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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela looks to S.American leaders as toll hits 20 [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)17. I didn't know what that was about. Nice cookie. May I have one?
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Yes, they are. But the overwhelming majority, despite current problems, are far better off
Zorra
Mar 2014
#48
No kidding. No sneaky kittens on that one. Would help put the situation into proportion. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#54
Do you agree with Maduro that the Obama administration is behind the problems in Venezuela?
Zorro
Mar 2014
#14
And 'anticipatory orgasms' in common parlance is a sexual faux pas, I think. I don't think DUers
freshwest
Mar 2014
#53
Why is it always the CIA? Why not the Koches. Exxon, Chevron, whoever? Why a middleman?
freshwest
Mar 2014
#18
Maduro is in way over his head. He needs no help in running his own country into the ditch.
Ikonoklast
Mar 2014
#11
All of this in one year... It wasn't that crazy under Chavez, was it? TIA. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#19
Chavez was a national hero, and the RW had no real possibility of a coup while he was
Zorra
Mar 2014
#23
Compared to Chavez, Maduro is a big step down. It's too bad when a country depends on one leader.
freshwest
Mar 2014
#24
I'd prefer to let President Maduro explain it to you, in detail, in his own words.
Zorra
Mar 2014
#52
"I'd prefer to let President Maduro explain it to you, in detail, in his own words."
EX500rider
Mar 2014
#61
Observing that they did not have sufficient governmental infrastructure or regulation - and it can
freshwest
Mar 2014
#28
The demonstrations aren't going to stop. The ones doing the killing are wearing uniforms
MADem
Mar 2014
#31
"The latest fatalities were a police officer who succumbed in hospital to a gunshot wound..."
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2014
#39
Yes, and the previous eighteen (correction 21) were students and their supporters.
MADem
Mar 2014
#40
Here's two more dead: A National Guardsman and one of those motorcycle guys.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2014
#70
Maduro has told the colectivos (the armed motorcycle guys who shoot the students)
MADem
Mar 2014
#72
Chavez paid the bills, and thus had fewer problems keeping the shelves stocked, at least somewhat.
MADem
Mar 2014
#30
This is what I always thought. They could train their people to do everything. There should be no
freshwest
Mar 2014
#55