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Judi Lynn

(164,122 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:49 AM Oct 2014

Young ‘Chavista’ lawmaker Robert Serra killed in Venezuela [View all]

Source: Reuters

Young ‘Chavista’ lawmaker Robert Serra killed in Venezuela

Serra, 27, was Venezuela’s youngest lawmaker

Reuters
Published: 13:13 October 2, 2014

CARACAS: A “Chavista” ruling party lawmaker was killed on Wednesday in Venezuela’s latest high-profile violent crime.

Robert Serra and his partner, Maria Herrera, were found dead in his home in the poor La Pastora neighbourhood of the capital, Caracas, state news agency AVN reported.

“They were vilely killed here in their house, a two-storied house, on the ground floor lay the woman and on the upper floor lay Robert Serra,” Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres told state television. “I call on members of the PSUV (party), on youth in political parties ... to all citizens, to remain calm as we’ll investigate this fully,” he said.

Serra, 27, was Venezuela’s youngest lawmaker, according to his blog. He had a Master’s Degree in criminology, media reported.
He was seen as one of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela’s (PSUV) most promising young leaders and his death again puts the spotlight on one of the world’s highest homicide rates.

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Young ‘Chavista’ lawmaker Robert Serra killed in Venezuela [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2014 OP

Before the "Blame the CIA" crowd arrives... Archae Oct 2014 #1

Bzzt. The CIA did it. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #2

I wouldn't put it past the CIA. It's what people in the spy business call "wet work." Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #28

Yup. It's not that difficult to get murdered in Venezuela. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #3

Accurate post. Feral Child Oct 2014 #11

Substitute immediate outrage with common sense? FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #4

They never arrive as fast as the ''Protect the CIA'' crowd, though. Octafish Oct 2014 #5

I have no interest in protecting the CIA, but most often a cigar is just a cigar. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #6

1947 and CIA Witch hunts seveneyes Oct 2014 #8

This write-up is about policies from the Eisenhower Administration through Nixon... brooklynite Oct 2014 #9

History since then: CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces (2007) Octafish Oct 2014 #10

This doesn't even prove the existence of the memo it describes. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #13

Sure, and all the underhanded State Department crapola that WikiLeaks revealed doesn't exist either. Octafish Oct 2014 #17

This thread has to do with one Venezuelan man Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #20

The death of one person makes all the difference in the world. Octafish Oct 2014 #25

Now I know why the murder rate is so high in Venezuela Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #35

Until then, you should read more. Octafish Oct 2014 #36

Ad hominem is my only option Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #37

''What would Goldman think?'' Octafish Oct 2014 #40

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #41

Only a character assassin would label someone as a 'CTer' Octafish Oct 2014 #47

Said the person who attends JFK CT conventions. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #48

You say that as if it was a bad thing. Octafish Oct 2014 #50

I guess I'd have thought you guys would have reached a consensus by now. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #52

No consensus. Not all guys. Octafish Oct 2014 #55

Every year, from now til forever. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #56

BUT CHILE 1973!!!!!! EX500rider Oct 2014 #58

Thanks for the reminder. It was all too familiar when we heard about it the first time. Typical. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #26

Before damage control arrives....nt Zorra Oct 2014 #7

You're assuming the Company couldn't have recruited "home invaders" to do it. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #45

To the extent that the US government . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #12

VZ is wrecking their own economy just fine by themselves hack89 Oct 2014 #14

I doubt the US really cares about Venezuela anymore. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #15

Washington often does "break butterflies upon the wheel" in Latin America MisterP Oct 2014 #16

Or we can consider that in a country with VZ's sky high murder rate hack89 Oct 2014 #18

How is it the US gives millions of US taxpayers' $ to the Venezuelan opposition during elections? nt Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #30

Haven't seen any hard proof of that claim. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #31

You haven't seen anything because you never bothered to look. Simple. Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #32

No, the US is not to blame for Venezuela's crime rate. Try blaming, I dunno, the geek tragedy Oct 2014 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Oct 2014 #19

So Just to be perfectly clear . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #21

There are no 'righties' in this entire entire post and its sub-threads. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #22

Maduro is driving that bus into a ditch just fine on his own. Throd Oct 2014 #23

You don't imagine someone who mocks a man who drove a bus as a young man, at a Democratic website, Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #34

I'm sure he's a fine bus driver. Calm down. Throd Oct 2014 #42

They can't very well deny it, can they? US taxdollars are loaded into Venezuelan right-wingers' Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #33

Extreme hyperbole. Calm down nt geek tragedy Oct 2014 #44

If you think it is acceptable for the USG . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #24

Your comments have real value. People who are democratic by nature can see that easily. Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #27

Pro-government Venezuela lawmaker slain at home Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #29

Robert Serra was the chavista paramilitaries' guy in Congress. Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #38

Which makes it more reasonable to wonder if he was killed for political reasons. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #39

Or simple vengeance. Nt hack89 Oct 2014 #46

OK, so here is Bacchus . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #49

Well the picture of the two together I posted, here is more about the criminal Santana Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #51

The Agency's Anti-Chavista long-knives are out, again. ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #54

The Agency appears to be ramping up it's "Anti-Chavista" crusade. 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #53

Sure Baccus, so purely by accident you happened to come across . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #57

Oh it wasn't by accident, here is another one for you. Hugo asks for actions against Satana Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #59