Venezuelans launch 2-day strike against Maduro as US slaps sanctions

[Swordsmyth]

Thousands of Venezuelans are rallying against President Nicolas Maduro's regime, and now the United States is joining them. Hours after a national strike gripped Venezuela, the US Treasury Department announced it is slapping sanctions against 13 current or former Venezuelan government officials on Wednesday

More at: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/26/am...ike/index.html

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[r3volution 3.0]

The sanctions are probably a mistake, just give the Maduroviks another excuse for the economic catastrophe they've caused.

[Pauls' Revere]

Today Venezuela votes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/w...-assembly.html

Under the rules of the vote, the constituent assembly would take the reins of the country within 72 hours of being officially certified, though it is unclear to most people what would happen after that.

Some politicians have already suggested that governorships and mayors be replaced with “communal councils.” Top members of Mr. Maduro’s party have identified Luisa Ortega, the attorney general, who has criticized Mr. Maduro’s crackdown on protesters, as someone to be immediately dismissed.

But many fear that a likely first step will be the abolition of the country’s legislature, a tactic first used by Mr. Chávez when rewriting the Constitution in 1999.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/...view=true&t=23

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Molyneux dialogs with a Venezuelan refugee now in US.