tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post7639005877488901709..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Venezuela: US/Canadian Attempted Coup Not About Democracy - Paul Jay (Pt1/2) mike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-87528544494553473392019-02-21T18:33:20.873-05:002019-02-21T18:33:20.873-05:00Today (21 Feb 2019) Maduro completely closed Venez...Today (21 Feb 2019) Maduro completely closed Venezuela’s borders with Brazil to stop the flow of arms (i.e. “humanitarian aid”) that are being flown down from Miami Florida by the US military. <br /><br />If arms start coming in from Colombia, then Maduro will close that border too. <br /><br />The USA is also stockpiling arms on Curacao, a Dutch island off Venezuela's north coast. Maduro has closed the sea and air border with Curacao.<br /><br />Juan Guaido is leading a caravan from Caracas to the Colombian border, a distance of about 800-900km (500-560 miles). <br /><br />When Guaido reaches the Colombian border, he will point to it while telling the TV cameras, “There sit millions of tons of humanitarian aid that Maduro will not allow to reach you because Maduro is a socialist dictator who wants to starve his own people.” <br /><br />And 99.9% of Americans will believe it. <br /><br />And they wonder why they are impoverished and enslaved. <br /><br />Meanwhile 300 tons of <b><i>real</i></b> aid will soon arrive from Russia. <br /><br />Tomorrow (22 Feb) British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson will sponsor a concert in Colombia to raise money for the regime change campaign. <br /><br />Not to be outdone, the Venezuelan government has erected a stage on its side of the crossing which is just 300 meters away. It will host a huge concert called “Hands off Venezuela.”<br /><br />Brazil’s right-wing president Bolsonaro has announced cuts of 1 trillion <i>reais</i> (£210bn; $270bn) from Brazil’s pension system. The victims will be in Brazil's lower classes. Bolsonaro says there is “no money” for pensions, even though the Brazilian government can create infinite <i>reais</i> out of thin air. <br /><br />The next step will be to privatize Brazil’s pension system, which Bolsonaro says is his top priority. This is being done on orders from Economics Minister Palo Guedes, who privatized Chile’s pension system for the US puppet dictator Pinochet.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.com