Venezuelan protest overrun by government forces.

[MADem]

18. There are many in VZ who truly don't give a shit about "regime change."

So that's a canard. They just want competent governance and they don't care if it comes from a Bolivarian or someone else--it's more about basic needs, not politics. If you paid attention to what people are saying in the demos you would see that. There are some, from within and without, certainly, who wouldn't mind it at all, but that's not the focus at this stage. The demonstrations aren't about "Down With Maduro, Throw Him Out" they are about "Where is the milk, bread, eggs, chickens, beef, flour, basic cleaning supplies, soap, toilet paper, other household necessities? Why do we stand in line for three hours for rationed items that are often gone before we are allowed in?"



And it's not "the toilet paper touch"--there are shortages of everything, everywhere. They stand in line for hours, like in Cuba, because Maduro doesn't pay his bills and they will not give him any more credit. The toilet paper is "made in VZ" and oddly enough, it can be found on shelves in central America--but not at home. So what's up with that? Of course the bulk of the OAS is going to back Maduro--they want their oil and he's the supplier.

Would you like to be 1,832 in line for basic foodstuffs, like flour or milk?


Line to get in the movies? NO--this is a line to buy milk at the HyperJumbo: