Argentine government condemns clear efforts of destabilization in Venezuela
The Argentine government has condemned what it terms clear efforts of destabilization in Venezuela, following Wednesday's clashes which left three dead and dozens injured on the streets of Caracas.
With references to 'speculation' by corporations and financial groups, allegedly conspiring to oust legitimate governments democratically elected, the release reiterates many of President Cristina Fernandez criticisms when referring to the Argentine situation.
After recent events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Argentine government reiterates its strong support for the constitutional government elected by the citizens of that country, and notes the clear efforts of destabilization that confront institutional order in our brother nation the Foreign Ministry signaled in a press release on Thursday.
It should be remembered that the Venezuelan people elected peacefully and democratically President Nicolas Maduro less than a year ago, 14 April 2013, and ratified its decision on the course followed by confirming the ruling party's victory at the municipal elections of last 8 December.
The legacy of repression, massive abuse of human rights and deepening of poverty left by the ferocious military dictatorships that devastated Latin America has reaffirmed as a priority duty for democracies of our region an active solidarity and common defense against the actions of authoritarian groups, corporations and those linked to financial and production speculation which pretend to govern by mere force of facts, imposing their sectors' interests and replacing legitimate governments supported by popular will, adds the release from Hector Timerman's ministry.
Finally, the Argentine Republic laments that these incidents have caused several deaths and injuries, and awaits an investigation that determines those who are responsible for them, the statement concludes.
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The legacy of repression, massive abuse of human rights and deepening of poverty left by the ferocious military dictatorships that devastated Latin America
All the professional diplomats have been ousted in favour of the sort of Camporista clowns who troll on here .Trolling is probably part of the new entrance exam .
For those of you that habla to quote Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge .
www.clarin.com/politica/Denuncia-laboral-Cancilleria-empleados-despedidos_0_1078692590.html
www.clarin.com/politica/adoctrinamiento-Kicillof-Campora-Cancilleria_0_964103663.html
A new administration is going to have to carry out a very deep clean of all facets of government after 10 years of brainwashing by these pseudo marxist idiots .
just look at CFK in the picture,
interfering old has been,
do as she says or else.
Argentine, mind ya own...
@5 Oh, goody. Are their adequate supplies of butcher's hooks and piano wire? But it should be done properly this time. Don't bother with killing them first and then stringing them up. Piano wire round the throat, hooked over butcher's hook and heave. Watch the wire cutting though the throat until the head comes off. Then it'll be time for soccer (SOCK HER). A special for the World Cup? A kickaround in the nearest Falklands minefield?
Meanwhile in Argentina, the avg Rg has to work 3 hours for a bag of lettuce.
I didn't believe him. I couldn't understand how the price/income ratio could get so out of whack.
Now I understand completely.
I can hear the cracking from here.
But life is but a dream in the land of Oz aka...Argentina. Toto has pulled back the curtain and the people are not thrilled seeing the Great Wizard Kirchner for what she is. I understand the continued power outages are having more protests in BsAs city.
The biggest thing I noticed when my wife's family visits is not just the prices.........but choices......amazed at so many choices of the same thing.
Cant even believe the death toll was only 4 ppl in Venezuela.
www.lanacion.com.ar/1664105-eeuu-y-la-union-europea-preocupados-por-venezuela-y-con-una-advertencia-a-nicolas-maduro
Venezuela has about to 50.000 cuban agents securing the oil and money flow of the Castro Regime. The Diosdado Cabello held secret services are very powerful too. It would take a civil war to undo the regime or a very assertive Brazilian government that succeeds Dilma that forces UNASUR to pressure the regime
Cue additional lawsuits over under payment of said CER bonds over the last decade.
Multi Billions are owed.
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive...
Come on people, get the bureaucracy and the politicos out of the way, and let's do some business!
I wasn't making it up. : )
These people would be about as much use as a chocolate fireguard at preventing a three or four member gang intent on robbing the place.
I can absolutely see why Argentina needs them now though!
Ha, ha, ha.
OK . I will be Duty Troll .
You are all foreign neo liberal reactionaries who believe everything you read in Clarin and La Nacion ....
