TWO OPPOSITION LEADERS AND VENEZUELA HAD THEIR HOMES RATED
AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY.
FAMILY MEMBERS
ARE NOT CERTAIN WHERE
THEY WERE TAKEN OR WHAT THEIR FATE WILL BE, BUT THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS SAFETY.
THESE ARE TWO
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY VOCAL IN THEIR
OPPOSITION TO MADURO.
THE RAIDS TOOK PLACE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE
NIGHT.
WE HAVE A VIDEO OF THE SITUATION.
FAMILY MEMBERS FOUND
IT.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO WATCH BUT WE WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
>> THAT WAS THE SOUND OF THE JURY COMING IN ON MADURO.
NOW WE
KNOW WHAT HE WAS ALL ABOUT.
YESTERDAY WE HAD A LONG
DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW IN THE PAST THERE WAS A LOT OF PROPAGANDA
DONE AGAINST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
BUT WE PRESENTED SOME
SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE AS TO WHY HE WAS DICTATORIAL, IT WAS NOT
JUST A VICTIM OF PROPAGANDA.
HE IS MAKING IT COMPLETELY OBVIOUS
WHAT HE IS UP TO.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T EVER ARREST SOMEONE
THAT IS IN POLITICS.
I WOULD HAVE PUSHED FOR INVESTIGATIONS
OF THE TORTURE THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DID.
BUT THERE IS
A PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH.
YOU GO THROUGH AN IMPORTANT AND
UNBIASED PROCESS-
>>YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE INCREDIBLY FRAUDULENT ELECTION
THAT TOOK A PLACE.
ESSENTIALLY NICHOLAS MADURO WANTED A DO AWAY
WITH THE REMAINING LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT CHECKS HIS POWER.
HE
WANTED TO REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW ASSEMBLY WHICH WOULD HAVE
THE POWER TO REWRITE THE 1999 CONSTITUTION.
ON SUNDAY THE
GOVERNMENT DID HOLD THAT CONTROVERSIAL VOTE.
THEY ARE
PRO-MADURO INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY DO THEIR BIDDING.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS RESPONDED TO THAT IN THE FORM OF
SANCTIONS.
I THINK SANCTIONS IN SOME CASES WORK, IN THIS CASE IT
IS A MIXED BAG.
WHILE THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES THAT MADURO WILL
FACE, THE REALITY IS THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SUFFER THE MOST ARE THE
INNOCENT PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA WHO ARE ALREADY GOING HUNGRY.
>> OUR REACTION IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO SOLVE.
THERE IS NO EASY
ANSWER, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME RESPONSE BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY
NOT RIGHT.
IT IS AN AFFRONT AND PERHAPS IN ABOLITION OF
DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA.
IF YOU'RE JUDGING MADURO ON THESE
ACTIONS, YOU SHOULD, WE DID.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE WILL BE
PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT VENEZUELA AS IF WE ARE HIGH AND MIGHTY.
AND
HAVE A SANCTIMONIOUS OPINION OF THEM.
THE REALITY IS HERE IN THE
US WE HAD A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THAT WAS CHANTING ABOUT
THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS, LOCK HER UP ñ AND WHEN TRUMP DID NOT
LOCK UP HILLARY CLINTON AFTER THE ELECTION A LOT OF HIS
SUPPORTERS WERE OUTRAGED AND SAID HE HAD BETRAYED THE
CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
PRESUMABLY THEY WOULD'VE LOVED TO THIS.
SO
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO THROW TOO MANY STONES WHEN OUR
HOUSE IS PARTIALLY MADE OF GLASS.
DON'T GET ME WRONG WE
SHOULD CONDEMN IT, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO FIX HER OWN MESS AND NOT
FALL INTO THESE SITUATIONS.
AND FINALLY AS RIGHT-WINGERS THEY
ARE LIKE OH OF COURSE THIS IS WHAT SOCIALISM IS.
THERE ARE
SOCIALIST DEMOCRACIES ALL OVER EUROPE THAT WORKED PERFECTLY
WELL.
MOST OF THEM RANK AT THE VERY TOP ON THE HAPPINESS SCALE
IN TERMS OF HOW WELL THEIR ECONOMY IS DOING, STANDARD OF
LIVING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
THIS IS NOT SOCIALISM,
IRONICALLY IT IS FASCISM.
THEY ARE GRABBING ALL THE POWER AND
NOW CONTROL THE ENTIRE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND HAVE
ARRESTED ALL THEIR OPPONENTS.
>> THERE WERE A LOT OF MISTAKES MADE IN THE WAY THEY STRUCTURED
THEIR ECONOMY.
OVERSPENDING WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE COMPONENTS.
WANTING TO TAKE CARE OF THE POOR IS A GOOD THING.
BUT I THINK
UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT FORESEE THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT CAME TO OIL PRICES AND HOW THEY FLUCTUATE.
THEY RELIED
WAY TOO MUCH ON OIL AND IMPORTING THINGS RATHER THAN
MANUFACTURING THINGS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
THERE WERE SO MANY
DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT PLAYED A ROLE INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO CRITICISM TOWARDS THE
PEOPLE, THIS IS ALL ABOUT A GOVERNMENT THAT WAS
IRRESPONSIBLE AND PROCEEDED TO COMPOUND THEIR PROBLEMS.
>>70% OF VENEZUELANS ARE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS CERTAINLY
NOT ON THEM FOR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO THEM.
THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO WHAT WENT WRONG IN VENEZUELA.
ONE IS ACTUALLY HOW THEY APPLIED SOCIALISM IN THIS CASE WHERE
THEY DID PRICE CONTROLS.
RICHARD NIXON DID PRICE CONTROLS HERE IN
AMERICA, HE WAS REPUBLICAN.
AND THERE ARE VARYING DEGREES OF
SOCIALISM AND THEY DON'T DO PRICE CONTROLS AND OTHER
SOCIALISM COUNTRIES.
BUT THAT DOES LEAN SOCIALIST, I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
BUT CRITICISM OF THAT IS
FAIR.
THEN THERE IS INCOMPETENT MISMANAGEMENT.
BUT LOOK AT OUR
WHITE HOUSE.
MADURO AND CHAVEZ TO SOME DEGREE DEFINITELY
BUNGLED HOW THEY HANDLED OIL AND THE ECONOMY.
THE THIRD COMPONENT
IS THE DICTATORIAL PART WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
IN FACT THIS IS A PLAYBOOK RIGHT OUT OF
PUTIN AND ERDOGAN.
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