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Zorro

(15,740 posts) Sat Dec 13, 2014, 10:55 PM Dec 2014

'Stupid' US sanctions won't undo my government: Maduro

Source: AFP

President Nicolas Maduro charged Saturday that tighter, "stupid" new US sanctions are just further straining to undermine military staff loyalty after Venezuela derailed a bid to oust him.

"These sanctions are a threat -- to see if they can break the morale of leaders of our armed forces ... in March, I announced that we put down an attempted coup d'etat, thanks to our brass' loyalty," Maduro said at a speech in Caracas.

The tighter US sanctions freeze assets and deny visas to Venezuelan authorities responsible for violence and political detentions triggered by the protests.

"Have you ever heard of such arrogance?" leftist firebrand Maduro asked angrily.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/stupid-us-sanctions-wont-undo-government-maduro-233451997.html

Guess Maduro won't be living out his exile in Miami...

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'Stupid' US sanctions won't undo my government: Maduro (Original Post) Zorro Dec 2014 OP

He seems to be doing a fine job screwing things up... iandhr Dec 2014 #1

Dammit! You beat me to it!! 7962 Dec 2014 #2

Better watch out, he will be accusing more cointries of forcing his plane down. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #3

It always puzzles me why bashing a leftist leader is so popular in certain quarters here. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #4

Are we supposed to excuse a despot because he's on "our" side? brooklynite Dec 2014 #5

awesome post! That's the truth that many dictator-apologists don't want to hear uhnope Dec 2014 #6

Authoritarian leftists are not progressive and/or liberal. phleshdef Dec 2014 #8

Because we don't like dictators? NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #9

Just the ones that threaten corporate profits Mnpaul Dec 2014 #10

Well, it probably won't be the sanctions that do it, so I agree (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #7

Those sanctions were a Christmas present to Maduro FLPanhandle Dec 2014 #11

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

1. He seems to be doing a fine job screwing things up...

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 11:07 PM

Dec 2014

… all by himself without our help.

7962

(11,841 posts)

2. Dammit! You beat me to it!!

Reply to iandhr (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 11:11 PM

Dec 2014

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

3. Better watch out, he will be accusing more cointries of forcing his plane down.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 11:34 PM

Dec 2014

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

4. It always puzzles me why bashing a leftist leader is so popular in certain quarters here.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 01:06 AM

Dec 2014

And the glee with which every possible problem in Venezuela is presented.

It started with Chavez, and it just goes on and on and on.

It reminds of nothing more than the anti-Communistic crusaders of the last century.