Essay by Eric Worrall
Shame on COP27 for inviting such a person. In an earlier story, I mentioned how John Kerry shook hands with alleged terrorist Nicholas Maduro – a legitimate supporter of the next mass casualty attack on the United States.
Bring him in, John! The awkward moment John Kerry shakes hands with former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro at the COP27 Summit in Egypt – despite the US having a $15 million bounty for the drug terrorist
Joe Biden’s climate change envoy John Kerry was in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh on Tuesday, and was caught on camera shaking Maduro’s hand
The Venezuelan leader, one of 90 world leaders attending the conference, was indicted by the US for drug trafficking
In March 2020, the Justice Department issued a $15 million reward for ‘information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Maduro’
State Department tries to downplay Kerry’s meeting with Maduro, insisting it was not ‘planned or substantive in any way’
The State Department still officially recognizes Maduro’s rival Juan Guaido as the legitimate president, but is increasingly warming to Venezuela amid the oil crisis
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but has been blocked by US sanctions for decades
Via HARRIET ALEXANDER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:37 AEDT, November 9, 2022 | UPDATED: 16:10 AEDT, November 9, 2022
Joe Biden‘S climate change Envoy John Kerry had an uncomfortable meeting with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday – a man with a $15 million Justice Department bounty on his head.
The Venezuelan leader was indicted by the DoJ in March 2020 on charges of terrorism, corruption and drug trafficking, and the US has offered a $15 million reward for ‘information leading to the arrest and/or termination guilty Maduro’.
Kerry, who served as Secretary of State under Barack Obamafrom 2013 to 2017, was in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh for the COP27 climate change conference.
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Maduro is a serious player in the world of terrorism, if the accusations against him are accurate.
In 2020, Maduro was accused of maintaining high-level links with Iran, which is backed by the terrorist group Hezbollah in the Middle East.
Nexus Maduro-Hezbollah: How Iran-Backed Revolutions Support the Venezuelan Regime
By Joseph M. Humire
October 7, 2020
- Normally, Hezbollah in Venezuela is seen only as a potential terrorist threat. In fact, the Lebanese terrorist group has helped turn Venezuela into a hub for transnational organized crime and international terrorism.
- Hezbollah’s terrorist criminal network in Venezuela has facilitated Iran’s cooperation with the Maduro regime.
- The United States, its allies, and international organizations must strengthen cooperation against terrorism in the region, crack down on illicit financial networks, and build stronger ties with Lebanon and the Arab communities. other Arabs in Latin America.
Introduce
Faced with another sham election in Venezuela, countries across the Americas and Europe are focusing on the many illegal tactics Nicolás Maduro uses to stay in power. Chief among them: widespread illegal networks that support the Maduro regime. This includes armed groups controlling large swaths of territory, establishing a parallel state structure that links the Maduro regime to international terrorism and transnational organized crime. In this environment, US policy shifted from “incrementalism” to “maximum pressure” in 2019, in an attempt to limit Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power in Venezuela.
This approach led to the announcement by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in March 2020 of multiple drug-terrorism charges against the Maduro regime, including those against Nicolás Maduro himself. Two months later, the DOJ indicted a former member of the Venezuelan National Assembly, dual Syrian-Venezuela national Adel El Zebayar, for allegedly working with Maduro and several top regime leaders in Venezuela over a conspiracy. drug terrorism involving dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), drug cartels in Mexico, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, and the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon .
These actions by the DOJ highlight the debate in the United States and Europe about the presence and role of Hezbollah in Venezuela and Latin America in general. This debate is often characterized by views that simply see Hezbollah in Venezuela as a potential terrorist threat. Similarly, other positions completely reduce the role and relationship between Hezbollah and the Maduro regime. Neither position captures the nuances of how Hezbollah operates in Venezuela and neighboring countries, nor does it establish the basis for understanding how Hezbollah fits into the larger strategic picture of illicit networks. support for the Maduro regime and its relationship with Iran.
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Maduro is also accused of maintaining links with South American far-left FARC revolutionaries, although recently the relationship may have deteriorated.
Maduro is playing a dangerous game on the Colombian border
Tension and lawlessness can turn into armed conflict.
Via José R. Cárdenas
October 7, 2019, 3:21 ONLY
Last month, the United States and its Latin American allies launched a new diplomatic attack against the regime of Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, which more than 50 democracies around the world consider illegitimate. It began September 23 with a meeting between the United States and more than a dozen Latin American parties to the Inter-American Treaty of Mutual Assistance, in which they agreed to investigate and arrest Maduro regime officials and Others are suspected of drug trafficking, money. money laundering and terrorist financing. It escalated on Friday when several diplomats took to the streets to protest during a speech by Vice President Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez at the United Nations General Assembly.
But the most worrisome moment for the future direction of the Venezuelan crisis came when Colombian President Iván Duque took to the UN podium to denounce the Maduro regime’s support for illegal armed groups from Colombia. . “My government has verifiable and irrefutable evidence attesting to the dictatorship’s support of criminal and drug-terrorist groups operating in Venezuela to try to attack Colombia,” he said. ‘ he said, holding up a copy of a 128-page filing. He pledged to turn the evidence over to the UN secretary-general
Maduro is playing a dangerous game on the Colombian border. His actions could incite armed conflict – or allow an unplanned confrontation to spiral out of control.
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Read more: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/07/maduro-is-playing-a-dangerous-game-on-the-colombian-border/
If the accusations against Maduro are true, we’re talking about Kerry shaking hands and chatting with someone who may one day use his vast smuggling network to help friends who are trapped. his alleged Iranian terrorist conducts a mass casualty attack against the United States of America.
Maybe even a nuclear attack, if Iran succeeds in enriching enough Uranium to build an atomic bomb.
I hope Kerry does his duty and lets DEA agents know the location of an alleged wanted drug terrorist, so they can neutralize this terrifying threat to life. of the American people.
The United States has enough influence on Egypt through continued US economic and military support, so they will likely allow Maduro to be arrested, if the US State Department pushes.
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