8.5.19

U.S. Sanctions or Bombs

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     After facing economic sanctions by the U. S., Venezuelan General Christopher Figuera has defected from the Nicolas Maduro government to the U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. U. S. Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement at the State Department Tuesday, May 7th. Pence also repeated that "all options are on the table" to ensure the end of the Maduro regime, meaning U. S. military operations -- especially if it assumes that Russia and China will both sit on the sidelines after being assured their financial investments in Venezuela will be honored AFTER the regime-change.
    As with Israeli warplanes striking Gaza in recent days {above} or with Saudi Arabian warplanes pounding Yemen, top-of-the-line U. S. military assets are given or sold to nations considered U.S.-friendly. In the Venezuelan conundrum, such countries as Brazil and Colombia may likewise be at the forefront of any Venezuela military exercise.
   After General Figuera defected from Maduro, VP Mike Pence said the U. S. immediately lifted the sanctions against him and said others still under sanctions would be treated similarly. Recently the U.S.-backed Venezuela opposition had accused Figuera of "gross abuse and torture" violations, which induced the U. S. to sanction Figuera in the first place. Obviously, switching sides takes care of the accusations.
    The key to Maduro's continued survival in Venezuela is Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino. Last week both Miami and Washington as well as opposition leader Guaido were all convinced Padrino was defecting and therefore it was believed Maduro's reign was over. But Padrino responded by standing beside Maduro and proclaiming that the bulk of the Venezuelan military would remain loyal to the government and they were not "mercenaries to be bought by dollars."
   As long as the U.S.-trained {at Fort Benning} Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino remains loyal to the embattled President Maduro, the Venezuelan stalemate's longevity may continue to surprise Latin American experts, but any such prospects remain precarious.
   Meanwhile, Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaido admits he would welcome U. S. military action on his behalf, which has prompted President Nicolas Maduro to deepen his dependence on the Russia military to keep him in power.
    Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel fully realizes that his island is caught in the middle as the Venezuelan standoff features the world's two prime nuclear powers -- the United States and Russia. The Trump-led USA has assured Counter Revolutionary Cubans that the Venezuelan situation is the excuse they have needed to finally execute the regime-change in Cuba. Already, in fact, the activation of Title 3 of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act has severely exacerbated the U. S. embargo that has stifled Cuba's economy since 1962. President Diaz-Canel's Tweet shown above addressed the harm the extremely cruel Title 3 guidelines are causing as Cuba struggles to take care of its people. This Tweet says, "I want to go ahead today and congratulate you Cuban women, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, companions, Cuban heroines of resistance, creators and illuminators of life. Congratulations and thanks. Together we are Cuba and FMC Congress."
   In Cuba this week new billboards like this are reminding the people that the latest sanctions by the USA are reducing the government's ability to provide free educations through college for students like these, along with additional Cuban reductions in free universal health care, electrical power, and food supplies. This billboard says, "Against my school, we do not understand." Of course, decent democracy-loving Americans also don't understand how the Trump administration gets away with such genocidal actions in Cuba, but it is obvious it can, much to the delight of a handful of Counter Revolutionary zealots and profiteers in Miami, Newark, and Washington.
      Is this one of the phone calls Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido made to Miami or Washington requesting U. S. military help to oust Maduro? Some observers believe it was, but some don't.
     Meanwhile, many Cubans on the island are wondering if the Revolution can survive the Trump administration without its "Eternal Commander" who died at age 90 on Nov. 25-2016. Other Cubans are wondering what Fidel Castro would be thinking now if he were still alive. But one thing is for sure: Most Cubans on the island believe it is still Fidel's Revolution and still Fidel's Cuba. All the while...most Americans are told and convinced...that most Cubans on the island...prefer a return of the U.S.-backed Batista-Lucky Luciano regime that the Eternal Commander booted off the island way back on January 1, 1959.
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