The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Déjà vu - History tends to repeat itself.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Déjà vu - History tends to repeat itself.
By Arturo Rosales writes from Caracas. Axis of Logic
Sunday, Feb 23, 2014
Not for the first time the Venezuelan opposition is seeking non-democratic ways of taking political power by refusing to recognize the presidential elections results and is trying to force President Madura to resign by implementing violence and terror on the unfortunate population of a few middle class districts. Since 1998 the same actions have been taken after many of the 19 electoral processes held, of which the opposition has lost 18.
“Out Maduro, out”, yell those causing the violence and they have been doing the same for more than a decade. “Chávez is going, Chávez is going”, they used to scream. Why should the people who win elections leave or quit their posts or the country?
On the morning of April 11th 2002 US Ambassador to Venezuela, Charles Shapiro, legitimized the coup d’état taking place by declaring that, “Venezuela is outside the Democratic Charter of the OAS”, and the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights (ICHR) simply sat back as President Chávez was kidnapped and then sent a letter to the de facto government of the Carmona dictatorship addressing him “Your Excellency”.
Will this interference of the ICHR repeat itself today by demanding that the delinquents arrested for burning and killing be released? And what about John McCain, upon asking Obama to “send US troops to Venezuela in order to secure the flow of oil”?
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And it makes me sick every time. How much more of this are the fascists going to engage in, with the blessing of the U.S.? 