White House: Despite Order, Venezuela Not a National Security Threat to U.S.
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The White House is backing off its move deeming Venezuela a national security threat to the United States. An executive order signed by President Obama last month used the designation to sanction top Venezuelan officials. But speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House adviser Benjamin Rhodes said: "The United States does not believe that Venezuela poses some threat to our national security." The statement comes as President Obama prepares for a regional trip that includes a summit of the Organization of American States in Panama. Venezuelan officials say they will present Obama with a petition of millions of signatures calling on him to rescind the order.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/8/headlines

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He should fire his staff. He should never have hired them in the first place...but they really have to go now.

I've been worried that if things stabilize in the Middle East, the US can turn its full might and fury on a sovereign country with a democratically elected president...Venezuela.


One of the unintended consequences of the Bush administration for which I am grateful is that in the NeoCons obsession with Iraq,
they took their eyes off the ball in Latin America long enough for many countries to democratically elect representative governments that actually serve their people.

VIVA Democracy!
I pray we get some here soon.