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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sun Dec 14, 2014, 01:55 AM Dec 2014

Nicaragua to ban 2 U.S. lawmakers over sanctions on Venezuela

Source: Miami Herald

Nicaragua to ban 2 U.S. lawmakers over sanctions on Venezuela
By Marc A. Caputo
The Miami Herald • Saturday December 13, 2014 7:28 PM

Nicaragua’s president said he is banning Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen from traveling to the Central American country in protest of the Venezuela sanctions the two helped pass in Congress on Wednesday, according to a newspaper report.

“Just like they (U.S. officials) have their lists, we can make our own lists in Latin America of those who shouldn’t enter our country,” Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told the Tico Times, a Costa Rican paper, during a meeting with Venezuelan officials in his country.

Rubio mocked Ortega’s decision on Twitter: “Oh no! My summer vacation plans are ruined!”

The sanctions, primarily aimed at Venezuelan officials and proxies involved in the violent suppression of pro-democracy activists, would ban them from traveling or staying in the United States and would freeze any U.S. assets. President Baracl Obama plans to sign the legislation.

Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/12/13/nicaragua-to-ban-2-u-s--lawmakers-over-sanctions-on-venezuela.html

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Nicaragua to ban 2 U.S. lawmakers over sanctions on Venezuela (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2014 OP

Rubio is an arrogant little shit. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #1

I don't like Rubio either but Perseus Dec 2014 #5

"the filth"? reddread Dec 2014 #8

Good. Can we ban the REST of 'em? Ken Burch Dec 2014 #2

But... but... nikto Dec 2014 #3

Holy Batman, Robin, you mean America can not be arrogant with impunity? When will the sanctions Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #4

I certainly cannot fault any country that bans Marco Rubio Recursion Dec 2014 #6

Can we ban their visits to California too? n/t cosmicone Dec 2014 #7

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

1. Rubio is an arrogant little shit.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 02:44 AM

Dec 2014

- Pride goeth before a fall, asshole.

K&R

Perseus

(4,341 posts)

5. I don't like Rubio either but

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:21 AM

Dec 2014

this is the first thing (and most probably last) where I will support his efforts.

Anyone who understands the true situation in Venezuela will agree with him that the thugs who have been running that country to the ground need to be punished. All the rhetoric of hating the USA while investing heavily their personal fortunes here, which they did not earn but have robbed from the country, is complete crap. These are evil people, you are horrified by the touture report of the USA, well, the one the venezuelan students suffered, and continue to endure is no better. The USA anal fed the prisoners as part of their torture, the cuban soldiers raped the venezuelan students with their rifles, where is the difference?

This country (the USA) will move forward when we all agree to look at each situation with an unbiased attitude, we must recognize when someone from the other party does something worth supporting, only then will we defeat those who work against us and stop voting for the filth that still govern us, as this year's election proved, the same old scums (Mitch McConell is a good example) got voted back into office.

The Venezuelan people do not have food, toilet paper, etc., all the fantasy stories you hear about the poor being better off with the "Robolution" is just that, fantasy. Maduro is a puppet of the Cuban regime (and so was Chavez), and if you think Rick Perry is dumm, you have not seen anything yet until you hear Maduro talk.

Anyway, do support Rubio on this one, the filth that the Venezuelan government represents must be eliminated, these people should all be in jail.