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Why would one go to Venezuela in his situation? What am I missing here? Or is that just a transit location towards Ecuador?
by angerman 13y ago
Why would one go to Venezuela in his situation? What am I missing here? Or is that just a transit location towards Ecuador?
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- jzwinck 13y agoVenezuela's recent former president, Hugo Chávez, was broadly and openly against the United States. His successor is relatively untested, having been in office only two months. If Snowden stays in Venezuela, it could be an interesting gauge of sentiment there. In any case, there's not much of a working relationship between Venezuela and the US, which is desirable for Snowden.
- angerman 13y agoThanks. That kind of explains things a little, I did remember Hugo Chavez being quite vocal against the US. But was under the impression that the new government was less vocal in that regard. I guess I'm wrong. And probably Mr. Snowden would be the one to know.
- _delirium 13y agoThe new government does seem to be less vocal so far. But the person who (narrowly) won the last election was Chavez's preferred successor, so there hasn't been a major change in policies. I think it's still an open question how their policies will developer longer-term.
- jzwinck 13y agoIn March, Maduro accused the US of trying to kill his opponent in the bid for President, right after accusing the US of giving Chávez cancer that led to the seat being empty in the first place. Some US politicians asked for a recount after the Venezuelan election, as has become customary. There was no recount. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/17/us-venezuela-election-idUSBRE92G0AR20130317 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/17/us-venezuela-elect... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/12/world/americas/venezuela-chavez-death-investigation/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/12/world/americas/venezuela-c...
- pitiburi 13y agoPlease correct yourself. There was a recount, and it ended up showing there was no irregularities. And No, it is not a partisan opinion. Unless you think Jimmy Carter and hundreds of other organizations controlling the vote AND the recount are part of a communist plot.
- thepumpkin1979 13y agoWhat recount? I'm Venezuelan, there was no recount.
- cjfont 13y agoThere was no recount, at least not one that would be considered acceptable by most standards. If I'm wrong please provide a link.
- paradoja 13y agohttp://www.lanacion.com.ar/1577180-venezuela-cuenta-otra-vez-los-votos-pero-no-como-pide-capriles http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1577180-venezuela-cuenta-otra-vez...
- cjfont 13y agoWould you accept an audit conducted behind closed doors, which for unknown reasons did not include the electoral notebooks uniquely identifying each voter, for an election that had more than 3,200 irregularities[1] including instances of individuals attempting to vote multiple times? I wouldn't, and I'm not sure Jimmy Carter would either. [1] http://rt.com/news/venezuela-presidential-election-results-853/ http://rt.com/news/venezuela-presidential-election-results-8...
- raverbashing 13y agoBut the current government is extremely fragile having against them both pro and anti Chavez groups
- thepumpkin1979 13y agoThe problem is not whether the government is fragile or not, is whether Russia will stand for Venezuela at the end. I'm Venezuelan and I can be sure that the government has enough problems right now to be in War or anything like that with USA. Russia would be a better place to stay.
- pekk 13y agoYou seriously think the US will start a WAR with Venezuela? On account of Snowden?
- wavefunction 13y agoThe US is not going to go to war with Venezuela. Obama is having enough problems getting a war with Syria going for that to happen.
- tome 13y agoSeems like he's actually anti-US, rather than just pro-US-citizen.
- pyvpx 13y agoyeah, these days any one promoting the Constitution and the values contained therein are anti-US /s
- a3n 13y agoI was stationed at Pearl Harbor fairly far back in the previous century. There was a group of protesters just outside one of the gates, doing nothing but handing out copies of the Constitution to people leaving the base. They were arrested for trespassing, as they were standing on usgov property. But they were really arrested because they were making trouble. No, I don't remember their affiliation or what they were trying to accomplish. Maybe they actually were just troublemakers, which has never been against the law but which will always attract a smackdown.
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- yeezus 13y agoBecause they have no extradition treaty with the US. That's why George Clooney fled there.