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New York Times

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:54:23 +0000

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New York Times

A group of Venezuelan migrants riding in the back
of a truck while crossing the Colombian mountains.
Credit: Federico Rios Escobar for The New York Times

Venezuelans Fleeing Crisis Face Desperate Hike to 12,000 Feet

from Pamplona, Colombia, 4 hrs. ago

Venezuela’s economic crisis has set off a staggering exodus, with more than three million people leaving the country in recent years. Largely on foot, they are fleeing dangerous shortages of food, water, electricity and medicine, as well as the government’s political crackdowns.

and

Venezuela’s government said it will close air and sea traffic from three Caribbean islands in an effort to block aid.

From Medellin, Colombia, 8 hrs. ago.

Venezuela’s government said on Wednesday that it was closing its border to air and sea traffic from three Caribbean islands in an effort to block aid shipments to the country organized by the Venezuelan opposition.

The move came ahead of a Saturday deadline by the opposition and the Trump administration for President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela to end a blockade and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid that has been piling up at the country’s borders for more than a week. The aid showdown is seen as a pivotal moment in the opposition’s effort to force out Mr. Maduro....

Justin Trudeau

artappraiser — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:33:01 +0000

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Justin Trudeau:

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Why Russia wants Nicolas Maduro to stay in charge of Venezuela

By Josh K. Elliott National Online (Canada) Journalist, International Global News

Dagblog has really jumped the

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:51:30 +0000

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Dagblog has really jumped the chard now.

Oh cmon

artappraiser — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:41:43 +0000

In reply to This is a great solution but

Oh cmon

This is a great solution but

ocean-kat — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:14:27 +0000

In reply to A lefty group out of Larkspur

This is a great solution but it all depends on the size of the patio. It takes about an acre of land to feed one person. Unfortunately most patios are slightly smaller than that.

A lefty group out of Larkspur

NCD — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:58:42 +0000

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A lefty group out of Larkspur, Marin County, are 100% behind Maduro, and for the remaining Venezuelan citizens in Venezuela sticking it out. The Task Force doesn't mention the Chavez guy looting a billion, nor do they have a Bolivarian explanation for his 60 race horses.

The Task Force has 138 followers on Facebook, and sent Seeds of Solidaity for the starving to plant patio gardens a few years ago.

your Guardian link on how the

artappraiser — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:30:19 +0000

In reply to Chavez Secretary Looted $1 Billion from Venezuela

your Guardian link on how the Panama Papers are connected is even more interesting than the NYTimes piece.

There are things like where my eye caught another country name right here:

Panama – along with Miami, Spain and Nicaragua – became a favourite destination for offshore investment and, for a while, the boligburgues could lead their often ostentatious retirements undisturbed.

Wait don't tell me. I have an

artappraiser — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:33:08 +0000

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Wait don't tell me. I have an idea what I am going to read at Counterpunch et. al. on this Surely the boligarchs problem was a sting operation by the CIA to offer the ability to steal and launder money and then it was all set up with the U.S. prosecutor to pounce?

Wasn't this part in Moon over Parador?

In Venezuela Mr. Andrade was known by the nickname “the One-Eye,” after a common story, that Mr. Chávez hit him in the eye by mistake during a baseball game. The two originally became close when Mr. Andrade participated in Mr. Chávez’s failed attempt to take power in a 1992 coup.

In 1998, when Mr. Chávez ran for president and won, Mr. Andrade served as his bodyguard. A decade later, he had risen up the ranks to a much more prominent role, as the head of the treasury.

Then in 2012, not long before Mr. Chávez died of cancer, Mr. Andrade moved to Florida.

The worst of the worst, as many wealthy exiles actually still care about what happens to their home country, even if they want it to be an oligarchy:

Mr. Hoet-Linares, the Venezuelan lawyer who lives close to the Andrade mansion, said he remains angry at the profiteering of well-connected Venezuelans while many people in the country do not have enough to eat.

Two years ago, he said, he accosted Mr. Andrade at a party about the sums he had taken and the possibility of using money to reconstruct Venezuela.

“I said, ‘Look, let’s find a way to help the country,’” Mr. Hoet-Linares recalled. “I think he was a little surprised. He said, ‘I’m off to a trip, we can talk when I’m back.’”

Mr. Hoet-Linares says he did not hear back. But while the seizure of Mr. Andrade’s assets is a step in the right direction, he said, it’s far from enough.