{"id":15609,"date":"2019-05-14T00:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T07:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15609"},"modified":"2019-05-14T00:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T07:33:32","slug":"north-korea-on-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/05\/14\/north-korea-on-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea on the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

     With the remaining industrial capacity dying<\/a>, the people fighting with birds for scraps of food<\/a>, and general misery<\/a> and starvation<\/a>, there isn’t much left<\/a> to fight over<\/a> in Venezuela except a hunk of land with surplus population on it. Perhaps Venezuelan dictator Maduro’s puppetmasters<\/a> will just turn the country into “North Korea on the Caribbean”.<\/p>\n

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     Of course, there is wider ranging implications: Will Russia, China, Cuba, and their accomplices gain a permanent<\/a> foothold<\/a>, or can their grubby hands<\/a> be pushed back<\/a> by America and much of the West?<\/p>\n

     What appeared at first to be a likely successful<\/a> revolt<\/a> against Maduro, has quickly fizzled<\/a> under unrelenting slaughter and violence<\/a>, with sides being changed<\/a>, opposition leaders being arrested<\/a>, and desperate pleas<\/a> for help.<\/p>\n

     And you were expecting a happy ending?<\/p>\n

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