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2025-02-03 Caribbean-Latin America
Trump Praises Ric Grenell for Release of Six Hostages from Venezuela
[Breitbart] President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
praised Richard Grenell, Trump’s Presidential Envoy for Special Missions, after six Americans being held hostage in 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 exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...

were released.

"Just been informed that we are bringing six hostages home from Venezuela," Trump wrote in a post on X. "Thank you to Ric Grenell and my entire staff. Great job!"

In a post on X, Grenell posted a photo of himself and the six Americans who were released from Venezuela, noting that they had spoken to Trump and "couldn’t stop thanking him."

"We are wheels up and headed home with these 6 American citizens," Grenell wrote. "They just spoke to @realDonaldTrump and they couldn’t stop thanking him."

The release of the six men comes after Grenell met with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
...Commie el presidente para toda 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. Unlike Qadaffy and Hugo Chavez, he's not dead yet...
, with the goal of Grenell’s visit being to "secure the release of Americans detained" in Venezuela, according to Rooters.

Officials within the Venezuelan government have reportedly accused Americans being held hostage in the country "of terrorism" and have reportedly described some as being "mercenaries," according to the outlet.

While the names of those who were released were not made available, there are reportedly "as many as 10 Americans" being detained by Venezuela, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.

Red State has more on the story here.


Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11145 views ]  Top
 File under: Commies 

#1 A guy I used to work with in labor relations described his negotiation approach as offering a choice "between an ice cream cone and a poke in the eye with a sharp stick".

I'd dearly love to know what the sharp stick was in this case...
Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-03 09:22||   2025-02-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#2 

Sundance: Emissary Grenell
Posted by mossomo 2025-02-03 12:28||   2025-02-03 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd dearly love to know what the sharp stick was in this case...

Trump admin ends deportation protections for massive number of Venezuelans amid illegal immigration crackdown
Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-03 15:32||   2025-02-03 15:32|| Front Page Top

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