http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/04/the-ironies-of-the-venezuelan-opposition-part-17.html

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part
17<http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/04/the-ironies-of-the-venezuelan-opposition-part-17.html>April
16, 2013 — Sabina Becker

[image: battered-pot]

*“And then they’ll buy a new pot with their pension money. Lack of
maturity…”*

Hello, and welcome to the latest ironic chapter in the ongoing chronicles
of the “peaceful” Venezuelan opposition. Just as
predicted,<http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/04/terrorism-and-destabilization-in-venezuela-all-you-can-eat.html>
the
fascist thugs of JAVU & Co. have decided to try for another big push at
destabilization. But of course, they’re going to try to blame
this<http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n226961.html> on
the bus driver who won the election fair and square:

*In the best fashion of the burning of the Reichstag in 1933 by the hordes
of Hitler, the fascist hordes of Capriles have begun to set fire to various
Integral Diagnostic Centres (CDIs), party offices of the United Socialist
Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Petrocasas, and homes of PSUV activists, among
other acts of vandalism.*
*

In Táchira, Chavista activist Henry Rangel Aroza was assassinated,
according to the state governor Vielma Mora.

In Miranda, opposition hordes murdered a Chavista, Luis Ponce.

In La Limonera, in the Caracas municipality of Baruta, another
revolutionary activist was killed in attacks perpetrated by pro-Capriles
hordes.

In Palo Verde, in eastern Caracas, a CDI was set on fire.

In Oropeza and Trapichito de Guarenas, oppositionists attacked another CDI
and the Cuban doctors on staff.

The order to attack the CDIs came from opposition journalist Nelson
Bocaranda, who ordered his 1.2 million followers to attack CDIs on the
pretext that the Cuban medics were hiding boxes of ballots.

According to denunciations by locals, the Baruta police are putting on red
T-shirts [similar to those worn by PSUV members] to kill people and lay the
blame on Chavistas.

Petrocasas have been set on fire in Flor Amarillo, Maracay, along with CDIs
and Mercal offices, by fascist hordes led by Richard Mardo, according to
Mario Silva, host of VTV’s show, La Hojilla.

In La Trigaleña, more than 150 persons broke into a CDI, according to
Governor Ameliach, who has deployed an anti-coup operation.

In San Cristóbal, they burned the PSUV office building, attacked various
community TV and radio stations. They also caused the death of a PSUV
militant in Santa Ana, Henry Rangel, as well as attacking CDIs, Mercal
markets, and homes of PSUV activists in various parts of Táchira, according
to the governor.
*

*In Anzoátegui they burned the PSUV office in Barcelona, then motorcyclists
rode through town, firing guns. CDIs and Simoncitos [children's
daycare/kindergarten centres] were also attacked. Aristóbulo Istúriz blamed
Capriles Radoski for all these acts.*

Translation mine.

And if you think that’s jumping to a bit of a hasty conclusion, you haven’t
been following this as closely as you should. Time to wake up! This was all
part of the opposition plan. Capriles, true to plan, refused to recognize
the election results <http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/8640>, cried fraud,
and called for “protests”. And this is how his “peaceful” supporters
answered that call. It was for violence, death, and arson all along. Even
during Sunday’s vote, there were several fishy incidents directly
attributable to the opposition: <http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/8624> hacking
of various prominent PSUV Twitter accounts (a Peruvian LulzSec group was
alleged to be responsible; Anonymous disavowed any connection to it), as
well as various bogus accounts and accusations, and false flag operations
(some occurring even before the election got underway) in which Chavistas
were invariably painted as the bad guys, when in fact it was JAVU and other
oppo thugs disguised in red PSUV shirts.

>From the outset, as at Llaguno Bridge during the coup of ’02, the intention
was to create confusion and chaos, so as to delegitimize the victory of
Maduro and make it impossible for him to govern. And as bad as things look
right now, they will ultimately NOT reach their objective. Venezuela has
been in this situation before. Every time that Chávez won, the oppos were
out there doing the exact same things: hacking, vandalizing, burning,
looting and shooting, and pretending to be Chavistas so that Chávez would
be blamed. It wouldn’t surprise me if a lot of these bullyboys spent more
time in Chavista costume than in their own party’s shirts. And that’s
another layer of irony, is it not?

Also ironic — and this is on a personal note — I actually agree with
Capriles on one key point. *Let there be a manual recount!* I bet if they
did that, it would turn out that Nicolás Maduro won a great many votes more
than he initially appeared to have done. It’s already irreversible that he
is president, but I was surprised that his double-digit margin over
Capriles had shrunk so dramatically in just one day, from close to 20% to
something like just 2%. I have a lot of trouble believing that so many
loyal Chavistas could have
turncoated<http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/8638> from
a proven leader like Maduro to a fucking *majunche* like Capriles. If there
is fraud in this election, it will turn out to have been in Majunche
Capriles’s favor. So let there be a recount, and let there be especially
close scrutiny of all the places where Capriles came out ahead. How many
actual votes Maduro will gain I don’t know, but I’ll hazard one prediction:
Majunche will come out looking *más ‘junche que nunca.*


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