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Zorro

(15,740 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2015, 02:48 PM Feb 2015

Arrest shows Venezuelan leader panicking: mayor's wife

Venezuela's president is panicking over falling popularity and has revealed his authoritarian face by arresting Caracas's mayor, the opposition politician's wife said.

Antonio Ledezma, 59, was seized by intelligence agents in his office on Thursday and charged the next day for "conspiring" against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government which has been alleging a U.S.-backed coup plot.

In an interview on Sunday, his wife Mitzy, 64, said it was in fact Maduro displaying his dictatorial tendencies by locking up the veteran politician ahead of important parliamentary elections due for later in 2015.

"Maduro is terrorized, panicked by the opposition. He knows that every day there are more opponents," Mitzy Ledezma said.

http://news.yahoo.com/arrest-shows-venezuelan-leader-panicking-mayors-wife-174645636.html

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Arrest shows Venezuelan leader panicking: mayor's wife (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2015 OP

Notice how Reuters tweaks the readers bias ... GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #1

She makes an interesting admission ... Mika Feb 2015 #2

Was she panicking when her husband was plotting along with the others polly7 Feb 2015 #3

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

1. Notice how Reuters tweaks the readers bias ...

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 03:03 PM

Feb 2015

with the headline.

Mika

(17,751 posts)

2. She makes an interesting admission ...

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 04:01 PM

Feb 2015

"Maduro is terrorized, panicked by the opposition." Mitzy Ledezma said.

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polly7

(20,582 posts)

3. Was she panicking when her husband was plotting along with the others

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 10:24 AM

Feb 2015

to support the bought and paid for 'rioting' in the streets that killed people and destroyed property? Over the attempted coup that would have taken Venezuelans back to a time of suffering and control by right-wing freaks wanting to turn Venezuela into another IMF owned debtor nation with no hope of ever becoming again what they fought so hard for? The economic terrorism undermining Venezuela's growth and ability to feed its own people? I doubt it. She was probably highly anticipating her hubby's power without a single thought for all those who don't want his brutality - 'the vampire' - 'student killer'. Glad he's in prison and hope he stays there.

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