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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: VZ, same regime, same tricks...
Date: 02/09/26 4:25 PM
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...just a new Generalissimo.

The Venezuelan regime is notorious for it's secret police, dressed in civvies, heavily armed, buzzing around, in packs, on motorcycles.

Venezuelan opposition leader seized by armed men after being released from jail

Machado wrote in a post on X that Juan Pablo Guanipa, a key ally, was kidnapped by heavily armed men in civilian clothing in the Los Chorros area of the capital.

Alfredo Romero, the president of the Venezuelan human rights group Foro Penal, said 35 political prisoners were released on Sunday, including Guanipa, who was initially arrested in May.

The country’s Public Ministry alleged that he violated the terms of his release but provided no additional details and did not say whether he had been re-arrested.

Guanipa’s Primero Justicia party said on X that he was forced into a silver Toyota Corolla during the incident.


msn.com - Venezuelan opposition leader seized by armed men after being released from jail

Seems likely that all Machado got, for handing over her Nobel, was a photo op with Trump the God. As long as the current regime "plays ball" with Trump the God, and succeeds in suppressing dissent, they will stay in place.

Meanwhile, Trump the God takes credit for "political prisoners being released"

Steve
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