Maduro Is Gone, and the Purge Has Begun

Who is doing the purging, Delcy Rodriguez, who was sanctioned for corruption by Trump and many other countries a few years ago? I can’t get past the paywall.

She’s not purging Maduro supporters. She’s purging those who might oppose her and replacing them with loyalist. She’s not anti-corruption or pro-democracy. She pro Delcy.

Not surprised. It was always clear that this was more of a palace coup. Now she’s in charge, and is solidifying her position. Out with the old crooked tinpot dictator, in with the new. Rinse and repeat.

>In their places, she has appointed her own loyalists or championed businessmen beholden to her, while opening the doors to American oil and mining investors. Yeah, she is just changing things so that she can reap all the benefits of being in charge. One corrupt leader for another....

Support the previous admin? Right to jail.

What's the status on Diosdado Cabello (Interior Minister) and Vladimir Padrino López (Defense Minister)? They have more power than Rodriguez.

Sometimes the most that you can hope for is that the thieves trip over each other's dicks while they are busy robbing. This seems to be one of those times. Those who are being cast out will have to console themselves while eating jamón ibérico in their luxury condos in Barrio Salamanca Madrid. At least there are hundreds of political prisoners that have been verifiably set free. The last I heard there were still quite a few remaining, roughly 500.

Does our wonderful President know about this?! He wanted to liberate the people of Venezuela from a brutal dictatorship- I remember him saying that! There’s no way he would go to the trouble of removing the leader of another country only to have another dictator take over. And definitely wouldn’t allow this just because the new regime starts letting American businesses exploit their country. That would be terrible and hasn’t happened before because it’s so against our expressed values. Certainly our Most American President wouldn’t be the first!!

Just the US setting up another proxy country in SA

Don’t we have to wait a year to vote for another president?

US oil companies are back in control of Venezuela oilfields.

I’m guessing the CIA is dictating all this. She was given an offer she couldn’t refuse.

And this week on the next invasion buggaloo

If only Machado got her way, Israel could be invading Venezuela instead of Lebanon.

What about that Diosdado Caballo guy

A couple of things to note: 1) The Iranian leadership has been following the events in Venezuela with keen interest. What happened in Venezuela almost exactly tracks what happened in Iran in the 1950s when the CIA engineered the coup d’état of the Mossadegh government. The only difference was that Mossadegh was popular in Iran. 2) If the events in Venezuela are not handled carefully, it may become another Iran in a few decades, similar to what happened in 1979. Instead of a Muslim theocracy, we may have something similar to Cuba. Time will tell.

Aren't they all related 🤔

I see corruption still runs deep

You mean like we can start offing people after sundown?

meet the new dictator. same as the old dictator.

>Now, the people who kept him in power are being purged gradually and inconspicuously. Some have been fired or detained, and others are anxiously looking over their shoulders, worried they might be next. >Oligarchs close to Mr. Maduro’s family have been snatched from their homes. His political allies have been summarily removed from their posts. His relatives have been sidelined from business deals and barred from media appearances. This is a good thing. The oligarchs who kept Maduro in power are pure evil.

Let's see if they finally learn their lesson. I recall arguing with people on Facebook when Chavez came into power and Venezuelans defended him saying he was going to change things. I told them exactly what would happen, and they told me I didn't know shit because I don't live there.  I know I'll be downvoted and I don't give a shit. I want my "I told you so" moment. Maybe some of them will see this.  And yes, we are in a similar boat in the US. My fellow Americans had to find out the hard way too. Let's see if we learn our lesson this time too. 

There’s a reason they’re using the term Purge, like Stalin she’s just asserting her power and solidifying her control, especially with Maduro not dead.