President Maduro of Venezuela urges US diplomats to leave country within next 72hrs

[Bawon Samedi]

i wouldn't trust Turkey(they might be double agents). China and Russia have to protect they investment in Venezuela but it will be difficult based on the location



Mexico is another US client state with all that narco business but Mexico recently elected some progressive president

Yea, I noticed Mexico staying neutral.

 

[loyola llothta]

He is the interim president if you follow the Venezuela constitution




Next step would be to call elections in upcoming months where everyone can participate even Chavez fans

no it doesn't. that doesn't make sense anyhow. Why lie about that anyway and push fake news? its unconstitutional by Venezuela constitution

He never ran for president of Venezuela . Guaido never even been a Presidential candidate. so how can someone who never ran become the winner of an election? Just because the far right Trump government decide they want him to be the president of Venezuela ...

 

[Tres Leches]

no it doesn't. that doesn't make sense anyhow. Why lie about that anyway and push fake news? its unconstitutional by Venezuela constitution

He never ran for president of Venezuela . Guaido never even been a Presidential candidate. so how can someone who never ran become the winner of an election? Just because the far right Trump government decide they want him to be the president of Venezuela ...

I didn’t just make this up..This was announced since May 2018 when maduro ran a fraudulent election after he banned the real opposition from running


As an example Imagine trump banning all the democrats from the next election and running against ted Cruz



His Legitimate presidential period ended on Jan.10 2019



When there is no president their constitution states the president of the national assembly becomes interim president until new elections are held



Don’t worry though maduro will probably lock him up soon anyway

 

[loyola llothta]

 

[loyola llothta]

background on Elliott Abrams the American war criminal thats now the special Envoy on Venezuela.

An Actual American War Criminal May Become Our Second-Ranking Diplomat

Elliott Abrams spent the Reagan years abetting genocide—now, he has been floated as Trump’s deputy secretary of state.

By Eric Alterman
FEBRUARY 2, 2017


Elliott Abrams testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on February 9, 2011. (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta)

It may seem small in the saga of President Trump’s first two weeks, but according to The Washington Post, there’s a good chance he’ll appoint an actual war criminal to be the second-ranking US diplomat.

I don’t mean someone that we on the left like to call a “war criminal,” such as Henry Kissinger or dikk Cheney. These people might actually qualify, but the cases are at best arguable, and no one in authority has ever been asked to rule on them. Not so for Trump’s potential pick, the onetime neocon golden boy (and son-in-law to Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter) Elliott Abrams.



The course of Abrams’s failing-upward career reveals the moral rot at the heart of our political establishment.

Like Trump himself, Abrams has behaved so badly in so many different arenas, it actually works in his favor: No one can keep up. The Post piece—which notes that the Trump administration has decided not to appoint a deputy secretary of state for management, giving the sole remaining deputy an enormous amount of influence over both policy and management issues—observes that Abrams was forced to plead guilty to deliberately misleading Congress regarding his nefarious role in the Iran-contra scandal. (He was also disbarred in the District of Columbia.)

However, this is just the tip of a colossal iceberg. As a member of George W. Bush’s National Security Council staff, Abrams encouraged, according to credible reports, a (briefly successful) military coup against the democratically elected government of Venezuela in 2002, poisoning the US relationship with that government once it returned to power. He also worked to subvert the results of the 2006 elections in the Palestinian territories, a move that ended up strengthening the most radical elements of Hamas and undermining—perhaps forever—the possibility of a democratic peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

But these are still relative misdemeanors in the Abrams dossier, paling in comparison with the role he played in the Reagan administration. As assistant secretary of state for human rights, Abrams sought to ensure that General Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s then-dictator, could carry out “acts of genocide”—those are the legally binding words of Guatemala’s United Nations–backed Commission for Historical Clarification—against the indigenous people in the Ixil region of the department of Quiché, without any pesky interference from human-rights organizations, much less the US government.

As the mass killings were taking place, Abrams fought in Congress for military aid to Ríos Montt’s bloody regime. He credited the murderous dictator with having “brought considerable progress” on human-rights issues. Abrams even went so far as to insist that “the amount of killing of innocent civilians is being reduced step by step” before demanding that Congress provide the regime with advanced arms because its alleged “progress need[ed] to be rewarded and encouraged.”

