Venezuela and the Cuba Connection

Venezuela and the Cuba Connection Should Concern the Free World

Some interesting information regarding the Venezuelan crisis was recently shared with me. What follows are some of the points the commentator made.  You can easily verify most of this information with a little checking.  I've also added more information to make it easier for those willing to do a little digging.

1. Cuba has been involved in the country of Venezuela for over 20 years.
2. Cuba helped Hugo Chávez get elected in 1999.
3. Mr. Chávez was a Communist puppet, controlled by Cuba. 

4. Cuba wanted control of Venezuelan oil wealth to finance Communism in Central and South America.
5. In 2003, Chávez nationalized all of the companies that controlled oil production in Venezuela.
6. Since that time Venezuela has been supplying Cuba with cheap oil. [Or practically free.  If it is not outright free, it is heavily subsidized by Venezuela. Why do you suppose Venezuela does this while its own people are hungry?  https://capx.co/as-venezuelans-starve-maduro-gives-oil-away-to-cuba/  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-imports-exclusive-idUSKCN1IG1TO  https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-Is-Venezuela-Still-Sending-Subsidized-Oil-To-Cuba.html ]
7. Since 2003, all foreign businesses have been nationalized, first by Chávez and then by Maduro, who is the current president.
8. Cuba has between 50,000 and 100,000 military men working in Venezuela. [This has been denied by Venezuela since it was first reported in 2014.  In the summer of 2017, OAS Secretary General Almagro told the US Congress that Cuba had an occupying army of 15,000 in Venezuela as of that date.  https://panampost.com/orlando-avendano/2017/07/20/cuba-has-occupying-army-in-venezuela/?cn-reloaded=1 and https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/02/08/u-s-admiral-maduro-distrusts-venezuelans-so-much-he-uses-only-cuban-bodyguards/ ]
9. Cuban military is currently protecting Maduro and keeping him in power. Under this arrangement it is not very likely that the military will turn against Maduro. Cubans won’t mind killing Venezuelans if there is an uprising against Maduro.   [ Once again, there are reports of Cuban snipers. The main task of the Cuban elite forces purported to be in Venezuela is to keep tab on Venezuela's military leadership.  Cuba's greatest fear is that the Venezuelan generals will turn on Maduro, ousting him from power.  https://panampost.com/orlando-avendano/2017/07/20/cuba-has-occupying-army-in-venezuela/?cn-reloaded=1 ] 

10. Hezbollah is also working in Venezuela in the production and distribution of drugs, most of which ends up in the USA. [Hezbollah worked with Chavez during the Obama years ( https://freebeacon.com/politics/the-iran-hezbollah-venezuela-axis/ ), supports Maduro (https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2017/08/09/hezbollah-announces-support-for-venezuelan-vice-president-el-aissami/ ) and is most certainly there , at the very least, with the welcome of Maduro, exploiting Venezuela's vast reserves of gold.  https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/01/14/-Hezbollah-exploiting-gold-mines-in-Venezuela-politician-reveals.html Hezbollah is very heavily involved in the South American drug trade and has been for a long time.  https://www.rand.org/blog/2019/02/hezbollah-is-in-venezuela-to-stay.html ]
11. Under Communist control, the government of Venezuela does not care if a few million people die by whatever means, as long as they keep dictatorial power over the people. [I have reports directly from residents of Venezuela who are doing all they can to help their neighbors, who are starving.  They tell me that the average Venezuelan has lost 20 pounds from starvation.  It has been possible to get aid to them from North America, but that might not be possible much longer.  Maduro is denying there are shortages, but he is simply lying. Unfortunately, he is moving to keep aide from entering Venezuela along with lying to his people and telling them that the US is poisoning the food.
 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-military/venezuelan-troops-to-remain-on-border-ahead-of-aid-entry-minister-says-idUSKCN1Q81Z2 ]
12. THE USA IS BUILDING A LARGE SUPPLY OF FOOD AND MEDICAL AID ON THE BORDER OF VENEZUELA IN COLUMBIA. [Maduro is telling Venezuelans that the food the US is amassing for refugees at the border has been poisoned, and that the US wants to kill everyone in Venezuela and take their resources.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-military/venezuelan-troops-to-remain-on-border-ahead-of-aid-entry-minister-says-idUSKCN1Q81Z2 ]
13. Maduro has vowed not to let any food aid into the country. He has declared the army will stop any attempt to get food in. [We may find out on Saturday.  To take this lightly is to have your head in the sand.  The self-proclaimed and "true" leader of Venezuela, backed by 50 countries and counting, says that US stockpiled food aid will enter the country from Colombia on Saturday, February 23, and is calling on the military to help.  Maduro is claiming there is no problem and is vowing not to let the aid in.  http://www.arabnews.com/node/1455111/world ]
14. The Maduro Government was on radio and TV across Venezuela last weekend stating that the food and medical aid from the US was poisoned. Supposedly the US wants to kill everyone in Venezuela so they can steal the wealth of the country. [Maduro is the hero of the poor (those who were poor before Chavez took power).  The healthy-looking, well-dressed, well-fed people being paraded as proof that the vast majority of Venezuelans support Maduro are those poor, whom he feeds, clothes and houses, as long as they remain his "useful idiots."  Both Maduro and Chavez, before him, have never actually had a problem with slaughtering anyone who stands against them.  That includes randomly firing into crowds of protesters, and running them down with motorcycles. ]

WWIII on the NEAR Horizon?

by Dave Cottrell

For a long time now, I've been warning folks to stand firm against the west getting involved in Syria. It is MUCH more dangerous than what is going on between Iran and Israel, although there is much danger there, as well.

However, the Iran-Israel battle MAY WELL play out IN Syria, to begin with. Already, Iran is heavily involved there, as are the Russians.

What is not so well known is that there are reports coming out through the intelligence underground of high tech weapons from Ghaddafi's former regime being smuggled out of Libya and into the hands of the "Free Syrian Army," via help from the West, and specifically from the USA.

Both China and Russia have warned the West (for all intents and purposes, the USA) to stay out of Syria, and in fact, Vladimir Putin warned that "an attack on Damascus is an attack on Moscow."

Any open help from the West against the Assad regime is almost certainly a declaration of war on Russia, and perhaps on China, as well, not to mention smaller players like Iran.

The ENTIRE "Arab Spring" has been a TERRIBLE setback for freedom in the countries where it has occurred, and it is no different in Syria, although the stakes for the world are much higher. IF (a very big IF) Assad was to be defeated by the "rebels" inside Syria, it would mean the complete end of religious freedom and any kind of equality for women. Just as in the other countries where it has already happened, they would be run by Muslim extremists, with absolutely NO real democracy and NO religious freedom of any kind.

However, the present situation looks very much like the powder has already been placed, the fuse is ready, and the match is being lit. We could right now be looking at the beginning of the end for the power of the West, opening the door for the final chapters of history, which do not mention western power at all.

Pray for your country, and pray for great opportunities to share the gospel in the days ahead as people cry out for answers.