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(46,335 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:48 PM Dec 2015

I don't like the looks of this...

Looks like Maduro is "preparing" the military for a coup.

Venezuelan president addresses military after election loss

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday told Venezuela’s military to be prepared for a fight as the country remains tense after a landslide defeat for his socialist party in congressional elections.

Maduro told troops at a year-end celebration in Caracas that the coming year could see a political showdown between the socialist administration and its enemies.

http://wbay.com/ap/venezuelan-president-addresses-military-after-election-loss/

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I don't like the looks of this... (Original Post) Archae Dec 2015 OP

I lived in Caracas kpete Dec 2015 #1

So much for 'honoring the results of the election'. COLGATE4 Dec 2015 #2

Maduro needs to go back to driving buses and let the adults try to fix the damn country snooper2 Dec 2015 #3

This is alwys the way when socialism gains power. eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #4

wait wait....over there... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #5

venezuela is not socialist, it is run by self-enriching clique pretending to be socialist. nt msongs Dec 2015 #6

Like in France? KamaAina Dec 2015 #7

kpete

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1. I lived in Caracas

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:03 PM

Dec 2015

in the 60s

i was just a kid
i remember ALL natural resources being owned by outsiders
i remember "Americans Go Home" signs
i remember my more wealthy foreign friends having machine gun huts in their front yards

i remember lots of good stuff too
like my cousin Nandy,, her family and my good friends Solange, Maria and a dog named Sarge
the beautiful mountains.....really magnificent

there was an earthquake there too, house across the street totally flattened.

my dad worked for the UN, out next stop was Ireland in the 70s
you took me down a rabbit hole Archae

thanks and peace,
kp