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Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela

Rogue Valley

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Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela

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Venezuelan doctors demand that President Nicolas Maduro open the blocked International Bridge Tienditas.

2/10/19
CUCUTA, Colombia – Venezuelan doctors protested Sunday at the entrance to a bridge blocked by their nation's military to demand that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter, as opposition leader Juan Guaido acknowledged the conflict over the food and medical supplies could lead to clashes. Carrying a giant Venezuelan flag, about two dozen doctors in white coats called on the military to remove a tanker and two cargo containers blocking the Tienditas International Bridge where humanitarian aid provided by the United States is being stored. The doctors protested on the Colombia side of the border, saying they would face repercussions for holding a similar demonstration on the Venezuelan side. Dr. Katia Diaz, a psychiatrist, said that each day aid sits waiting for transport into Venezuela represents one more day in which patient lives are at risk. "Those containers represent the arrogance of a dictator," she said. "It lays bare the lack of humanity, of compassion for the pain of our people." President Nicolas Maduro has vowed not to let the supplies pass, saying Venezuela isn't a nation of beggars. He contends the food, hygiene kits and emergency medical gear are part of a larger ploy by the United States to remove him from power.
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Western and South American governments have pre-positioned medical supplies and foodstuffs for Venezuela in five South American countries.

Nicolas Maduro will not allow such aid into his impoverished country. Sick and starving people are pliant people.
 
Harshaw said:
WTH does that mean?
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Since 2012 over half the doctors have abandoned their people, so as a group their hero status is pretty much nonexistent.

Did you understand this time?
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Since 2012 over half the doctors have abandoned their people, so as a group their hero status is pretty much nonexistent.

Did you understand this time?
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No, I figured that was what you meant. I simply had hoped otherwise.

Wow.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela

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Venezuelan doctors demand that President Nicolas Maduro open the blocked International Bridge Tienditas.



Western and South American governments have pre-positioned medical supplies and foodstuffs for Venezuela in five South American countries.

Nicolas Maduro will not allow such aid into his impoverished country. Sick and starving people are pliant people.
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USA policies have made those sick and starving people. The USA is trying to destabillize Venezuela as a False Flag to initiate a coup d'etat. SOP for USA/CIA. Maduro would be a fool to let them in. The above photo is a stage managed Narrative.
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DaveFagan said:
USA policies have made those sick and starving people. The USA is trying to destabillize Venezuela as a False Flag to initiate a coup d'etat. SOP for USA/CIA. Maduro would be a fool to let them in. The above photo is a stage managed Narrative.
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Ummmm….No.

I mean you are entitled to your opinion, of course. But absent a factual basis for your allegations it would appear that the policies of the Socialist government in Venezuela have led to the problems we see the Venezuelan people are experiencing.
 
DaveFagan said:
USA policies have made those sick and starving people. The USA is trying to destabillize Venezuela as a False Flag to initiate a coup d'etat. SOP for USA/CIA. Maduro would be a fool to let them in. The above photo is a stage managed Narrative.
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As usual, our CIA conspiricist arrives to straighten everyone out. Maduro is beautiful.
 
DaveFagan said:
Maduro would be a fool to let them in. The above photo is a stage managed Narrative.
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The international bridge that Maduro has blocked. This is what the Venezuelan doctors demand be opened. In the background is the passport station and Columbia where critical supplies for Venezuela await.

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The story about the blocked bridge has a problem - the bridge in the the photos, here and elsewhere, has never been a functioning bridge.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : The Tienditas Bridge 'Blockade'

Let’s assume that Venezuela did indeed place the containers where they are. The photo was taken from Colombia, looking into Venezuela.

There’s something that doesn’t add up. It looks like the fence, in front of the containers, was erected by Colombia. The fence supports are on the Colombian side, and four concrete blocks also sit on the Colombian side of the fence. So was the bridge really blocked by Venezuela, or was it actually blocked by Colombia?

