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2019-09-13 Caribbean-Latin America
US Invokes Regional Defense Treaty over Venezuela Crisis
[AnNahar] The United States invoked a regional defense pact Wednesday with 10 other countries and Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeds places like Honduras and El Salvador, and a significant proportion of the populace as refugeed to Colombia and points south...
's opposition after "bellicose" moves by Nicolás Maduro
...Commie el presidente para la vida of Venezuela, successor to Hugo Chavez. Nick is his country's attempt at producing a Muammar Qadaffy, except that even though his country's sitting on an enormous puddle of oil, he can't manage to get it out of the ground...
's regime.

A request to invoke the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) came from the Venezuelan opposition, said a statement from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, retweeted early Thursday by President Donald Trump
...the Nailer of NAFTA...
"Recent bellicose moves by the Venezuelan military to deploy along the border with Colombia as well as the presence of illegal gangs and terrorist organizations in Venezuelan territory demonstrate that Nicolas Maduro not only poses a threat to the Venezuelan people, his actions threaten the peace and security of Venezuela’s neighbors," Pompeo said.

Venezuela was thrust into a political crisis in January when opposition leader Juan Guaidó
...Venezuelan politician, a member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, and serves as a federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. In 2019 he was appointed by the Popular Will party to become the president of the National Assembly, after which he declared he was acting president of the country, challenging Nicolás Maduro's presidency and starting the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis....
declared himself acting president, in a direct challenge to Maduro's authority over the country from which millions have fled economic deprivation.

The opposition has branded the socialist leader a "usurper" over his re-election last year in a poll widely viewed as rigged.

Pompeo said in the statement that invoking the TIAR is "recognition of the increasingly destabilizing influence" the Maduro regime has in the region.

"Catastrophic economic policies and political repression continue to drive this unprecedented refugee crisis, straining the ability of governments to respond," he said.

"We look forward to further high-level discussions with fellow TIAR parties, as we come together to collectively address the urgent crisis raging within Venezuela and spilling across its border through the consideration of multilateral economic and political options."

The US and more than 50 countries have recognized Guaido.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-13 01:25|| || Front Page|| [7 views ]  Top
 File under: Commies 

#1 Maduro is concerned about domestic troubles which are none of our business. Period. Their crude oil is of lower quality anyway. But g-damn, can't the USA stay out of things for a day or two?
Posted by DooDahMan 2019-09-13 05:51||   2019-09-13 05:51|| Front Page Top

#2 ..if they hit Colombia, probably not. We'll be busy supplying the Colombians with what resources they need to clean up the problem on aisle 8. Been tight for decades with the government in Bogota dealing with drugs and their muscle FARC. Helped moved the country to a solid democracy.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-09-13 07:07||   2019-09-13 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Watch the isolationist Left in this country change its tune the instant they do the electoral math.

They'll see that Venezuelan emigres in Florida are persuading moderate and liberal latinos there to vote Republican, tipping the state red for 2020.
Posted by Lex 2019-09-13 09:55||   2019-09-13 09:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Jesus they're just not going to stop meddling in other countries, are they? Stop it. Just stop.

We know the "Venezuelan opposition" is a puppet of the State Department, right? Because it is.
Posted by Herb McCoy  2019-09-13 10:22||   2019-09-13 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey Herb, there are many brands of decaf that are just as tasty as the real thing. We are not 'meddling' if we give assistance to a willing (say) Columbia. Besides, the 'stash was just let go. I don't think the 82nd will be spooling up anytime soon.
Posted by The peanut gallery 2019-09-13 13:10||   2019-09-13 13:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Puppets! NeoCon Warmongers! Military-Industrial Complex! Invasion! World Police!

See? My Herb-Bot works just as good as the real one
Posted by Frank G 2019-09-13 13:58||   2019-09-13 13:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Sigh.

Time was, there was such a thing as Rantburg U. You could learn something. Now, all there are are childish insults I could get from Reddit or Youtube. No refutation of my points. No arguments. No learning anything.

Times change, I guess.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-09-13 16:16||   2019-09-13 16:16|| Front Page Top

#8 We learn from you. And are better men and women for it.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-13 16:18||   2019-09-13 16:18|| Front Page Top

#9 No learning anything.

Mr. McCoy, you started the insult exchange. And while I have one of your posts saved for future reference, I deeply resent how much you have deliberately coarsened our exchange here, and how often you repeat exactly the same points without absorbing anything whatsoever from your interlocutors.

You are starting your repeated process toward a time out. Each time it begins with this pantomime of the sadness of a longtime Rantburger, then proceeds to open insult of our vileness as a group, so unlike the pure souls of Rantburg’s salad days almost two decades ago. But I actually have been here almost that entire time, and I can tell you that back in the early days your nonsense would have regularly resulted in you being verbally flayed and rolled in salt. We are much politer now.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-13 17:57||   2019-09-13 17:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah. You shoulda experienced my snark in my younger days, Punk, lol
Posted by Frank G 2019-09-13 19:55||   2019-09-13 19:55|| Front Page Top

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