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GatoGordo

(2,412 posts) Sun Feb 18, 2018, 12:42 PM Feb 2018

Maduro prepares Venezuela for yet another fake imminent invasion

Maduro calls military exercises to "show that Venezuela is respected"
February 18, 2018

Caracas, Feb 17 (EFE) .- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called this Saturday for a new day of military exercises to "show the world" that his country "respects" and "is a territory of independence, of dignity and peace".

"I have ordered the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), together with our people in a civic-military union, to carry out the integral multidimensional defense operations of the territory of our country, the operations and military exercises Independencia 2018 on Saturday, February 24 and Sunday. February 25" said Maduro.

During the departure of an official cruise ship outside of Caracas, the head of state called the entire FANB, to join these operations with the citizens, the military reserve and the Bolivarian National Militia; composed of those who, without exercising the military profession, voluntarily express the desire to enter the body.

"We are going to fine tune the aim of all the teams, we are going to fine tune the movement of all the troops, we are going to fine-tune the movement of all the tanks, of all the missiles, planes, helicopters and above all we are going to fine-tune the aim of the national soul" He said.

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http://www.noticierodigital.com/2018/02/maduro-convoca-ejercicios-militares-demostrar-venezuela-se-respeta/

FANB (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana), GNB (Guardia Nacional Bolivariano), PNB (Policía Nacional Bolivariana), and SEBIN (Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional) are all Venezuelan agencies of state that serve the interests of The Revolution. They are not agencies that serve the Venezuelans. Nor the Constitution. You will notice, that these agencies do not have the name VENEZUELA in any of their titles... but instead BOLIVARIANA/BOLIVARIANO... the Chavista revolution. And there is only a Chavista militia... not a Venezuelan militia. Only Chavistas are given guns. (see picture above)

Maduro needs a distraction, and this "military parade" (sound familiar?) is another in the long list of foolish acts meant to divert attention from the massive humanitarian disaster that is Venezuela. Some even think that he might invade Guyana (Essequibo) as a means to precipitate armed action, as this is something that Maduro needs in order to save face.

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Maduro prepares Venezuela for yet another fake imminent invasion (Original Post) GatoGordo Feb 2018 OP

Military exercises are not a parade. What country does not have the right to hold military Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #1

The Chavista faithful and enchufados have indeed been well fed... providing they prove their loyalty GatoGordo Feb 2018 #2

Interesting history of how western nations have attacked the country, and fairly balanced. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #3

Do you know anything about Venezuela? GatoGordo Feb 2018 #4

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

1. Military exercises are not a parade. What country does not have the right to hold military

Reply to GatoGordo (Original post)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 12:53 PM

Feb 2018

excercises and have a volunteer militia?

Nothing to see her, again.

By the way, the woman and man depicted seem very well fed.

In case anyone, dear reader, missed it:

"I have ordered the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), together with our people in a civic-military union, to carry out the integral multidimensional defense operations of the territory of our country, the operations and military exercises Independencia 2018 on Saturday, February 24 and Sunday. February 25" said Maduro."

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)

2. The Chavista faithful and enchufados have indeed been well fed... providing they prove their loyalty

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 06:37 PM

Feb 2018

Seems its everyone else is starving.

Sit up to eat, kids! Dad's got dinner on!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

3. Interesting history of how western nations have attacked the country, and fairly balanced.

Reply to GatoGordo (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 06:48 PM

Feb 2018

https://www.thenation.com/authors/gabriel-hetland/

"To an agonizingly large degree, Venezuela’s crisis is of the government’s own making. Instead of easing or ending it, the government’s actions—and inactions—over the last several years have made it far worse. Yet, the government has not acted in a vacuum, but in a hostile domestic and international environment. The opposition has openly and repeatedly pushed for regime change by any means necessary. In addition to fostering a politically toxic climate, the opposition’s actions over the past three years—its refusal to recognize President Nicolás Maduro’s April 2013 victory, despite absolutely no evidence of electoral fraud; ensuing violence that targeted state-run health clinics and left at least seven civilians dead; another wave of violence beginning in February 2014 that left 43 dead, approximately half of them due to opposition actions; and recent and repeated calls for military and foreign intervention—have also had a very damaging economic effect."

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)

4. Do you know anything about Venezuela?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 08:04 PM

Feb 2018

The opposition has ZERO power. Since 1999, Chavismo hasn't allowed any opposition any power.

When the MUD (a diverse coalition of left and right* anti-Chavista groups) won a super majority in 2015, Maduro promptly had his illegally seated TSJ (Supreme Court) nullify any laws they passed. The AN hasn't passed a single law, despite being the super majority. They have been effectively cut off from any governance.

Any claims to success or failure of Venezuela since 1999 is not due to the opposition. It is all on Chavismo.

Next red herring?

*You would be very hard pressed to find one political group in Venezuela that anyone would consider right wing. All are leftist or center-left.

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