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Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by PromiseAce(m): 5:32pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was indicted in the United States on Thursday in a narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking conspiracy in which prosecutors said he led a violent drug cartel even as he amassed power. The indictment of a head of state was highly unusual and served as an escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to pressure Mr. Maduro to leave office after his widely disputed re-election in 2018. Mr. Maduro has led Venezuela’s economy into shambles and prompted an exodus of millions of people into neighboring countries. Attorney General William P. Barr announced the charges on Thursday at a news briefing along with the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the top federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Miami. Mr. Maduro condemned the charges, accusing the United States and its ally Colombia on Twitter of giving “the order to fill Venezuela with violence.” He declared that he would not be defeated. In addition to Mr. Maduro, more than a dozen others were charged, including Venezuelan government and intelligence officials and members of the largest rebel group in Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces, known as FARC, which has long drawn its financing from the cocaine trade. The chief justice of Venezuela was also charged with money laundering and the country’s minister of defense with drug trafficking, Mr. Barr said. The charges were contained in four separate indictments, two filed in New York and one each in Miami and Washington, Mr. Barr said. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/venezuela-president-drug-trafficking-nicolas-maduro.html
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Nobody: 5:34pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
Na wa |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by rusher14: 5:39pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
Outrageous. |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by AbigailONebechi: 5:42pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
They will soon charge Kim Jung Un for drug trafficking too |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by franchasng: 7:22pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
Hmmmm |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Bevista: 7:41pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
US always acting like the moral authority of the world. They complain about China interfering in Hong Kong but they are free to interfere in any country they chose to. How can a sitting President of a country be charged in another country. Where is his diplomatic immunity? Can another country charge a sitting US president in their country? 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by dazzlingd(m): 7:52pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
Why are drug lords always having moustache 3 Likes |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by ABBkelvin(m): 8:28pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
To defeat a monster you have to become a monster, to protect yourself from monsters you have to be a servant to another monster. Russia will checkmate USA on this issue when the time is right. Keep calm and learn how the world works guys 1 Like |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Nairaboi(m): 9:03pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
A sitting president being declared wanted? I swear, this is new |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Wiseandtrue(f): 9:52pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
Trump, when will it be Buhari's turn Nigerians are waiting, eagerly |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Goldmaxx(f): 10:07pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
ABBkelvin:Nothing Russia would do. Maduro will be subdued in no time at all, it's already showing. He's still forming tough because of the little support he's getting from Russia and Co. He will soon go down, he's a dictator killing his own people. 1 Like |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by chinwezdasilva: 10:14pm On Mar 26, 2020 |
Goldmaxx:keep quiet, is buhari not doing the same thing? You hv not solved your own problem nd you want Solve another person own 1 Like |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Goldmaxx(f): 6:42am On Mar 27, 2020 |
chinwezdasilva:Shut up, do your research on Maduro government and stop showcasing your foolery. Maduro is a clear dictatorship different from Nigerian case and it has drawn international recognition. He orders the death of anybody that opposes him. |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Whyem15: 8:50pm On Mar 27, 2020 |
Goldmaxx:So why hasn't he order the death of juan guido and all those who are in his camp. Be spewing US state department propaganda there. List the people he has killed if e sure you say e dey kill his people. Muhammad bin salman that the world has evidence he is a killer sef, they've not done anything to him and he is as close to the US government as any other governments in the world. 2 Likes |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Goldmaxx(f): 9:24pm On Mar 27, 2020 |
Whyem15:Juan guaido is an activist since his university days and over 60 countries has supported his movement. Maduro is a dictator and will be removed. |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by abduljabbar4(m): 10:10pm On Mar 27, 2020 |
Same lies they used to kick out so many great leaders like Gaddafi and co yet some stupid people still dont understand the hypocrisy of America 4 Likes |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Whyem15: 10:51am On Mar 29, 2020 |
Goldmaxx:What makes a dictator to start with. 2 Likes |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 11:08am On Apr 25, 2023 |
abduljabbar4: Whyem15: I've received reports on Juan Guaido, I'll take action on that later in the day. BidenDTrounced: BidenDTrounced: Joe Biden vowed to make Saudi Arabia a pariah state. He failed, he bent the knee, crown prince MBS prevailed. He blamed President Putin During the Iran hijab/regime change protests, suggesting a Libya/Gaddafi 2.0: "We're going to free Iran" Joe Biden What happened? He failed.
