glenn239 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Rumblings against Bolton after the Venezuela coup fiasco, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-frustrated-trump-questions-his-administrations-venezuela-strategy/2019/05/08/ad51561a-71a7-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?utm_term=.c66ed3e9ffa0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 A sencond delivery from China.CARACAS, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The second shipment of medical aid from China arrived in Venezuela on Monday at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas. The medical assistance represents the friendship of the Chinese people to the Venezuelan people, said Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela Li Baorong at the handover ceremony. The 71 tonnes of aid mainly consists of medicines and medical supplies. Li voiced the hope that this shipment of medical aid will help alleviate the impact of sanctions on the lives of the Venezuelan people. China believes that the Venezuelan people are capable of achieving peace and stable development, Li said, adding that China will continue to play a constructive role in promoting peace and stability in Venezuela and provide support and assistance to the South American country within its capacity. Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for providing medical assistance to the Venezuelan people at the ceremony. The first batch of medical assistance from China, made up of 65 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies, arrived in Venezuela in March.http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/14/c_138057582.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 https://news.yahoo.com/malaria-back-vengeance-crisis-hit-venezuela-013605102.htmlScientists who would later work for this clinic contributed in 1961 to helping Venezuela become the first country to eradicate malaria. However, there was a resurgence seven years ago, worsening to become an epidemic in 2016, according to the Red de Epidemiologia NGO. Today the clinic is in a sorry state: yellowed microscopes, a dishwasher stained by purple chemicals, refrigerators corroded by rust. Over the years, fridges, freezers and air conditioners have stopped working and there's been no budget to repair or replace them. Maintenance costs $1,000 a month. Until 2007, the clinic received state funding for studies, but the money dwindled and then disappeared, Oscar Noya, the institution's director, told AFP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 https://news.yahoo.com/malaria-back-vengeance-crisis-hit-venezuela-013605102.htmlScientists who would later work for this clinic contributed in 1961 to helping Venezuela become the first country to eradicate malaria. However, there was a resurgence seven years ago, worsening to become an epidemic in 2016, according to the Red de Epidemiologia NGO. Today the clinic is in a sorry state: yellowed microscopes, a dishwasher stained by purple chemicals, refrigerators corroded by rust. Over the years, fridges, freezers and air conditioners have stopped working and there's been no budget to repair or replace them. Maintenance costs $1,000 a month. Until 2007, the clinic received state funding for studies, but the money dwindled and then disappeared, Oscar Noya, the institution's director, told AFP. More joys of socialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 And some more joys, prison riot leaves 29 dead.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48405679 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobu Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 The president’s dissatisfaction has crystallized around national security adviser John Bolton and what Trump has groused is an interventionist stance at odds with his view that the United States should stay out of foreign quagmires. A variation on the theme of dissatisfaction with how long the Venezuela thing is taking on Trump's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Putin says US usee gunboat diplomacy on Venezuela.https://www.rt.com/news/462851-us-gunboat-diplomacy-putin/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 China army in VZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 BYOTP (Bring your own toilet paper) I chuckle at China and Russia propping up this government, a money sucking black hole for them. China can afford it, not sure if Russia can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 The more money they spend on this basket case, they less they can spend on buggering up Ukraine. Ill cheer them on for any amount of it, they are still doomed to lose this one. https://dialogo-americas.com/en/articles/venezuela-juan-guaido-80-85-percent-armed-forces-favor-changeVenezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó reiterated the support from most members of the Armed Forces for “a change” in government, and affirmed that high commanders are those directly connected to Nicolás Maduro.In an interview with the Venezuelan news portal Cronica Uno, Guaidó said that “there is a clear crisis, a crack in the chain of command. Some 80 to 85 percent of the National Armed Forces favors a change,” he said.However, he said, the way to express this discontent “is what we need to figure out.” He added that he has brought up mechanisms to discuss and even make public offers of amnesty and guarantees. Guaidó’s team, he continued, will insist on guarantees, “probably make them more explicit,” and focus on communication. In late January, the National Assembly promoted the Act of Amnesty and Constitutional Guarantees to support service members who would move over to “the side of the Constitution.”