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Marksman_91

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5. Chavez got pardoned for an even worse atrocity for which he was directly responsible for

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:53 AM

Apr 2016

Leopoldo Lopez gets jailed for calling to a protest that dissolves into chaos thanks to Chavista-sympathizing security forces and gangs shooting at unarmed protesters, and he gets a 13-year sentence for it? The hypocrisy is astounding.

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Venezuela�s Right Wing Confesses to 17 years of Political Delinquency: The Amnesty Bill [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2016 OP

those psychotic clowns have been gunning each other down for over 45 MisterP Apr 2016 #1

A father sweeping condemnation of an entire country. Surely COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #2

Well considered description of the complexity, determination, total absence of moral concern, greed Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #3

they got Caracas to back their banks, got Caracas to bail them out, fled with the cash MisterP Apr 2016 #4

Yep, what they are is needy more than anything. They need lots of money. nt bemildred Apr 2016 #6

Chavez got pardoned for an even worse atrocity for which he was directly responsible for Marksman_91 Apr 2016 #5