Venezuela’s Guaido Seeks Military Aid for Regime Change

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1. The moron Guiado openly conspires with the US for military action against Venezuela. If he is inside the country why doesn’t the government arrest him for treason? Put him on trial, convict, and execute him.

   1. He claims he IS the government.

      1. No he does not. Get your facts straight.

         1. Guaido claims to be the “interim president” of Venezuela. That’s a fact. It’s straight.

            Guaido also claims that the National Assembly, rather than the Constituent Assembly, is the legitimate legislature of Venezuela. That’s a fact. It’s straight.

            Venezuela has two conflicting apparatuses claiming to be its “legitimate government.” That’s a fact. It’s straight.

            So, why doesn’t Maduro just have Guaido arrested? There are a few possibilities, any or all of which may be true.

            One possibility is that he believes arresting Guaido could tip the balance toward direct intervention by Guaido’s backers/sponsors (the US), and wants to avoid that.

            Another possibility is that Guaido has sufficient support among the public that the outcome of arresting Guaido would be a civil war, and wants to avoid that (not necessarily because he believes he’d lose it — it’s a bad thing whether he wins OR loses).

            A third possibility is that Guaido’s support is dying on the vine and that Maduro knows all he has to do is wait things out to bring the matter to an end.

            There might be other possibilities.

      2. An opportunity to execute an entire government with one bullet? Please, Tom, my nipples can only get so hard.

   2. And your a moron for not understanding what your talking about.

      1. Two “yours”?

      2. What/how is he not understanding? (Are you Venezuelan?)

   3. He has political Immunity and cannot be arrested since he was elected to the National Assembly.

      1. The constituent assembly claimed to have stripped him of his legislative immunity three weeks ago.

         So the only way he has that immunity is if the legislative assembly, not the constituent assembly, is the “legitimate” legislature.

         And if the legislative assembly is the “legitimate” legislature, then Guaido is the “legitimate” (interim) president.

         So I doubt that it’s his claim to legislative immunity that’s stopping Maduro from arresting him.

   4. “…why doesn’t the government arrest him for treason?”

      That’s the question. Maduro clearly has the power to arrest the strutting little monkey, so he must have made a decision not to. Why?

      Well one thing, since Guaido himself represents no “kinetic” threat to Maduro — the US, not Guaido, is the threat — not arresting Guaido is an act of confidence, a confirmation of Maduro’s strength and authority — and Guaido’s impotence — while simultaneously poking Bolton, Pompeo, Abrams, the US & Trump in the eye.

      As Stalin once said about opposition by the Pope, “How many divisions does the Pope have?”

      How many divisions does Guaido have? Exactly.

      So how does this theater of the absurd play out? Russia, China, Cuba, Bolivia, and Iran — the opponents of US hegemony — support Maduro. While every time I read about this farcical “mail-order coup” in the MSM — NYT, Wapo, Reuters, etc — they say “Guaido is recognized as the President of Venezuela by over 50 western nations”, while mum’s the word about the other 146 UN member states.

      Stay tuned.

2. Gone are the good old days when you could round up your opponents and arrest them as Enemies of the People and after a mass trial the executions would begin. Of course, Guaido might do well at a labor camp working to repair Venezuela’s power grid problems. I hear the deep jungle is a wonderful aid in reviewing one’s life choices.

   1. Sure you could move to Russia or some other dictatorship and live your dream

      1. Let me guess: You’re — note the correct usage — one of those “Maduro is a “Brutal Dictator” ™
         Kool-Aid drinkers?

   2. Maduro has no need to “round up” Guido and his mob, they are essentially irrelevant in Venezuelan Politics. They may get allot of American headlines but Guido is seen as a stooge by the electorate.
      Maduro does (as all democracies do) have an opposition and they are the real focus for him. Maduro usually take 55% of the popular vote with the remaining 45% going to opposition parties.

3. “It may ultimately be that Guaido would’ve found it faster to actually run for the office of president…”

   But then he’d actually have to ***WIN*** the election, and that was never going to happen.

   As with the last US election, it’s not about liking and wanting a candidate, so much as NOT wanting the alternative. The Venezuelans may not be head-over-heels in love with Maduro — though some are — but rather that a significant majority support The Bolivarian Revolution (Chavismo), and want nothing to do with “going back” to a banana republic, petro-thief oligarchy

   1. On that note, yomama, I’d agree. It certainly may ultimately be that Guaido would’ve found it faster to actually run for the office of president.” But then he’d actually have to **WIN** the election, and as you said, that was never going to happen.
      Just as with the last US presidential election, it’s not about liking and wanting a candidate, so much as NOT wanting the alternative. The Venezuelans may not be head-over-heels in love with Maduro .. though some are .. but rather that a significant majority support the Bolivarian Revolution, and want nothing to do with the “going back” to a banana republic, petro-thief oligarchy.

4. I understand Guido has amassed a fortune in the USA thanks to Washington ceasing much of Venezuela’s assets. I think that is his fall back position “retire to Miami”.

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