Allow no U.S. intervention in Venezuela
By Jovanni Reyes, For the Express-News Published 12:00 am CDT, Sunday, May 5, 2019
As a Texan, it is concerning to see the White Houses obsessive and almost sadistic attacks on Venezuela.
These unprovoked acts of violence against the Venezuelan economy, currency, infrastructure and citizens are unwarranted. This is a nation that has not posed any sort of threat to the United States, and our continued interventions could destabilize the entire region with disastrous results for generations.
I urge Texas members of Congress to co-sponsor HR 1004 and Texas senators to sign on to S.J. Res. 11 as a first step in de-escalating aggression against Venezuela. Both bills prohibit the unauthorized use of the military against Venezuela.
Furthermore, I ask that Congress urge the White House to lift all sanctions and economic blockade against the besieged South American nation, which former U.N. Special Rapporteur Alfred de Zayas said are killing Venezuelans and may amount to a crime against humanity.
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brush
(53,785 posts)continued scheming going on behind the scenes since the Tuesday uprising didn't work. Bolton and Pompeo will interject more active measures and the orange idiot will of course endorse them.
It's in keeping with US policy towards the region for over a century of military actions, assassinations, coups, occupations and clandestine, destabilizing operations targeted at obtaining the natural resources of the countries there.
There are complications since Russia has people on the ground there, something previous presidents would never have allowed. Expect more intrigue though.
Putin might even work something out to make trump look good.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)below 26,000 feet. What might Bolton and Pompous be planning?
marble falls
(57,102 posts)reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)Venezuela SOS
https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-sos-venezuela
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)in international relations and instructional technology. He lives in San Antonio.
K&R
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)What can I say? DUers spent months defending Gaddafi and Assad to me until they saw the truth for what it was (and no, I didn't get an apology after being proven correct)...
Maduro will be no different.