{"id":21064,"date":"2024-09-16T00:12:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T07:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21064"},"modified":"2024-09-16T00:12:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T07:12:51","slug":"no-hope-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/16\/no-hope-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"No Hope In Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21065\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/quote-the-only-safety-for-the-conquered-is-to-expect-no-safety-virgil-190826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/quote-the-only-safety-for-the-conquered-is-to-expect-no-safety-virgil-190826.jpg 850w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/quote-the-only-safety-for-the-conquered-is-to-expect-no-safety-virgil-190826-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/quote-the-only-safety-for-the-conquered-is-to-expect-no-safety-virgil-190826-768x361.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Venezuela (along with their Latin American BFFs Cuba and Nicaragua) remain <a href=\"https:\/\/babalublog.com\/2023\/12\/13\/cuba-venezuela-and-nicaraguas-links-to-americas-enemies-present-a-threat-to-u-s-national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a threat to the U.S.<\/a>, yet the Biden Administration continues to try to <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/jazz-shaw\/2022\/06\/28\/biden-sends-team-to-make-nice-with-venezuela-n479210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play nice<\/a> with them. \u00a0 Is is because they\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/JbDp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dabbled in market economics<\/a> (as socialist countries tend to do when things aren\u2019t going well with socialism), or is it because some in the Biden Administration see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashreport.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/21\/we-are-becoming-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">something of Venezuela in America\u2019s future<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And what a future we have now in Venezuela, an economic <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2023\/03\/07\/ten-years-after-hugo-chavez-death-venezuela-is-a-wreck-n535529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">train wreck<\/a>, where life in a <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2023\/07\/21\/venezuela-is-still-living-through-a-socialist-nightmare-n566320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hellhole<\/a> is normal and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/WN0yx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children starve<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ah, but then there was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/americas\/edmundo-gonzalez-venezuela-presidential-candidate-polls-d74d4a9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electoral hope<\/a>, whom polls indicated would win in an election! \u00a0 It\u2019s not like a tyrant like Maduro would think of <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2024\/01\/26\/venezuelas-dictator-rigs-the-next-election-is-violence-the-only-path-forward-n607782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rigging the election<\/a>, right, or <a href=\"https:\/\/babalublog.com\/2024\/08\/30\/massive-blackout-in-venezuela-maduro-blames-sabotage-by-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blame his opponent for blackouts<\/a> and other troubles happening under his current regime. It\u2019s easier to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240809002357\/https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/web\/20240809002357\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just declare yourself the winner<\/a> in such cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But enough is enough, and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/venezuela-presidential-election-maduro-machado-edmundo-results-acee6c8cd3a8fc88086c2dd71963b759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the people will rise up<\/a> and create hope from hopelessness. Fellow Latin American countries like Chile and Argentina <a href=\"https:\/\/babalublog.com\/2024\/08\/08\/chile-and-argentina-refuse-to-recognize-maduro-as-winner-of-venezuela-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have refused to recognize Maduro as the winner<\/a>, the later having to deal with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-31\/venezuela-s-maduro-risks-regional-retribution-in-argentina-embassy-standoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stand-off at their Venezuelan embassy<\/a>. And the international community certainly step up to the plate and offer the hated Dictator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/americas\/in-secret-talks-u-s-offers-amnesty-to-venezuelas-maduro-for-ceding-power-e22b4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amnesty<\/a> if he gives up peacefully. Even fellow Latin American countries like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/panama-offers-maduro-temporary-political-205219957.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panama<\/a>, or even <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240815185414\/https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/americas\/2024-08-15\/brazil-lula-maduro-new-election-14873088.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil<\/a> have offered amnesty for Maduro. But then even countries like Brazil, also controlled by socialists, isn\u2019t a true friend to Maduro like <a href=\"https:\/\/babalublog.com\/2024\/08\/08\/brazils-ambassador-expelled-from-nicaragua-for-not-attending-45th-anniversary-celebration-of-sandinista-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicaragua<\/a> is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alas, there is no hope for hope, as Maduro responds by using and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240817123148\/https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/web\/20240817123148\/https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/maduro-urges-state-iron-fist-201121862.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iron fist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QINF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live ammunition<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/americas\/venezuelas-maduro-intensifies-repression-b673f33d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against his own people<\/a>\u2026 but <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IntelCrab\/status\/1818092485110837392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mostly live ammunition<\/a>. He even has offers of help from his <a href=\"https:\/\/babalublog.com\/2024\/08\/29\/nicaraguan-dictator-daniel-ortega-offers-sandinista-fighters-to-venezuela-if-a-counterrevolution-is-launched-against-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandinista<\/a> friends!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The result is unsurprising. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/maduro-orders-arrest-rival-quell-225512801.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition is ordered arrested<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/international\/2024-09-03\/nicolas-maduro-decrees-advancement-of-christmas-to-october-1-after-gonzalez-urrutia-arrest-warrant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tyrant celebrates<\/a>. Sadly, it is not Maduro who accepts amnesty and protection in a foreign country, but his opponent. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/opposition-leader-gonzalez-leaves-venezuela-1.7316987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maduro\u2019s lucky opponent<\/a>, the people of Venezuela continue to suffer, if they are lucky enough to avoid the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielDiMartino\/status\/1828582845666762793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-education<\/a>\u201d camps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">Venezuelan parents cry for their children behind the gates of new &quot;re-education&quot; camps set up by Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Son, I love you!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbsMzqlW9y\">pic.twitter.com\/RbsMzqlW9y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Di Martino \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea (@DanielDiMartino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielDiMartino\/status\/1828582845666762793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2024<\/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;Remember, when you give people control of government so you can have everything you want, that power will inevitably be used to take from you everything you have.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11746\" 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: 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=\"No Hope In Venezuela\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Venezuela (along with their Latin American BFFs Cuba and Nicaragua) remain a threat to the U.S. yet the Biden Administration continues to try to play nice with them.  Is is because they've dabbled in market economics (as socialist countries tend to do when things aren't going well with socialism), or is it because some in the Biden Administration see something of Venezuela in America's future?\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small.png\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Venezuela (along with their Latin American BFFs Cuba and Nicaragua) remain a threat to the U.S., yet the Biden Administration continues to try to play nice with them. \u00a0 Is is because they\u2019ve dabbled in market economics (as socialist countries &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/16\/no-hope-in-venezuela\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,29],"tags":[19,15,65,24],"class_list":["post-21064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressives","category-war-terror","tag-communism","tag-democrats","tag-doom","tag-leviathan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21066,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21064\/revisions\/21066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}