There is no inflation in Argentina
The economy is growing in double figures
The price of soy will quadruple overnight and everything will be fine
No unemployment
No energy gap / shortage
Every oil company in the world wants to buy into Vaca Muerta
The Fuerza Aerea has a fleet of 200 new fighter planes on order and paid for .
Cristina and her government have never stolen a thing, ever.
El Diego really is a polo playing millionaire and Paulcedron plays rugby for BARC 3rdXV.
The entire world supports Argentina in her territorial claim for anything they want , including the Falklands , half of Paraguay and Bolivia .
Kicciloff is more economically savvy than Warren Buffett
Timmerman is the greatest diplomat since Metternich
The Iranians didn't bomb AMIA , Menem did it .
Buying votes for free handouts IS sound economic policy
Setting the age of criminal responsibility at 14 does not cause 13 year olds to shoot people
There is no crime or drugs in Argentina , the Clarin people simply make it up .
Trains are safe in Argentina
Everyone loves Cristina ...
if one was a troll....lol
Oh Lord! Wouldn't today be Christmas? I wouldn't be surprised if CFK changed this one too.
Man! I don't want the union harassing me for doing overtime ... sh1t!
Oh I know, it is probably Goal Keeper day ... pretty sure of that since Hand of God day is in june.
Usually the brainwashed zombies get fridays off so they can go and stock themselves up with cheap wine and chorizos.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up.
Only one way to get rif of people with guns.
Yep, more guns!
Did she do this Blasting before or after or DURING her brain operation???
As Yankee @20 quite rightly points out the Vnzla regime currently owes $billions, the $3 billion (!) currently owed to international airlines is just the start. Sadly collapse into a rogue state is imminent.
@30 Paragon. This thread mainly concerns VNZLA. Yes, I have family there. Yes, I do live there and have a home there. Also I have a home in London and work in London to support my family as it is impossible to make a living in VNZLA. Yes am fortunate to be able to do so. Yes, I love VNZLA,and yes I wish to see the crrent regime destroyed.
This thread mainly concerns VNZLA. Yes, I have family there. Yes, I do live there and have a home there. Also I have a home in London
Respect!!!.... Actually, Much respect!!
Why is everyone else on this forum better traveled and more worldly than me?
Note to self:- Must get out more.............
You know all those AK47's and RPG9's you collected in the Middle East.
Think there's a client that can put them to good use!
You know it makes sense.
ilsen my advice is that you start pressuring the Brazilian embassies in the world because its only the Brazilian government that could warn the Regime about the faulty elections, human rights abuses, freedom of press or hyperinflation.. That is when Dilma leaves office I’m afraid.
Do you realise how the rest of us live?
Of course it was a won decade...Ask Cristina, Boudou, Lazaro Baez, Cristóbal Lopez...even Néstor K's gardener became a millioner and hotel owner down south
I'm sure you never thought not to trust a dealership, who would?
However, now that you know better, is that a fairly common sort of thing in Arg. ?
There is a decadence that is evident and that the whole thing is about to crush down in any second, but yes I agree with you on those general appreciations.
Despite so many mismanagement during so many years by the Kirchnerist the Argentine economy is proven once more very versatile and resilient. This is misunderstood from abroad or in this site is disregarded. Even the dollar has being timidly stabilized, but when March comes along and the harvest doesn’t provide the dollars they were expecting the blue will skyrocket again.
economia.elpais.com/economia/2014/02/12/actualidad/1392221809_806015.html
But it is amazing as the way they always find a small space to maneuver.
In 1973 , even anti Peronistas thought the old man's return was the same .
How wrong they were .
I seriously think the country needs to be run by the UN .
The masses simply do not understand democracy .
Ahh the good ol' days when Marco, Think, Toby, Axel thought the good days would never end and that I was foolish to think the heterodox policies weren't the one and true path to prosperity for every country.
Just like I used to tell (you) them in a few years one of us will be right and one of us will be wrong.
FYI looks like they're having a little problem in Lujan and FINALLY the gov't is speaking out about the drug cartels running Rosario. That only took a decade. I doubt they'll do anything about it until CFK is gone.
