedience”, has called for 4 hours of road blockades for today, June 28, using insurrectionary language.

The helicopter attack was carried out by Oscar Alberto Perez, an officer of the CICPC (Venezuela’s Penal, Criminal and Scientific Investigation Police Agency), who had served in the agency’s Special Aerial Brigade. Acting with another person and using his police ID he managed to board a CICPC helicopter from the La Carlota Aerial Base in the east of Caracas which he then flew into central Caracas.

At the same time he released a series of videos on his Instagram account in which he explained that he was part of a network of officers in the security forces and the army with links to civilians which was demanding the removal of president Maduro. From the helicopter the would be golpistas draped a flag with the words “350 Libertad”. This refers to article 350 of the Bolivarian constitution which allows for civil disobedience in the face of a regime or authority trampling on democratic or human rights, and which has been invoked by the opposition in the last few days in its attempts to overthrow the government.

The occupants of the helicopter opened fire on the Ministry of Interior and Justice building, where a reception for journalists was taking place, celebrating Journalists Day. Then it flew to the Supreme Court of Justice building where they threw four grenades. No-one was injured in the attacks. Neither the helicopter nor its occupants have been captured so far."

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While Jorge Martin sips on an Andalusian jerez in Spain, people are being executed in the name of "purity" in Venezuela because they cannot afford an arepa... if one were even available.

Source: https://www.marxist.com/venezuela-helicopter-attack-as-opposition-steps-up-campaign-to-overthrow-maduro.htm

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