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MacMillan posted:Usually oil states fear for the worst and hope the stagnation of oil prices will eventually settle or even increase. How will a stumble in the Chinese market affect Venezuela? Could this be a final blow? The NY Times had an article on this just this morning.
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Mercury_Storm posted:Why is smuggling products from Columbia so profitable? Are basic items like shampoo really that hard to find, or overpriced? Yes. But there's also a thriving business in sneaking some food products out of the country. Milk and gasoline are frequently smuggled from Venezuela to Colombia.
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Maduro's a shithead, but I'm not hot on the opposition either. US-backed coups in Central and South America to install business-friendly right-wing regimes is just not my jam.
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fishmech posted:How is this meant to be relevant to Venezuela? Are you alleging that the US faked the elections several years back or something? I think that we've wanted a regime change since I was back in college and that big capital wants to get its mitts on Venezuela's oil again. The aid convoys are an obvious Trojan Horse and if you think that Guaido isn't going to end up owing his soul to the CIA when all is said and done then you're painfully naive. 
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Mar 31, 2019 22:21
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Mozi posted:Worth a reminder that no troops went to Colombia as a result of Bolton's scribblings. The thing about plans is that they don't always take place right away. I'd love to see Maduro thrown out on his rear end, but any outside force that comes in to knock him over is just going to turn Venezuela into a vassal state. Particularly the US which has a history of doing just that very thing.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:What if he's Either of these would be a better option but I don't think that that's the direction that events are headed. Maduro's a dumptruck driving moron, but a lot of people have a lot of money tied up in his government. fishmech posted:So ok, you don't actually know anything about Venezuela. Well it's nice that you admitted it. Refreshing to see someone just say "the opposition was fairly elected by the people but it doesn't matter because uhhh CIA!! Be scared because i said CIA!!!" Well, about half of my family is native Venezuelan so I feel like I've talked to people who are interested in what's going on and informed about events, especially since half of their close relatives are still in Venezuela.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Most of this thread is against US direct intervention and thinks that at least the recent sanctions are boneheaded and horrible. One thing working in our favor is that the Trump administration is pretty scatterbrained and has trouble concentrating on completing any particular policy goal. Especially as we start going into the long, long, presidential election season I like to think that there's less of a chance of him kicking off a war. M. Discordia posted:Yes, their position is that anyone who ever has opposed Chavez or Maduro is a "U.S. puppet" and the democratic election which brought the Guaidó-led National Assembly to legitimate power never happened. Keep loving that chicken.
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