Venezuela crisis: Guaidó 'considering asking US for military intervention'.

Pedro_P

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▼  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has said he is considering asking the US to launch a military intervention in the embattled country.
Speaking to the BBC's Nick Bryant, he said he would "evaluate all options" to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
Last week he launched a failed attempt to spark a military rebellion and force Mr Maduro out of power.
The president responded by delivering an address from an army base in Caracas, flanked by soldiers.
Mr Guaidó declared himself Venezuela's interim leader in January. As the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, he invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, arguing that Mr Maduro's re-election last year was illegitimate.
But Mr Maduro - who is backed by Russia, China and the leaders of Venezuela's military - has refused to cede power.
Mr Guaidó has the support of more than 50 countries, including the US, UK and most Latin American nations - and he has told the BBC that US support for him has been "decisive".
"I think President [Donald] Trump's position is very firm, which we appreciate, as does the entire world," he said.
Asked whether he would like Mr Trump and the US military to intervene, he responded it is "responsible to evaluate" the possibility of international intervention, adding: "I, as the president in charge of the national parliament, will evaluate all options if necessary."
What has the US said?
Mr Trump told reporters on Friday that he wasn't looking to get the US military involved in Venezuela.
He said that in a call, Russian president Vladimir Putin had assured him that "he is not looking to get involved in Venezuela other than he'd like to see something positive happen for Venezuela", before adding: "And I feel the same way."
But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had much stronger words for Russia on Sunday, telling the US broadcaster ABC that "the Russians must get out".
"It's very clear, we want the Russians out, we want the Iranians out, we want the Cubans out," he said.
Has Guaidó been defeated?
In response to the clashes this week, Mr Maduro appeared on Friday flanked by soldiers at an army base in Caracas, calling on the armed forces to defeat "any coup plotter".
"No one dare touch our sacred ground or bring war to Venezuela," he added, in a show of defiance that followed days of clashes. Four people died in the violence, including two teenagers.
But Mr Guaidó denies that he has been defeated, telling the BBC that President Maduro "has been losing again and again".
"I think the only one who really hurts himself is Maduro," he said. "He has been losing again and again. He is increasingly weak, increasingly alone, and has no international support. On the contrary, we gain acceptance, support and future options."
He also claims that it is "clearly visible that the armed forces no longer support Maduro".
How did the violence unfold?
On Wednesday, both pro- and anti-government supporters held demonstrations in Caracas which were initially peaceful.
There were reports of gunfire in the city, and a local NGO, the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict, said Jurubith Rausseo, 27, had been shot dead during a rally in the opposition stronghold of Altamira.
At least 46 people were injured in clashes between opposition supporters and the security forces.
On Tuesday, Mr Guaidó declared what he  called the "final phase" of the operation to  topple Mr Maduro.He posted a video of him with a number of men in uniform and said he had the support of "brave soldiers" in Caracas.
He urged Venezuelans to join them on the streets, and appeared alongside another opposition leader, Leopoldo López, who had been under house arrest after being found guilty of inciting violence during protests in 2014.
Spain's government later said that Mr López and his family had sought safety in their embassy, but said the opposition figure had not claimed political asylum.
An arrest warrant for violating the house arrest order was issued for Mr López, according to a statement on the Supreme  Court's website.The order stated that Mr López should continue to serve the rest of his 13-year sentence in prison.
Spain said it had no intention of handing over Mr López to the Venezuelan authorities.

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ssangra

There must be something valuable for which both america and russia are involving themselves to wreck venenzeula

Rhett_Bassard

ssangra 11-5-2019 01:37 PM
There must be something valuable for which both america and russia are involving themselves to wreck ...

Pls re-read @Pedro_P 's documented article above:
1. Venezuela has been wrecked by current socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro
2. The US has not landed troops in Venezuela, the Soviets have.


Are you aware that Maduro has not been in power long? You can browse thru some of Pedro's earlier contributions on the previous Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez who initiated the train wreck 1999-2013.


The Soviets and US (don't forget the Chinese) are all sniffing around to pick up the leftover scrap. There is a little bit of oil left in Venezuela, but the US is already the World's largest producer in a declining industry. Internal Combustion is a dying technology.


