Starving the country: A Maduro Strategy?

 It is difficult to understand if the Maduro Regime’s strategy is to starve the Venezuelan people and keep them in a state of desperation or is the Regime’s ignorance causing the chaotic lack of food and consumer products?

The inept regime persists in ignoring the drama that Venezuelans are living. This is causing waves of violence from people waiting in long lines for hours to purchase chicken and other basic products?

In July, there were more than a dozen cases of looting trucks that were transporting milk, chicken, and other products. The Government has created a state of instability and desperation that people have taken it upon themselves to steal what ever they can without regards to reprisals.

The use of starvation has been the tactic of other dictators throughout history. The most recent case is the Bashar Al-Assad in Syria. He controls the distribution of food and other necessities and has created chaos, causing a Civil War that  claimed more than 200,000 lives.

In North Korea dictator Kim Jong II kept the country poor and desperately hungry for two decades. u The tragedy continued after his death with his son Kim in the 90’s, killing millions, and continues today under the ruthless and inexperienced Kim Jung-un.

In the Soviet Union Joseph Stating used similar tactics in the Ukraine, creating famine to destroy an estimated 7,000,000 people.

Nicolas Maduro is going that same route in Venezuela today.  People are desperate and the government insists on blaming the Opposition and everyone else except themselves. It makes you wonder if this chaos is not orchestrated by the regime to keep people so preoccupied with finding food while the regime perpetuates it’s grip on the country.

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Master of Distraction

While Venezuela deepens and deepens into an abysm of economic depression, and devastating lack of products and an out of control delinquency,  Nicolas Maduro came to the United Nations with a large entourage to discuss the disagreement with Guyana in an effort to distract the UN and the rest of the world. Under any circumstance we minimize the protecting of the Venezuelan land, but the situation in Venezuela is so critical and hungry is spreading like a wild fire that is prompting people through out the country to breaking into food storage places, an supermarkets desperate to find food. Maduro who lacks respect for the Venezuelan continues accusing the opposition of wedging an economic war to tumble the government.  Everyone knows that is Maduro’s government who has got a tied control of the dollar in Venezuelan, restringing the few private companies left continue producing. In the mean time the prices are out of control for the few goods available and the country has fallen into a hyperinflation.

It is very difficult to believe that Venezuela, a rich oil country has its citizen scrambling for food and is forcing people to break the law in this lawless country run by an inept government that has been keen in human right violations and the continues blaming game that Nicolas Maduro inherited from his predecessor Hugo Chavez.

Meanwhile, Venezuelan political prisoners like Leopoldo Lopez, Daniel Ceballo, Antonio Ledezma, as well as many Students are still the victims of this tyrant regime.  This, is in addition to the constant harassment and human right violations against former Assemblywoman, Maria Corina Machado, other opposition leaders and the average citizens. There is no solutions in sight. 

Venezuelans Need a Visa to Visit Cuba

 On July 24, 2015 Conviasa, one of the airlines that provides service from Venezuela to Cuba, announced that Venezuelans will be required to obtain a visa to travel to Island. What has changed?  Did the love affair created by Hugo Chavez with the dictatorial Castro regime ended with the United States decision to lift the Cuban embargo?

Ever since Hugo Chavez started his relations with Cuba, Venezuelans enjoyed visiting the poor, oppressed and dilapidated country of Cuba without the inconvenience of getting a visa.  The new relation between the United States or the “Imperio” as the late Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro calls it, has awaken Cuba to a new reality. Venezuela is a broken country, with no money, damage infrastructure and an out of control delinquency.

 The biggest danger to the rest of the free world is terrorism. Venezuela has opened its door to Hamas, Hezbollah and it is currently the biggest bridge for drug trafficking coming from Colombia to Europe and the United States.

Cuba was removed from the list of countries that sponsored terrorism by the Obama administration, even though many in Congress disagreed with this move. Cuba was placed on this list in 1982, a year after Ronald Reagan was elected president and the discussion over the El Salvador’s civil was on the table. President Reagan’s decision was to stop the Soviet Union from influencing Latin America with the help of  Fidel Castro.

On August 2014 The Congressional Research Service release a study done by Mark P Sullivan Specialist in Latin American Affairs and June S. Beittel, Analyst in Latin American Affairs about "the United States concerns on Venezuela’s lack of cooperation on antiterrorism efforts, its relations with Iran, and the involvement of senior Venezuelan officials in supporting the drug and weapons trafficking activities of the FARC.”


Cuba is now under the watch of the United States and the Castro dictators know well that there is a big discontent among Cuban Americans with the Obama’s decision. The “Imperio” is watching them, and any terroristic activity is bound to jeopardize their future economic success. 

The Maduro Regime's fear

The fear of the Maduro regime is even more apparent today, with the suspension of Assemblywoman Maria Corina Machado from applying for public office for a year.  This move occurred, this past week from the Venezuelan controller.  It is undemocratic and rather pathetic. The most corrupted regime in the history of Venezuela is accusing Machado of failing to account for food vouchers received during her early years in congress.

