I don't watch much television. These days most of my entertainment consists of netflix, anime, and video games (read: PSO2 and Battlefield 4). For some reason cable channel TNT is making the news rounds in Venezuela for a scene in the crime drama "Legends" where the protagonist was torturing a terrorist for information on who is buying his biological weapons.
In the episode in question, titled "Lords of War," the star of the show tortures a terrorist "24"-style, demanding to know who is buying his chemical weapons. Eventually the terrorist splutters, "Maduro! PSUV! They're worried about the civil unrest in Venezuela."
From Axis of Logic
While there was much international criticism and outright opposition to Venezuela's treatment of those involved the civil insurrection of February(for all the wrong reasons), the Venezuelan government was never accused of using chemical weapons. The only "chemical" weapons used were non-lethal tear gas, which was used by both the Bolivarian National Guard and the Bolivarian National Police. As a country that for the most by abides by the rule of constitutional and constitutional order, they would be stupid to buy such chemical weapons to actually cause harm. You simply don't make your problems worse. As such, the government mostly let the civil insurrection burn out over the course of 4-5 months.
The news was first reported by the well known Chavista Aporrea news portal and originally reported by the public newspaper Correo del Orinoco.
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4th Generation War in Action: TNT series Legends accuses Maduro of buying biological weapons for use against protesters.
By: Correo del Orinoco / Aporrea.org | Monday, 09/01/2014 1:35 PM
Through TNT, Monsanto, was last night accused the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, want to buy a biological bomb to use against protesters seeking to unseat him.
In TNT's new series "Legends", specifically the third episode of the first season (13:38 min), one of the terrorists is questioned by one of the FBI agents. The criminal is face down and says "okay, okay, is the VX." The agent asks, "Who are you buying?" And the detainee says: "I do not know, there is a proxy".
In the scene, which lasts about 19 seconds, ask the agent "and who is the agent?". Immediately, the terrorist says: "Maduro, United Socialist Party of Venezuela. They are concerned about civil unrest in Venezuela."
The VX mentioned the terrorist on the scene, is an oleaginous considered a powerful nerve agent chemical weapon. It was created in 1952 by researchers at Porton Down, England. In 1958 the British government sold its VX technology to the United States in exchange for information on thermonuclear weapons.
Not the first time that American multinationals incorporate in their series, talks to refer to Venezuela. Even, have been incorporated in some video games, missions to end the "dictatorship in Venezuela."
TNT is a cable television and satellite television belonging to the oligopoly of the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS). United States, Latin America and Spain, are regions are reaching their productions.
TBS belongs to Time Warner, which also owns CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, TCM TruTV...among dozens of other corporations. Time Warner is one of the ten mega-corporations that control the global communications industry.
Source: http://aporrea.org/medios/n256981.html
Translation Based on Google Translate
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The third episode of "Legends" entitled "Lords of War" was broadcast in the United States on 8/27/2014, which was four months after the initial unrest was over. The production of the episode started while the insurrection was ongoing, and the script writer needed an idea. This idea was gained from the insurrection in Venezuela. Problem is that he may not actually following the news on how the government was actually handling it.
CONTEL which is the National Telecommunication Commission, immediately opened an investigation regarding the episode
Broadcast on USA channel TNT: Conatel open investigation for assault on Venezuela in series American Legends
Caracas, September 2 - The National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela (Conatel) initiated a process of research on media manipulation that exposes the American Legends series, against Venezuela and President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro.
The Minister of Communication Information Delcy Rodriguez, through his Twitter account,@DrodriguezMinci, said that "lies and manipulations against President Nicolas Maduro Legends series, we ask Conatel opening a thorough investigation."
In the third episode of said fictitious television series, a terrorist accused President Maduro acquire a chemical weapon that would be used against civilians at the scene observed the terrorist being interrogated by an FBI agent, who asks, "For whom do You are buying (chemical weapon called XV)" and the arrested said: "I do not know, it was a proxy". When asked about the identity of that person, he responds: "Maduro, United Socialist Party of Venezuela. They are concerned about the unrest of civilians in Venezuela."
Minister Rodríguez added that "the Legends series, broadcast by American channel 'TNT', foreshadows a typical Hollywood script imperial actions against legitimate rulers." Director General Conatel, William Castillo, too reported on his Twitter account, that on instructions from the Minister Rodríguez "tomorrow Conatel will open a probe into the case of the Legends series, broadcast on subscription television."
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/medios/n257020.html
Translated based on Google Translate
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Later on 9/2/2014, 21st Century Fox made an apology to President Maduro
The explanation does not convince Fox 21: Company production of "Legends": Sincerely apologize to President Maduro
Fox 21, the producer of the police drama "Legends" which is owned by Twenty-First Century Inc, apologized to President Nicolas Maduro for the incident. It is unknown how was the apology, if it was made by Twitter or by letter or word conference.
"Obviously 'Legends' is a work of fiction," said Fox 21. "The producers did not intend to say that the show reported facts when mentioned the name of President Maduro. We sincerely apologize to the president."
If it was a work of fiction Why, for example, not then named Obama? Why they mentioned the United Socialist Party of Venezuela?
Not much accuracy to fiction?
Venezuelan government lambasted the television series "Legends" broadcast on American network TNT, by a scene in which a character says President Maduro and his party plan to purchase a biological weapon.
The Minister of Communication, Delcy Rodriguez said showed the fictional show lies and manipulations of the president of the country, where you can see the series through pay television services. Ie:. Amid planet "Legends Series American channel transmitted by TNT foreshadows the typical imperial actions against legitimate rulers Hollywood script," the officer wrote in his Twitter account,DrodriguezMinci on Monday night.
During the third episode, the protagonist played by British actor Sean Bean in an interrogation question who is behind the purchase of a "VX", a biological weapon, device to another character who says: "There is an intermediary...Maduro, PSUV (United Socialist Party). they concerned about civil unrest in Venezuela."
Fox 21's apology is not convincing.
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/medios/n257062.html
Translation based on Google Translate
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Now here is the actual quotation in actual English:
“Legends is obviously a work of fiction,” Fox 21 said. “The producers did not intend to imply that the show was reporting any actual events when it mentioned President Maduro's name. We sincerely apologise to President Maduro.”
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/venezuela-blasts-tv-show-for-maduro-slur-1.1745197
Then why did they mentioned "PSUV", "Maduro", and "unrest".
This type of misrepresentation of Venezuela is not new:
In 2006, the government led by the late President Hugo Chavez accused a U.S. gaming company of doing Washington's bidding by releasing a shoot 'em up computer game [Mercinaries 2]based on the overthrow of an imaginary Venezuelan "tyrant."
