After some
soldiers had defected to the democratic opposition with their arms and
armaments, Venezuelan National Assembly leader Juan Guaido called this week for
a military rebellion against the Socialist dictatorship. There have been large protests, which, as
usual, have been met by the tyrannical regime by arrests and deadly
violence. Guaido had used a
constitutional provision last year to declare himself president, with the
support of the duly appointed Supreme Court, after the assembly had been
supplanted by a regime-contrived body. The
United States
and dozens of other States recognize Guaido as President. The U.S.
supports the counterrevolution, but the Russian Federation opposes it. There are Russian mercenaries in Venezuela . The former opposition presidential candidate, Leopoldo Lopez, was freed by the opposition from government-imposed house
arrest. He took sanctuary in the Spanish
Embassy, but the Socialist Spanish Government will not permit him to engage in
political activity from its soil.
The ruling
Socialists won the most seats in the parliamentary elections this week, gaining
a large number from that last elections in 2016 but short of a majority. The results will necessitate another
coalition government, probably with the other center-left party, which came in
fourth after losing seats, although they would still not have enough seats for
a majority. The center-right party came
in third, losing only a handful of seats, while the conservatives came in
third, nearly doubling their total.
These two parties’ combined number of 123 seats equals that of the
Socialists in the 350-seat chamber.
However, the far-right will be in Parliament for the first time with two
dozen seats. Catalonian regional parties
received most of the rest.
Ukraine’s
new President this week countered Russian Federation authoritarian leader
Vladimir Putin’s proposal to grant citizenship to Ukrainians by offered
Ukrainian citizens to Russians or any who fled tyranny and wished to help
defend liberty. Russia invaded Ukraine
in 2014 and seized the Crimean Peninsula , in violation of its treaty with Ukraine recognizing the former Soviet Republic
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