What new can one say about a president that has done more to destroy a country rich with potential then Peron?
What original things can one say about a president that steals business?
What new things can one say about a country has the second largest oil reserves in shale oil but cannot get meaningful investments from around the world? Or still needs to import more oil each and every year?
Perhaps we can talk about the new criminal code and have new things to say? Like why was child pornography decriminalized? A pedophile haven in the works? You can murder you baby if you no longer want it and at worst get 3 years......WTF?!?!?!?!
Murder will not longer get you live in prison....but a 30 year maximum sentence. The insaneness goes on.
Trolls....you want new and original things to say about Argentina? You want positive things? Get rid of Kirchner and her thugs.
www.buenosairesherald.com/article/152101/experts-deliver-penal-code-bill-to-cfk
You RG trolls must be thin skinned. If you can't deal with the rocks being tossed you have but two options. Do not read this site.....or change your communist heading country. History shows that communism and socialism has done the least to help people of any system in the history of humanity.
By the way, I think (not sure, IANAL) there was never life sentence in Argentina, not even in paper. Life sentence in Argentina usually means 25-35 years. In practice most murderers get out of jail in a couple of years, thanks to lenient and corrupt judges who use the human rights card.
And I’m sorry I just browse most of the comments of the likes of yourself because you have nothing constructive to contribute...
This the truth about recent events in Venezuela.
Coming to a town near you. .. if you live in Argentina. ...
yrj8usi8t5zbg6zcefy4.r.worldssl.net/video/que-el-mundo-sepa-whats-going-on-in-venezuela-en-ingles/
ilsen in 2015 Cristina and her ideological cronies and La Campora are leaving power, they are not coming back. I can guarantee that. Who ever succeeds her is going to have to sincere the situation ( if it hasn’t being done so by then). Even the peronist right wing is not going to be as close as bad as the Kirchnerists and authoritarian and useless as they are.
Venezuela on the other hand has 50.000 cuban agents infiltrated in the venezuelan state, the security and intelligence services under the control of Diosdado Cabello. You need a civil war to kick them out, by the ballot box they are not leaving, for they have already rigged the last election that got Maduro into power.
I agree with your second paragraph wholeheartedly.
As for the first one, I'm not sure she will last that long...
The EU and the US are diplomaticall eunuchs. They are not going to help you. they are useless I'm afraid and they will be imperialist and colonialist or interventionist if they comment on Vzla, so they will turn a blind eye
Why do people think they can come whining to us everytime they need something.
Go away.
Because retard, your secretary of State John Kerry has called for peaceful dialogue on both parts instead of openly condemning the government crackdown of the protests.
es.mercopress.com/2014/02/14/venezuela-washington-pide-a-todas-las-partes-evitar-la-violencia-y-recurrir-al-dialogo
You might as well keep silent if you don’t have the guts to say things for what they are
This is a fitting end to Bolivarian Socialism
Why would she care what happens in V?
Contagion?
When one failed marxist gov't dies they may all go down like dominos.
Goody
After all they want a permanent seat in the UNSC, and for that being a good leading power in the neighborhood is needed, not just sending peace keepers to Haiti and producing Swedish fighter jets, so they might have to do a little more to earn it like helping out the end of the war in Colombia, combating drug trafficking in the region and speak out for human right abuses, transparency and freedom of speech and prompting development.
Brazil wants to have it both ways, they want to be considered developing to get all the incentives that are offered by rich countries yet they also want to be considered rich to be able to play with the big boys.
Any country that has rioting peasants is not ready to participate outside of their own borders.
I don't see anyone bothering with V. It's not in anyones interest as long as it can be contained.
There are many more countries that want it to fail than see it keep going down the road they are on.
MST has being going on for quite some time... I don’t even know if they are real peasants or just another communist party.
Brazil is a big boy in the region; it can easily develop in its own borders while playing positively outside them at the same time, that considering it was run by a good leadership.
Traditionally Brazil and Argentina competed for regional supremacy and influence counterbalancing with the US when one was weaker than the other.