Last year, the U.S. spy drama "Homeland" portrayed Venezuela as a lawless hellscape. An outlaw character was depicted hiding out in a Caracas skyscraper-turned-slum with thugs who killed people and molested children with impunity. No official repercussions followed.
From Axis of Logic
There is another theory: Since the show is fictional, they don't feel the need to be at least accurate in depiction or actions of a foreign person or country. Since it's entertainment, and most Americans are not aware of foreign countries unless it's a very major event of violence or political conflict, they would care less. Besides, television companies exist to make money, not be at least accurate of their actual actions people outside their production country.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Guarimbas violate at least 14 constitutional articles and 7 criminal articles.
or Guarimbas and the Guarimberos are against Constitutional and Public Order
Venezuela is a country, unlike the United States, takes constitutional order very seriously. When they mean, very seriously, we don't mean we say this so we can just reassure them and then actually do nothing, we say this because have actively ensured constitutional order and guarantee constitutional rights over the past 15 years. Note the arrest last month of local public officials in Tachira State for being in contempt of a constitutional protection order from the TSJ's Constitutional branch. In addition, the Venezuelan government has taken swift action against public safety officials suspected of excessive force.
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From http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n248985.html
Tranalsation based on Google Translate
April 13, 2014 - As of February 12, after the call of the leader of the opposition political party Popular Will , Leopoldo López and former deputy of the National Assembly, Maria Corina Machado, to head out into the streets of the country against the Legitimate Government of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, have perused constant attacks, assaults and violations of human rights under the Constitution.
From the right to free movement laid down in Article 50 of the Constitution, which states that "any person can move freely in any medium throughout the country" to the" inviolable" right to life enshrined in Article 43 are some of the offenses committed by right-wing sectors of Venezuelan, blinded by hate, irrationality and incited by opposition leaders.
However, the opinion matrix generated by some sectors and means of national and international media, seek to divert attention and focus on an erroneous view of the current situation, in terms of human rights concerns, discrediting the performance of the Venezuelan State to restore order and ensure the welfare and tranquility to the people, calling it a "crackdown on students."
For constitutional lawyer Jesús Silva , "these criminals operating in known guarimbas really can not be described as students ... but there are armed groups that can be classified as terrorists, mercenaries, paramilitaries that have been paid to promote-in 18 of the 335 municipalities existing in Venezuela-events of violence."
Citizens has been unable to persue their regular activities as a "consequence of this street terrorism, and guerrilla warfare in urban areas, which have a clear connection to the party Popular Will and leaders of the far right such as Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado ".
However, the Government is obliged to restore public order and protect the life and personal integrity and citizen , so that the deployment of the national security authorities has been rational and proportionate "to contain these criminals using guayas, explosive devices, Molotov cocktails, adapters and have attacked unarmed civilians treacherous and premeditated manner. Consequently, the activity of the Venezuelan State has been framed in the Constitution and laws; and if there were some violations of human rights as some opponents have denounced it, I think there are clear demonstrations of commitment to investigate and punish these isolated cases, which are by no means the general policy of the Venezuelan state practice. "
Violation of Human Rights
The professor at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Jesus Silva, confirms that the protests of the past two months have been a undemocratic and unconstitutional character that besides causing 39 deaths (as of 5/15/2014: 44 people have been killed in the insurrection) and 579 injuries have affected the right to education (Articles 102 and 103) right to work (Articles 87 and 89), the right to health (Article 83), right to recreation (Article 111), environmental law (127), among others.
But the main violation of these demonstrations of political violence is the violation of Article 2 of the Constitution : Venezuela is a democratic and social state of law and justice, which holds as superior values of its legal system and its performance, life, liberty, justice, equality, solidarity, democracy, social responsibility, and in general, the preeminence of human rights ethics and political pluralism.
According to Silva says "these acts of violence and terror seek to impose a new political order through force, intimidation, threat and harm innocent people. So the guarimberos and political leaders who are somehow entrenched democratic parties in what is said, but are organizations to commit a crime, we have to say they ignore the will of the people and know the importance of democracy and popular sovereignty contained in this Article 2 where voting is recognized as the primary mechanism to resolve our differences. "
Crimes against the environment
The cutting and burning of trees, arson mountains, national parks, forests and other, contains what is called a multiple offense, criminal environmental offense , which in the doctrine of international law, is known as fourth generation right within the group of human rights.
For Silva "no doubt that this radical violent opposition, this criminal stream is overthrowing the government has lashed so cowardly and treacherous to the ecosystem . And we trust that the Missions and other programs to restore the ecological order as the Tree Mission and other government initiatives will help repair the damage caused; and especially the rejection of society to these actions must be demonstrated conclusively to follow such cases no longer happening. "
Rule of Law
Silva believes that the State's commitment to human rights is widespread evidence, because the 1999 Constitution is unique in the history of the country where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans have never been suspended, contrary to the 1961 Constitution which guarantees were suspended at least 21 times.
"The rule of law that exists today in Venezuela there has been respect for human rights, particularly from the Bolivarian Constitution of 1999 (...) which guarantees freedom of people provided that they act within the framework of the Constitution and the law. While in the past, the State was practicing the doctrine of state terror, a policy of persecution, murder, forced disappearance of persons ... "he said.
He recalled that the guarantees established in Article 2 have remained intact, "having to do with political pluralism, freedom of association, freedom to choose and be chosen , i.e. a set of civil and political rights that have been sheltered in this new era of the Republic."
Legal Basis
Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Article 55: Everyone has the right to protection by the state through the public security organs regulated by law, in situations that constitute a threat, vulnerability or risk to the physical integrity of persons, property, enjoyment of their rights and fulfill their duties.
Article 127: It is the right and duty of each generation to protect and maintain the environment for the benefit of itself and the future world. Everyone has individually and collectively to have a life and a safe, healthy and ecologically balanced environment law. The State shall protect the environment, biodiversity, genetic resources, ecological processes, national parks and natural monuments and other areas of special ecological importance. The genome of living organisms can not be patented, and the law relating to bioethical principles regulate the matter. It is a fundamental obligation of the state, with the active participation of society, to ensure that the population develops in a pollution free environment, where air, water, soil, coasts, climate, the ozone layer, the, they are specially protected species live in accordance with the law.
Article 130: Venezuelans have a duty to honor and defend the country, its symbols, cultural values, safeguard and protect the sovereignty, nationality, territorial integrity, self-determination and the interests of the Nation.
Article 324: Only the State may possess and use weapons. All that exist are manufactured or imported into the country will become the property of the Republic without compensation or process. The National Armed Forces shall be the competent authority to regulate and control, according to the respective law, the manufacture, import, export, storage, transit, recording, monitoring, inspection, trade, possession and use of other weapons, ammunition and explosives.
