{"id":16727,"date":"2020-06-29T03:29:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16727"},"modified":"2020-06-29T03:29:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:29:26","slug":"venezuela-a-pariah-of-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/06\/29\/venezuela-a-pariah-of-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela, A Pariah Of Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/23\/world\/americas\/venezuela-economy-polar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">socialism doesn\u2019t work<\/a>, not even in Venezuela, so they\u2019ve embraced\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=14966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">money laundering<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/emmanuel-rondon\/2020\/04\/15\/mexican-company-maduro-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">schemes to get around sanctions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/b9843dfd8e939f045c04701e9105ab47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">graft<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/04\/10\/sinaloa-cartel-venezuelan-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criminal cartels<\/a>! \u00a0 Yet they still have <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/06\/02\/maduro-gasoline-price-hike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gas shortages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11746\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small.png 512w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While some nations like the U.S. are standing up against Venezuela\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/strategypage.com\/on_point\/2020060310439.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kleptocrats<\/a> Venezuela still have friends in the world, like <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/05\/18\/maduros-gold-payments-iran\/?cn-reloaded=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran<\/a>, who are accepting gold payments from <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/05\/22\/iranian-tankers-full-gasoline-approach-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maduro\u2019s regime<\/a> for a bit of refined gasoline, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/06\/25\/iran-trains-venezuelan-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">military<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/05\/27\/iran-espionage-venezuela\/?cn-reloaded=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">espionage support<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Funny, then, how they can afford to <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/panam-staff\/2020\/06\/23\/the-links-between-black-lives-matter-and-nicolas-maduro-revealed\/?cn-reloaded=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aid and abed<\/a>, if not outright participate in, the <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/06\/08\/maduros-infiltrators-protests-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violent riots<\/a> that have hit the United States of America this year, along with instigators from <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/mamela-fiallo\/2020\/06\/05\/cuban-venezuelan-protest-eeuu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuba<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/mamela-fiallo\/2020\/06\/11\/sandinistas-nicaragua-protest-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandinista Niceragua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the people of Venezuela, at least those who are not outright \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/06\/19\/venezuela-enforced-disappearance-used-regime-keep-people-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disappeared<\/a>\u201d, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6IXO1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deaths of women during childbirth<\/a>\u00a0being kept secret. The prisons are becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/delia-perez\/2020\/03\/23\/maduro-regimes-prisons-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus breeding grounds<\/a>, which is about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WellingMichael\/status\/1107459658854350848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as bad<\/a> as their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WellingMichael\/status\/1275443663309398017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">regular hospitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">This is how the Dr. Domingo Luciani Hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Caracas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Caracas<\/a> works (Hospital Llanito) &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cristiancrespoj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cristiancrespoj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Venezuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Venezuela<\/a>@mbachelet@ONU_derechos@ONU_es <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shKw0D3aD8\">pic.twitter.com\/shKw0D3aD8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Welling (@WellingMichael) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WellingMichael\/status\/1107459658854350848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Caracas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Caracas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/23Jun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#23Jun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CrisisHospitalaria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CrisisHospitalaria<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fertineo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fertineo<\/a> : &quot;This was the back of the UCV University Clinical Hospital in Caracas on Sunday, a garbage dump&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReporteYa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ReporteYa<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xpzn7fkEOZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Xpzn7fkEOZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Welling (@WellingMichael) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WellingMichael\/status\/1275443663309398017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While Venezuela\u2019s regime can protect itself from plots, it can\u2019t defend itself from\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritime-executive.com\/article\/venezuelan-navy-patrol-boat-sinks-after-collision-with-cruise-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cruise ships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAn encounter between the Venezuelan patrol vessel GC-23 Naiguata and the ice-class expedition cruise ship RCGS Resolute resulted in the patrol vessel&#8217;s sinking, according to the government of Venezuela<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn a statement, RCGS Resolute&#8217;s operator asserted that the cruise ship was approached by an armed Venezuelan Navy vessel at a position about 13 nm off Isla de Tortuga. The Resolute was drifting with one engine idling and one engine undergoing maintenance. The Venezuelan vessel ordered Resolute&#8217;s crew to follow to the port of Puerto Moreno, Isla de Margarita. As this would result in a deviation from the cruise ship&#8217;s planned voyage, the master sought to confirm with the shipowner before complying with the request.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhile the Resolute was consulting with the home office, the Venezuelan Navy vessel allegedly fired shots and then purposely collided with the Resolute&#8217;s starboard side. The ramming was repeated, the firm said, until the Venezuelan vessel encountered Resolute&#8217;s hardened bulbous bow and sustained severe damage. Resolute did not suffer any harm affecting her seaworthiness, and after contacting maritime rescue authorities in Curacao, she waited on scene for one hour, her operator said. After MRCC Curacao released her from the scene, she got under way for Willemstad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cImages taken from the pier in Curacao show that the damage to Resolute appears relatively minor. \u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why bother with a competent Navy when you are too busy <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/03\/02\/venezuela-socialist-colectivo-aimed-weapon-juan-guaido\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crushing<\/a> potential <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/delia-perez\/2020\/06\/11\/machado-venezuela-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dissent<\/a>, committing <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/sabrina-martin\/2020\/06\/15\/chavismo-electoral-fraud-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electoral fraud<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/06\/17\/venezuelas-supreme-court-hands-control-two-opposition-parties-pro-maduro-figures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outright taking control of dissident parties<\/a> by judicial fiat?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why indeed.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Venezuela, A Pariah Of Oppression\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Actual socialism doesn\u2019t work, not even in Venezuela, so they\u2019ve embraced\u2026 money laundering, schemes to get around sanctions, graft, and criminal cartels!  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