Update on Venezuela: More Deadly Protests against Socialist Dictatorship; Attacks on Aid Shipments

           There have been more protests in Venezuela against the Socialist dictatorship and more deaths of protestors at the hands of the regime and deadly attacks by Socialist forces on humanitarian aid. 

Japan and some additional European States recognized the democratic opposition legislative leader as the de jure president, joining many Western Hemisphere and other European States and Australia.  The Italian Republic was among those who called for new elections.  Russian Federation tyrant Vladimir Putin warns the United States against military intervention, but the Russians have been among those who have already intervened in Venezuela with hundreds of mercenaries to defend the Socialists.

More Venezuelan government officials have recognized the new President and some servicemen have fled the country after being ordered by the de facto regime to block humanitarian international aid shipments, joining the millions of Venezuelans who have fled Socialist tyranny, corruption, crime and shortages.  Some aid convoys were nevertheless attacked and the aid vehicles destroyed and people were killed.  The de jure President has been attempting to coordinate the acceptance of aid.  Meanwhile, a democratic opposition legislative leader was poisoned while in Colombia and an aide was killed, just like how Russia attacks exiles who criticize the tyrant ruling their former country.