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Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

Labradoodle posted:


Update on the judge who sentenced Lopez: in a completely unrelated turn of events that in no way has anything to do with her giving Lopez the maximum sentence for made up crimes, she's being considered for the position of Chilean Consul. Seriously guys, it's just coincidence.

Two members of the lower House's Foreign Relations Commission have already condemned the appointment. One, a PPD, said that such a move would be widely rejected across the Chilean political spectrum; the other, a freaking RN, outright said that the only place to host people like her in Chile is Punta Peuco (the prison where most of those doing time for crimes during the Pinochet years are currently held) However, the government itself said that there's no official word from Venezuela regarding the appointment.

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Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

Shakespearean Beef posted:


They knew that no body apart from Maduro himself would vote for PSUV, so they rigged the elections to make it look like people did. Will give them a justification for the bloody (perhaps nuclear) coup that Maduro will want to unleash.

Much as I believe that the risk of violence is still present, this is Call of Duty: Ghosts territory.

Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

-Troika- posted:

He's basically paid by the PSUV to post, so in a sense, yes, he is.

How does that work? Does some random PSUV committee go out on the internet and decide that yes, shoving propaganda down goons' throats is a good way to spend money?

Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

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El Gobierno de Venezuela decretó este viernes el "estado de emergencia económica" en todo el territorio nacional de conformidad con la Constitución, por un lapso de 60 días, según publicó la Gaceta Oficial.

Welp.

Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

MothraAttack posted:

They hire a lot of Westerners and base them in Quito on a local upper middle-class salary.

Venezuela is in the West :ssh:

Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

Getting all those nice Russian-speaking Venezuelans with Russian weapons and gear from overseas to carve a people's republic from sovereign Venezuelan soil is going to take a bit of effort. :v:

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Traveller
Jan 6, 2012

WHIM AND FOPPERY

fnox posted:

It's literally part of our culture to make fun of our own misery, https://www.elchiguirebipolar.net kind of exemplifies that. But a great deal of what makes Venezuela what it is, is the Venezuelan people's inability to take anything seriously. This has good and bad consequences depending on how you look at it.

This site is hilarious and uncomfortably close to Chilean private humor during and after the Pinochet years. Also, today I can't access it. :ohdear:

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