Now the US has retreated, the Chinese & Mexicans want to come in and Argentina is in a record decline so it can’t possibly challenge Brazil's influence any longer. It’s kind of now or never for Brazil.
This fallacy of a waning USA you keep bringing up is a figment of your imagination and some Rg brainwashing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5facyLrkzJY
You somehow think that the PA is a American invention,.... it is not, it’s a Mexican spearhead into Latam to counter Brazil's influence. They may want to do business with the US but it doesn’t mean to say you will be pulling any strings like you used to.
The fact is the US lost a key ally in the region when Argentina collapsed in 2001 and if Menem got re elected in 2003 history would look very different in the last decade.
We can all go on about the what-ifs and it will get us nowhere: the world is where it is and has to be fixed in that context.
If you are correct about the 50,000 Cuban agents in the country then that is a very serious problem on its own and will be difficult for any budding respectable government to tackle at day one given the guilt that the Castro twats have about effectively killing Chavez with their incompetent doctors.
The more I read and the video that ilsen liked to (thank you ilsen) the more I can see it will come to a bloody civil war with the bus driver the victor, if not the winner. He must be mad to keep going like this and as for Pepe and TMBOA they deserve to be in the front line when the war comes, not that that will happen.
“Free Energy” Stevie
I know you check this site from your safe RSV in the North Sea, what do you think about this successor to Chavez? He really bollocks it up didn’t he, but I bet you are still “Chavez now”, eh Stevie in wonderland?
Chavez was a useful tool of Lula Da Silva to oust the US from the Americas. Brazil keept the image of moderate while it takes over the influence after the Americans have gone.
That was more or less the trend last decade.
I presume this decade we will see the Mercosur block and Alba collapse while Mexico and China penetrate into South America, unless Brazil presents a new leadership in its block
The USA plays the long game, something Rgs are unfamiliar with, something you'll never understand or appreciate.
Whether it takes a decade or a generation or four the USA will still be here we will still be powerful we will still wield tremendous influence where and when we want.
Whatever you want to believe is as inconsequential as your country.
Nobody cares what a maid thinks.
I don’t care what you think either, you are just a good for nothing humpty dumpty realtor with no education nor understanding of the world.
You don’t know history, you don’t understand politics, you don’t understand geopolitics, you don’t even know basic chemistry, you don’t even have common sense.
And I’m remitting to my very well informed and researched opinions and understanding of the situation (Which you don’t have)
The US is no longer a assertive power as it once was, You are in political decline everywhere. You can’t bare to recognize it frankly isn't my problem…
Now don’t reply any longer to my opinions if you don’t like them… There is no point in replying to what I express and when you get beaten in a debate you claim as you always do
“I don’t care what you think”,
you are too Young
smartest monkey of the Zoo
you live in the a*hill of nowhere
You are just too impotent and crass to discuss with
Thanks, much appreciated.
The US is no longer a assertive power as it once was
It is. The US is still one of the only countries still capable of projecting it's power across the globe.
The UK can do it ( to a Lesser extent ) but the in joke motto of the US Central Command ( CENTCOM ) is Firest, fastest, mostest
Just because Obama is not so quick to deploy the military to solve issues in the world, it does not mean that the US is in anyway less capable.
Obama, is a talker. He seems to be anxious to for the US to take a back seat in world affairs and let the regional players sort themselves out.
But you should not inactivity with a decline in power.
Yes, but that is completely different thing to the use of soft power i.e the use political and economical influence to influence matters overseas is what Im refering to. Despite the American massive military power its very bad in politics .
The US is not getting much soft power for what it is paying for really worth.
Putin outplayed them brilliantly half a year ago. They didn’t hand over Snowden. And the Russians have just humiliated the Americans yet again with the Victoria Nuland gaffe…(they leaked it)
And frankly people in the west are sick and tired of foreign conflicts, as your own parliament has proven backing down from the Syrian strikes.
This is the other prime reasons I think it’s going to be even more unlikely to see more involvement abroad in the future. The US will look towards itself while other regional powers consolidate and others miss their chance
I can't understand why she cleans houses when she is clearly so brilliant.
Maybe your maid ALSO cleans houses...........................