Penal Code
Article 283: Whoever publicly incites or by any means to another or others to commit acts contrary to law, by the mere fact of incitement shall be punished:
1. The instigation If whatever to induce them to commit crimes has been established imprisonment, to imprisonment for a third of the instigated crime.
Two. In all other cases, with fines of hundred tax units (150 UT) as the entity of fact instigated.
Article 285: Whoever incites to the disobedience of the laws or hatred among its people or makes apology for acts that the law provides for such offenses so as to endanger the peace, shall be punished with imprisonment from three years to six years.
Article 286: If two or more persons associate for the purpose of committing crimes, each shall be punished just because of the association with imprisonment from two to five years.
Article 357: Whoever put obstacles in a flow path of any means of transport, open or close the communication of these routes, make false signals or perform any other act with the purpose of preparing the danger of an accident, will be punished by imprisonment from four years to eight years.
Article 358: Any damage to railways, machines, vehicles, tools or other objects and gear for your service, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to five years.
Article 513: Whoever, without permission of the competent authority, any unloaded firearm or any burnt fireworks or explosive devices or other dangerous or uncomfortable doeth explosions in a place inhabited, in your neighborhood, or along direction a public way, shall be punished with up to two hundred tax units (200 UT) fine; and in severe cases may be imposed arrest for up to one month.
Article 537: Whoever commits cruelty to animals, mistreat or submitted without a clearly excessive work, shall be punished with fine up to one hundred tax units (100 UT). The only with a scientific or didactic purpose, but out of the places for the study or teaching, has undergone animal experiments or tests or cause annoyance to persons that witness, shall incur the same penalty.
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Now, note the actual amount of people arrested in Venezuela who are students: 40%. So the guarimbas is coming from hooded thugs and yobs who are actually being paid by the the right-wing to cause chaos. While they're not obvious paramilitaries as they lack guns, they're just as bad with other projectiles that can cause serious damage to innocents.
Even in the recent raid on the 4 student encampments by the Police and National Guard on May 8th 2014 only a small fraction of the protesters are students. Some of them where children and some were hearing disabled that were paid in food to occupy the camps. Most of the protesters were released without charge, many of them were granted police bail, while some have been referred to substance-abuse clinics for use of recreational drugs. Only 11 has been hauled before the courts to commence judicial proceedings.
Unlike Occupy Wall Street, these camps were used as cover for the real business: Insurrection.
These photos were taken exclusive by Chavista Blog LaRedoma.co.ve which you can find them here: http://www.laredoma.co.ve/2014/05/fotos-exclusivo-se-sorprendera-de-lo.html
While they were some harmless goods such as food and drinks, cell phones, radios, others were more dangerous: Drugs, Firearms including shotguns, and tear gas stolen from police and national guard, nails attached to hoses, and melee weapons such as bats, and fireworks and makeshift motors.
If it was not for the raid, the situation would have been worse.
It's clear that the Guarimba Insurrection is no ordinary campaign of civil disorder, it's political terrorism of the highest order. A campaign against the Venezuelan people, more specifically, a campaign against the Venezuelan people who have reclaimed their country from the economic privileged. And now the economic privilege have already embraced fascist tactics to this end.
The insurrection's second stage has begun and the Venezuelan Government must do whatever it takes to take down the fascist insurrection by any means legally necessary.
There's already a phrase for people of such kind and their leaders, the highest order counter-revolutionary who will use violence against their own people for exercising their Constitution rights:
It's what they are, it's what the Venezuelan Government needs to treat them as such: Take them down, and send them to courts where they'll face justice according to law and Constitution. The best way to deal with Political Terrorism is through strict abidance to law and Constitutional order. It is the only path to peace, and it's believe it or not the Venezuelan Government is doing that for the past 90 months.
Venezuela is a country, unlike the United States, takes constitutional order very seriously. When they mean, very seriously, we don't mean we say this so we can just reassure them and then actually do nothing, we say this because have actively ensured constitutional order and guarantee constitutional rights over the past 15 years. Note the arrest last month of local public officials in Tachira State for being in contempt of a constitutional protection order from the TSJ's Constitutional branch. In addition, the Venezuelan government has taken swift action against public safety officials suspected of excessive force.
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From http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n248985.html
Tranalsation based on Google Translate
April 13, 2014 - As of February 12, after the call of the leader of the opposition political party Popular Will , Leopoldo López and former deputy of the National Assembly, Maria Corina Machado, to head out into the streets of the country against the Legitimate Government of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, have perused constant attacks, assaults and violations of human rights under the Constitution.
From the right to free movement laid down in Article 50 of the Constitution, which states that "any person can move freely in any medium throughout the country" to the" inviolable" right to life enshrined in Article 43 are some of the offenses committed by right-wing sectors of Venezuelan, blinded by hate, irrationality and incited by opposition leaders.
However, the opinion matrix generated by some sectors and means of national and international media, seek to divert attention and focus on an erroneous view of the current situation, in terms of human rights concerns, discrediting the performance of the Venezuelan State to restore order and ensure the welfare and tranquility to the people, calling it a "crackdown on students."
For constitutional lawyer Jesús Silva , "these criminals operating in known guarimbas really can not be described as students ... but there are armed groups that can be classified as terrorists, mercenaries, paramilitaries that have been paid to promote-in 18 of the 335 municipalities existing in Venezuela-events of violence."
Citizens has been unable to persue their regular activities as a "consequence of this street terrorism, and guerrilla warfare in urban areas, which have a clear connection to the party Popular Will and leaders of the far right such as Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado ".
However, the Government is obliged to restore public order and protect the life and personal integrity and citizen , so that the deployment of the national security authorities has been rational and proportionate "to contain these criminals using guayas, explosive devices, Molotov cocktails, adapters and have attacked unarmed civilians treacherous and premeditated manner. Consequently, the activity of the Venezuelan State has been framed in the Constitution and laws; and if there were some violations of human rights as some opponents have denounced it, I think there are clear demonstrations of commitment to investigate and punish these isolated cases, which are by no means the general policy of the Venezuelan state practice. "
Violation of Human Rights
The professor at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Jesus Silva, confirms that the protests of the past two months have been a undemocratic and unconstitutional character that besides causing 39 deaths (as of 5/15/2014: 44 people have been killed in the insurrection) and 579 injuries have affected the right to education (Articles 102 and 103) right to work (Articles 87 and 89), the right to health (Article 83), right to recreation (Article 111), environmental law (127), among others.
But the main violation of these demonstrations of political violence is the violation of Article 2 of the Constitution : Venezuela is a democratic and social state of law and justice, which holds as superior values of its legal system and its performance, life, liberty, justice, equality, solidarity, democracy, social responsibility, and in general, the preeminence of human rights ethics and political pluralism.