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Pedro_P

It is necessary to clarify that, Maduro is "president" of Venezuela, by express wish of the late Hugo Chávez, and by the grace of rigged elections in which, in order to favor that Maduro wins, the main candidates were persecuted, banned and imprisoned opponents, there was a lot of absenteeism and only the minority of citizens voted, in addition, those elections were declared by the international community, as fraudulent elections, also Maduro conditioned the vote of people threatening to them with dismissals, generated political patronage policies, among other actions of intimidation of the population.
Venezuela began its ruin with the assumption of power of Hugo Chávez, who developed a policy of waste of resources, added to the systematic theft of the Venezuelan treasury, favored the incursion of armed terrorist groups from Colombia such as the ELN and the FARC... But Maduro accelerated the destruction of the rule of law in Venezuela, applied communist and socialist policies of control, to establish a totalitarian government and eternal power, obtained support from Cuba and its Castrist tyranny, for many years that there is already a military intervention, and is of Cuba in Venezuela... The Cuban military has indoctrinated the Venezuelan military and supported Maduro in the consolidation of a dictatorship that violated human rights and the implantation of terror.
The economy was destroyed by the inability of Maduro and because he applied a model that It has failed in many places in the world. Certainly China and Russia have interests in Venezuela, but because they have financially supported the tyrant Maduro, they have a lot of money invested in that dictatorship... And Cuba wants to secure a source of income from which to parasitize.
Cuba is a parasitic country that has known how to survive, not by its own efforts, but rather by support from other countries that Cuba parasitizes them.
Venezuela requires a military intervention, because it is a military tyranny that has stolen the present and the future of that country.
The mafia and drug traffickers like tyrant Maduro and his cronies will not leave power for good way, that kind of miserable people have to be removed from power by force... Freedom is not always won by words and rhetoric that only lengthens the agonies, freedom is won by fighting against the tyrant.
Unfortunately, the neighboring countries are too cowardly to face the challenge of forming a military coalition that overthrows the communist tyranny that has seized Venezuela.
Venezuela is today, a failed state, destroyed by the mental insanity of the tyrant Maduro that usurps power there.

ssangra

We have to look beyond the obvious , beyond the political figs and their internal and external warfare because the intent of the other countries  is deeper than what illusionary maya they create politically. Russia America and China will play political games in the country and support the weaker of the leaders and make them fight to get what they want. If u see or read any world bank reports u will find that they support the most assinine of the leaders in all regions of the world and nearly always and give suggestions to ruin the country and wreck the economy and put it in deep debt so that other elites in the country follow these reports and help it go bust. Any leader standing their ground is victimized and nearly always eliminated or exterminated.


Lets take some facts :


What does venenzeula have that others want ? Venezeula is a major exporter of the following (info collected off the web and woven together)
- GOLD
Venenzeula possibly the planets second largest gold reserves. Exploitable from southeast total estimated to be abt 10000 TONS. In 2003 production totaled 20 million grams (or 20 tons), including 6 million grams attributed to unofficial mining activities, marking a sharp increase from 1999, when only 5.9 million grams were produced. In the Orinoco Arc and other areas Venezuela has the 2nd highest gold reserves in the world. As a part of the 2016 settlement of a dispute over withdrawal of a gold concession to Gold Reserve, a Canadian mining company the government entered into a joint venture to exploit the Brisas and Las Cristinas goldmines. In 2016 protests were underway with respect to the gold mining joint venture with Gold Reserve.

- DIAMONDS
Diamonds were first discovered in Venezuela in 1902, but production mostly stayed inconsistent and sporadic until 1943. After the discovery of the 155-carat “Libertador” diamond in the Gran Sabana region in 1942 (to be processed into four faceted diamonds by Harry Winston two years later), a diamond rush followed and additional diamondiferous areas were discovered and exploited throughout the country. Diamond production in Venezuela has been fraught with controversy. In 2008, Venezuela, a Kimberley Process member, suspended itself from the KP for two years. Before that, a group of seven NGOs called for Venezuela’s immediate expulsion from the KPCS due to “serious non-compliance” with the anti-conflict diamond scheme from 2004 to 2008. During the meeting, KP chairman Rahul Khullar declared that Venezuela has undertaken to refrain from the export of rough diamonds for two years. Starting 2006, Venezuela has been part of KP’s artisanal and alluvial working group. There are no KP figures for exports and imports of rough diamonds from 2010 to 2014, and the last figures, from 2009, indicate production of 7,730 carats at a value of $725,808.06