“In a dictatorship, we cannot directly invite service members to a meeting because they would be imprisoned, tortured, or exiled. I wish we could sit at a table with many of them to talk about the transition and create common positions,” Guaidó said during the interview. Which is very interesting, but im not sure where he gets his figures from there. Ultimately they arent coming out for him, whatever their personal beliefs are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 The military particularly the army is likely more of a organised crime group than a real military. That may explain why they aren't switching, to much dirt at the higher levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrunt6 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Venezuelan fighter shadows EP3 https://youtu.be/3osNpsr2L9E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) ExxonMobil has found oil in the sea between Guayana and Venezuela. Both countries have an unresolved dispute over their border. The venzulean claim is like 2/3 of Guayana. This is going to be interesting times. Oil, border disputes, internal kerfuffle in Venezuela....... https://www.ogj.com/articles/2015/05/exxonmobil-s-liza-1-well-encounters-oil-offshore-guyana.html The Navy of Venezuela intercepted an explorator ship https://www.reuters.com/article/us-guyana-venezuela-oil/venezuela-navy-intercepts-exxon-oil-ship-in-guyanese-waters-guyana-idUSKCN1OM0BK Edited July 22, 2019 by Panzermann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Venezuelan fighter shadows EP3 https://youtu.be/3osNpsr2L9EInteresting they fly unarmed, or at least without missiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Alymov Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 According to this image, Cuba is not Socialist country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 According to this image, Cuba is not Socialist country It is photoshopped anyway. Though Venezuela certainly has problems with badly managed electricity generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrunt6 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Venezuelan fighter shadows EP3 Interesting they fly unarmed, or at least without missilesAnd solo too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 It is photoshopped anyway. Though Venezuela certainly has problems with badly managed electricity generation. Talking of problems with electricity... There has been another big outage. ​https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro/status/1153477924995121158 ¡Venceremos! It is all the others fault. Not the rotten infrastructure. The venezulean interwebs went down as well: https://netblocks.org/reports/venezuela-knocked-offline-after-nationwide-power-outage-3AnwjoB2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 http://news.trust.org/item/20190722234355-cf1gl CARACAS, July 22 (Reuters) - More than half of Venezuela's 23 states lost power on Monday, according to Reuters witnesses and reports on social media, a blackout the government blamed on an "electromagnetic attack." Sharks with freakin' electromagnets on their heads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 B-52s visiting Columbia flying with that country's airforce.Three more images in the spoiler https://twitter.com/US_Stratcom/status/1153399030648594433 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly Head Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 B-52s visiting Columbia flying with that country's airforce.Three more images in the spoiler https://twitter.com/US_Stratcom/status/1153399030648594433 B52 diplomacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 B-52s visiting Columbia flying with that country's airforce. Three more images in the spoiler https://twitter.com/US_Stratcom/status/1153399030648594433B52 diplomacy. If anything, would give Russia or China thinking about using Venezuela as proxy a second thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Given the CAF flies Kfirs, cue the conspiracy theories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) A US EP-3 was shadowed by a Venezuelan SU-30 on July 21st. Venezuela claims the EP-3 went into Venezuela airspace. The US says the EP-3 was on an internationally approved and recognized flight. The U.S. military rejected Venezuelas claim that a U.S. intelligence aircraft flew over the South American nations airspace on Friday, saying the American jet was over international waters and had been aggressively shadowed. The U.S. Southern Command said Sunday on Twitter that the U.S. EP-3 was performing a multi-nationally recognized & approved mission when shadowed at an unsafe distance by a Venezuelan SU-30 Flanker, jeopardizing the crew & aircraft. Video of the incident was attached. In a second tweet the U.S. said the action demonstrates Russias irresponsible military support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros government. The Sukhoi SU-30 is a twin-engine Russian fighter aircraft. Sundays comments were the first U.S. response to claims by officials with Maduros defense department that the U.S. had engaged in a clear provocation and acted in violation of international treaties. The competing descriptions may further roil Washington-Caracas relations at a time Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is visiting Latin America, and as a summit of so-called anti-imperialist countries is held in Venezuelas capital. Venezuelan defense officials sad the U.S. aircraft entered local airspace over the Caribbean in a one-hour flight in breach of international treaties, until it was pursued by the Venezuelan air force. The flight created a safety risk for commercial aircraft in the vicinity of Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Twitter. Venezuela identified the U.S. plane as an EP-3E Aries II, which is a reconnaissance version of the P-3 Orion produced by Lockheed Martin Corp. Maduros government on Saturday started a two-day summit of the Non Aligned Movement, with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Russias deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in attendance. Pompeo has visited Argentina and Ecuador in the past few days and is traveling Sunday to Mexico and Honduras. The U.S. has been trying to coalesce support around National Assembly leader Juan Guaido since the body declared him Venezuelas interim president in late January. More than 50 countries now support Guaido, and the U.S. regularly announces new sanctions against Maduro and his associates.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-20/venezuela-claims-u-s-military-aircraft-violated-its-airspace Edited July 28, 2019 by JasonJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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