According to Silva says "these acts of violence and terror seek to impose a new political order through force, intimidation, threat and harm innocent people. So the guarimberos and political leaders who are somehow entrenched democratic parties in what is said, but are organizations to commit a crime, we have to say they ignore the will of the people and know the importance of democracy and popular sovereignty contained in this Article 2 where voting is recognized as the primary mechanism to resolve our differences. "
Crimes against the environment
The cutting and burning of trees, arson mountains, national parks, forests and other, contains what is called a multiple offense, criminal environmental offense , which in the doctrine of international law, is known as fourth generation right within the group of human rights.
For Silva "no doubt that this radical violent opposition, this criminal stream is overthrowing the government has lashed so cowardly and treacherous to the ecosystem . And we trust that the Missions and other programs to restore the ecological order as the Tree Mission and other government initiatives will help repair the damage caused; and especially the rejection of society to these actions must be demonstrated conclusively to follow such cases no longer happening. "
Rule of Law
Silva believes that the State's commitment to human rights is widespread evidence, because the 1999 Constitution is unique in the history of the country where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans have never been suspended, contrary to the 1961 Constitution which guarantees were suspended at least 21 times.
"The rule of law that exists today in Venezuela there has been respect for human rights, particularly from the Bolivarian Constitution of 1999 (...) which guarantees freedom of people provided that they act within the framework of the Constitution and the law. While in the past, the State was practicing the doctrine of state terror, a policy of persecution, murder, forced disappearance of persons ... "he said.
He recalled that the guarantees established in Article 2 have remained intact, "having to do with political pluralism, freedom of association, freedom to choose and be chosen , i.e. a set of civil and political rights that have been sheltered in this new era of the Republic."
Legal Basis
Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Article 55: Everyone has the right to protection by the state through the public security organs regulated by law, in situations that constitute a threat, vulnerability or risk to the physical integrity of persons, property, enjoyment of their rights and fulfill their duties.
Article 127: It is the right and duty of each generation to protect and maintain the environment for the benefit of itself and the future world. Everyone has individually and collectively to have a life and a safe, healthy and ecologically balanced environment law. The State shall protect the environment, biodiversity, genetic resources, ecological processes, national parks and natural monuments and other areas of special ecological importance. The genome of living organisms can not be patented, and the law relating to bioethical principles regulate the matter. It is a fundamental obligation of the state, with the active participation of society, to ensure that the population develops in a pollution free environment, where air, water, soil, coasts, climate, the ozone layer, the, they are specially protected species live in accordance with the law.
Article 130: Venezuelans have a duty to honor and defend the country, its symbols, cultural values, safeguard and protect the sovereignty, nationality, territorial integrity, self-determination and the interests of the Nation.
Article 324: Only the State may possess and use weapons. All that exist are manufactured or imported into the country will become the property of the Republic without compensation or process. The National Armed Forces shall be the competent authority to regulate and control, according to the respective law, the manufacture, import, export, storage, transit, recording, monitoring, inspection, trade, possession and use of other weapons, ammunition and explosives.
Penal Code
Article 283: Whoever publicly incites or by any means to another or others to commit acts contrary to law, by the mere fact of incitement shall be punished:
1. The instigation If whatever to induce them to commit crimes has been established imprisonment, to imprisonment for a third of the instigated crime.
Two. In all other cases, with fines of hundred tax units (150 UT) as the entity of fact instigated.
Article 285: Whoever incites to the disobedience of the laws or hatred among its people or makes apology for acts that the law provides for such offenses so as to endanger the peace, shall be punished with imprisonment from three years to six years.
Article 286: If two or more persons associate for the purpose of committing crimes, each shall be punished just because of the association with imprisonment from two to five years.
Article 357: Whoever put obstacles in a flow path of any means of transport, open or close the communication of these routes, make false signals or perform any other act with the purpose of preparing the danger of an accident, will be punished by imprisonment from four years to eight years.
Article 358: Any damage to railways, machines, vehicles, tools or other objects and gear for your service, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to five years.
Article 513: Whoever, without permission of the competent authority, any unloaded firearm or any burnt fireworks or explosive devices or other dangerous or uncomfortable doeth explosions in a place inhabited, in your neighborhood, or along direction a public way, shall be punished with up to two hundred tax units (200 UT) fine; and in severe cases may be imposed arrest for up to one month.
Article 537: Whoever commits cruelty to animals, mistreat or submitted without a clearly excessive work, shall be punished with fine up to one hundred tax units (100 UT). The only with a scientific or didactic purpose, but out of the places for the study or teaching, has undergone animal experiments or tests or cause annoyance to persons that witness, shall incur the same penalty.
----
Now, note the actual amount of people arrested in Venezuela who are students: 40%. So the guarimbas is coming from hooded thugs and yobs who are actually being paid by the the right-wing to cause chaos. While they're not obvious paramilitaries as they lack guns, they're just as bad with other projectiles that can cause serious damage to innocents.
Even in the recent raid on the 4 student encampments by the Police and National Guard on May 8th 2014 only a small fraction of the protesters are students. Some of them where children and some were hearing disabled that were paid in food to occupy the camps. Most of the protesters were released without charge, many of them were granted police bail, while some have been referred to substance-abuse clinics for use of recreational drugs. Only 11 has been hauled before the courts to commence judicial proceedings.
Unlike Occupy Wall Street, these camps were used as cover for the real business: Insurrection.
These photos were taken exclusive by Chavista Blog LaRedoma.co.ve which you can find them here: http://www.laredoma.co.ve/2014/05/fotos-exclusivo-se-sorprendera-de-lo.html
While they were some harmless goods such as food and drinks, cell phones, radios, others were more dangerous: Drugs, Firearms including shotguns, and tear gas stolen from police and national guard, nails attached to hoses, and melee weapons such as bats, and fireworks and makeshift motors.
If it was not for the raid, the situation would have been worse.
It's clear that the Guarimba Insurrection is no ordinary campaign of civil disorder, it's political terrorism of the highest order. A campaign against the Venezuelan people, more specifically, a campaign against the Venezuelan people who have reclaimed their country from the economic privileged. And now the economic privilege have already embraced fascist tactics to this end.
The insurrection's second stage has begun and the Venezuelan Government must do whatever it takes to take down the fascist insurrection by any means legally necessary.
There's already a phrase for people of such kind and their leaders, the highest order counter-revolutionary who will use violence against their own people for exercising their Constitution rights:
Enemy of the Constitution and People
It's what they are, it's what the Venezuelan Government needs to treat them as such: Take them down, and send them to courts where they'll face justice according to law and Constitution. The best way to deal with Political Terrorism is through strict abidance to law and Constitutional order. It is the only path to peace, and it's believe it or not the Venezuelan Government is doing that for the past 90 months.
