Quote from: Daniel91 on February 28, 2019, 04:04:04 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 24, 2019, 10:58:11 PM

What are your thoughts on the current situation in Venezuela? I know that Bitcoin is pretty popular there; do we have any Venezuelan forum members?

Guaidó is the most obvious CIA-backed politician I've ever seen, but Maduro is totally evil. I'd recommend that the people of Venezuela find a third option, but between the two I suppose Guaidó is probably better...?

The interventionists in the US government really want to send troops there, so they're having diplomats stand in the crossfire in the hope that an incident occurs and this can be used as an excuse to invade. If Maduro is really careful, this can maybe be avoided, and perhaps he can last a while longer. Even though the US is talking as though they'll militarily support anti-Maduro rebels, I don't think that they'll actually openly do so without something that they can say constitutes major provocation.

Whatever happens, I hope that the situation in Venezuela finally improves. From what I've heard, it's been basically a hellhole there for at least several years.

Well, it seems that every day political situation in Venezuela becoming worse and more difficult.
It seems that Maduro will not accept free presidential election and will not give up from his political power.
So, either army supports Guaido or America intervenes there, I don't see that any other solution is realistic right now.
It's obvious to me that Venezuela became political playground for the ''big powers'' like America and EU on one side and Russia and China on other side.
Each side wants to protect their political interest and main award is their oil.

Of course not, nobody was expecting Maduro to give up. As i mentioned, if Maduro and Tarek resign, the problem is over. Calling Guaidó "CIA" backed is childish, your government and country officially recognizes Guaidó, and that obviously includes intelligence, but is not like the act as a separate entity doing "evil". All countries have intelligence services, wherever effective or not that's another matter.

Guaidó is actually USA backed, heck, Guaidó is currently backed by:

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2-Estados Unidos🇺🇸
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4-Perú🇵🇪
5-Guatemala🇬🇹
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Maduro is also backed by the intelligence service of Cuba (g2), so what? Are you going to play spy fiction games now? Who cares?

Albeit the "big powers" do have interests in the region, you seem to be ignoring what the actual Venezuelans want. Can you understand becoming hostage (or prisoner) of your own State? That is more or less the situation, 80% want Maduro and his close group gone, but they say no and they have the weapons while civilians don't. Oh and they do with justice, laws and voting whatever they want and nobody can do or say anything about it because... He has the weapons, and civilians don't. And they use the military force like an occupation army against their own people. "In the name of the 'Legacy' (Chávez) and Socialism" anything goes to them. To them, the constitution is no more, the "National Constituent Assembly" is above all...

Even if America doesn't intervene, nothing is going to change the sentiment against Maduro, the only difference is the number of deaths and misery the prolonged usurping or power produces, while at the same time stubbornly denying humanitarian aid that the people DO WANT.

As of today, more than 400 military and police have defected Maduro and fled to Colombia to request asylum. I don't know how many more had fled to Brazil or the other neighbors. In the Santa Elena town near the border with Brazil, more indigenous people have been killed. At least 700 "irregulars" assaulted the airport which was controlled by the indigenous people protesting the killings, these "irregulars" are not police, nor miltary, some witnesses have recognized convicted criminals and several colombians, probably from ELN guerrilla.