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22. Maduro is a CIA plant bent on destroying the Venezuelan economy.

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2016, 01:10 PM

May 2016

A brilliant plan, well executed.

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Venezuela president declares emergency, cites U.S., domestic 'threats' [View all] Lodestar May 2016 OP

Didn't he declare a 60 day state of emergency 60 days or so ago? (nt) Recursion May 2016 #1

The "Look over there, it's the USA boogeyman!" approach only works so many times FLPanhandle May 2016 #2

Anyone who actually takes an interest in the well-being nyabingi May 2016 #4

Maduro is incompetent FLPanhandle May 2016 #5

So you believe the state of Venezuela's economy nyabingi May 2016 #6

Maduro destroyed the economy, not some secret US schemes and plots. FLPanhandle May 2016 #8

Bullshit. Neo-liberals take what they want, they always want oil, and they want it for free if GoneFishin May 2016 #12

Didn't you know that the US buys Venezuela's oil? Venezuela's problem COLGATE4 May 2016 #18

I don't think a logical argument will work for some people FLPanhandle May 2016 #27

are you going to reply to post 18? It has been almost a week? snooper2 May 2016 #53

I don't claim to be an economist nyabingi May 2016 #41

Yet we are their largest trading partner hack89 May 2016 #44

We can still buy their oil and try to destabilize nyabingi May 2016 #45

Can we make them pass complex currency controls that create a shortage of dollars? hack89 May 2016 #46

Certainly the fault of the chavistas in power. No other Latin American country is as bad Bacchus4.0 May 2016 #11

How can we both "destroy" their economy and yet still be their biggest trading partner.. EX500rider May 2016 #23

Since all of our foreign policy decisions nyabingi May 2016 #40

The preponderance of coverage melm00se May 2016 #50

Nyabingi, for the win. Myrina May 2016 #42

Maduro is a douchebag barely successful bus driver who put his cronies in all around him snooper2 May 2016 #52

You have nothing worthwhile to add to the conversation apparently (nt) nyabingi May 2016 #55

Oh i dunno, there's people who've been relying on it for years right here anigbrowl May 2016 #32

Actually it works every time with the Bernie people Gomez163 May 2016 #51

If any of the leftist Latin American governments nyabingi May 2016 #3

The United States is worse than Nazi Germany Democat May 2016 #7

They are humorous though. FLPanhandle May 2016 #9

Obama, Hillary, Bernie, democrats/liberals/progressives are worse than Hitler... tenderfoot May 2016 #29

Well, if you look at it honestly nyabingi May 2016 #37

Yes, and they can be self-sufficient. Igel May 2016 #10

Yep. It's a 100% certainty that there are U.S. economic hit men involved, stirring up problems with GoneFishin May 2016 #13

Surrre there are... COLGATE4 May 2016 #19

Right, because it's simply not possible that anyone could be so incompetent, right? anigbrowl May 2016 #33

They must really suck melm00se May 2016 #36

Venezuela should cut off oil exports to the United States and its allies NOW! FrodosPet May 2016 #14

lol NobodyHere May 2016 #17

You forgot to put the sarcasm 'thingy' on your post. COLGATE4 May 2016 #20

I seem to recall hearing something about Russia invading COLGATE4 May 2016 #21

"China.....only peaceful and altruistic intentions" NickB79 May 2016 #24

I read his post as sarcasm. Throd May 2016 #25

The Han people of Tibet have no problems with Chinese rule FrodosPet May 2016 #31

When I decide where to set the bar for the U.S. on fair trade and human rights the first country I GoneFishin May 2016 #30

Part of the US global strategy against nyabingi May 2016 #38

What specific actions did the US take to change Brazil's leadership? Freddie Stubbs May 2016 #56

There are at least two things that come to mind nyabingi May 2016 #57

This is not all Maduro's doing... Imajika May 2016 #15

AD is the *face* of stupidly and incompetently mishandling oil money, promising the moon MisterP May 2016 #16

I agree. Much of it started under Chavez... Drunken Irishman May 2016 #34

So, it's that easy for you to ignore everything we've nyabingi May 2016 #39

Just to be clear, you're blaming President Obama, right? brooklynite May 2016 #48

Venezuela has been ruled utterly and completely incompetently... Imajika May 2016 #49

Maduro is a CIA plant bent on destroying the Venezuelan economy. Throd May 2016 #22

If so, it was the most brilliant plan the CIA ever conconted. FLPanhandle May 2016 #26

I find it shocking that there hasn't been a military coup in Venezuela to oust Maduro Reter May 2016 #28

They've been doing everything they can to keep the military happy Marksman_91 May 2016 #35

I'm sure we've been encouraging nyabingi May 2016 #43

Hey! That's what happened when I was living in the Philippines... brooklynite May 2016 #47

Here in the US... Archae May 2016 #54