University Controlled by Guarimbero in Zulia
Since the beginning of the guarimbas in the country, the Private University of Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin (URBE) in Zulia state, serves as a center of refuge for terrorists who have hijacked the right of hundreds of students to attend classes to advance their programs in degree training. Petrol bombs, stones, meters, Chinese, mortars, launchers, guns of all kinds, hoods, gas masks, debris, flames, and no books and notebooks, are the order of the day in the current reality of the academic house in Maracaibo.
On May 15, there was a new onslaught of fascism against the police trying to restore order in the area. The Secretary of Zulia of State Safety, Jairo Ramirez, reported that about "80 people are the ones causing the violence" also stating that "it may not be possible for a small group of young affecting more normal 30 thousand students, corresponding to the enrollment URBE. "
Meanwhile, Ramirez reported no operative was arrested after Thursday.
Although social networking websites and communication portals claim repression and alleged "violation" of human rights allegedly "peaceful" students, the images show below speak for themselves of the armed movement that keeps the university subject to complaint .
Translation based on Google Translate
See more at: http://www.laredoma.co.ve/2014/05/fotos-bajo-secuestro-asi-permanece-la.html
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Universities in Venezuela and in Latin America countries are autonomous universities. Meaning by law the police can't even enter unless they have a arrest warrant or are invited in by the University. However, public universities outside of the Bolivarian Universities are abusing this right by allowing Guarimberos effective control of the grounds. This prevents regular students from attending their studies thus obstructing the normal students of the constitutional right to a education.
Why is this going on? Because in some universities such as URBE and the Central University of Venezuela and are controlled by rectors aligned to the ultra-opposition sector of the MUD (Democratic Unity Roundtable).
90 days of Guarimba Insurrection and some of the universities are facilitating this farce.
On May 15, there was a new onslaught of fascism against the police trying to restore order in the area. The Secretary of Zulia of State Safety, Jairo Ramirez, reported that about "80 people are the ones causing the violence" also stating that "it may not be possible for a small group of young affecting more normal 30 thousand students, corresponding to the enrollment URBE. "
Meanwhile, Ramirez reported no operative was arrested after Thursday.
Although social networking websites and communication portals claim repression and alleged "violation" of human rights allegedly "peaceful" students, the images show below speak for themselves of the armed movement that keeps the university subject to complaint .
Translation based on Google Translate
See more at: http://www.laredoma.co.ve/2014/05/fotos-bajo-secuestro-asi-permanece-la.html
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Universities in Venezuela and in Latin America countries are autonomous universities. Meaning by law the police can't even enter unless they have a arrest warrant or are invited in by the University. However, public universities outside of the Bolivarian Universities are abusing this right by allowing Guarimberos effective control of the grounds. This prevents regular students from attending their studies thus obstructing the normal students of the constitutional right to a education.
Why is this going on? Because in some universities such as URBE and the Central University of Venezuela and are controlled by rectors aligned to the ultra-opposition sector of the MUD (Democratic Unity Roundtable).
90 days of Guarimba Insurrection and some of the universities are facilitating this farce.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Hinterlaces: 73% of residents of Chacao reject guarimbas
This week's polling results from Hinterlaces, already confirms one fact: Most Venezuelans are opposed to the guarimba insurrection. Even the middle and upper middle classes of Chacao. Real question: If there are guarimbas and violent protests, why is most of the Venezuelan people and the middle classes are opposed to it?
73% of the residents of Chacao rejects guarimbas or violent protests, the latest study revealed by Hinterlaces polling.
The study was obtained after consulting with 350 inhabitants in this Miranda town. According to the survey, 68% of residents supports the dialogue between the National Government and the opposition, while 69% of respondents believe that the right-wing should reject terrorist actions carried out in jurisdictions governed by opposition political members to central government leaders. People who support punishing those who commit terrorism also part of the sample.
78% of the respondents said that the Government should impose penalties on those responsible for such acts.
Hinterlaces also highlights that 70% of respondents think that a coup in Venezuela does occur, the economic situation will be worse. Acts of violence since February occurred by far-right groups in some parts of the country, have caused the deaths of 41 people and caused serious injuries to a large number of people affected.
Translation based by Google Translate
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n249785.html
\As much as the Venezuela government can declare a state of emergency to crush the insurrection, and every country has the right to in similar circumstances, it's exactly what the far-right opposition of the country wants. So Maduro is going down the middle path of Stability. Enforcing the law against far-right groups, seeking a compromise with the moderate opposition that wants to talk about legitimate issues, and enforcing laws against people who engage in economic warfare. Already the worst of the insurrection is over, except in Chacao and instances of mobile guarimbas that have been occurring.
73% of the residents of Chacao rejects guarimbas or violent protests, the latest study revealed by Hinterlaces polling.
The study was obtained after consulting with 350 inhabitants in this Miranda town. According to the survey, 68% of residents supports the dialogue between the National Government and the opposition, while 69% of respondents believe that the right-wing should reject terrorist actions carried out in jurisdictions governed by opposition political members to central government leaders. People who support punishing those who commit terrorism also part of the sample.
78% of the respondents said that the Government should impose penalties on those responsible for such acts.
Hinterlaces also highlights that 70% of respondents think that a coup in Venezuela does occur, the economic situation will be worse. Acts of violence since February occurred by far-right groups in some parts of the country, have caused the deaths of 41 people and caused serious injuries to a large number of people affected.
Translation based by Google Translate
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n249785.html
\As much as the Venezuela government can declare a state of emergency to crush the insurrection, and every country has the right to in similar circumstances, it's exactly what the far-right opposition of the country wants. So Maduro is going down the middle path of Stability. Enforcing the law against far-right groups, seeking a compromise with the moderate opposition that wants to talk about legitimate issues, and enforcing laws against people who engage in economic warfare. Already the worst of the insurrection is over, except in Chacao and instances of mobile guarimbas that have been occurring.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Breakfast Reading - Fascist groups yesterday besieged El Cafetal Baruta
Credit: AFP
Credit: AFP
Mortars, molotov cocktails, miguelitos and wires were seized by the Bolivarian National Police (PNB), during the operation to restore order in that sector of the east of Caracas.
The French News Agency (Agence France-Presse) captured on two photographs the moment one of the violent persons displayed and used a mortar.
In other photos are also observed the barricades set up by the fascists that prevented the free transit of the residents in the area, as well as to men, armed with all the implements to attack the security agencies of the Government that have order in the streets that the guarimberos have tried to take.
