Venezuela about to boil over

Let's catch up with the aftermath of the stolen Venezuela election -- where the Dictator Maduro declared himself the winner despite losing the election.

Venezuela in flames: Riots erupt over 'stolen' election as protesters clash with police following President Maduro's victory declaration after overseeing years of food shortages and a collapsed economy
  • Thousands of enraged protesters flooded the streets of Venezuela's capital and many other cities yesterday
  • Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez claims his party can prove he beat President Maduro in election
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...stolen-election-president-maduro-victory.html

Venezuelan opposition says they now can prove Maduro was overwhelmingly defeated
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article290552954.html


Donald Trump wants to emulate what Maduro did to get a third term -- assuming Trump gets elected to a second term so he can totally corrupt the election process. Obviously Trump is watching and applauding what Maduro did; he is not going to condemn it. Trump loves strongman dictators; he wants to be their buddy.

Amid widespread condemnation of Venezuelan government over election process, one voice has remained silent: Donald Trump's
The former president and GOP nominee, who during his term pursued an intense pressure strategy over Maduro, has not made public statements regarding the elections so far
https://www.latintimes.com/amid-wid...lection-process-one-voice-has-remained-557022
 
gwb-trading said:
I say let them fight. I will note that the GDP of Maduro's shithole is $102.3 Billion and Elon Musk's net worth is $235.4 Billion. Maybe Musk should simply buy this hellhole out and fix it; it would probably go better than his X/Twitter investment.

Venezuelan President Maduro challenges 'arch-enemy' Elon Musk to a fight
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...s-arch-enemy-elon-musk-to-a-fight/ar-BB1qQRKA
More...

Let's get ready to rumble...

Elon Musk Bring It On, Maduro ... Accepts Venezuelan President's Fight Challenge
https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/31/elon-musk-accepts-challenge-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro/

Elon Musk's talking tough once again ... accepting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's invitation to brawl -- one year after he vowed he'd fight Mark Zuckerberg.

President Maduro called out Musk on national television this morning ... challenging Musk to fisticuffs in a bizarre rant where he told Elon anyone who came up against him "dries up."

You should watch the video for yourself ... but, ultimately Maduro's making it clear -- EM only needs to name a time and place for the brawl, and Maduro will come ready to kick his ass.

The tech billionaire's taken quite a few shots at President Maduro in recent days ... with Elon claiming the recent election down in Venezuela that Maduro won was stolen and railing against Maduro's left-wing leanings. Maduro is a socialist, BTW.

(More at above url including video, tweets, etc.)
 
Maduro is importing military troops from Cuba in order to cling to power.

Cuba Shows Its Hand in Venezuela as Maduro, Clinging to Power, Applies Lessons He Learned at Havana
With mass demonstrations planned across Venezuela this morning, Maduro worries about the loyalties of his own police and army. Enter the ‘Black Wasps,’ Cuban special forces units.
https://www.nysun.com/article/cuba-...to-power-applies-lessons-he-learned-at-havana

Western Pressure On Maduro? It's The Venezuelan Military That Will Decide
Foreign condemnations and sanctions will not force Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro to abandon power after losing the recent presidential elections. The army could, but with a security system designed by Cuban advisers, it is firmly under regime control.
https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/venezuela-maduro-military
 
Opposition leader joins rally calling for Venezuela presidential election results to be overturned
https://apnews.com/article/venezuel...ons-protests-d6e70bd88ee9511298a4850c224a12e2

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela’s capital Saturday, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support of an opposition candidate they believe won the presidential election by a landslide.

Authorities have declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of last Sunday’s election but have yet to produce voting tallies to prove he won. Maduro also urged his backers to attend his own “mother of all marches” later Saturday in Caracas.

The government arrested hundreds of opposition supporters who took to the streets in the days after the disputed poll, and the president and his cadres have threatened to also lock up opposition leader, María Corina Machado, and her hand-picked presidential candidate, Edmundo González.

On Saturday, supporters chanted and sang as Machado arrived at the rally in Caracas. Ecstatic, they crushed around her as she climbed onto a raised platform on a truck to address the crowd.

“After six days of brutal repression, they thought they were going to silence us, intimidate or paralyze us,” she told them. “The presence of every one of you here today represents the best of Venezuela.”

Machado, who has been barred by Maduro’s government from running for office for 15 years, had been in hiding since Tuesday, saying her life and freedom are at risk. Masked assailants ransacked the opposition’s headquarters on Friday, taking documents and vandalizing the space.

On Saturday, she held aloft a Venezuelan flag and promised that the government whose policies forced millions of Venezuelans to leave was finally coming to an end.

“We have overcome all the barriers! We have knocked them all down,” Machado said. “Never has the regime been so weak.”

González, who remains in hiding, was not seen at the event, and when the rally ended, Machado was given a non-descript shirt and whisked away on the back of a motorcycle.

(More at above url)
 
gwb-trading said:
Venezuela’s Neighbors Fear ‘Exodus That We Cannot Accommodate’
  • Peru, Panama, Brazil and Chile are increasing border security
  • Maduro clings to power after potentially fraudulent elections
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ghbors-fear-exodus-that-we-cannot-accommodate
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In Panama now and the situation has been bad for years. Numerous nationalities crossing Darrien jungle unto Panama to start the trek up to U.S. Last I checked there were 1.5 million Venezuelans in Colombia and maybe half that in Panama. All the wealth, knowledge and labor force is fleeing Venezuela in increasing numbers so Venezuela only reason they don't become Cuba is all that oil money...
 
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