Venezuela Protests Are Sign That US Wants Our Oil, Says Nicolás Maduro -- The Guardian
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Venezuela's president claims the Obama administration is fomenting unrest with the aim of provoking a Ukraine-style 'slow-motion' coup
Venezuela's president has accused the US of using continuing street protests to attempt a "slow-motion" Ukraine-style coup against his government and "get their hands on Venezuelan oil".
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Nicolás Maduro, elected last year after the death of Hugo Chávez, said what he described as a "revolt of the rich" would fail because the country's "Bolivarian revolution" was more deeply rooted than when it had seen off an abortive US-backed coup against Chávez in 2002.
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My Comment: If I was living in a country that had sky-high inflation, sky-high crime rates, shortages of all the basic goods, continuous electricity cuts, and limited work opportunities .... while siting on the world's largest oil deposits .... I would be really pissed .... and I would not need the Americans to encourage my anger. But such is Venezuela today. My prediction .... Nicolás Maduro will probably stay in power for a long time .... but the anger is there, and I do not see it dissipating anytime soon.
Ralph Cramden writ large.
ReplyDeleteLove how most of these middle-eastern dictators have all blamed the US for their own lack of ability to rule.
ReplyDeleteGaddafi, Assad and now him. Show's how deluded they are.