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Latin America

Judi Lynn

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8. He "misoverestimated" his ability to get Venezuelans to go along with the coup.

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 02:23 AM

Mar 2015

That's why they had to settle for going the long route, with the constant barrage of hostility, propaganda, hiring the traitor class who never identified with real Venezuelans, anyway, to work to overthrow the peoples' elections.

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How Not to Win Friends in Latin America [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2015 OP

The White House needs to understand... OBenario Mar 2015 #1

It only worked for them efficiently when other countries were too unable to protest, Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #5

I wonder: which corporation, which bankster billionaire, is behind the persecution of Venezuela? Demeter Mar 2015 #2

You need look no further than the Bush Crime Family & the MIC money machine. 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #4

He "misoverestimated" his ability to get Venezuelans to go along with the coup. Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #8

The USA/CIA/BushCrimeFamily's Venezuela's 2002 coup attempt is well documented here 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #12

Thanks for the good summary. The only time we heard about Venezuela, in the past, Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #6

That was wikipedia's version Demeter Mar 2015 #9

Absolutely NO ONE could touch his Nixon. What a great guy. Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #10

Once again, Obama is aping GWBush's misguided anti-democratic policies abroad 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #3

Last thing in the world we expected to see when we elected him. What a non-stop shock. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #7

lol Weisbrot. Wrong about everything. Bacchus4.0 Mar 2015 #11

Wasn't Weisbrot the useful idiot that said Venezuela's inflation would start improving this year? Marksman_91 Mar 2015 #13