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Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.
ive heard about vunezula op

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Majorian
Jul 1, 2009
If only you gringos understood Venezuelan culture...you’d see how much the people are crying out for a right-wing US-aligned military junta.

Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer

Majorian posted:

If only you gringos understood Venezuelan culture...you’d see how much the people are crying out for a right-wing US-aligned military junta.

means tested access to american military intervention

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009
Guaido just didn't pass the standardized coup test.:(

GoluboiOgon
Aug 19, 2017

by Nyc_Tattoo
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/venezuela-rockefeller-bolivar

i think this is supposed to make people feel empathetic towards this person?

quote:

It is a long way from Monte Sacro’s heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, when Rockefeller could frequently be seen touring the fertile potato and cattle fields in a silver Jeep. When Jorge Ruiz del Vizo bought the estate from the Rockefellers, polo horses were still trained on one of the fields, white-gloved servers laid out feasts for guests, and staffers polished the patio floors daily.

It was exactly this kind of aristocratic lifestyle that Chávez promised to do away with when he swept into power in 1999. Land rights became a cornerstone of his revolutionary socialism; Chávez seized millions of hectares of land from wealthy landowners, which he promised to transfer to the most impoverished classes in an effort to ensure “food security” for the country.

During a recent afternoon, del Vizo, 60, paced restlessly around the main patio, imagining a future without Maduro. “I’m going to use a tractor to get you out the day I get my land back,” she muttered furiously, looking down at no one in particular.

...

Del Vizo, driven to distraction by her isolation, tries to think of new tasks for her few remaining staff members, which she writes out on the small whiteboard in the kitchen. Pluck flowers from the gardens and fill vases with them. Refill buckets of water to keep by the toilets. Trim foliage near the main house by hand. Repeat.

No task is ever urgent, but without it the little sense of purpose there is left would vanish. Leaving Monte Sacro would be the only sensible next step.

...

Last October, del Vizo was ready to quit.

It had been four years since a trash truck stopped by Monte Sacro. Her staff couldn’t remember the last time there was running water. Night guards were now getting a small plate of rice and beans for dinner — del Vizo could no longer afford to feed them protein.

this guy gets it tho.

quote:

But in the fields, some of the farmers said they would never leave. The ranch is a “national heritage” because it once belonged to the family of South America’s libertador, said José Gutiérrez, a state worker who is trying, and mostly failing, to grow cherry tomatoes on one corner of the estate.

And if del Vizo tries to run them out? Gutiérrez, who like most farmers on Monte Sacro appears painfully malnourished, swallowed hard. “We’ll defend the fruits of the revolution,” he said.

“This land cannot be in the hands of oligarchs.”

Captain Billy Pissboy
Oct 25, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo
College Slice
lol at putting food security in scare quotes. This poor old rich lady has to spend her days ordering staff to do mindless chores :qq:

Rated PG-34
Jul 1, 2004




lol gusano.txt

on one hand vz is an abject failure bc they couldn’t wean the economy from oil and on the other, “food security”

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1143513469876133889

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006
"why did Venezuelan oil production start dropping in 2014"?

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-spy-chief-nicolas-maduro-coup-padrino-avengersendgame-1445701

quote:

Uncertain of the general's continued support, Figuera called Padrino the following day to shore up the planned coup, now just days away. But Figuera said Padrino was watching Avengers: Endgame and said he "didn't want to talk."

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004




lmfao

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010


Ahahahahahaha

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying


woah

Ruzihm
Aug 11, 2010

Group up and push mid, proletariat!


Chokes McGee posted:

ive heard about vunezula op

im sorry but this thread is about vneezuela

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.


Another general would have gone along with the coup but he had to wash his hair that night

Typo
Aug 19, 2009

Chernigov Military Aviation Lyceum
The Fighting Slowpokes

hehe

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

to be fair I didn't want to talk to anyone after seeing that movie either

Scrub-Niggurath
Nov 27, 2007


lmfao

Scrub-Niggurath
Nov 27, 2007

literally a coen brothers farce

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006

quote:

Moreno had already reportedly demanded more than $100 million as the price of his support for the coup, the Post said, after which he was supposed to stay on as chief justice. The judge told people involved in the discussions he needed the money to bribe fellow justices and to establish a personal safety net.

lol

quote:

At an April 23 meeting at Moreno's mansion in Caracas, Figuera said the chief justice appeared hesitant and even suggested that he, rather than Guaido, should become president once Maduro had been deposed. The Post said his comments were confirmed by "several people" present.

Oh for sure dude.

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006
Questions unanswered by the post article:

- Did they give moreno the money? If so, lol.
- If not why did they expect him to issue a ruling?
- Where were they planning to get 100 million loving dollars?

The Unnamed One
Jan 13, 2012

"BOOM!"

30.5 Days posted:

- Where were they planning to get 100 million loving dollars?

Swindling the Sultan of Brunei? Worked for Abrams in the 80s

(Altough a shorter amount at the time)

fermun
Nov 4, 2009
https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1143431593333284864

420 Gank Mid
Dec 26, 2008

WARNING: This poster is a huge bitch!

https://twitter.com/BadCubaTakes/status/1144369965950283777

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 20 days!)


https://twitter.com/BadCubaTakes/status/1144373770083328000

I love this account.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004




lol, I'm sure every single person on the island was treated like landed aristocracy yes

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003

Epic High Five posted:

lol, I'm sure every single person on the island was treated like landed aristocracy yes

esp the servant in the left of that very picture

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
Yes ahh the 50s when *checks notes* there was a military dictatorship which did what US foreign interests wanted and most of the country was owned by US companies and organized crime effectively ran whatever the military didn't.

Gusano take a f

Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

Moridin920 posted:

Yes ahh the 50s when *checks notes* there was a military dictatorship which did what US foreign interests wanted and most of the country was owned by US companies and organized crime effectively ran whatever the military didn't.

Gusano take a f

are you saying cubans shouldn't be denied agency over their own affairs?

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
look you don’t understand commie, rich light skinned woman used to be able to get personal pedicures, now they gotta go to a salon like commoners

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 20 days!)

https://twitter.com/maxblumenthal/status/1145162935620308996?s=21

Tom Guycot
Oct 15, 2008

Chief of Governors


I really feel bad for the Mengle-Eichmans out there. They thought they were going to get heir coup, their oil jobs, tax cuts, and kickbacks, but now the fickle eye of the US media is on Iran, elections, and whatever trump is tweeting about today. Venezuela is old news.

No one even cares about the poor guisanos anymore. :(

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
Every time a gusano cries, an angel gets its wings

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747
is vinnie zuela a cousin of ben ghazi

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy
not yet

Doktor Avalanche
Dec 30, 2008

got any sevens posted:

is vinnie zuela a cousin of ben ghazi

his uncle, vinny

A Big Fuckin Hornet
Nov 1, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo
i bet maduro is a really good hugger

Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

A Big Fuckin Hornet posted:

i bet maduro is a really good hugger

Yeah, but if you're looking for a politician to sit down and share an empanada with...

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:

got any sevens posted:

is vinnie zuela a cousin of ben ghazi

Truga posted:

not yet

can't pull a vinnie zuela if there are no U.S. diplomats in the country to smoke out

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Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 20 days!)

https://twitter.com/turing_police/status/1146603855800463360

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