April 6, 2018 By Monica Showalter
Claiming he was just trying to free Josh Holt, a devout young Mormon from Utah held hostage by Venezuela's Maduro regime on phony charges, left-wing Illinois Democratic senator Dick Durbin isn't exactly credible about his real mission in his secret visit to Caracas this past week. Rep. Pete Sessions, a Dallas-based Republican, isn't exactly believable, either, given that he called his secret trip with Durbin "a peace mission" to Caracas last week....
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The country is a socialist hellhole. It's run by the Castro crime family of Havana, not a one of whom intends to leave power any time soon, and the Castroites have a track record of clinging to power for decades. They've cheated in elections to maintain their grip on power, they've co-opted Western useful idiots to sing their praises, they've hoodwinked Jimmy Carter to declare their elections free and fair, and they have used the absolute power they illegally seized to drive ten percent of their country into exile while making beggars of the rest. Their currency is garbage. They're out of money – to the point where even their consulates are being evicted for non-payment of rent abroad. They've driven out their foreign investors – to the point that not even the Russians and Chinese want to touch them – and the meltdown has no end in sight. Most top Venezuelan officials are under sanctions for things like dealing drugs and money-laundering, while neighboring Brazil and Colombia are trying to board the doors as a mass exodus builds............Read more
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