14 INJURED AND 20 ARRESTED
In this regard, the mayor of Baruta Municipality, Gerardo Blyde, reported that during the events there were 14 wounded and 20 arrested by the PNB.
He further explained that the violence broke yesterday morning, when the PNB sought to clear the barricades which had been placed in El Cafetal and residents responded by throwing bottles and fireworks.
It is important to remember that, since the beginning the terrorist acts, the last February 12, when it was suggested the call #SALIDA, 39 people have died, 31 civilians and the rest police officers, military and one of the Public Ministry. They have also injured 608 citizens, 414 civilians and 194 security personnel of the State.
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n248588.html
Translation based on machine translation from: http://www.spanishdict.com/translation
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
"One can’t keep playing around with Maduro’s assassin government and its insincere calls for peace"
On March 20, 2014. Political Commentator Pompeyo Marquez written a essay called "Clear Objective: One can’t keep playing around with Maduro’s assassin government and its insincere calls for peace" on the moderate by opposition newspaper "Ultimas Noticias". The piece clearly did not said anything about a coup against the Maduro government, but did called for a "transitional government" to restore a "Civil Republic" and "Democracy", and that the opposition must "stand united" against Maduro's socialist government.
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POMPEYO MÁRQUEZ - Clear Objective
March 20, 2014
One can not keep playing into Maduro's assassin government , with it's insincere calls for peace
In every struggle for freedom , you need to be clear about the objective you are pursued . In this we fight today is evident that this is a ripe maneuver to defeat and conquer a government to govern for all and to unify the country , which can not be further divided into two pieces .
You can not keep playing into Maduro's assassin government , and its insincere called to peace .
A totalitarian character, which has proved its impracticality , its failure, and other democratic character, based on the National Constitution, which states that Venezuela is and always will be democratic: In this confrontation two types of companies are on the board.
This should not be forgotten in no time. Behold precisely the cause of the crisis, and it may only be overcome while Maduro remains in power.
Venezuela needs a transitional government to call new elections and institutionalize the country , with the return to the Civil Republic and Democracy. This is to normalize the country .
Venezuela is experiencing a deep crisis that can not be resolved with warm cloths . This crisis is out: creating a new government, which, as stated above, should be transitional .
Venezuela can not continue living like this. A country without rule of law takes refuge in repression causing dozens of deaths, using torture, must have limits on their actions and their future must be change, but change in a democratic direction .
Maduro has taken refuge in repression. It will go down in history as one of the assassin governments, even dictatorships like Perez Jimenez.
The crisis rocking the country is systemic, ie, covering all areas of national life. There is no partial solution to the problems. Then we have the economic crisis, which has no outlet but a shift. So things are raised.
As for the opposition, which has closer ties to the country and make a choice that is attractive , and that is none other than democratic choice. But the opposition has to stand united and open to new perspectives for the country. A new way of living where all Venezuelans live together and know that we are all treated equally, without degrading insults, and without deepening existing wounds.
Political leader
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Source: http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/opinion/firmas/pompeyo-marquez/objetivo-claro.aspx
Translation Based on Google Translate
I've highlighted the three sections of the essay in bold.
The first one is this: The need for a transitional government. They've tried doing this via soft coup, which has already failed. The Maduro government already made headways, and people in opposition controlled areas are pissed off of the guarimbos. As a matter of fact the National Guard and Venezuelan Army has just liberated the City of San Christobal from Guraimbas and Guarimbos despite some resistance yesterday on 3/31/2014.
Even if there was a transitional government, if it happens you know what's going to happen it one is ever established!
The other way is via the electoral manner, via a recall referendum. But they've already tried that with Chavez with Capiles, and it failed! As soon as Capriles lost and he called for his supporters to "pour their rage!" the people have gotten a taste of what would happen if Capriles actually won the presidency.
People who are aligned via the PSUV and the normally apolitically persons who usually vote for either the PSUV or the opposition have no interest in the opposition what so ever, after all the mayhem they put up with.
Already we have three local public officials jailed for contempt of court! And those local officials will most likely be replaced by PSUV members.
The second: The Venezuelan Constitution and the laws clear state against torture and excessive force. Over 60 instances of violations of the Constitution are already been investigated by the Public Ministry. Many of the repression the mainstream media in the US showed and the opposition media routinely showed were considered necessary force because they were either blocking the highways, obstructing public rights of movement , violently attacking the public who dared dismantled the barricades. As a matter of fact instead of aggressively attacking the barricades (inadvertently causing a media show for the opposition in American media), they let the Guarimbos burn themselves out.
And how they do that? They just take defensive positions and smoke them out using tear gas. Once they eventually get tired out and scattered, they proceed to arrest them using motorcycles. It's a very efficient strategy.
The third: The Opposition has already been fractured, and just today it has even got worse. Ex-assembly woman Machado, already got slapped in the face by the Organization of American states for trying to talk about the country (A few days ago the OAS made a statement clearly supporting the country.), has now has her lost of seat in the Assembly confirmed by the Supreme Court of Justice, yesterday. Lopez is already in a military prison (for his own protection, from his own political party) for arson, property damage, criminal association, and public incitement to crime. Machado is already facing the same fate, but add high treason to the mix of charges. Capriles is lucky he's not in prison yet as he's still not doing his job as a Governor of Miranda state and still being a sore loser!
It's clear that the Government and Venezuelan public want peace for the opposition who actually wants dialogue, but several times, the political opposition (not the economic, social, intellectual opposition) refused. So the strategy is clear: Reconcile with the moderates, repress the criminal and extreme opposition. It's actually a good strategy than going full Stalin.
So, yeah, Maduro's is not running an "assassin government", the Venezuelan opposition on the other hand is doing most of the assassination. With now 39 people dead.
Monday, March 31, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice ruled on the forfeiture of deputy Maria Corina Machado seat on the National Assembly
Breaking news from Venezuela's Venezolana de Television and Aporrea on the forfeiture of deputy Maria Corina Machado seat on the National Assembly. The Constitutional Branch of the Supreme Court of Justice has just ruled that her forfeiture based on Article 191 of the Venezuelan Consitution of 1999 is automatic and did not require any action from the National Assembly.
The Constitutional Chamber, in joint presentation, interpreted the meaning and scope of article 191 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in regard to the acceptance of a representational activity (either permanent or alternates), interchangeably to its time of duration, before an international body on the part of a Member or Member of the National Assembly that is playing his charge for the duration of the period for which he was elected, and its incompatibility with the legislative function, depending on the loss of the investiture of the deputy Maria Corina Machado.
