Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) talks to Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez during a military drill in Charallave, Venezuela January 14, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS
DW: Venezuela holds military exercises as US extends 'national emergency' order
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has overseen military exercises, claiming the country is under threat of invasion. The US has extended an executive order declaring a national emergency in the South American state.
The exercises have involved more than 76,000 troops and half a million civilians. They have been held across the oil-rich state on land, sea and in the air. On Saturday, the drills included urban defense and protection of coastal oil refineries.
The aim was to resist what the socialist government sees as a US-backed plot to overthrow it. State television showed images of soldiers camoflaged as bushes shouting "socialist fatherland," as their commanders held Russian-made military equipment.
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Update #1: Venezuela's Maduro oversees military drill to guard 'socialist fatherland' -- Reuters
Update #2: Venezuela slams Obama declaration of 'national emergency' -- Washington Post/AP
Update #3: 'Skin in the game': Venezuela's Socialist Party is losing its influence but tightening its grip on power (Business Insider)
WNU Editor: I give it one more year before the country and its government is pushed over the cliff .... and what comes after that is probably not going to be pretty.
7 comments:
What is surprising me is there is a Maduro in the 21rst century.
Trump's a Maduro.
Maduro is a typically dictator, Trump is a completely "unknown". Well, we shall see.
Maduro is an anti-globalization populist, with elements of Mesito Nationalism, Socialism, anti-Corporatism and anti- Ogliarchism, most of which is faux.
Maduro is a good socialist/communist.
He is the legitimate successor to Chavez.
There is nothing different between Chavez and Maduro except that Chavez had more charisma.
Maduro is just taking the revolution to its next logical step.
JabberJay is pretty much a stupid hoser, who does not understand sociology and the arc of these things.
Hey, Aizino who understand everything, go to live in Venezuela...
Jac,
I've been to Venezuela. I lived in south America for some time. I know people from there.
Venezuela has direct flights to Tehran.
Maduro took over with the blessing of the socialist party in Venezuela.
The only ones to blame are socialists. Those in power and those that support the cause as voters, activists, media etc.
Maduro is the legitimate successor of Chavez. Like I said before, this is just the next logical step La Revolución.
GWB did not support this. Cuba (the Castros) and by extension the old USSR did.
For his part Bubba Clinton ignored Chavez. So he did his part. Likewise the boy King Obama ignored Venezuela.
This was one even pull by the Left.
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