Venezuela crisis: US pulls out staff and tells citizens to 'strongly consider' leaving
Source: The Guardian
Venezuela crisis: US pulls out staff and tells citizens to 'strongly consider' leaving
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent and Julian Borger in Washington
Fri 25 Jan 2019 00.05 GMT First published on Thu 24 Jan 2019 16.10 GMT
The US state department has urged its citizens to “strongly consider” leaving Venezuela and ordered out non-emergency government staff as the head of the country’s armed forces warned of a civil war sparked by a US-backed “criminal plan” to unseat Nicolás Maduro.
In a live address to the nation on Thursday, the defence minister, Vladimir Padrino, accused the Venezuelan opposition led by Juan Guaidó, the United States and regional allies such as Brazil of launching an attempted coup against Maduro that risked bringing “chaos and anarchy” to the country.
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The US initially ignored the Maduro government’s order expelling embassy staff, but late on Thursday the state department announced it was withdrawing “non-emergency US government employees”.
“We are prepared to do the things we need to do to make sure we keep our people safe,” a state department spokesperson said. “The full range of United States government resources are at the ready to ensure the safety and security of US diplomats and their families.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/24/venezuela-maduro-guaido-defense-minister-civil-war
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Then you would be wrong....so wrong.
Shortages in Venezuela of regulated food staples and basic necessities have been widespread following the enactment of price controls and other policies under the government of Hugo Chávez[4][5] and exacerbated by the policy of withholding United States dollars from importers under the government of Nicolás Maduro.[6] The severity of the shortages has led to the largest refugee crisis ever recorded in the Americas.[7][8][9] The Bolivarian government's denial of the crisis[10] and its refusal to accept offers of aid from Amnesty International, the United Nations, and other groups has made conditions even worse.[11][12][12][13] The United Nations and the Organization of American States have stated that the shortages have resulted in unnecessary deaths in Venezuela and urged the government to accept humanitarian aid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortages_in_Venezuela
What about that doesn't make sense?
I took a quick look at good old Andrés Bello Catholic University. Got to see that some graduates there are Venezuela's most extreme oligarchic brats who've barged into Venezuelan politics for the oligarchs, sweet little María Corina Machado, one of the most devious politicians in the world, and ultra-rich cheeseball brat, Henrique Capriles.
Maria, being entertained so long ago, invited to meet Dubya personally,
who has also been handed buttloads of US taxpayers' hard-earned tax
dollars for her dirty little "democratic" "non-profit" organization designed
to scheme their way back into power. Disgusting, treacherous dipstick.
Henrique Capriles, opposition's idea of a Presidential candidate
Entitled, pampered, slimy brat, expected to be handed a country
which has always been massively poor, with ALL the wealth controlled
by European- descended pale racist a-holes, the same people who
used to mock Chavez and call him a "monkey" or "gorilla" and mock
his mannerisms, and dark skin, believing him not to be in any way their
equal.
Some ruling class to worship, apparently, for people with the same morals.