The ruling is based on provisions of the articles 191 and 197 of the Fundamental text, which indicate that members or deputies to the National Assembly may not accept or exercise public office without losing his investiture, except activities educational, academic, accidental or health care, as well as that they are obligated and compelled to perform their tasks to full-time, in the interests of the people. Equally the room noted the effective application of article 149, device that establishes that public officials may not accept charges, honors or rewards of foreign Governments without the authorization of the National Assembly.
Thus, after careful analysis, said the High Court that the application of the legal consequence provided in said Article 191, is automatic, with the acceptance of an alternative representation of a country, regardless of its duration, to an international body by the citizen Maria Corina Machado, who was in office of deputy to the National Assembly, which is an incompatible activity during the life of its legislative function in the period for which he was elected, as the diplomatic function not only is detrimental to the legislative function for which it was previously elected or elected, but in clear contradiction with the duties as Venezuela (Article 130 of the Constitution), and as Member of the National Assembly (Article 201 eiusdem).
The judgment determines that the incompatibilities for the deputies and deputies of the National Assembly, take as a purpose(finality) to avoid performances opposite to the ethics and at the beginning of sovereignty, independence, self-determination, social responsibility, international peace, justice, between others, for being these, fundamental base of the Venezuelan State.
Such a pronouncement took place on the occasion of a protection demand of collective interests against the President of the National Assembly deputy Diosdado Cabello for the supposed route de facto against the city dweller Maria Corina Machado tried by the citizens José Alberto Zambrano García and David Ascensión, in its councilmen's character of the municipality Baruta of the state(condition) Bolivariano of Elevated place, in whose(which) frame, in spite of the absence of legitimacy that produced the unacceptable nature of the demand in the terms in which it was tried, took place the interpretation of this Room, considering the national importance of the raised matter.
Translation based on Google Translate and other sources.
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n248178.html
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This is really big news, because the Constitutional Branch interpreted the term "public official" to include people serving in the National Assembly, and with this it includes anyone working in the government like the President, Vice President, Executive Ministers of Public Power, Judges, prosecutors of the Public Ministry including the Attorney-General. This ruling does not include civil/public servants who work as the bureaucracy of the Venezuelan government.
With the loss of Deputy Machado's seat confirmed by the Court this means that the criminal investigation of her role in the "la Salida" Guarimba Insurrection can proceed without further delay by the Public Ministry!
Oh yeah, here's a video about it as well by VTV!
The Constitutional Chamber, in joint presentation, interpreted the meaning and scope of article 191 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in regard to the acceptance of a representational activity (either permanent or alternates), interchangeably to its time of duration, before an international body on the part of a Member or Member of the National Assembly that is playing his charge for the duration of the period for which he was elected, and its incompatibility with the legislative function, depending on the loss of the investiture of the deputy Maria Corina Machado.
The ruling is based on provisions of the articles 191 and 197 of the Fundamental text, which indicate that members or deputies to the National Assembly may not accept or exercise public office without losing his investiture, except activities educational, academic, accidental or health care, as well as that they are obligated and compelled to perform their tasks to full-time, in the interests of the people. Equally the room noted the effective application of article 149, device that establishes that public officials may not accept charges, honors or rewards of foreign Governments without the authorization of the National Assembly.
Thus, after careful analysis, said the High Court that the application of the legal consequence provided in said Article 191, is automatic, with the acceptance of an alternative representation of a country, regardless of its duration, to an international body by the citizen Maria Corina Machado, who was in office of deputy to the National Assembly, which is an incompatible activity during the life of its legislative function in the period for which he was elected, as the diplomatic function not only is detrimental to the legislative function for which it was previously elected or elected, but in clear contradiction with the duties as Venezuela (Article 130 of the Constitution), and as Member of the National Assembly (Article 201 eiusdem).
The judgment determines that the incompatibilities for the deputies and deputies of the National Assembly, take as a purpose(finality) to avoid performances opposite to the ethics and at the beginning of sovereignty, independence, self-determination, social responsibility, international peace, justice, between others, for being these, fundamental base of the Venezuelan State.
Such a pronouncement took place on the occasion of a protection demand of collective interests against the President of the National Assembly deputy Diosdado Cabello for the supposed route de facto against the city dweller Maria Corina Machado tried by the citizens José Alberto Zambrano García and David Ascensión, in its councilmen's character of the municipality Baruta of the state(condition) Bolivariano of Elevated place, in whose(which) frame, in spite of the absence of legitimacy that produced the unacceptable nature of the demand in the terms in which it was tried, took place the interpretation of this Room, considering the national importance of the raised matter.
Translation based on Google Translate and other sources.
Source: http://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n248178.html
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This is really big news, because the Constitutional Branch interpreted the term "public official" to include people serving in the National Assembly, and with this it includes anyone working in the government like the President, Vice President, Executive Ministers of Public Power, Judges, prosecutors of the Public Ministry including the Attorney-General. This ruling does not include civil/public servants who work as the bureaucracy of the Venezuelan government.
With the loss of Deputy Machado's seat confirmed by the Court this means that the criminal investigation of her role in the "la Salida" Guarimba Insurrection can proceed without further delay by the Public Ministry!
Oh yeah, here's a video about it as well by VTV!
Fun with the Venezuelan Guarimba Insurrection by Chavistas
Despite the seriousness of the the February 12 Guarimba Insurrection, chavistas and their politically aware supporters have not lost their sense of humor as the events occurred. Facebook and Twitter has been used by Chavistas as much as the people who opposed the PSUV government with the hash tags #SOSVenezuela. Here's a few of the many images I found online
Organization MissPanama
Speech Bubble: I'm not a [national assembly]deputy or a president. I'm the Queen of Guarimas, Queen of Terrorism, and Queen of Capitalism
Top Caption: 9 out of 10 people do not support the [guarimba] protests
Yellow Speech bubble: Who ever get's tired... Epa! Where the people went?
Bottom Caption: The WARimba Failure
"Venezuela is with you Bolivarian National Guard"
Guarimbas of Chucky
Divine Justice puts them behind bars one by one.
Decent Venezuelans DO NOT want political thugs.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Seige of the El Hatillo Restaurant
Today in the Venezuelan Opposition Civil Insurrection, two persons and their families eating a quiet dinner. Apparently someone find out about their get-together and call their "educated" friends to pot-bang and insult them and people who want to eat. It really begs the question: Where's the police when you need them. Oh wait, they don't want to.
The video republished below is a scene that happened on Friday night in the middle – upper middle class municipality of El Hatillo in the east of Caracas.
The name of the restaurant in question is Hajillos and the Venezuelan actors Roque Valero and Jorge Reyes were enjoying what they thought would be a quiet meal with family and friends.
