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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's Maduro gives ultimatum to Caracas protesters [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)42. Also from the U.S. crackdown on Occupy?
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The President of Venezuela has clearly learned a lesson from the President of Ukraine.
another_liberal
Mar 2014
#2
Eighty were killed in Kiev, and most of them by the radical protesters' gunmen.
another_liberal
Mar 2014
#5
Yanukovich was a corrupt hack who does not deserve the Ukranian people's sympathy
Marksman_91
Mar 2014
#9
you think the problem with Yanukovuych is that he wasn't a big enough thug.
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#7
And the mask finally falls with a big old thud. I defy anyone to find anything....
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2014
#17
Of course. Joining a movement designed by a Madison Avenue ad agency is totally different
Recursion
Mar 2014
#10
Yeah, I just found this pic on Carcas Gringo. I've missed a lot of these threads as they are mostly
freshwest
Mar 2014
#25
Los estudiantes have a sense of humor.....unlike that idiot running the country into the ground....
MADem
Mar 2014
#36
Raul just left....he was no doubt filling Maduro's ear...I get the sense either Maduro
MADem
Mar 2014
#49
Maduro has offered up Diosdado Cabello to discuss the situation with a high-ranking US official
Zorro
Mar 2014
#54
Quite possibly. Thing is, Diosdado is a real toughie--and he's still got friends in the Army.
MADem
Mar 2014
#57
I don't know if you're a fan of Chávez, but in the end, he was human, and he makes mistakes like all
Marksman_91
Mar 2014
#13
You're welcome to post any assessments of the fairness of Venezuelan elections.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2014
#19
What is likely to happen? Will it be comparable to riot police in other nations? Any similarites?
freshwest
Mar 2014
#16
IDK half of what you're talking about? If it's in their neighborhood, and the people in the area did
freshwest
Mar 2014
#26
If Chavez hadn't been relying on Cuban doctors to kill...errrrr...save him, he wouldn't have
MADem
Mar 2014
#44
Madura and Chavez before him were elected in internationally monitored elections
yurbud
Mar 2014
#50
"The scumbags that murdered Chavez are behind this" Who, the fu*king Cuban's?! lol
EX500rider
Mar 2014
#55