Promoted to assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, Abrams repeatedly denounced the continued protests by organizations seeking to call attention to the mass murders of both Ríos Montt and the no less bloodthirsty President Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, who came to power fewer than three years later. In one village during the latter’s reign, “the army herded the entire population into the courthouse, raped the women, beheaded the men, and took the children outside to smash them to death against rocks,” according to Inevitable Revolutions, Walter LaFeber’s classic history of the United States in Central America. At the time, a leader of the Guatemalan Mutual Support Group (an organization of mothers of the disappeared), her brother, and her 3-year-old son were found dead in their wrecked car. Abrams not only supported the nonsensical official explanation (there was “no evidence indicating other than that the deaths were due to an accident”), he also denounced a spokeswoman for the group who demanded an investigation, insisting that she had “no right to call herself a human rights worker.” When The New York Times published an op-ed challenging the official State Department count of the mass murders under way—by a woman who had witnessed a death-squad-style assassination in broad daylight in Guatemala City without ever seeing it mentioned in the press—Abrams lied outright in a letter to the editor, even citing an imaginary story in a nonexistent newspaper to insist that the man’s murder had, in fact, been reported.

I don’t know about you, but intentionally helping the US government to aid and abet the commission of genocide, while attacking the character and reputation of those trying to expose it, strikes me as securely within the definition of “war criminal.” But since Abrams’s 1991 conviction for his Iran-contra lies (and subsequent pardon by George H.W. Bush), the course of his failing-upward career has repeatedly revealed the moral rot at the heart of our political establishment. George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice appointed Abrams to top national-security positions. The Council on Foreign Relations offered him a prestigious, high-profile title (senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies) and distanced itself only when he called President Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, former senator Chuck Hagel, an “anti-Semite.” Abrams is a respected regular on the American synagogue circuit and in the Jewish press, and rarely, if ever, does anyone have the bad manners to mention his pro-genocide past.

I’ve been writing about Abrams and his crimes, here and elsewhere, since 1987. I’ve complained privately to the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, to numerous rabbis who book him to speak in their synagogues, and to the editors of Jewish newspapers who publish him. I’ve seen some regret, but never any action.

If Abrams had abetted genocide against Jews instead of Guatemalans, it might not have disqualified him from a top diplomatic position in the Trump administration, but he would at least have been treated as a pariah in the media, the establishment, and, one certainly hopes, the world of professional Jews. These days, however, it’s hard to be certain of anything.

Source:

An Actual American War Criminal May Become Our Second-Ranking Diplomat

 

[loyola llothta]

a few things about Elliott Abrams

• Elliott Abrams was the assistant secretary of state for overseeing latin american coups in the 80s
• Neo-con
• Abrams’ most nefarious actions, aside from evading congressional legislation, was his attempt to protect General Efrain Rios Montt, the Guatemalan dictator whose murderous regime decimated a large number of indigenous populations in the 1980s.
• According to a report from the United Nations, between 1960 and 1996 in Guatemala, “more than 200,000 died or were subjected to forced disappearance, over 80% from Mayan indigenous populations.”
• Furthermore, the commission found that “the state was responsible for systematic violence – including extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, sexual violence, death squads, the denial of justice, and other crimes and violations.”
• Abrams praised General Efrain Rios Montt’s regime as having “brought considerable progress” to the Guatemalan people, going so far as to urge Congress to consider funding his efforts
• Elliott Abrams was Assistant Secretary of State, 98 percent of Guatemalans who attempted to seek refuge in the United States were refused asylum and were forced to return to the war zones they once called home
• GOP career criminal
  
• aided death squads in Latin America
  
• part of Iran-Contra Affair (gun-running, terror support and narco-trafficking)
  
• former U.S. diplomat who was convicted in the Iran-Contra scandal
  
• Abrams wrote in support of David Friedman, Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel
• Abrams was serving in the Bush administration at the time of the failed coup in Venezuela against President Hugo Chavez in 2002. Bush administration officials denied any involvement at the time.
  
• Under Bush administration Abrams as the deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser, supervising U.S. policy in the Middle East.
• Abrams was a supporter of the Iraq war and took a lead on Israeli-Palestinian issues.
• Abrams is now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and writes for a variety of outlets, including items posted on The Atlantic.

 

[Reece]

at the Bank of England leaving his texts on read when he tried to get his gold out.

 

[loyola llothta]

Elliott Abrams:

1. In 1982, when reports first emerged out of El Salvador of the “El Mozote” massacre, in which hundreds of Salvadoran civilians were slaughtered by the El Salvadoran military, Abrams denounced these reports as “not credible” and “propaganda”, despite recent reports that he was well aware of the reality of the situation at the time. Because of Abrams’ claim that the massacre was nothing more than “fake news,” U.S. dollars continued to flow into the hands of the Salvadoran military which resulted in the death of thousands of innocent Salvadorans.

Shock of the Rude: the Return of Elliott Abrams?

