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2016-09-02 Caribbean-Latin America

Crowds surge into the streets to demand recall of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

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Posted by Fred 2016-09-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
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#1 Where are all the displays of solidarity from the Bernie Bros?

Shouldn't they be down there supporting their boy Nick?

Where are all the Hollywood socialists?

Posted by AlanC 2016-09-02 07:38|| 2016-09-02 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Constitution? WHAT Constitution? We don't need no stinking badges.

Posted by Guillibaldo Snotle3363 2016-09-02 07:38|| 2016-09-02 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Fausta has photos

Posted by Frank G 2016-09-02 09:46|| 2016-09-02 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 "No more socialism," These people woke up.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-02 09:51|| 2016-09-02 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Hunger will do that.

Posted by Pappy 2016-09-02 10:19|| 2016-09-02 10:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Heard a long piece on National People's Radio (NPR) yesterday talking about the riots in Caracas. First story on Venezuela at NPR that I've ever heard.

Talked about food shortage, insane inflation rate, and 'coup' to get rid of Maduro, but *no* mention of socialism or how Venezuela used to be one of the richest countries in S. America. Just bad luck, I guess.

Posted by SteveS 2016-09-02 11:03|| 2016-09-02 11:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Protests going on in Brazil too.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-02 11:30|| 2016-09-02 11:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Its not just "socialism" that is the problem. No condemnation of socialism is complete unless it includes the point that *graft* and outright *theft* accompanies socialism at its every appearance. To those who pull the strings, the graft and theft are features of socialism, not bugs.

Posted by Crusader 2016-09-02 11:39|| 2016-09-02 11:39|| Front Page Top

#9 The problem is that graft, theft and corruption wile always present with socialism they are also present in every other system and can be used by the socialists as targets.

It's the power of the politicians that is the graft engine.

Posted by AlanC 2016-09-02 15:51|| 2016-09-02 15:51|| Front Page Top

#10 First story on Venezuela at NPR that I've ever heard.

It's called "salvaging one's journalistic credentials." Apparently the reek has gotten too noticeable for the turtleneck-wearing liberal set to ignore.

Posted by Pappy 2016-09-02 16:34|| 2016-09-02 16:34|| Front Page Top

#11 The problem is that graft, theft and corruption wile always present with socialism they are also present in every other system...

The de-linking of production to reward ("Socialism", at its core) is part and parcel to masking the theft and corruption.

Posted by Crusader 2016-09-02 17:39|| 2016-09-02 17:39|| Front Page Top

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