Out of Pod Experience

Every country has their problems, but I need someone from the outside to see this before they drop down the videos, as has been happening since the past few days ...

I have even seen pictures removed from Imgur ...

Peaceful Venezuelan students get shot by members of the Government P1 , if you see the video you can our our National Guard trying to dissuade the Pro-Government armed squads called "Tupamaros". As people screamed for a Free Venezuela.

This is a shorter one where all you can hear is the Gunshots

I had friends and family in that concentration. They were all unarmed. What happened there was real.

There are also some members of the Military imprisoned, and even here in Panama last night you could hear the banging of pots as our traditional method of protesting against the current Govt of Venezuela.

There are also pictures of how the govt used Military personnel to burn ballot boxes and tamper them

Have to use CNN since some local news outlets have been taken down since yesterday.

Edit: More Venezuelan Protesters, peacefully singing our national Anthem in front of the CNE

EDIT 2: A video showing WHAT happened yesterday in the Capital ... The world is in Chaos in our country.

Well maybe after North Korea , America can start bringing "democracy" to Venezuela .
Or the crime lords can have some human decency and do something ... (doh well )

Pretty much ... I have tons of pictures being spread mostly around twitter of almost everything happening in real time, right now as masses begin to gather in front of the local branches of the CNE (the institution that tallies/manages votes and the whole voting process in the country) to ASK LOUDLY for a vote recount, and the government is herding their own near them looking to spark a conflict and avoid the recount, since all the ballot boxes have been burned/lost.

Tensions are rising and right now, people against the government are on a point of no return. Our current leader Capriles Radonski will either be imprisoned/murdered or be recognized as the TRUE leader of the country, simple as that, no middle ground.

The Oficialism is now using scare tactics and in an attempt to confuse, organizing Pot banging events in FAVOR of the government (pot banging loudly is a common form of protest in Venezuela, the government tries to use it against us to demoralize and sow confusion)

Anyway, Im still hooked to everything happening in my country because my family still lives there and are part of the movement of PEACEFUL protest. The official twitter account of Radonski ( @hcapriles )has been tweeting over and over advocating peace as the Government keeps saying the opposite (even International Observers here have called the Election process due to a recount) , even implying Capriles Radonski is a pawn of foreign powers, he is a homosexual (Chavist Maduro loudly proclaimed his hatred for homosexuals publicly and then had to recant) and even cursing all Venezuelans that dared vote for Capriles Radonski saying they will rot with the curse of "Macarapana"

We are on the brink of Civil War, as there have been some National Guards taking away their uniform and joining the people in the protest against Maduro.

Blood will keep flowing , as it started yesterday. Lots of people even taking this to religious extremes and zealotry is common now on both sides.

A country divided by hatred, run by the Cuban Powers, that was the legacy of Chavez.

WELP!
Syria much?

Our record of 'bringing democracy' to nations in Central and South America is not one to encourage confidence. Even before that criminal SOB Woodrow Wilson, we'd long been incompetent meddlers. We don't understand the local culture, the local history (which is utterly crucial to sorting things out, especially in Latin America), or have the patience to sort it out. Better that we stay 'hands-off' and offer what humanitarian assistance we can.

Some of the issues in Latin America can still be traced back to the war of the Spanish Succession - Most Americans don't even know what that was.

Dictatorial socialists never could tolerate opposition or ever will.

Thank god this isn't happening in southern Europe... and hopefully won't descend into this madness.

To quote Bill Maher "North Korea and Venezuela need to be extra careful, as America is dangerously close to not being in a war right now".

And so , one chapter closes.

The government has been forced to recognize there will be a recount.

The tensions remain, but most of the detainees have been released and calm is slowly coming back.

We will see how things develop, but never underestimate the power of a well orchestrated movement.





Image of the day for future reference.

Former President Pastrana sent a public letter than really made a lot of Colombians angry at the current president (google can translate that quite easily)

Look, this might sound shady, but word on the street is that Santos made a deal with Chavez a few years back, when they were both in the house of our Libertador, Simon Bolivar (our George Washington to give newcomers reference) and they made a pact there. Chavez would keep the Guerrillas out of their country (Colombia since Chavez reforms has grown and boomed and is a much more stable country now since most guerrilla members after being weakened in Colombia were received with open arms in Venezuela) and Santos would support him Internationally.

I could cite and quote several news that show the thread and more or less, everyone down here understands the "pact", and is not such a secret that the WORLD knows Chavez harbored terrorists and Guerrilla Warriors.

If for some reason Canada decided to harbor all local ingrained Paramilitary members of USA and several other social undesirables hard to root out, I dont see why the President there would say "No, omg why ?" . Well, same thing happened between Colombia and Venezuela.

No surprise there from Santos. But for instance, Panama´s president declined to acknowledge Maduro, and the letter sent from Panama to Venezuela was not signed nor official. Even the diplomatic attaché that sent it was fired, it caused quite a stir here in Panama.

In short, only people that supported Maduro are those with KEEN interests in FREE OIL and FAVORS.

You know, despite all of these tragedies in my country, I always get amazed at how Venezuelans take everything with a HEALTHY dose of humor, seen as bordering on the insane by people from the outside.

From Magic the Gathering cards depicting members of the government that are banned from tourney play for being practical "cheats" , prominent comedians reenacting moments of our history during the Colony live to prove a point that none of us are really white european bourgeois but more a mixed population and now :

THIS ... Thats the voice of opposition leader Capriles Radonski telling people to vent their anger banging their pots with "arrechera" (anger) , now Remixed for your hearing pleasure. A top hit in some radio stations

Man I really miss my weird humorous tribe, even when faced with danger, death, starvation, poverty or pain oblivion, one of us will find a whacky way to make others smile in total irreverence of the status quo.

(small patriotic tear of laughter)

Youtube Video of Los Cacerolistas Remix