2. Part of the cocaine trafficking fiends from the 80s. Backer of Oliver North (wanted in Costa Rica for drug trafficking), George Bush and Bill Clinton at Mena Airport.

Oversaw the "Nicaraguan Humanitarian Aid Office (NHAO)," which sent supplies to the Contras in Nicaragua, which included paying $300,000 to a known drug trafficker to carry supplies in his plane (see https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//dc.html?doc=4463971-Document-04-Memorandum-from-TC-Robert-Owen-to-BG …)

The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations NSA Electronic Briefing Book No. 2 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/index.html …



3. Encouraged the military coup in Venezuela in 2002.

An Actual American War Criminal May Become Our Second-Ranking Diplomat

4. Admitted that the U.S. was aware of Argentine authorities stealing babies from political dissidents in 1980s Argentina and giving them to right-wing families:

Ex-diplomat: US knew about Argentina baby thefts

Source:
Shock of the Rude: the Return of Elliott Abrams?

 

[loyola llothta]

did this hispanic sellout just snitch on the operation

Marco RubioVerifiedaccount @ Marco Rubio

Biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil are @ValeroEnergy & @Chevron. Refining heavy crude from #Venezuela supports great jobs in Gulf Coast.

For the sake of these U.S. workers I hope they will begin working with administration of President Guaido & cut off illegitimate Maduro regime.


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[loyola llothta]

One of #ElliottAbrams' ideas for overthrowing the Noriega govt in Panama was to "establish a Panamanian government in exile on a US military base in Panama" after sanctions didn't work, as a former chair of Joint Chiefs revealed in the @nytimes #Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/16/opinion/l-elliott-abrams-remains-reckless-on-panama-519789.html …

1:55 PM - 25 Jan 2019

 

[loyola llothta]

US/Canada Failed Coup in Venezuela, In Defense of Democracy and Self-Determination of the People of Venezuela

U.S/Canada Hands Off Venezuela!
January 26, 2019

After two days of intense pressure and a concerted campaign by the US and Canada to install Juan Guaidó as the new “self-declared” interim President of Venezuela, it is clear that they have failed in this objective. It is also clear that their illegal and undemocratic attempts to destabilize the country and overthrow the democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro will continue – with incessantly harmful consequences. Despite this, the people of Venezuela have risen once again to defend their country and democracy against hostile foreign intervention. It is essential that we support them in this fight.

The mainstream media is full of “Who is Juan Guaidó?” articles, which is fair given that the President of the National Assembly has never been an important leader in Venezuela until the US and Canada tried to make him one. Indeed, he was elected to the National Assembly in 2015 with only 26% of the votes. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have also already published details of the months of meetings and planning between U.S. officials and Guaidó before his January 23 self-declaration as interim President.

It was not accidental that the night before planned opposition protests and Guaido’s announcement on January 23 that US Vice President Mike Pence put out a video message encouraging Venezuelan’s to overthrow their government,

“We are with you. We stand with you, and we will stay with you until Democracy is restored and you reclaim your birthright of Libertad.”

The next day, the US and Canada recognized Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela almost immediately following his self declaration at a rally. The day after that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo frantically failed to get a meeting of the Organization of American States to recognize his new “President”. Speaking with the hypocrisy and aggression which comes only from the mouths of imperialist politicians, he also called for the overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro,

“His regime is morally bankrupt, it’s economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt.”

Pretty rich words coming from a leading official of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration, for which the terms “morally bankrupt”, “economically incompetent” and “profoundly corrupt” would be much better applied.

Following not far behind, Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland quickly issued a statement recognizing Guaidó as President. Details also emerged of discussions between Freeland and Guaidó in the weeks leading up to his announcement.

We have already seen the Middle East raided and ravaged for the last twenty yeas by the “democracy” imposed by the U.S and Canada. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen are all still suffering its horrifying outcomes. We cannot now allow them to sink their bloody claws further into Latin-America!

One final undeniable truth: If Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro did not have the support of millions upon millions of Venezuelans, he would not still be in power. This support for the Bolivarian Revolution has been decisive time and time again in thwarting decades of coup attempts and foreign aggression. Living as we do in the “belly of the beast”, peace-loving people in the U.S. and Canada have a special responsibility to mobilize against these government’s illegal and undemocratic “regime change” programs. Especially in tense, decisive times such as these we need to speak loud and clear to emphasize that Trump, Pence, Pompeo, Trudeau and Freeland do not speak in our names. We demand the governments of the US and Canada immediately halt their aggression against Venezuela and accept the Venezuelan people’s democratic election of Nicolás Maduro as their President.

