US pulls all staff from Venezuela as Maduro blames blackout on 'demonic' Trump plot

[Eugene]

LBN thread: US withdrawing last of its embassy personnel from Venezuela

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Source: The Guardian

US pulls all staff from Venezuela as Maduro blames blackout on 'demonic' Trump plot

In a televised nationwide address, leader says White House ‘ordered this attack’ and calls on public to mount ‘active resistance’

Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent
Tue 12 Mar 2019 04.37 GMT

The United States has said it will withdraw all remaining diplomatic staff from Venezuela as Nicolás Maduro accused Donald Trump of masterminding a “demonic” plot to force him from power by crippling the country’s electricity system with an imperialist “electromagnetic attack”.

The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced the decision to vacate the US embassy in the crisis-stricken country’s capital, Caracas, late on Monday.

“This decision reflects the deteriorating situation in #Venezuela as well as the conclusion that the presence of US diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on US policy,” Pompeo tweeted.

Maduro’s political foes and many specialists believe the calamitous nationwide blackout that struck last Thursday – and has yet to be resolved – is the result of years of mismanagement, corruption and incompetence.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/12/nicolas-maduro-blames-demonic-trump-plot-for-blackout-crippling-venezuela

[MRubio]

1. Shit, this line seems ominous........

.......the conclusion that the presence of US diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on US policy.........

[GatoGordo]

2. No electricity, no water

I doubt the American embassy has anything except a generator for emergencies. Send the diplomats home. Their job is done for now.

The Marines at the embassy have seen worse than Caracas without water and electricity.

[GatoGordo]

3. Venezuela gives US diplomatic staff 72 hours to leave the country

Government gives US diplomatic staff 72 hours to leave the country
By: Sputniknews / Aporrea.org | Tuesday, 03/12/2019 08:40 AM

translated from Spanish

March 12, 2019 - The Government of Venezuela announced that it will not extend the permanence of US diplomatic personnel in its territory, and announced the end of the talks for the establishment of offices of interest.

"Venezuela has resolved not to grant a new extension for the permanence of the US diplomatic agents still present in the country, for which reason on March 11, 2019, the United States Government has been required to leave the national territory of the remaining personnel. (...) within the next 72 hours, "the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Previously, the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, announced that all the personnel remaining in the US embassy in Caracas will be removed this week, among other reasons so that Washington does not feel tied up.

The United States Government announced on January 23 that it did not know the mandate of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and instead recognized the opposition Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself that day as president in charge of the country.

Some 50 countries joined the US campaign, while Russia, China, Cuba, Bolivia, Iran and Turkey, among other nations, continue to support Maduro's government.

https://www.aporrea.org/tiburon/n339316.html

LMAO. The US is sending all its non essential staff home due to lack of electricity and water, and then Maduro says, "Get out!" (again)