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Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
1. Venezuela expelled the US ones first supposedly because of "sabotage"
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 09:40 AM
Oct 2013

So what did the Ven. government expect would happen? This is all just another smokescreen to take away attention from the real problems in the country.

 

ehcross

(166 posts)
2. Venezuela expelled the US diplomats first supposedly because of "sabotage"
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 12:21 PM
Oct 2013

Venezuela is in turmoil. The economy is in shambles. The country is being "managed" by a former bus driver who has never steped into a university, but managed to steal the elections under the cover of a monumental election fraud.

The country's legendary leftist president Hugo Chávez died last year and appointed Nicolás Maduro as his successor.
Maduro has chosen a heavy handed policy against the opposition and the private sector. As a result, the economy is in shambles, despite Venezuela being a worldwide oil power. Maduro's policies are those of a blind showman with no clear understanding of world politics, a particularly dangerous inconvenience in the case of a major oil producer.

President Maduro's decisions are being taken on the run, as a reaction to real or perceived threats that seldom materialize, and are endangering the already tense relations with the U.S.



Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
3. its all show, ven continues to import more and more products from the usa
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 12:48 PM
Oct 2013

Maduro won, t jeopardize trade relations.

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