The original source of this article is Global Research
Copyright © Alison Bodine, Global Research, 2019

 

[Bawon Samedi]

I have a strong feeling that this is going to the USA/West strategy going forward against any govt they dont like. Recognize ONLY the opposition leader they think is fit to rule the country even if he/she is not the elected leader.

I bet $150 that Cuba is next. I have a strong feeling.

 

[loyola llothta]

Hands Off Venezuela: Divided UN Security Council: Fierce Opposition to Violation of Venezuela’s Sovereignty
Emergency UN Security Council Meeting, January 26, 2019
By Carla Stea
January 27, 2019

This morning Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza presented a brilliant defense of President Maduro’s government, against the attempted coup d’etat engineered by the United States and its proxies in Europe and newly right-wing Latin American countries Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador. The United States called this “emergency” meeting, seeking the authorization of the United Nations Security Council for intervention in Venezuela’s internal affairs, and the infamous regime change similar to that which spread chaos in Libya and Iraq after the UN authorized military intervention to overthrow the governments of Saddam Hussein and Omar Khadaffy.

South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, the Russian Federation, China, Caricom, Bolivia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba were among the countries which opposed what has now become transparent violation of international law, and the usurpation of the independence of the United Nations to conceal geopolitical engineering, otherwise known as capitalist imperialism.

US Secretary of State Michael K. Pompeo denounced Russia and China for opposing a Presidential Statement condemning Maduro’s government, and Pompeo singled out Cuba as the arch-villain propping up the government of Maduro, which could be understood as a backhanded compliment to Cuba’s power. In fact, Cuba has helped build the medical and educational system of Venezuela from the earliest days of the late Hugo Chavez’s Presidency.

Venezuela’s Arreaza began citing an almost endless list of U.S. military interventions and invasions of sovereign Latin American countries, and the reimposition of the Monroe Doctrine, recalling the 1912 US marine invasion of Mexico, the destabilization and overthrow of the democratically elected Guatemalan President Arbenz, Brazil’s Goulart, Chile’s Allende, and the replacement of these democratically elected governments with fascist dictatorships whose human rights violations and barbarity rivaled some of the worst savagery of nazi Germany. The Venezuelan Foreign Minister denounced the coercive blockade denying the Venezuelan people many billions of dollars, in addition to the 1.2 billion dollars frozen in Belgium, and other US European proxies etc. etc., which has led to the widespread hunger and collapse in the living standards of the Venezuelan people, many of whom are migrating to other countries.

Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro Risks His Life with Surprise Appearance at the United Nations General Assembly
When France and Germany called for regime change in Venezuela, citing massive demonstration against Maduro as undercutting his legitimacy, in an almost comic rebuttal to France, Russian Ambassador Nebenzia mentioned the massive demonstrations of the “Yellow Jackets” opposing French President Macron’s policies, and the question was raised regarding the possibility of demand for regime change in France. Ambassador Nebenzia quickly reassured the French delegation that he did not intend to call a Security Council meeting for that purpose, but his point was well taken, and had its effect.

Perhaps most incriminating among the charges of imperial designs against Venezuela’s sovereignty was Arreaza’s statement that last year President Maduro had invited the UN Secretary-General, and European High Commissioner Federica Mogherini to monitor the forthcoming Presidential elections in Venezuela, to determine their legitimacy or otherwise. In a breathtaking disclosure, Arreaza revealed that both the UN Secretary-General and the EU’s Federica Mogherini refused to be present to monitor the Venezuelan Presidential elections, stating many months prior to the elections that the election outcome would be a fraud.

This indicated collusion, and a deliberate premeditated intent to discredit the outcome of the Venezuelan elections, whether or not they were in fact legitimate; and this collusion in demonizing Venezuela’s election is an indictment of gross prejudice and corruption within the very organizations charged with impartially evaluating the quality of those elections.

Russian Ambassador Nebenzia stated that Germany’s attempt to invoke “preventive diplomacy,” as an excuse for intervening in Venezuela’s internal affairs was, in fact, a deliberate incitement to civil war in Venezuela, and had nothing to do with prevention.

It is difficult to know what will ensue, but the stark division within the Security Council, and additional fierce opposition to Security Council or unilateral intervention voiced by neighboring countries in the region near Venezuela, indicates that the threat of U.S. military intervention will have difficulty influencing the outcome of events, especially since Russia has warned the U.S.: “Hands Off Venezuela”!!!

The original source of this article is Global Research
Copyright © Carla Stea, Global Research, 2019

 

[Freedman]

This is from October but I wonder if has anything to do with our eargerness to intervene

Mike Pence: Migrant caravan is Venezuelan plot

 

[loyola llothta]

Yea, I noticed Mexico staying neutral.

Mexico is with Venezuela