Polica Nacional Bolivariana sets trucks with humanitarian aid on fire

[Oele]

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[GatoGordo]

1. All you need to know about the PNB is in the name

Polica Nacional Bolivariana.

Not Policia Nacional Venezolana.

These thugs do not work for the people of Venezuela. They serve Chavismo. They serve the Glorious Bolivarian Revolution.

How about the National Guard?

GNB: Guardia Nacional Bolivariana

The Armed Forces?

FANB: Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana

The Intelligence Service?

SEBIN: Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional


See a pattern?

[Oele]

2. An interesting thing is that the 'bolivarian' names don't exist in the constitution.

https://www.oas.org/juridico/mla/sp/ven/sp_ven-int-const.html

It's the "Policia Nacional", the "Fuerza Armada Nacional" and the "Guardia Nacional".

[GatoGordo]

3. Indeed!

Chavismo has transformed these institutions into tools of the Revolution.

The Constitution is now a quaint memory.

[Eugene]

4. Two killed as Maduro sends troops to block Venezuela aid convoys

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 23, 2019 / 5:06 AM / UPDATED 9 MINUTES AGO

Two killed as Maduro sends troops to block Venezuela aid convoys

Steven Grattan, Anggy Polanco, Mayela Armas
6 MIN READ

CUCUTA, Colombia/URENA, Venezuela (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and trucks loaded with foreign aid were set ablaze after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro deployed troops and armored vehicles to turn back humanitarian assistance at border crossings with Colombia and Brazil.

Maduro said he was breaking diplomatic relations with Colombia and ordered its diplomatic staff to leave Venezuela within 24 hours because of its government’s assistance to opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Guaido, who most Western nations recognize as Venezuela’s legitimate leader, gave a personal send-off on Saturday to a convoy carrying U.S. aid departing from the Colombian city of Cucuta. The opposition says the foreign humanitarian assistance is desperately needed to tackle widespread food and medicine shortages in Venezuela.

But Maduro denies his oil-rich nation has any need of aid and accuses Guaido of being a coup-mongering puppet for U.S. President Donald Trump.

Washington warned on Friday that it could impose tough new sanctions on Venezuela if Maduro blocked the aid shipments.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/two-killed-as-maduro-sends-troops-to-block-venezuela-aid-convoys-idUSKCN1QC091

[GatoGordo]

5. Two indigenous Pemon. A woman and her husband

Whose crime was wanting to eat