{"id":15476,"date":"2019-03-18T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T07:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15476"},"modified":"2019-03-18T00:39:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T07:39:16","slug":"lights-out-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/03\/18\/lights-out-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights Out In Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The joke about what people used in socialist countries before candles being <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/03\/08\/will-socialism-die-darkness-massive-country-wide-blackout-hits-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">light bulbs<\/a> when you are living in that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/03\/venezuela-is-no-joking-matter.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joke<\/a>&#8220;, and all the resultant <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/03\/09\/this-is-chaos-death-toll-rises-and-protests-rage-on-as-venezuela-blackout-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/03\/11\/no-end-sight-looting-starvation-fourth-day-venezuelan-blackout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">death<\/a> that that brings therewith. Worse yet, people can&#8217;t even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/03\/caracas-goes-dry.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get proper water<\/a> since water plants are getting shut down due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-03-11\/caracas-goes-thirsty-as-power-crisis-shuts-down-water-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lack of electricity<\/a>, with those getting <em>something<\/em> from the tap not exactly being better off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The water coming from the taps in San Diego Carabobo, Venezuela <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Venezuela<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fAqDlfGEFD\">pic.twitter.com\/fAqDlfGEFD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CNW (@ConflictsW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConflictsW\/status\/1105794231505948672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather than try to fix things, the Maduro regime is doubling down on blaming everyone else. They&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/angry-about-video-of-starving-venezuelans-maduro-detains-jorge-ramos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detained<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/venezuelan-counterintelligence-forces-raid-home-of-us-journalist-take-him-into-custody\/2019\/03\/06\/0a1508ca-402e-11e9-85ad-779ef05fd9d8_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.cf03a7c4a7a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expelled<\/a> foreign journalists, with domestic dissenters under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/03\/04\/Guaido-returns-to-Venezuela-amid-threats-of-arrest-after-week-long-travel\/3231551720338\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greater threat<\/a>. Sanctions, not against Venezuela, but of some of the more powerful minions of the regime, likely won&#8217;t even help aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/josefina-blanco\/2019\/02\/25\/united-states-sanctions-four-venezuelan-governors-for-blocking-humanitarian-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">denying the Nomenklatura<\/a> of a few million here or there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is just <a href=\"https:\/\/babalublog.com\/2019\/03\/09\/how-democratic-socialism-destroyed-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">part and parcel<\/a> of Venezuela&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hyperinflation-shatters-venezuelan-manufacturing-11551798001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inevitable collapse<\/a> under a <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/president-evil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maduro regime<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/internet-collapses-in-venezuela-with-80-offline-twitter-youtube-soundcloud-blocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">darkness and isolation<\/a>. No wonder that embassies are closing and diplomatic staff <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/03\/12\/us-embassy-venezuela-effectively-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escaping<\/a> while they can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What can the people do to revolt? Not much, especially with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1105286390227468290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paramilitary street thugs<\/a> of the \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/priscila-guinovart\/2019\/02\/27\/chavista-collectives-the-forces-of-terror-in-venezuela\/?cn-reloaded=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chavista Collective<\/a>&#8220;, whose job was made easier by the regime having already banned civilian ownership of gun in 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Civilian gun ownership was banned in Venezuela in 2012. Somehow the government-affiliated gangs kept their guns. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5uRXFKpWHy\">https:\/\/t.co\/5uRXFKpWHy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamEdwards\/status\/1105502496783503362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What hope is there, if any?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lord-Humungus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lord-Humungus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lord-Humungus-300x262.jpg 300w\" 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=\"Lights Out In Venezuela\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The joke about what people used in socialist countries before candles being light bulbs when you are living in that 'joke', and all the resultant violence and death that that brings therewith.  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