{"id":44093,"date":"2019-02-27T10:19:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44093"},"modified":"2019-02-27T10:19:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:19:23","slug":"pence-threatens-war-in-venezuela-at-colombia-summit-there-is-no-turning-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44093","title":{"rendered":"Pence threatens war in Venezuela at Colombia summit: \u201cThere is no turning back\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/51167.htm\">Pence threatens war in Venezuela at Colombia summit: \u201cThere is no turning back\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>February 26, 2019 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/\">Information Clearing House<\/a>&#8221;&nbsp;-US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a bellicose speech before representatives of 14 Latin American countries at a meeting of the Lima Group in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, yesterday. The remarks were timed to coincide with the US-orchestrated provocations at the Venezuelan border over the weekend, resulting in clashes that left several people dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pence rehashed phrases plagiarized from speeches given by George W. Bush in the run-up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, combining them with denunciations of socialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no turning back,\u201d Pence said. \u201cAll options are on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA new day is coming in Latin America,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn Venezuela and across the Western hemisphere, socialism is dying and liberty, prosperity and democracy are being reborn before our eyes.\u201d Pence issued an ultimatum to the Venezuelan military, threatening that if it did not overthrow Maduro, \u201cYou will find no safe harbor, no easy exit, no way out. You will lose everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pence announced that the US would place added sanctions on officials in the Venezuelan government and called on the right-wing governments of Latin America to \u201ctransfer ownership of Venezuelan assets in your country\u201d to the government of US puppet Juan Guaid\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, the US is conducting cross-hemispheric highway robbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his speech, Pence gave several justifications for intensifying US war threats against Venezuela. Venezuela exploits indigenous tribes, damages the environment through oil exploration and impoverishes its population, Pence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These claims would be laughable were it not for the seriousness of the threats. The United States is the world\u2019s worst offender in each of these departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particularly disgusting was Pence\u2019s attack on Venezuela for refusing \u201cshelter for those displaced\u201d immigrants along its border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pence threatens war in Venezuela at Colombia summit: \u201cThere is no turning back\u201d February 26, 2019 &#8220;Information Clearing House&#8221;&nbsp;-US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a bellicose speech before representatives of 14 Latin American countries at a meeting of the Lima Group in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, yesterday. 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