Venezuela, a Terrorized Nation

The recent arrest of  Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma is an indication of how nervous the Maduro government is getting. The regime's paranoia has caused the people of Venezuela to live under terrorized conditions, not knowing what lies ahead for them.

This past week, Mayor Ledezma was forced out of his office and taken into custody by SEBIN, Maduro's Political Police. Mr. Ledezma is accused of plotting a coup with the United States to topple the current socialist government. This arrest is another example of the oppressive actions that are an attempt to create a distraction for Maduro's lack of leadership in solving the Venezuelan's immediate problems.

Maduro’s problems started last year.  Angry protests erupted after the senseless murder of the actress and model Monica Spear and her husband. Spear's murder, followed  by a rape attempt to a female University student, further infuriated students who took to the streets to protest the enormous insecurity problems that face the country.

The protests grew across the country, leaving over 50 students dead and  hundreds incarcerated.  In support of the students,  Leopoldo Lopez called for peaceful protests. This prompted the Maduro regime to exercise its dictatorship role, arresting Leopoldo Lopez in February. A year later,  Leopoldo Lopez remains Maduro's prisoner, now joined by Mr. Ledezma.

The fate of other Venezuelans with less notoriety is even worse. A few days ago

two students in police custody were found tortured to death. There is no explanation  for this heinous crime.

Maduro is using the same script that Chavez used, accusing the United States of attempting to overthrow him. Wouldn’t it be nice if Maduro’s fantasy - that the United States is trying to topple his government - comes to reality?    

The illegal Court Procedure Against Leopoldo Lopez

This past month, once again, Venezuelan political leader Leopoldo Lopez was victim of an illegal court procedure behind closed doors. This action not only violates the rights of Leopoldo to have a fair trial, but also violates the Venezuelan Constitution.  Leopoldo Lopez has been imprisoned since last February, falsely accused of steering violent protests against the Maduro regime.

Diosdado Cabello has been Hovering around the Falling Nicolas Maduro, but his Fate is also on the line

Diosdado Cabello, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly has been in the headlines lately, but not because he is a nice individual. He is as ruthless and power hungry former military man. As the Maduro regime weakens and the economy is at its all time low, Diosdado Cabello lurks around like a vulture waiting for the right moment to take over. Yet, the new allegations against him as one of the leaders of the drug cartel Soles  may bring a game change to Diosdado Cabello’s fate.

The case against Diosdado Cabello’s as the leader of the Soles drug cartel is now growing in Washington, with the recent allegations from  Leamsy 

Salazar who was his main Security Officer.  Leamsy Salazar was originally Hugo Chavez's Security Officer for 10 years, and is now in the United States where he is working with authorities building the case against Diosdado.

This is not the first time that Diosdado Cabello is accused of  drug trafficking. In 2012, Venezuelan Supreme Court judge Eladio Aponte connected Diosdado Cabello with  corruption and drug traffickers. The judge turned over proof of Diosdado Cabello's ties  

to narco-trafficking to the DEA.  According to  Judge Aponte, the late Hugo Chavez was also involved in the drug operations carried out by Venezuelan military.

Diosdado Cabello is also known to be responsible for orchestrating abuses in the National Assembly, where Counsel woman Maria Corina Machado and other assembly members were beaten under his watch. Later, he arbitrarily removed  Machado from her post, in violation of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Constitution. Since the Venezuelan people elected Machado, she can't be fired  from her post by the President of the National Assembly.

Similarly, Diosdado Cabello was personally involved in the unjustified arrest and conviction of Leopold Lopez.  It was on February, 2014, when cabello, and  he remaines prisoner of the Maduro regime.

Leopoldo Lopez calls for unity to a Venezuela that is on a brink of collapsing

Venezuelan political leader Leopoldo Lopez, a husband and a father of two who has been imprisoned by the Maduro regime since February 18, 2013 is calling on the Venezuelan people to stand united and exercise their rights to peaceful protests as it is permitted by the Venezuelan Bolivarian Constitution.  Leopoldo Lopez was the victim of political persecution by the late president Chavez, and the persecution has systematically been continued by Nicolas Maduro.

The falling of oil prices brings a different panorama for Venezuela and perhaps for Leopoldo Lopez, and the dozens students, political prisoners, and the Maduro regime.  In a country where not only human rights are missing but also there is a lack food, a lack of products and above all a lack of security, the Maduro regime knows that their  time in power is threatened by Maduro’s inability to solve Venezuelan’s unsustainable economy.

Perhaps the Leopoldo call for unity and to stand for Venezuelan freedom will resonate today more than ever with the Venezuelan people, tired of hoping for peace and prosperity.