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| Venezuela's Maduro threatens 'armed revolution' |
| 2018-05-05 |
| [MIAMIHERALD] Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning that he’ll take up arms and lead a revolution if a government comes into power that wants to hand the country’s "riches" to "imperialist" forces. In a campaign speech Wednesday, Maduro ‐ who is hoping to win a new six-year term in a highly questioned May 20 election ‐ accused his nearest opposition rival, Henri Falcón, of wanting to sell the country out to "the gringos." "If someday a government was in power that intended to hand over [our] riches, I would be the first one to raise the alarm, grab a gun and start an armed revolution with the people, if necessary," he told a crowd of supporters in Vargas. "I would be the first one to do it, and call the people to arms." His opponent, Falcón, a one-time government supporter turned dissident, is struggling to attract voters who are wary that going to the polls will legitimize a deeply flawed electoral process. And most of the major opposition groups are calling for an outright boycott of the election. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 And then inevitably he will be hauled out gibbering and begging as Kadaffy was..... and be straddled over the hood of a 1957 Dodge and bayoneted...... In keeping with regional Latin American customs and traditions. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-05 09:59 |
| #4 Maduro has as much of a destiny as Khaddaffy had. Eventually no one will follow him, and he will have to hide in a sewer. And then inevitably he will be hauled out gibbering and begging as Kadaffy was..... and be straddled over the hood of a 1957 Dodge and bayoneted in the rectum and finished off with a burst of 9mm in the head. It will be ( relatively ) quick. The people of Venezuela deserve their fate....as does California and its people for that matter. |
| Posted by: Snealing Hupemble4679 2018-05-05 09:56 |
| #3 Thank you Jimmy Carter /s |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-05-05 08:22 |
| #2 What 'riches'? He does have the Marxist language down pat, though. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-05-05 08:09 |
| #1 "Those are my riches....I mean, uh, our riches" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-05 06:06 |