CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states.

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Venezuela’s government, in the statement, called on its supporters to take to the streets.

“People to the streets!” the statement said. “The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack.”

The statement added that President Nicolás Maduro had “ordered all national defense plans to be implemented” and declared “a state of external disturbance.” That state of emergency gives him the power to suspend people’s rights and expand the role of the armed forces.

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    . In October 2023, the administration of Joe Biden temporarily lifted some U.S. sanctions on the oil, gas and gold industries in exchange for the promise of the release of political prisoners and free 2024 elections.[3][4] Most of the sanctions were reimposed in April when the U.S. State Department said the Barbados Agreement to hold free elections had not been fully honored

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions_during_the_Venezuelan_crisis

    Gaddafi was killed by his own people for being a dictator.

    Technically correct but there is the Hillary quote.

    Democrats are no saints. I asked for a reason why Harris wouldn’t order the attack. Evading that question like this suggests that she would have given the order.

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      Once again, you cannot prove a negative. No one is evading your question, your question is just irrelevant because of fucks that didn’t vote for her because Gaza. We will never know what she would have done, and what she would have done does not matter now, because of protest voters and Trumpers (which are effectively the same thing in this case, and both are complicit in everything that has happened in the past year). If Kamala were elected, and she did this, I’d be just as fucking upset. But we will never know that she would order this kidnapping.

      I’m not stupid, and I would argue that no one here is saying democrats are “saints”. I’m not sure where you’re getting that idea.

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        If we can’t say what she would have done then the entire discussion doesn’t matter.

        NONE OF THIS SHIT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF KAMALA HAD WON.