This decision is aimed to paralyzed Maria Corina Machado, from qualifying for the Venezuelan Parliamentary elections which will be held in Venezuela on December 6, 2015.  The Maduro regime

is afraid of the outcome, due to the terrible economic and social situations that exist in Venezuela today.  Maduro and his cronies are desperately trying to hold on to their power and to silence the opposition leaders who are otherwise likely to be elected.

Maria Corina Machado, an industrial Engineer and the mother of three, was elected to represent Miranda state in 2010 by an overwhelming majority. In 2013 she was physically attacked on the floor of the National Assembly by pro-Chavez individuals, for backing several weeks of nationwide protests against the illegal election of Nicolas Maduro to replace Hugo Chavez. 

National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, who witnessed the attack and did nothing to stop it, accused Maria Corina of inciting violence in which many  protesters and police officers died. 

Diosdado Cabello, currently being nvestigated in the United States as a narco-trafficker, has also accused Maria Corina of treason,  and criminal conspiracy.  

After 16 years of fraudulent elections, corruption, money laundering, drug trafficking, human right violations, and other crimes, the only thing left to get rid of Maduro and his cronies in power is an implosion in Venezuela.

Diosdado Cabello: Venezuela 's Commander Chief

Diosdado Cabello, President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, has also been a Governor, Minister, Director of Telecommunications. A new title he recently received is Head of the Soles drug cartel. 

The case of Diosdado Cabello’s as leader of the drug cartel is growing in Washington, with the recent allegations from Leamsy Salazar, Cabello’s former  Security Officer.  Salazar was previously Hugo Chavez's Security Officer for 10 years and he is now in the United States where he is working with DEA in building a case against Diosdado.

As expected Diosdado has denied those allegations and has accused Salazar of being coerced by the United States as another excuse to destabilize Venezuela and overthrow Maduro. The same conspiracy theory was used repeatedly by the Chavez and is now used by the Maduro regime.

Nicolas Maduro has vowed to support Diosdado Cabellos against Salaza’s accusations and has promised to create an International campaign against those allegations. 

Disodado Cabello also has a strong support from Marleny,  his wife “appointed” as the Minister of Tourism;  José David,  his brother “appointed”  Minister of Industry; and other members of his family who have also been “appointed” Government positions. Similar to Saddam Hussein,  and Muammar Gaddafi's families who were “appointed” positions in their Governments.  And we don’t need to go that far,  Fidel Castro’s family and his family in Cuba enjoys the luxury of having their father Fidel and  brother Raul as perpetuated dictators on the Island. 

The Venezuelan people have to be clear that getting rid of the second Commander in Chief –Maduro- won’t bring Democracy to Venezuela without getting rid of Diosdado Cabello also.

Venezuela Celebrates Independence Day under an Oppressive Regime

July 5th commemorated Venezuelan’s Independence Day.  Simon Bolivar Liberated Venezuela and four other nations, and in 1811 Venezuela became separated from Spain’s control.  

Simon Bolivar broke the chains in order to establish a new nation based on the premises of equality of individuals, ending of suppression and the right to freedom of expression. The Chavez regime and now the Maduro regime have purposely violated these democratic principals from which Venezuela was founded.

I find it ironic that Secretary of State John Kerry this past Thursday urged Venezuela's government and opposition to find a "peaceful resolution" to their disputes before the Dec. 6 parliamentary election. After 16 years of a failing government first under the Chavez, and Maduro regimes, it is unthinkable to believe that peace can be achieved with a government that allows high levels of corruption, economic devastation and death.

The Maduro regime under the controlling leadership of Diosdado Cabello, President of the Venezuelan National Assembly isn't interested in creating and atmosphere of peace and understanding for the December 6 Parliamentary elections. 

For the past 16 years the elections in Venezuela have been run under an atmosphere of dishonesty, threats, and confusion. The Venezuelans are not dealing with democratic individuals that believe in the vote as a mean for a democratic and peaceful government. Elections in Venezuela have been used to perpetrate the Chavista regime, and the tradition continues. The end to this madness may not be by a democratic voting means. The people of Venezuela must rise against this stifling government to regain control of their country and destiny.

Jerry Brewer’s article entitled Cuba, FARC and their Sinister Presence in Venezuela presents the sad truth about the role of Cuba in Latin America, that the Obama administration is ignoring.

55 years of killings, tortures and oppression caused by the Castro regime in Cuba has been disregarded. 

Removing Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism is a big mistake. The Castro regime has spread death and destruction throughout Latin America, and its tentacles are now in Venezuela. I am hoping that the plan to restore relations with Cuba goes beyond the economics. Human rights in Cuba and in Venezuela must continue to be the priority for this administration.