- COAL
Venezuela is the third largest producer of coal after Brazil and Colombia.  5.8 million short tons produced in 2002, 9.3 million tons in 2000. Exported to Eastern USA,  Europe etc. Reserves for coal abt 10.2 billion tons of which approx 528 million short tons are RECOVERABLE BITUMINOUS COAL.  Coal fields are on border with Columbia and some on Western Zulia state. Other known reserves include natural bitumen (42 billion tons), Eco-socialist protests resulted in cancellation of a 30-year 60,000 acre coal lease in the Perija mountain range to Sinohydro in 2015 .
Refer :
- September 4, 2015). "Maduro Derails Plan for New Carbon Mines".
- April 11, 2016. "Venezuelan Social Movements Rally Against Open-Pit Mining in the Orinoco Arc"  


- URANIUM
Venezuela has for years known of its uranium deposits but has not studied them extensively and is not a uranium producer yet. The new research indicates the OPEC nation has large deposits in its mineral-rich Bolivar and Tachira states which is badly needed by the Americas, Russia Europe China and Terrorist states . Iran is helping the country look for uranium incidentally among other metals and this is a huge concern for America, Russia, Europe, Asia and China.

- IRON ORE
In 2003 Venezuela’s estimated reserves of iron ore totaled 14.6 million tons. Proven reserves total 4.1 billion tons, of which 1.7 billion tons are high-grade. Production has been increasing and totaled a record 19.2 million tons in 2003, two-thirds of which were exported. Iron-ore reserves are concentrated in the southeast.

- OIL and BITUMEN (For america the oil is available at a short distance as compared to MEA and for Russia the bitumen may also be important)
The country has the second-largest oil reserves in the in the world, and also depends on the production of oil for its revenues. The country's oil reserves are greater than those of the United States, Canada and Mexico combined.
With 77,800,000,000 barrels (1.237×1010 m3) of proven oil reserves in 2004, Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in South America and the sixth largest in the world—more than Canada, Mexico, and the United States combined. Venezuela’s 2002 production of 2,800,000 barrels per day (450,000 m3/d) (bbl/d) of crude was a drop of 8.3 percent over 2001 and the country’s lowest production figure since 1994. In 2003, a year in which production was halted for a couple of months by a general strike and further disrupted by the firing of nearly half of the state oil company’s work force, Venezuela's total oil production was an estimated 2,600,000 bbl/d (410,000 m3/d). In 2004 oil production totaled about 3,000,000 bbl/d (480,000 m3/d), according to the government’s estimate. Prior to President Chávez's December 1998 election, Venezuela regularly exceeded its Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)-agreed oil production targets. Hugo Chávez maintained a policy of strict adherence to OPEC quotas and played a leading role in shifting OPEC from a volume-oriented strategy to one of controlling prices. With planned investments of US$26 billion in oil and natural gas exploration and production between 2004 and 2009, Venezuelan Petroleum expects oil production to reach 5,000,000 bbl/d (790,000 m3/d) by 2009)
Meanwhile bitumen, naturally-occurring solid forms of petroleum, is a critical component in the construction of roads, with 70% of the world’s bitumen being used as the binding component in asphalt concrete. Venezuela, Canada and the former Soviet states dominate the world bitumen trade, with almost 90% of bitumen reserves between them. Venezuela is estimated to have 236 billion barrels of the substance, equivalent to around 42 billion tonnes, and a number of geographical features mean the country’s reserves are a more attractive investment than similar deposits in other countries. Venezuela’s warm climate means deposits can have temperatures of up to 50 deg C, compared to just 20 deg C in similar deposits in countries such as Canada, reducing the amount of energy required by miners to alter the oil to a temperature at which it can flow. Most of Venezuela’s deposits are located in the Orinoco Petroleum Belt, which has access to the Caribbean Sea, making exporting bitumen easier.


- NATURAL GAS
Aside from the production and exportation of crude oils, Venezuela also produces natural gas which in this case makes up the economy of the Venezuela economy. It also has the eighth largest reserves of natural gas accounting for 2.7% of the global supply.The natural gas is being exported to the countries with the unavailability to produce natural gas. These gas are been used for cooking, transportation and lots more. Aside from the United States, Venezuela is the second largest gas producer in the world with about 195 trillion cubic feet (TCF).While consumption varies from 1.1 to 1.2 trillion TCF, the company with the highest production of gas in Venezuela is (PdVSA) this is a company with the highest production and distribution in the whole of Venezuela. Diamonds, on the other hand, was first discovered in Venezuela in the year 1902, although the production of diamonds was limited until the year 1913.


- HYDROCARBONS


- BAUXITE
(In 2003 estimated reserves of bauxite totaled 5.2 million tons which is a huge amt). Most of the industry needs aluminium. Venezuela Bauxite" is a occurrence deposit site in Venezuela Territory, Venezuela. It is a deposit, not considered to be of world-class significance. Aluminum deposits are documented at "Venezuela Bauxite." Aluminum is present at a grade sufficient to have a strong effect on the economics of an excavation project. It may even be viable as the only commodity mined. At the time this deposit was surveyed, ore mineralization was documenting in and outcrop, shallow pits, or isolated drill hole. Aside from routine maintenance, there has been no production and little or no activity since discovery. This also means that details including grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization are to be verified but there is some data available that indicated that DEPOSITS OCCUR ON PLATEAUS ABOUT 940M ALTITUDE. TOTAL RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT 103 MILLION TONS WITH AN AVERAGE COMPOSITION: 60% AL2O3, 1% SIO2, 12% FE2O3, AND 27% LOSS ON IGNITION.
The Los Pijiguaos bauxite mine in the western part of the State of Bolivar, Venezuela, represents the only currently exploited bauxite deposit in the country.
Since mining commenced in 1987, total crude bauxite production has amounted to more than 43 million tonnes (Mt), with a present annual production close to 5 Mt. Proven and probable reserves are around 570 Mt, at an economic cut-off grade of about 44 wt.% alumina (Al2O3) and a total silica (SiO2) content of less than 20 wt.%.The orebody has an irregular, dismembered geometry as a result of strong and prolonged fluvial erosion during and after uplift of the region. The isolated minable blocks are located on plateau remnants separated by deep valleys. As a result, only half of the entire lease area is accessible for mining.Los Pijiguaos represents a typical laterite bauxite deposit that formed on a flat topped plateau from weathering of the underlying mid-Proterozoic Rapakivi-type Parguaza granite. The complete laterite profile is characterized by a vertical zonation comprising a concretionary zone (the bauxite horizon), and a mottled zone (the saprolite horizon) on granitic bed rock. The economic bauxite zone attains an average thickness of 7.6 m. On a mine scale, best ore grades and greatest thickness of the ore horizon are at topographic highs. Laterally, grade distribution is also not isotropic but follows distinct WNW–SSE trends. The spatial control on the mineralization is a result of the westerly inclination of the planation surface and the formation of major NW-striking fault systems in the region.Gibbsite is the most abundant mineral in the economic-grade bauxite horizon. The occurrence of minor nordstrandite is also restricted to that zone. Kaolinite is not present in the bauxite zone, but in the lower saprolite zone kaolinite can be more than 5 wt.%. An inverse correlation exists between gibbsite and quartz. Abundance ratios for the two minerals decrease from around 45 in the bauxite horizon to around 2 in the lower saprolite zone. Hematite is commonly more abundant than goethite. In the bauxite horizon, however, the goethite/hematite ratio is greater than 1. Anatase occurs as an accessory phase mainly in the bauxite horizon.Mass balance considerations demonstrate that bauxitization resulted in progressive desilication, hydration, and Al2O3 and Fe2O3 concentration in the residual weathering blanket. Silica as well as alkali and alkaline earth metals were almost completely leached. Mass and volume losses in the order of 61% and 77%, respectively, attest to severe mineralogical, textural, and chemical changes.From an economic point of view, the Los Pijiguaos bauxite represents a high-quality almost pure gibbsitic ore that allows processing to alumina by the low-temperature Bayer process around 140 °C. In terms of material consumption, 2.3 tonnes of dry bauxite are used for every tonne of alumina produced. The accompanying mass of red mud amounts to 550 kg per tonne alumina. The relatively high abundance of hematite in the bauxite has a positive effect on the red mud settling rate and, thus, favors a high extraction yield of the alumina plant.Los Pijiguaos is based on a huge reserve that will provide bauxite for more than 100 years at the current rate of mining. The entire region may contain as much as 6 billion tonnes of probable bauxite resources.

