{"id":13743,"date":"2017-08-15T00:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T07:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=13743"},"modified":"2017-08-15T00:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T07:06:36","slug":"the-transparent-facade-of-venezuelan-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/08\/15\/the-transparent-facade-of-venezuelan-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Transparent Fa\u00e7ade of Venezuelan Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather than immanentize the eschaton and bring forth a democratic socials revolution of peace and prosperity, Venezuela has been slowly and <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/08\/01\/venezuelas-not-so-cold-civil-war-grows-hotter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perpetually sliding<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/strategypage.com\/on_point\/2017080201046.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil war<\/a> and all the <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/04\/26\/venezuela-turning-in-a-widening-gyre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chaos attendant<\/a> thereto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Questions have been raised of whether there is anyone in the <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2017\/08\/02\/will-maduros-military-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military<\/a> who is willing to <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/L\/LT_VENEZUELA_EYES_ON_MILITARY?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2017-08-06-15-47-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stand up against Maduro<\/a>, though at this point it is an open question if overt moves are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/venezuela-coup-uprising-terrorist-attack-military-nicolas-maduro-valencia-caracas-shooting-arrests-a7879321.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honest calls to revolution<\/a>, or staged events to out dissenters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maduro has embraced old school <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/r-exclusive-venezuelan-vote-data-casts-doubt-on-turnout-at-sunday-poll-2017-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rigged elections<\/a> that are and always have been a hallmark of hard-Left governments, complete with <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2017\/08\/09\/venezuelas-new-assembly-grabs-even-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overthrowing actual elected democratic bodies<\/a> with rigged elections as the justification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13744\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tintin-commuist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make matters worse, Maduro&#8217;s regime is <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2017\/08\/05\/venezuela-fires-prosecutor-luisa-ortega-diaz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purging dissenters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But perhaps, Maduro&#8217;s regime has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/maduros-son-threatens-to-take-the-white-house-with-guns-if-trump-intervenes-in-venezuela\/article\/2631376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lashed out too much<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro threatened to &#8216;take the White House&#8217; with guns if the U.S. military intervened in the country\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;&#8216;If the U.S. soils the homeland, the rifles would come to New York and take the White House'&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President Trump ain&#8217;t exactly the most likely to ignore open threats like that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tintin-commuist-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tintin-commuist-thumb.jpg 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tintin-commuist-thumb-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Transparent Facade of Venezuelan Democracy\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Rather than immanentize the eschaton and bring forth a democratic socials revolution of peace and prosperity, Venezuela has been slowly and perpetually sliding into civil war and all the chaos attendant thereto.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/tintin-commuist-thumb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather than immanentize the eschaton and bring forth a democratic socials revolution of peace and prosperity, Venezuela has been slowly and perpetually sliding into civil war and all the chaos attendant thereto. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Questions have been raised of whether there is &hellip; 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