Maduro probes purported US involvement in Air France drug cache
Source: AFP
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he was investigating whether US drug enforcement agents were involved in a huge cocaine drug bust as part of a plot to brand Venezuela a "narco state."
"I would not be surprised if the DEA (US Drug Enforcement Administration) is behind this. We're investigating to see if this was done by the DEA through mafias," Maduro said in a speech.
On September 11, an Air France plane landed in Paris from Caracas with 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on board distributed in 30 suitcases. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $270 million.
French authorities disclosed the find -- the largest cocaine seizure ever on French soil -- 10 days later, after no one came forward to claim the bags.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/maduro-probes-purported-us-involvement-air-france-drug-223045666.html
This guy is as nuts as the Republicans.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Says He Sleeps In Hugo Chavez's Mausoleum
08/10/13 12:03 AM ET EDT
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is known for his devotion to late leader Hugo Chavez and now he acknowledges that he sometimes sleeps in the mausoleum where his mentor's remains are kept.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/10/maduro-sleeps-in-chavez-mausoleum_n_3737466.html
I found his accusations that the US somehow infected Chavez with cancer to be really out there, but this is creepy & weird beyond anything I'd imagined. I know some people are into that sorta thing, but he may lead off in a straightjacket before completing his term.
...is when I come across anyone who is still naïve with regard to the trustworthiness of the US government in light of its history of coups, assassinations and the toppling governments at-will, in particular in the countries of South and Central America.
- You'd have to work at it. Constantly......
K&R
This is why Maduro is trying to divert attention to the tried & true US bogeyman:
By Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul
October 1, 2013, 10:13 a.m.
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro’s expulsion Monday of three U.S. diplomats was another sign of the increasingly dire problems Venezuela’s government faces and the extreme measures he is taking to try to divert supporters’ attention from them, analysts said.
In a speech commemorating the 200th anniversary of a revolutionary battle in western Falcon state, Maduro said he was expelling acting charges d’affaires Kelly Keiderling, Elizabeth Hoffman and David Moo for allegedly meeting with opposition figures and “taking actions to sabotage the electricity system.”
Maduro had previously charged right-wing opponents with sabotage last month in connection with the outage of a high voltage transmission line in western Venezuela that caused blackouts across the country. Since then, power blackouts have become more frequent in Caracas and elsewhere in Venezuela.
Venezuelans go to the polls in December to elect mayors and city councils across Venezuela. Meanwhile consumers are increasingly frustrated by economic problems, including scarcities of basic foodstuffs and inflation exceeding 40%, the highest rate in South America.
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-venezuela-expulsion-us-diplomats-20131001,0,2215565.story
Good luck with that!