- GEMS
Rough gemstones of various kinds (general), rough stones, agate, jade and jade simulants, opals, amethysts, pearls, citrine, topaz, aquamarine, rubies, emeralds, Lapi Lazuli among others.



- RARE EARTH METALS LIKE COLTAN, TANTALUM AND THE DRUG ANGLE ETC
Coltan, sometimes called “blue gold,” has been confirmed in the Amazon region of Venezuela near the border to Brazil and Guyana, of an estimated $100 billion worth. Coltan is the source for tantalum which sometimes is priced higher than gold.Tantalum is a metal used in capacitors that store energy in modern electronics like smart phones and tablets. Tantalum capacitors are also essential in powering modern military weaponry because the metal resists corrosion and can withstand the extreme temperatures generated by the new military applications. Without it, weapons systems would overheat. The US relies on tantalum to build the basic circuitry in guidance control systems in smart bombs, the on-board navigational systems in drones, anti-tank systems, robots and most weapons systems. The metal is vital to US defense. Yet, it has no domestic mines to mine coltan. According to the US Geological Survey most of world tantalum from coltan today comes from Rwanda and Congo in Africa followed by Brazil, Nigeria and China. In terms of tantalum reserves, Australia is world largest and its major tantalum-coltan mine, the Bald Hill lithium-tantalum mine in Western Australia, opened in 2018 with its total output pledged to a Hong Kong company.
Consumer-driven demand for everyday electronics may be supporting criminal gangs and organized crime in an illicit market for valuable minerals in South America. In Colombia, for example, police recently confiscated 83 tons of coltan and other minerals from an operation reportedly run by smugglers who, according to U.S. law enforcement officials, also supply cocaine to Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel.Illegal coltan mining thrives on both sides of the Venezuela-Colombia border, in areas where armed paramilitaries and drug traffickers for years have had a strong presence. Paramilitary armies traffic illegally mined coltan ore over supply lines to smelters and refiners that sell tantalum to the world’s warmongers, who then build more weaponry to further wage illegal wars.
Much of coltan territory in Venezuela hugs the border with Colombia — an area of inaccessible jungle and meandering rivers and streams — where armed paramilitaries and drug smugglers for years have been recognized as powerful forces. Cross-border violence is on the rise in the area, turning the zone into a flashpoint in an increasingly tense relationship between the anti-American Chávez and the pro-U.S. government of Colombia.This is why American national security experts have noted the proliferation of black-market coltan, while Chávez plans the future coltan trade with the help of Iran.China, which uses most of the world’s coltan supply, recently pledged mining-industry support to Chávez and to Brazil, one of the biggest exporters of processed coltan.


https://publicintegrity.org/accountability/venezuela-emerges-as-new-source-of-conflict-minerals/


- OTHER WEALTH
It has hydroelectric power, biodiversity, perfumes, cocoa, orchids, fruits and vegetable exports etc. Is a typical eden of the south americas which could have boosted its tourism industry.


Govt controls most of this. So the foreigners need to wreck the Govt first to get to this wealth for free and that is their plan. The leadership in Venenzeula was foolish to declare their natural resources openly instead of taking advantage of these to leverage their power.


Now the wolves are at the door and they are playing one leader against the other and in the end will kill or destabilize both like they did in Iran, Bosnia & Herzegovnia, Turkey, East Europe, Egypt, Libya etc  Venezeula is bartering for much needed medical supplies in desperation with gold, diamonds and coltan the rare metal used to make mobile phones as an economic crisis leaves the govt without enough cash to pay it's bills. This attracts more opportune robbers.


Some interesting insights are available on http://www.williamengdahl.com/englishNEO13Mar2019.php


Its the citizens of the country who have to get together to preserve their wealth otherwise like Africa they will merrily get looted and by the time they realize it, it will be just too late. Any thoughts from the gurus of craxme are welcome.

Pedro_P

ssangra 12-5-2019 08:18 AM
We have to look beyond the obvious , beyond the political figs and their internal and external warfa ...

