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FLPanhandle

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26. If so, it was the most brilliant plan the CIA ever conconted.
Sat May 14, 2016, 01:53 PM
May 2016

If he is not a CIA plant, he is making their jobs easy. Sit back and watch him fuck up the country all on his own.

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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
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