You should have seen the correspondence from the lady in LLBean: she reamed everybody a new asshole. I got my stuff in Canada, free, took it all apart and brought it in my baggage. The system makes everybody a criminal. I walked through downtown Bs. As. with 2 ex -Mossad killers with $50 K, both had 2 Glocks and permission to use.same. I could walk down any street in my country, or in Switzerland without any fear. Lamentable todos
Nobody told you Argentina is a third world country before coming here??
“Mad Magazine”
How that takes me back to when I was 12 or so. Some really clever intellects wrote that but at my age I had to think a little harder to get the real intent. Good training for commercial life though and reading about the argies.
I suspect it failed because the later generation yanks thought it was just a comic. Shame really.
CFK must know this, our Rgidiot trolls must know this, it has been obvious to me for a very very long time.
“Nothing works. There are lines to buy everything. Prices have gone through the roof. You can’t go out at night for fear of getting shot.
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/16/is-this-the-end-of-hugo-chavez-s-venezuela.html
My sincere hope is that a stake is driven through Bolivarian Socialism when both Venezuela and Argentina gov'ts collapse. from 53-yankeeboy. So well put. That would be Peru's salvation.
Today the opposition in Peru is attempting to force Humala to react to the chaos promoted by Maduro in Venezuela. So where is Brazil?
South America needs Brazil to stand up and finally declare that they are against human rights violations, coming from any political direction. Freedom Loving World Opinion must use Brazil's World Cup to hammer home the atrocites occurring in its neighbor. Yes, the World Cup, a non-political event, must be violated to save Venezuelan's and the rest of South America. This is the leverage, that if applied correctly, will force Brazil to do the correct thing. South America must be saved, from this Chavista MONSTROSITY.
You and others maybe interested to know that the author of the article, Juan Nagel, is the Editor of caracaschronicles.com/
an excellent site with many intelligently-written quality articles.
He also writes frequently for transitions.foreignpolicy.com/
(Transitions is the group blog of the Democracy Lab channel, a collaboration between Foreign Policy and the Legatum Institute.)
@88 pisco. I understand where you 'are coming from' on this but Dilma and gang are still too caught-up in their left-wing ideological mess to be inclined to interfere in Venezuala. Brazil will do nothing. Accept it.
I hope Peru can continue to build closer ties with Chile and the Pacific Alliance. That is the only road to prosperity and stability that I can see for them at the moment. Stay away from ALBA and the lure of cheap oil from VZLA, contolled from Cuba....
But Peruvian democracy must still survive the Humala Presidency. This man, like his deceased friend Chavez, is a past coup attempt maker. Presently he has placed his buddies, mostly from his army class, into strategic military positions.
So Ilsen, my head tells me that you are correct, when stating that Brazil will never do the decent thing. But my heart, though has to believe that Brazilians, somehow, someway cannot be so cruel as to allow this barbarianism to last.
Great political and social satire. I had a subscription to it, around 1970 - 72
just to return to the article above, the Argentine Gov states;
”notes the clear efforts of destabilization that confront institutional order in our brother nation”
Clear efforts? prove it! Other than the population taking to the streets, there is no concerted effort by 'corporations etc' to bring down the Gov. They are too busy trying to get the hell out of there!
@90 pisco.
Although I obtained, admittedly some years ago, a First Class Degree from the University Of Essex (UK) Latin American Studies, and spent 2 years with Universidad de Los Andes Merida, (Vnzla), studying Latin American Politics, I must admit I have not kept up-to-date on the Peruvian situation as much as I would have liked, due to business and family commitments in Vnzla & UK.
However, I can state, with certainty, that the only way the Chavistas have kept the military quiet is by giving them Political appointments.
How many military in Government now? The truth is out there! So many ex-military growing fat and rich in Government, whilst maintaining their old contacts….
Also, some background, please see;
caracaschronicles.com/2013/08/06/the-military-diversifies-its-portfolio/
freevenezuelanow.org/venezuela-facing-military-government-says-constitutional-lawyer/
Unfortunately, in this case Pisco, you can not follow your heart because the current regime in Brazil is following a similar ideological path, Your head is correct. Brazil will stand by and watch this barbarism. Please tell me if you have heard Dilma & Co. condemn such events as this:
www.policymic.com/articles/82157/11-images-showing-the-bloody-protests-happening-in-venezuela-right-now
Brazil is not interested, sadly.
