• Venezuelan parliament declares that Maduro has carried out a coup d'etat.
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[quote][img]https://i.imgur.com/LRPiVss.jpg[/img] In a special session, congressmen said he had broken constitutional law and carried out a coup d'etat. The move came days after officials blocked a popular vote on removing Mr Maduro from power. Ruling party officials accuse the opposition of fraud while collecting signatures needed for the referendum. During the rowdy session in Congress, [B]which was interrupted by government supporters bursting into the chamber[/B], the opposition majority leader Julio Borges accused Mr Maduro of breaking the law by not allowing the popular vote to take place. [/quote] [B][U]Source:[/U][/B] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37747849[/url] The Venezuelan Parliament, on which the opposition has a supermajority, has finally declared that the constitutional order in Venezuela has been broken, and that president Maduro, the Venezuelan Supreme Court, and the National Electoral Council are all holding office illegitimately. Whether they're doing this far too late is yet to be seen. The truth is that Venezuela is now undeniably a dictatorship, even though I feel like it became a dictatorship 10 years ago, but at least there's no longer any doubt.
I would hazard a guess this is the part where the country really starts going down hill.
Cavaliers vs. Roundheads: Round 2
Is there anything really stopping people from ousting him in desperation? I'm honestly surprised the military haven't tried to initiate a coup already given there were reports of soldiers stealing food because of a lack of rations.
Honestly unless people finally stop sitting on their ass all day and actually do something against the government ( that's not a useless cacerolazo or a "Pacific protest" ) we are still fucked people have been killed. Shot and even worse in Pacific protest yet they still do nothing
So what happens now?
[QUOTE=Sgt.Kickass;51252911]So what happens now?[/QUOTE] Basically nothing
[QUOTE=Sgt.Kickass;51252911]So what happens now?[/QUOTE] 1. Maduro steps down and probably arrested. 2. Maduro is forced to step down and arrested. 3. Maduro doesn't step down, revolution kicks in similar from Ukraine in 2013/14, Maduro escaped the country. 4. Maduro doesn't step down, revolution kicks in, he tries to use military force to stop it, civil war starts. 5. Maduro doesn't step down, revolution kicks in, he tries to use military force to stop it, he succeeds and Venezuela becomes North Korea of Latin America. 6. Maduro doesn't step down, opposition just bitches about it but nothing happens. I say, either option 3 or 4 will happen most likely.
[QUOTE=CroGamer002;51253013]1. Maduro steps down and probably arrested. 2. Maduro is forced to step down and arrested. 3. Maduro doesn't step down, revolution kicks in similar from Ukraine in 2013/14, Maduro escaped the country. 4. Maduro doesn't step down, revolution kicks in, he tries to use military force to stop it, civil war starts. 5. Maduro doesn't step down, revolution kicks in, he tries to use military force to stop it, he succeeds and Venezuela becomes North Korea of Latin America. 6. Maduro doesn't step down, opposition just bitches about it but nothing happens. I say, either option 3 or 4 will happen most likely.[/QUOTE] my bet is on 6 tbh, too much pussying around him
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;51252661]Is there anything really stopping people from ousting him in desperation? I'm honestly surprised the military haven't tried to initiate a coup already given there were reports of soldiers stealing food because of a lack of rations.[/QUOTE] Soldiers don't lead coups, generals and officers do. And odds are, generals and officers have it better off than regular soldiers.
I hope it ends with Maduro's skull caved in.
My friend lives in Venezuela. It's pretty fucked up, he didn't have running water or steady income of food for months. He'd go to his Uni and get tear gassed at least once a week, and a good friend of his died in one of the protests. It's hard out there
[QUOTE=Chaseymusica;51253566]My friend lives in Venezuela. It's pretty fucked up, he didn't have running water or steady income of food for months. He'd go to his Uni and get tear gassed at least once a week, and a good friend of his died in one of the protests. It's hard out there[/QUOTE] Damn. I hope things go better for him very soon.
Is Venezuela ever not having a coup?
Pope Francis saves the day? [media]https://twitter.com/AFP/status/790627470810705920[/media]
[QUOTE=smurfy;51254200]Pope Francis saves the day? [media]https://twitter.com/AFP/status/790627470810705920[/media][/QUOTE] The current Nuncio for Venezuela is this guy, [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Giordano"]Aldo Giordano[/URL], so I'm assuming that's who they'll be meeting to talk with.
[QUOTE=smurfy;51254200]Pope Francis saves the day? [media]https://twitter.com/AFP/status/790627470810705920[/media][/QUOTE] John Paul II was a mediator of more then a few negotiations to avoid or end conflicts worldwide. Pope Francis should be no different.
[QUOTE=smurfy;51254200]Pope Francis saves the day? [media]https://twitter.com/AFP/status/790627470810705920[/media][/QUOTE] There is nothing to discuss, Maduro is a dictator, the only thing he gets to decide is on which country do him and his family get to be exiled to.
[QUOTE=Big Bang;51254579]There is nothing to discuss, Maduro is a dictator, the only thing he gets to decide is on which country do him and his family get to be exiled to.[/QUOTE] where do south american dictators go to when they get exiled germany?
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;51254732]where do south american dictators go to when they get exiled germany?[/QUOTE] Russia is a great place for exiled dictators for past 2 decades.
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