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Maduro Assassination Attempt
Posted on 8/5/18 at 12:07 am
Posted on 8/5/18 at 12:07 am
Soldados de Franelas, a Venezuelan liberation movement, has claimed responsibility:
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The operation was to bring 2 drones full of C4 with the objective being the President snipers of the guardia de honor took the drones down before reaching their objective. We have shown that they are vulnerable, it didn't work today but is a matter of time
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Compilation video of all angles of incident: LINK
Maduro is blaming right wing groups/exiles, Colombia and its government, and Venezuelan expats in Florida. LINK
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" We have cleared the situation in record time, and it is an attempt to kill me, they have tried to assassinate me today and I have no doubt that everything points to the right, to the Venezuelan ultra-right in alliance with the Colombian extreme right and that the name Juan Manuel Santos is behind this attack, I have no doubts, "Maduro said in an address aired on the radio and television network,
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 12:33 am
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Posted on 8/5/18 at 12:11 am to KSGamecock
Good thing they had those c4 stopping blankets.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 12:19 am to hogNsinceReagan
Yea, total bummer.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 12:56 pm to KSGamecock
Millennials heaven ...dumases max
Posted on 8/5/18 at 1:38 pm to KSGamecock
Is this a big deal? I feel like this is a
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situation
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:36 pm to PrivatePublic
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Is this a big deal?
Maduro and his predecessor have completely destroyed the lives of 32 million people and left them in poverty, many starving. Yes, it's kind of a big deal.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 3:53 pm to PrivatePublic
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Is this a big deal?
Venezuela is our private gas station. It has the largest proven oil reserves in the world and we are their biggest customer. Even when Chavez was calling us Satan he was cheerfully funding his government on the oil we buy from them.
When we put our thang down in the Middle East its more to keep Europe and Asia from going bonkers and dragging us into another World War then for our own supply.
There is also the humanitarian cost of having a country that used to export prostitutes and porn stars now being too poor to do either.
And there is the odd spectacle of having people starve to death in one of the most fertile countries in the world.
So, yes, Venezuela is a big deal. Because if they decide to stop selling us gas tomorrow we will invade them on Tuesday.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 6:49 pm to Arksulli
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Venezuela is our private gas station.
Not really. We produce 81% of our own oil. Of the remaining amount, 40% comes from Canada. 7% comes from Venezuela, so they're just 1.3% of the total oil we use.
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It has the largest proven oil reserves in the world
It does have the largest reported reserves, but 67% of their reserves are undiscovered. They are literally just guessing.
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we are their biggest customer. Even when Chavez was calling us Satan he was cheerfully funding his government on the oil we buy from them.
We actually sell them more than they buy from us. $1.65 billion vs $963 million.
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Because if they decide to stop selling us gas tomorrow we will invade them on Tuesday.
We could replace what we buy from them with Mexican or Canadian oil very easily. We import oil from 81 different countries.
The only way you'll ever see us involved militarily in Venezuela is if the country completely implodes, and we want to keep control of the reserves from falling into even worse hands than the current communists. This part is just my opinion.
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 9:37 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:29 am to KSGamecock
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Maduro Assassination Attempt
No it wasn't (not shitting on you). It was a gas explosion in an apartment building.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 2:53 pm to KSGamecock
China remains Venezuela's largest debt owner with $23 billion in outstanding debt.
China is a major player there
I hope everyone's ok in Langley Virginia.
China is a major player there
I hope everyone's ok in Langley Virginia.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 3:16 pm to Evolved Simian
Yeah the economics of Venezuela’s oil industry have changed drastically since Chavez took it over. Their production in general has plummeted and they are on the road to becoming a net importer. They can’t meet their contractual obligations for exports (including the loan deals with China) because the infrastructure is collapsing, and they are importing to satisfy their own domestic gasoline demands.
Aside from the humanitarian crisis that is playing out on TV, there is an environmental crisis on Lake Maracaibo where most their largest center of production is (basically their equivalent of our Permian Basin). They haven’t been able to afford to do basic maintenance on their production (or on refineries) in years. There are oil slicks and toxic waste everywhere.
Full blown civil war in Venezuela seems like a matter of “when” not “if”
Aside from the humanitarian crisis that is playing out on TV, there is an environmental crisis on Lake Maracaibo where most their largest center of production is (basically their equivalent of our Permian Basin). They haven’t been able to afford to do basic maintenance on their production (or on refineries) in years. There are oil slicks and toxic waste everywhere.
Full blown civil war in Venezuela seems like a matter of “when” not “if”
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