I think there is an error of perception, because of what is being fought in Venezuela, it is not because of a matter of natural resources, the great majority of Venezuelan citizens are fighting for their freedom.
It is understandable that people who see the situation from the outside, think that it is about who controls the wealth of the country, but the truth is that those who have seen the situation closely, is that in Venezuela there are no freedoms (civil and economic) and there are no rights either.
It is not normal in a civilized country that the political opposition is persecuted and imprisoned for the simple act of thinking differently, observe Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, China, Turkey, Russia, Bolivia, countries in where its citizens live under totalitarian regimes, where their rulers rule with an iron hand.
Read the opinions of Venezuelans, you will see that they demand freedom, so that their country does not become a pariah country, without rule of law or without civil and economic liberties.
It is not a matter of natural resources, it is a matter of freedom. And I say this knowingly, because I've been to Venezuela and seen the reality of that country in situ.
The vast majority of Venezuelans do not want to have a tyrannical government.
You have not seen and heard the hateful speeches of Maduro and his cronies, where they threaten the lives of those who do not think like them, speeches where Maduro mocks the dead and wounded that his politicized guard inflicts on those who complain Freedom, you have not seen how people do not have money to eat, and you have not seen personally how people die in hospitals because the regime only gives money for the budgets of their supporters. You probably have not seen the social control exercised by paramilitary organizations related to the Maduro government, called "Colectivos Chavistas".
Please, be clear that they are not fighting for things or objects, they are fighting for freedom.

ssangra

All control is of wealth , power and resources. That is the core. No doubt u have been to Venenzeula and have seen their need for freedom and the leaders victimization of the opposition. Why did it get that paranoid. Paranoia comes when one seeks total control and the opposition is aware and does not grant it. Why does one need total control....to prevent opposition and to benefit materially so what u see is true but is the effect .....while what I tell u is the core reason. U have a lovely country rich in material and natural wealth desired by others who have been tempted to seek it by a power crazy maniac who mistakenly lured them to it by showing it off to benefit materially while denying his people the benefit of goodness that he and his country had in plenty....leaving people deprived and wanting.

ssangra

The totalitarian regimes are bad as are democracies where the donkey sits on the throne. U need something like singaporean model where the leader is modern, the thought and governance modern and focussed not on the individual ruler but which seeks the benefit of the general population while controlling the public resources through public participation (something like India could have been but sadly did not reach). Now here the leader needs both power and vision where his / her focus on vision and it's materialization must be a stronger force than the focus on power or the term in which it is held. China , Russia have such a leader but sadly rest of the mechanism is very rigid and not conducive to growth of human enterprise or full expression of such potential ...so I still rate the singaporean model better than most.

Pedro_P

ssangra 12-5-2019 11:34 AM
All control is of wealth , power and resources. That is the core. No doubt u have been to Venenzeula ...

Again you are wrong... Imagine you get a gold bar, but who gives it to you, forbids you to sell it or do something with that bar, and you have to feed your children, you will not eat the gold bar, you need to change that ingot for food... In theory you have resources but you do not have the freedom to decide what to do with those resources. Maduro has mortgaged the Venezuelan resources to the Russians and Chinese, and the people have no options, maybe you should check out and look at the figures of people fleeing Venezuela and search for a better destination. These people do not leave their country to do tourism, these people, millions of them flee from the tyrant who has turned their country into an unviable and ruined country.
Someone has kidnapped your son and threatens to kill him with hunger... You would sit down to talk with the kidnapper to negotiate the freedom of your son, when the kidnapper at the same time he places a gun in your head ?... That's what happens in Venezuela, if you oppose the government, you will be imprisoned and tortured. Please look for and read the figures of human rights violations in Venezuela, how many political prisoners there are and how many dead are there. To say that the opposition «is victimized», is to say that it is good for the opposition to die imprisoned and tortured. Please look for and read the testimonials of the victims of state repression.
Power is the most addictive drug that exists... If Chávez or Maduro had respected democracy, when the people voted against them, none of this would have happened... But the ambition for power, their desire to eternalize in power, and to favor only those who support it, has destroyed Venezuela. Again, it is not a matter of wealth or natural resources, read the opinions of Venezuelans, they want freedom. Look at Cuba, the country that Maduro wants to imitate. In Cuba there is only one party, you are not allowed to speak against the government, the government tells people what they should eat, what they should think, what they should do or say... You would feel free if someone ordered you What should you eat, think, say, do? Would you feel free if someone told you that you should only choose from the options that the government gives you?
Freedom is priceless, living in a golden cage, it is not life. Freedom is the motive that moves the Venezuelans, simply the tyrant Maduro and his ideology of destruction have ruined that country and taken from the people their freedom.