South American countries have always followed a common trend, alternatively going one way or the other in the last 70 years. From military dictatorships to leftist populist pseudo-democratic regimes with some rather short lived periods of reasonable politics in between.
Sadly, one cycle being an exaggerate reaction to the one preceding it.
Where does it end?
Probably when we stop supporting politicians that exploit extreme nationalistic feelings by tapping into the frustrations from one or the other side.
No matter left or right the 'caudillo' triumphs over the deliberately infantalised voting underclass (when they are permitted to vote!)...
Continuing your point, there has also been the inverse, ie. Right-wing populists amd left-wing military regimes! Where will it end? nobody knows...
And all for a continent so rich in resources it should (on paper) have everything to gain and nothing to lose...
Shame, shame, shame.
Either way, group identity is exploited to the max like in a football match.
Geez.. I have such a love/hate relationship with LatAm!! Enough to re-state what I posted earlier-
for a continent so rich in resources it should (on paper) have everything to gain and nothing to lose...
Shame, shame, shame.
However, you are, sadly, (as in the ALBA countries and also Brazil/Argentina), witnessing the effects of the so-called 'Bolivarian Revolution'.
Which in my opinion besmirches the name of a once great man who freed slaves, emancipated the indigenous and liberated much of Latin America from despots and rule by caudillos!
Bolivar’s most famous quote is from 1830, regarding ‘Latin’ America, as he surveyed the wreckage of his dream. As self-assessments go, it is not very positive:
‘I have ruled for 20 years and from these I have gained only a few certainties:
[Latin] America is ungovernable, for us;
Those who serve a revolution plough the sea;
The only thing one can do in [Latin] America is emigrate;
This country will fall inevitably into the hands of the unbridled masses and then pass almost imperceptibly into the hands of petty tyrants, of all colours and races;
Once we have been devoured by every crime and extinguished by utter ferocity, the Europeans will not even regard us as worth conquering;
If it were possible for any part of the world to revert to primitive chaos, it would be [Latin] America in its final hour.’
See; John Lynch, Simon Bolivar: A Life (Yale University Press, 2006)
A very well-respected academic (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lynch_(historian)) who has written many excellent, globally-respected texts on Latin America.
Yes, Trolls, my sources are impeccable, and I hope, of interest to others…
ahh... the echoes of History, to understand our present, we must know the past, in order to plan for the future....
How I wish, oh how I wish...
Isn't it a paradox that the two countries that produced the leaders of the South. Am independence movement are now at the brink of collapse?
paradox or irony? more of a tragedy unfortunately...
Would make an excellent tragi-comedic opera if the truth wasn't so bitter...
just my thoughts...
Although I must say the posters on this thread seem better than the endless circular arguments that take place on the Argentine/Falklands threads.
Any interesting links on the situation in Venezuela always welcome.
Here are a few that may be of interest;
dolartoday.com/
caracaschronicles.com/
daniel-venezuela.blogspot.co.uk/
panampost.com/
devilsexcrement.com/
transitions.foreignpolicy.com/
venezuela-europa.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/if-you-want-to-know-who-supports.html
Fact: The current, note ‘current’, regime is constantly trying to block some/all of these legitimate websites by threatening the ISPs, has attempted to block Twitter during recent protests and ordered Colombian TV News (NTN24) channel off the air also.
www.ntn24.com/videos/venezuelas-maduro-calls-ntn24-censorship-decision-state-121709
www.ntn24.com/videos/young-venezuelan-protester-severely-beaten-police-aragua-state-121841
Welcome to the ‘Counter - Revolution’ people…… It might not be televised, but it will be on YouTube!
Enjoy!
Oh and the absolutely most importatt one which I insist you click on is;
monitordt.r.worldssl.net/video/que-el-mundo-sepa-whats-going-on-in-venezuela-en-ingles/
5 mins well spent, trust me!
