https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKCN1P51U6
2. Opposition begins dangling immunity for any military that might turn on Maduro.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-military-idUSKCN1P52HH
3. Bolsonaro recognizes Guaido as rightful president.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-venezuela-idUSKCN1P60FJ
So this is an attempted parliamentary-type coup that obviously relies on tortured logic and the election that Maduro won not counting. If the military stays with Maduro then it doesn’t actually remove his authority but the fascist alliance recognizing Guaido is going to muddy the waters and present Maduro new challenges.
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Venezuela Opposition Leader Is Arrested After Proposing to Take Power https://t.co/229eUiCUor
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2019
Proposing to take power
ilmdge posted:Proposing to take powerVenezuela Opposition Leader Is Arrested After Proposing to Take Power https://t.co/229eUiCUor
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2019
Still lolling @ this
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence issued a video message of support to Venezuelans on Tuesday to encourage those who are protesting against President Nicolas Maduro and underline U.S. backing for opposition leader Juan Guaido.
Pence declared U.S. support again for Guaido, with whom he spoke by phone earlier this month, and the National Assembly, which he leads, as the “last vestige of democracy.” Pence said Washington supported Guaido’s decision to assert the body’s powers, declare Maduro a “usurper” and push for a transitional government to be established.
Stolen military uniforms were to be supplied to trained civilian contras and saboteurs, who were to join the renegade soldiers on their task.
— LONG LIVE SYRIA (@flagrantdolphin) January 22, 2019
.@VP announces the United States now recognizes the National Assembly as the official government of Venezuela: https://t.co/xwCkMrVSkS
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 22, 2019
"ATTENTION! Security forces disarmed plan to assassinate protesters in the mobilizations of this 23J. One person died in confrontation in #IslaDorada and another is actively sought. We found grenades, sub-machine guns, mufflers and military uniforms" #FalseFlag #HandsOffVenezuela https://t.co/Ae947BeufJ
— Nunes 🌐 (@fcn_84) January 23, 2019
feel like i've seen this somewhere before
serafiym posted:feel like i've seen this somewhere before"ATTENTION! Security forces disarmed plan to assassinate protesters in the mobilizations of this 23J. One person died in confrontation in #IslaDorada and another is actively sought. We found grenades, sub-machine guns, mufflers and military uniforms" #FalseFlag #HandsOffVenezuela https://t.co/Ae947BeufJ
— Nunes 🌐 (@fcn_84) January 23, 2019
citizens taken into custody...just for trying to coup the government...chilling
#SEBIN officials in #Venezuela should reconsider the plan they have for tomorrow before it’s too late.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 22, 2019
You are about to cross a line & trigger a response that believe me you are not prepared to face.
You still have time to avoid this.
Marco Rubio tipping the US’s plan here, preemptively blaming Venezuela for a massacre that hasn’t happened yet
Btw the metrics on that tweet are really big. Probably safe to assume a lot of the “thank you Senator!” stuff is amplified by bots
ilmdge posted:Marco Rubio tipping the US’s plan here, preemptively blaming Venezuela for a massacre that hasn’t happened yet#SEBIN officials in #Venezuela should reconsider the plan they have for tomorrow before it’s too late.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 22, 2019
You are about to cross a line & trigger a response that believe me you are not prepared to face.
You still have time to avoid this.
Btw the metrics on that tweet are really big. Probably safe to assume a lot of the “thank you Senator!” stuff is amplified by bots
and
Media covering #Venezuela protests today should keep in mind that Maduro regime’s response openly directed by #Cuba’s intelligence agency the G2. They have already planted fake evidence & will use agitators posing as protestors to provoke violence & then blame the opposition.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 23, 2019
ialdabaoth posted:ilmdge posted:Marco Rubio tipping the US’s plan here, preemptively blaming Venezuela for a massacre that hasn’t happened yet#SEBIN officials in #Venezuela should reconsider the plan they have for tomorrow before it’s too late.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 22, 2019
You are about to cross a line & trigger a response that believe me you are not prepared to face.
You still have time to avoid this.
Btw the metrics on that tweet are really big. Probably safe to assume a lot of the “thank you Senator!” stuff is amplified by botsand
Media covering #Venezuela protests today should keep in mind that Maduro regime’s response openly directed by #Cuba’s intelligence agency the G2. They have already planted fake evidence & will use agitators posing as protestors to provoke violence & then blame the opposition.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 23, 2019
epically fucking up your own evil scheme while telegraphing who is next on your hit list, that is such a marco thing to do
BREAKING: Venezuela's Guaido takes oath swearing himself in as interim president pic.twitter.com/agnqGG1Hzg
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) January 23, 2019
“In its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, the National Assembly invoked the country’s constitution to declare Nicolas Maduro illegitimate, and the office of the presidency therefore vacant,” Trump said in a statement. “The people of Venezuela have courageously spoken out against Maduro and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law.”
this is running in all the big outlets, and they're uncritically reporting his statement just like they did the last time he had to give a speech about the affairs of the empire. the media has been decrying trump's leadership since 2017, but when he condemns or bombs an Official Bad Place they have to switch up and pretend that he has sincerely held beliefs about any of this stuff, because he's the Leader of the Free World despite being a dribbling moron. if they were doing their jobs anything close to well, they would simply ask him, on live television, (a) what language people in venezuela speak and (b) to name one country venezuela shares a border with. imagine watching him, flanked by stone faced, self-important generals and psycho neocons in the press room, trying to slur and bullshit his way out of answering those questions. which is of course exactly why nobody in the press destroys kayfabe by asking him stuff like that. this really is what they mean by hypernormalisation, isn't it.
we need to propagate more of these sorts of responses to COINTELPRO drivel
BREAKING: Facebook and Instagram have removed Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro’s verification sign.
— BNL NEWS (@BreakingNLive) January 23, 2019