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springchick

(137 posts)
1. Couldn't possibly be a National Guard,
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 02:33 PM
Feb 2014

it had to be a CIA trained, US backed RW'er trying to gin up outrage against the Venezuelan govt. to pave the way for a coup against the govt. of President Maduro.


Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
2. Geraldine Moreno was the name of woman killed by the Venezuela national guard
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 03:18 PM
Feb 2014

People can google it and see photos of what happens when you get shot in the face with a shotgun.

 

springchick

(137 posts)
5. Thank you for the welcome.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 04:25 PM
Feb 2014

Hopefully, this mess in Venezuela will sort itself out without loss of life, on both sides and no coup.
Coups are never good, no matter which side does it, the only acceptable solution, in my mind, is fair and transparent elections.
If the people of Venezuela don't want to continue the policies that President Chavez instituted, then they can elect a new government, but to be legitimate, it HAS to be fair elections without any outside interference, not a coup.

delrem

(9,688 posts)
6. Certainly, and as you're well aware, Venezuela *just had* fair and democratic elections.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 04:30 PM
Feb 2014

And they *just had* local elections.
So you should be happy.

But the losers, the 1%, are furious. Just plain furious. Not happy at all. In fact... well, the 1% in Latin America has ways of showing their fury against leftists, whether politicians or rights workers or whoever stands in their way. As you know, since as you've explained to me in other posts you're so heavily invested in defending the Bolivarian revolution.

 

springchick

(137 posts)
7. I'm happy with the fairness of the elections,
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 04:37 PM
Feb 2014

what I'm not happy with is the state of the country, the economy and crime rate to be specific.
But, that's for the people of Venezuela to fix.

 

springchick

(137 posts)
8. It's been a real pleasure talking to you,
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 04:44 PM
Feb 2014

the hubby wants to go and do something today, so for now, I wish you a good Saturday and will talk to you later.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
10. Damn, pretty sure I saw her before on Capriles' page.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 08:46 PM
Feb 2014

Will have to be sure when I get to my computer.

ChangoLoa

(2,010 posts)
11. Shot by metal perdigones in the face by a National Guard, her mother witnessed, try to helped her
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 07:10 AM
Feb 2014

before the second shot in the eye, but the guard threatened and pushed her away. The second shot was so close that the perdigones went into her brain. She wasn't even demonstrating, just coming back home. She was killed by the hands of the authority in front of her mother.

Will Maduro explain us that her own mother is lying in order to "make the govt look bad"? Just like Genesis Carmona's brother?

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