Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by foota on Saturday January 03, 2026 @04:23PM
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They blew up the air defences and reportedly had help from a CIA informant, but there's nothing to indicate that it was a coup.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by mensetmanusman on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:04PM
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That was only to save face. It was part of a negotiated exit.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by mise_en_place on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:38PM
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2-3 years max in a federal country club prison, minimum security. Then it's off to Switzerland or Dubai with his ill gotten gains. It is rather sad to see people having a personal stake in this. It's a big club, and you ain't in it.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by kogasa240p on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:26PM
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True but you don't need advanced defense to take out slow moving helicopters, the fact that nobody used manpads is extremely suspect. Also in syria the russians did token airstrikes while jolani's forces blitzed through the countryside.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by qcnguy on Sunday January 04, 2026 @03:19AM
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It was done at night with stealth helicopters, and over 150 planes in the air. Not sure it's necessarily easy to take out US military helicopters in that environment. They move pretty fast.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by kogasa240p on Sunday January 04, 2026 @07:10PM
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Sure, but bulky chinnok helicopters flying low to the ground and barely getting shot at? Smelling an inside job honestly, especially with rumors of trump wanting have Venezuela's current VP ascend to the presidency instead of the other investor lady.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by tracker1 on Monday January 05, 2026 @12:07PM
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To be fair, an illegitimate president, who was being protected with forces from a foreign (to them) govt. A LOT of people in and from Venezuela wanted Maduro out. The dancing in the streets are a pretty big indicator of this. And it's quite probable there were insiders involved that helped this operation happen.
And the media is already reporting that 'somehow' all of his inner circle seem to have survived.