The local “citizens” arrived who do not agree with Valero’s or Reyes’ socialist politics and started to intimidate and harass them with a cacophony of pot banging. The “citizens” gradually transformed themselves into a fascist mob of about 100 people.
The mob trapped them inside and Valero had the courage to come to the door to speak with them. He asked them what they wanted? What he had done? There was silence as there is no answer to justify this type of irrational behavior.
Source: http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_66451.shtml
Here is the actual video in question:
The real question why would they bother a bunch of people eating in peace? I'll give you the real answer: They hate anyone who supports or even sympathies with the Socialist government. Even apolitical Venezuelans in middle-class or upper-class can be perceived as socialist if they opposed to the guarimbas that has been ongoing since Feburary 12. And why do they act like this: Years of propaganda and yellow journalism against the socialist government by the three major television station: Globovision, Venevision, and Televen. It's not working in the Western Caracas, but middle and upper classes in Caracas in Eastern Caracas are eating it up like hotcakes. Blindly following the media without question.
And again, where were the police? Most of the guarimbas are in opposition strong holds, and in these same opposition strongholds police simply do nothing to stop them. These are the same areas where opposition governors and mayors refuse fold their police forces into the recently created National Police. They just take the lazy way out and let the National Guard take care of the mess.
The video republished below is a scene that happened on Friday night in the middle – upper middle class municipality of El Hatillo in the east of Caracas.
The name of the restaurant in question is Hajillos and the Venezuelan actors Roque Valero and Jorge Reyes were enjoying what they thought would be a quiet meal with family and friends.
The local “citizens” arrived who do not agree with Valero’s or Reyes’ socialist politics and started to intimidate and harass them with a cacophony of pot banging. The “citizens” gradually transformed themselves into a fascist mob of about 100 people.
The mob trapped them inside and Valero had the courage to come to the door to speak with them. He asked them what they wanted? What he had done? There was silence as there is no answer to justify this type of irrational behavior.
Source: http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_66451.shtml
Here is the actual video in question:
The real question why would they bother a bunch of people eating in peace? I'll give you the real answer: They hate anyone who supports or even sympathies with the Socialist government. Even apolitical Venezuelans in middle-class or upper-class can be perceived as socialist if they opposed to the guarimbas that has been ongoing since Feburary 12. And why do they act like this: Years of propaganda and yellow journalism against the socialist government by the three major television station: Globovision, Venevision, and Televen. It's not working in the Western Caracas, but middle and upper classes in Caracas in Eastern Caracas are eating it up like hotcakes. Blindly following the media without question.
And again, where were the police? Most of the guarimbas are in opposition strong holds, and in these same opposition strongholds police simply do nothing to stop them. These are the same areas where opposition governors and mayors refuse fold their police forces into the recently created National Police. They just take the lazy way out and let the National Guard take care of the mess.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
"Peaceful" Protester Kit
Source: http://www.difundelaverdad.org.ve/majunchadas/kit-de-protesta-pacifica/
This is what the Venezuelan National Guard, the National Police Corps, and innocent bystanders of the opposition who want to get on with their lives had to deal with in the past 25+ days. Good thing this civil insurrection is burning itself out and only 6 areas remain active hotspots of violence in the area.
Friday, March 7, 2014
SOS Fascist Symbols and Venezuela
During the Venezuelan Opposition Civil Insurrection you saw the various hash-tags on twitter: One of the major ones was #SOSVenezuela. This video from the YouTube Channel "Broadcast the Truth." will blow your mind on the real meaning of this hash tag and the social media campaign. I will give you a hint: It's based on well-known religious symbol that was co-oped into something evil. While the video is in Spanish, eventually you'll understand the real message.
After you see this video, you will understand the true reason why upper-middle classes and the upper classes really want for Venezuela.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
#PrayforVenezuela to Remain a Sovereign Nation
Most of the corporate-owned mainstream coverage of the Venezuelan Opposition Civil Insurrection involves the same refrain: "chaos, civil war, 54 percent inflation, crime, exit Maduro, government responsibility, peaceful students, Lopez, Harvard Business graduate, toilet paper..." It's the same refrain and chorus that most media outlets, even the Al-Jazeera Media Network's Al-Jazeera America and Al-Jazeera English repeating. Here's someone who actually lived in Venezuela for three decades in a rural village that has benefited from the ruling party's government.
Please note that this is an opinion piece.
Please note that this is an opinion piece.
When I built my home 17 years ago in a rural area outside Sanare in the western state of Lara, my neighbors were barely eking out a subsistence, digging for potatoes and herding goats and sheep. The only school in town was elementary level, and teachers showed up only two days per week on average. There were no modern modes of transport. If you got sick, you had to walk eight miles to town and get in line at 3 a.m. to be seen by a doctor the next day at the nearest hospital.
Today, that same community has an elementary and secondary school, and a free university that functions on the weekends. Every evening, the university offers adult classes. My neighbors are now doctors, lawyers and teachers. Their younger siblings face few barriers to pursuing their dreams. There are 18 new homes — double the amount before, with approximately the same population — built by the local community council in my enclave. Many of my neighbors have replaced horse sheds with driveways for their vehicles. There is also a free medical clinic, staffed by Cuban doctors and Venezuelan medical students from my community, half a mile down the road.
“For every year of the revolution, I think that everyone has gained a kilo,” said a surprised American visitor, commenting on my neighbor’s plumper physique.
These same stories could be told a thousand times over. If only journalists would actually come to Venezuela and leave their five-star hotels, maybe they would figure out why the country has repeatedly re-elected Chavismo in more than a dozen elections for the last 14 years, in what former U.S. President and democracy observer Jimmy Carter calls “the best electoral system in the world.”
Source: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/3/venezuela-protestsmaduromediapropaganda.html
Most of the news coverage of Venezuela before the elections and the civil insurrection never focused on the positive changes Chavez and Maduro made to the country 15 years since the revolution. Great advancements made in food, medical services, education, economics. The same village that has been destitute and poor, are now rising up to the working-class standards. Living standards for working-class has basically shot through the roof, allowing them more disposable income to contribute to the economy. Even in the National Conference for Peace, held by Maduro, the president of the Polar Group of Companies stated that he actually benefited from the revolution as he gained more customers who can now buy his goods and participate in the economy.
The country, despite rising inflation, insecurity, and shortages of basic goods (all connected to the economic war that has been ongoing since 2004 and state governors aligned with the opposition who has refused to fold their police forces into the Venezuelan National Police Corps) is still actually in the initial stages of socialist democracy. When we mean a socialist democracy, we mean a active economic and political democracy than the passive democracy of most Western States. It is essential that the United States, deal with it's own problems than to interfere with another countries sovereign affairs. Besides the United States has much problems dealing with economic and social inequality in it's own borders.
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