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2023-12-07 Caribbean-Latin America

Guyana urges U.S. military to help defend its borders after Venezuela staked claim to oil-rich region: Biden 'aware' of rising tensions after Maduro sparked invasion fears by ordering teams to drill in contested area

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] See also here.

Nicolas Maduro on Sunday held a referendum asking Venezuelans whether they wanted neighboring Guyana Esequiba, disputed for 100 years, to be theirs

Maduro said 95 percent of Venezuelans were in favor of Caracas taking control of the Guyanese land, about the size of Florida and rich in minerals

On Tuesday evening Maduro unveiled a new map showing the territory incorporated into Venezuela, and dispatched a general to the border

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11146 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Can't defend our own borders.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-07 07:41|| 2023-12-07 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Now we may begin to appreciate how greatly we benefited from the emanations and penumbras of deterrence and the magnitude of the mistake our leaders made in letting deterrence erode.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2023-12-07 07:54|| 2023-12-07 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Where the hell are the British?

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-07 08:32|| 2023-12-07 08:32|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ On Facebook looking for thought crimes by the locals.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-12-07 10:12|| 2023-12-07 10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Has anyone else noticed that there is congruence between Biden's "Donors" and the new wars is 1 to 1?

Ukraine, Hamas, Venezuela, when does China kick-off against Taiwan??

Posted by AlanC 2023-12-07 10:24|| 2023-12-07 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Brandon isn't aware which scent of absorbancey his underpants are.

Rex Mundi, you are fined 10 credits for a post which may potentially be read in Ireland.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-12-07 10:41|| 2023-12-07 10:41|| Front Page Top

#7 A very weak man at the head of the most powerful nation on earth naturally emboldens the tinpot dictators of the world. Taliban. Putin. Hamas. Why shouldn't Maduro get his while the getting is good?

Posted by Tom 2023-12-07 13:27|| 2023-12-07 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 ^^^^
Superb description of the current level of sentience demonstrated by the "Leader of the Free World", and likely victor in the daily sarc competition.

But, are we now losing points for anything that might be read in Ireland?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-07 13:31|| 2023-12-07 13:31|| Front Page Top

#9 ..on that line.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-07 14:13|| 2023-12-07 14:13|| Front Page Top

#10 But, are we now losing points for anything that might be read in Ireland?

Remembering that time Trudeau's Canada went after foreigners for having an opinion on Canada's internal politics; even tried going after bank accounts of those people.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-12-07 16:34|| 2023-12-07 16:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Remembering that time Trudeau's Canada...

The FBI took $86 million from safe deposit boxes. An appeals court will decide if that's constitutional

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-07 21:27|| 2023-12-07 21:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Venezuela has three S300 anti-aircraft systems … presuming they are still operational that may give some folks pause

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2023-12-07 21:55|| 2023-12-07 21:55|| Front Page Top

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