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==Latin America tour==
 
==Latin America tour==
On the eve the VP's [[Latin America]] tour in August 2017 to [[Colombia]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], and [[Panama]], President [[Donald Trump]] threatened military action against [[Venezuela]], which has the world's largest oil reserves. Foreign Minister [https://twitter.com/jaarreaza Jorge Arreaza] was quick to react saying Venezuela rejected "hostile" threats and called on Latin America to unite against Washington:
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On the eve of VP Mike Pence's [[Latin America]] tour in August 2017 to [[Colombia]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], and [[Panama]], President [[Donald Trump]] threatened military action against [[Venezuela]], which has the world's largest oil reserves. Foreign Minister [https://twitter.com/jaarreaza Jorge Arreaza] was quick to react saying Venezuela rejected "hostile" threats and called on Latin America to unite against Washington:
 
:"We want to express gratitude for all the expressions of solidarity and rejection of the use of force from governments around the world, including Latin America."
 
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:"So, I dont think he has enough political clout to exert any kind of influence in Latin America. I don't think any Latin American nation would support military invasion of Venezuela. What I think Pence wants to do is shore up support to remove Maduro through other means."<ref>''[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/latin-america-rejects-military-threat-venezuela-170813031510250.html "Latin America rejects US military threat in Venezuela"]''</ref>
 
:"So, I dont think he has enough political clout to exert any kind of influence in Latin America. I don't think any Latin American nation would support military invasion of Venezuela. What I think Pence wants to do is shore up support to remove Maduro through other means."<ref>''[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/latin-america-rejects-military-threat-venezuela-170813031510250.html "Latin America rejects US military threat in Venezuela"]''</ref>
 
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Revision as of 10:46, 14 August 2017

Person.png Mike Pence   Sourcewatch Website WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Vice President of the United States)
Pence Trump.jpg
BornMichael Richard Pence
1959-06-07
Columbus, Indiana, U.S.
Alma materHanover College, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Children3
SpouseKaren Batten
Member ofWhite House/Coronavirus Task Force
PartyRepublican

Mike Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician, lawyer, and the 48th and current Vice President of the United States. He previously served as the 50th Governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017.

Latin America tour

On the eve of VP Mike Pence's Latin America tour in August 2017 to Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Panama, President Donald Trump threatened military action against Venezuela, which has the world's largest oil reserves. Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza was quick to react saying Venezuela rejected "hostile" threats and called on Latin America to unite against Washington:

"We want to express gratitude for all the expressions of solidarity and rejection of the use of force from governments around the world, including Latin America."

Peru, one of Nicolás Maduro's fiercest critics, led the charge in criticising Trump's threat, saying it was against United Nations principles:

"All foreign or domestic threats to resort to force undermine the goal of reinstating democratic governance in Venezuela, as well as the principles enshrined in the UN charter," said Peru's Foreign Minister Ricardo Luna.

Mexico and Colombia joined in with statements of their own:

"All measures should be peaceful and respect the sovereignty of Venezuela," a statement from Colombia's foreign ministry said.

Regional alliance Mercosur added it rejected the use of force against Venezuela, despite having indefinitely suspended the country last week amid international condemnation of Maduro's new, all-powerful National Constituent Assembly.

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman, reporting from the Chilean capital Santiago, said Trump's comments have "raised alarm bells from Mexico to Pantagonia":

"The mere suggestion is being rejected in a region with bitter memories of the days when the US marines were sent in to impose American interests in Washington's so-called backyard," she said.

Pence's problem

Patricio Navia, a political analyst, told Al Jazeera that Pence will have his hands full in trying to gain political leverage in the region:

"I think Pence's problem is that he is going to come to Latin America and people are going to ask him:
'Are you speaking on behalf of President Trump, are you speaking on behalf of the US government? Will President Trump be the president a year from now in the US?'
"So, I dont think he has enough political clout to exert any kind of influence in Latin America. I don't think any Latin American nation would support military invasion of Venezuela. What I think Pence wants to do is shore up support to remove Maduro through other means."[1]

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Donald Trump/Presidency“Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!"”Donald Trump6 January 2021

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Brussels Forum/202418 April 202419 April 2024Belgium
Brussels
Hotel Le Plaza
Annual spooky get-together of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the very spooky German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."

 

Event Witnessed

EventDescription
2021 Washington D.C. RiotsOne of the most fortified positions in the US gets violently overrun by a group of Trump Supporters after a demonstration... without a single shot fired by the mob. Official narrative soon blamed Trump and extremists. Official opposition narrative soon blamed the democratic party trying to fraud Joe Biden into the White House. Several other governments were briefed by intelligence services that the incident seemingly "was being allowed" to happen.

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Is Oil Behind Washington’s Venezuela Coup MadnessArticle3 February 2019William EngdahlLeaving aside whether or not Maduro is a saint, the decision by President Trump to back the Bolton-Pence call for a US intervention in Venezuela may prove a fatal error for the Trump presidency.
Document:Outside In: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake the Middle EastArticle10 October 2018Ted SniderBenjamin Netanyahu refers to his doctrine as Outside In: first you pacify the Outside and ally with the Sunni Arab states (Egypt and Saudi Arabia) outside of Israel, then, in exchange, you extract a peace plan out of them that you then impose Inside on a Palestine now devoid of allies and leave it helpless to hold out against a peace plan forced on the Palestinians by Donald Trump.
Document:Trump said to deprecate Netanyahu's intention to bump off AssadArticle1 September 2017Eric ZuesseBetter wait until my fundamentalist VP is in place, Benny boy!
Document:Under Trump, the Israel lobby is a Hydra with many headsArticle30 May 2018Jonathan CookSince Trump took office, the Israel lobby has mobilised four other powerful lobbies: Christian evangelicals, the alt-right, the military-industrial complex and Saudi Arabia
Document:Venezuela critics are just Blairites having a kick at Jeremy CorbynInterview7 August 2017George Galloway
Luke Dolan
For nineteen years the United States government and its secret agents have been trying to overthrow the Venezuela political process. Why might that be? Well, there are many reasons but the biggest among them has the smallest name: OIL.
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