Damn! I was hoping that pressure could be applied to Brazil during the World Cup. But I understand the reality now: 'Dilma and Co.' could care less and that Maduro is supposed to have the situation under control by then.
Ilsen and TF, no one should ever be angry at the sender when they are right on.
No powerful state such as US/China/Russia or groups such as the EU, for example, has any interest in pressurising Brazil on behalf on Venezuela. Sad but true. They are simply interested in business, and supporting their own citizens and economies (some may argue, ”and why not?). However I do not wish to over complicate this. With the US becoming energy self-sufficient, and other global developments involving shale-gas and eco-energy resources no-one really gives a sh*t about VZ anymore. Sad, but true. They import 90% of their consumer goods, and have the most over-valued currency in the world.
So, what does this truly mean?
There is no massive new consumer market to invest in (like China)... it is already flooded with cheap Chinese imports.
Their currency is worthless. So why trade? Any profit is value-less in the global market.
They don't pay their bills (currently owing US$3 billion to airlines alone), just check some other threads for this.
Internal price-fixing and centralised-control of goods - therefore no FDI.
Horrrendous Black-market on the US$, currently trading at 86.88 against the official rate of 6.3, yes, that is 13.8 x 1usd on the street....
Do I care? I have family there.......
Please never mistake my anger with the regime for my love for the country.
And no, I never get angry with some one who posts something that I disagree with, just with those that resort to personal insults because they have nothing to say.
Please speak freely, and loudly!!!!!!!!!
Back on topic, there is no South American unity, no matter Mercosur, ALBA or CELAC, all just taliking shops. The only positive, in my opinion is the PA. I truly hope it succeeds and that others will, eventually, follow...
I wasn't even close to getting angry with you because you are feeling that Humala will follow on Maduro's steps.
I feel your pain. Peru can still do something before that happens. Uruguay is also at a point in which their actions can save them from being dragged into madness. Argentina is lost at least for two more years.
I know I might start to get attacked by some of the posters here, but despite some of the anti-Chilean feelings in the contingent, I think that Chile gets it. I'm not saying that Chile is perfect but it's institutions seem to be getting stronger and leaders, while assertive, are not trying to divide the country up.
There was a fine article in the WSJ about 2 weeks back, showing South America. A small slice of the Pacific Coast was highlighted in green and said open for business. down to the southern end of Chile.The rest of the continent was in red, and said closed for business, with a 100 reasons why. It should be easy to find. Cheers
And if you believe that public taxes used to start, grow and own businesses is NOT speculation, then your doubly screwed... Governments are the WORST speculators... well, unless you happen to be the priveledged few taking home all that public investment.
My bet is the Argy peso is 16 by mid March; I get 13 all day and had an offer of 15 (with an explanation) that it was dirty money. My home, Canada, has one dollar: it makes it easy to do business
www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-reporter-venezuelan-cops-confiscated-our-equipment-at-gunpoint/
Finally it is about the ‘Cubanisation’ of the country.
The people know that they are getting screwed. However, currently, the opposition is far to disorganized to do anything but to encourage the population to protest in the streets. Nothing more. However, across the world we have seen before, this can lead to coherent opposition. I hope this will be the case here, but for now it is just a sad mess of deeply unhappy people and a failing government.
I will post more about the Cubanisation of the government and why I believe the military will not turn on the people. I do not think the Army support Maduro anymore
More soon!
Why is MercoPress not reporting on Censorship in Venezeula?
MercoPress, you could be next! For Evil to prosper it only requires good men to remain silent! You could be next if you do not speak now!
San Cristobal - VZLA
Last night, the authorities shut down internet service to the whole city, which explains why so few YouTube videos have emerged from San Cristóbal, whereas we have seen so many from Merida and other smaller cities, not just Caracas. Thousands of National Guard troops were sent out into San Cristóbal at around around 12:40 last night, and at 1:00 a.m. Internet service was shut down for the whole city and its surrounding areas. Then the nightly running battles started, with unarmed kids facing off against the National Guard and their paramilitary companions both – a ludicrously uneven fight where the people claiming the right to protest get called fascists by a government using grotesquely disproportionate force to quash them.
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