The photo was uploaded in June 2017. Tienditas Bridge, reported throughout the media as blocked by Venezuela this week, has in fact been blocked for at least 18 months!
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There is also a Wikipedia article on Tienditas Bridge (in Spanish). It says of the bridge (translated to English with Google Translate):
It was concluded in early 2016, but due to the crisis between Venezuela and Colombia in 2015 and the border closure of Venezuela the bridge has not been officially opened.
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Google Maps Puente Binacional Tienditas
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I am not excusing Maduro's oppression of the Venezuelan people. He does need to go. Unfortunately, it looks like a push, "using fake news", is being made for American military intervention into the country and that will not end well for America or Venezuela or Colombia.
 
Venezuelan doctors protested Sunday at the entrance to a bridge blocked by their nation's military to demand that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter
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Well, yeah. Did anyone need to be told that Venezuelan doctors are indeed of that mind?
 
Somerville said:
The story about the blocked bridge has a problem - the bridge in the the photos, here and elsewhere, has never been a functioning bridge.
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Are you suggesting this bridge could not be opened now ... to allow humanitarian goods waiting in Columbia to enter into Venezuela?
 
Rogue Valley said:
As usual, our CIA conspiricist arrives to straighten everyone out. Maduro is beautiful.
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Maduro is the DEMOCRATICALLY elected leader of a Soveriegn Nation wiht lots of OIL.
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DaveFagan said:
Maduro is the DEMOCRATICALLY elected leader of a Soveriegn Nation wiht lots of OIL.
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Maduro sundered his presidency when Venezuelans began to die of malnourishment.
 
Rogue Valley said:
The international bridge that Maduro has blocked. This is what the Venezuelan doctors demand be opened. In the background is the passport station and Columbia where critical supplies for Venezuela await.

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The Democratically elected President of Venezuela has blocked the supply lines for insurrectionist equipment. If the USA was going ot help Venezuela, it would not have applied sanctions in 2017 and attempted to cripple an economy in difficulty and starve the people.
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My son lives in Medellin, Colombia. Their Venezuelan refugee population has soared dramatically of course. The military in Venezuela are openly robbing, looting and raping in Vzla. Those in Colombia wonder if Trump would dare to go against Putin and take some sort of military action in Venezuela. The Russians have been deeply involved in the politics of Venezuela since Hugo Chavez was installed as the Venezuelan puppet president. They're not going anywhere. They're poised to take control of those richest oil fields in the world that lay offshore. Putin wants to keep Maduro right where he is and so far the military is on his side. Russian long-range nuclear jets flew to Caracas in Dec. in a show of support, but Maduro is worried about the uprisings supported by the West.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Maduro sundered his presidency when Venezuelans began to die of malnourishment.
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If the Venezuelans believe that they will vote him out. The USA/CIA has no business in Venezuela. Face facts. It's about OIL and USA CORPORATISM.
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DaveFagan said:
USA policies have made those sick and starving people. The USA is trying to destabillize Venezuela as a False Flag to initiate a coup d'etat. SOP for USA/CIA. Maduro would be a fool to let them in. The above photo is a stage managed Narrative.
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Why lie?

The damage to the economy was done long before sanctions began.

And now you have Venezuelan doctors "in on it".
 
DaveFagan said:
The Democratically elected President of Venezuela has blocked the supply lines for insurrectionist equipment. If the USA was going ot help Venezuela, it would not have applied sanctions in 2017 and attempted to cripple an economy in difficulty and starve the people.
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Supply lines for insurrectionist equipment?

According to whom?

What equipment?

Citation?


Here is an idea.... Have the Venezuelan military INSPECT THE SHIPMENTS and let the aid through.
 
Fledermaus said:
And Saddam Hussein was elected. As were the Korean Kims.

Why do you defend a dictatorship?
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Who said anything about Korea or Iraq? Maduro democratically elected. Guaido didn't run for President, Henry Falcon did. Guaido is committing sedition in Venezuela and is a CIA stooge. He's a simple fraud being backed by a Nation/s blatantly stealing Venezuelans monies.

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Fledermaus said:
Supply lines for insurrectionist equipment?

According to whom?

What equipment?

Citation?


Here is an idea.... Have the Venezuelan military INSPECT THE SHIPMENTS and let the aid through.
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Face facts. If the USA had any intention to help Venezuelans, it would have helped them instead of sanctioning them.

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