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 1:03pm On Apr 25, 2023 |
BidenDTrounced: The topic of the day on my platform. Colombia orders Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido to leave country Colombian authorities ordered former Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who entered the country illegally, to leave Colombia, the El Tiempo newspaper reported Tuesday, citing sources in the government. According to the report, Guaido was also forbidden from making any public statements in Colombia. He is expected to depart from Bogota to the US. Earlier on Monday, Guaido announced that he left Venezuela and is currently in Colombia. According to the former opposition figure, he arrived for a conference on the Venezuelan political crisis that takes place in Bogota and plans to request meetings with attending international delegations. After that, the Colombian Foreign Ministry published a statement saying that Bogota did not invite the politician to the meeting and does not expect his attendance. Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva confirmed that Guaido entered the country in an "improper manner." https://tass.com/world/1609041
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 2:47pm On Apr 25, 2023 |
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by Hotice085: 2:52pm On Apr 25, 2023 |
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 3:22pm On Apr 25, 2023 |
Guys, this is competing with Juan for topic of the day. South Africa’s ruling party decides to withdraw from ICC — president South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has decided to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC), South African president Cyril Ramaphosa reported on Tuesday. "The decision of the ANC to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court is due to the ICC’s bias in certain situations," he said after talks with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto in Pretoria. As the official spokesman for the South African president told TASS, to withdraw from the ICC, the parliament needs the corresponding decision of the National Assembly. The ANC has a majority in the lower house of the South African parliament. https://tass.com/world/1609393 It's no surprise that SA is significantly much more developed than Nigeria. |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 6:23pm On Apr 25, 2023 |
BidenDTrounced: "Without regard to the feelings and sentiments of Nazi Sympathizers, the ICC is a western institution. The West through self sabotaging acts degraded the respect for it's institutions and South Africa is violently stabbing the West in the eyes." |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 12:37am On Apr 26, 2023 |
From every indication, the intention was to disintegrate and subjugate Russia. Now that they've seen the results of thier miscalculations, they're aimless and they're basically using the RUS-UKR crisis as a distraction to divert attention away from domestic failures. Nazi Ukraine has lost territory that is comparable to the size of some countries BidenDTrounced: Russia declared all its goals in Ukraine, would like to hear about Western ones Russia declared all its goals during the special military operation, but would like to learn what the West is up to in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters during his visit to New York. "We simply need to work on exercising our legitimate rights, and to do it honestly, clarifying every motive. This is exactly what we did with regard to our special military operation. We would also like to hear from our Western colleagues, as a reciprocal move, what goals are they pursuing there," he said during a news conference to sum up the results of his visit to the United States within the framework of Russia’s presidency in the UN Security Council. BidenDTrounced: Lavrov urged the audience "to stay optimistic." "We hope that the desire to join forces will prevail, that it will be understood that splitting the global community into one billion and seven billion is wrong, that putting yourself above others is also wrong," the top Russian diplomat said. https://tass.com/politics/1609589
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 8:30pm On Apr 26, 2023 |
We are still awaiting the initial/revised goals/aim of the West/NaziUkraine BidenDTrounced: BidenDTrounced: Russia declared all its goals in Ukraine, would like to hear about Western ones Russia declared all its goals during the special military operation, but would like to learn what the West is up to in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters during his visit to New York. "We simply need to work on exercising our legitimate rights, and to do it honestly, clarifying every motive. This is exactly what we did with regard to our special military operation. We would also like to hear from our Western colleagues, as a reciprocal move, what goals are they pursuing there," he said during a news conference to sum up the results of his visit to the United States within the framework of Russia’s presidency in the UN Security Council. BidenDTrounced: Lavrov urged the audience "to stay optimistic." |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 12:17pm On Apr 27, 2023 |
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 12:32pm On Apr 28, 2023 |
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Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 10:44am On Apr 30, 2023 |
BidenDTrounced: Mike Adenuga at 70 THOSE who would literally go insane (Jews of igbo extraction for example ) if they had a tenth of his possessions habitually paint the town red, engaging in perverse, dirty and devious displays of ostentation and causing the downtrodden despondency and despair, but he is literally unheralded in town where, for all practical purposes, he is a purposive recluse living in self-measured spaces of decency that preclude the pitfalls of paparazzi cameras. He is Africa’s fifth wealthiest individual and Nigeria’s second but he is not moved to megalomania by the allure of currency notes. He prefers to measure the impact of his existence on the real, demonstrable change he can make in the lives of vast populations of people; a matchless agent of transformation in a land abundantly blessed but criminally managed by generations of political buccaneers. That is why, as Nigerians and the rest of the world roll out the drums to celebrate him as a billionaire business mogul with vast interests in real estate, oil and gas, banking and telecoms, investor and consummate philanthropist, we find ample reasons to take a voyage around, and salute, the ennobling institution that he has become as a major pillar of the Nigerian economy and a force for laughter in a land where sorrow and despair have effectively become daily doses. Michael Adeniyi Adenuga Jr (GCON) is such a pleasant song at 70 and we heartily join in singing the tunes. His story is a powerful instantiation of the fact that you do not have to engage in politics to make inerasable, enduring impact in the lives of millions of people. In line with Yoruba lore, Adenuga is a metaphor for Onirese, the calabash carver of unblemished artistry who, should he stop carving calabashes, would still be perpetually honoured because the ones he has already woven are imperishable. His honours and plaudits at 70 have been richly earned. Born to parents of royal Ijebu descent, Adenuga did not move from the cradle to adulthood robed in garments of luxury. He had to dream his place in the world and fight for it with every fibre of his being. After his secondary school education at Ibadan Grammar School and his Higher School Certificate (HSC) programme at the Comprehensive High School, Aiyetoro, Adenuga actually worked as a taxi driver to help fund his university education at the Northwestern Oklahoma State University, United States, from where he proceeded to Pace University, New York, earning degrees in Business Administration. Yet Ibadan, the land described by JP Clark as “running splash of rust and gold”, holds a special place in his heart till today. From making his first million at age 26, selling lace and distributing soft drinks, founding Devcom Merchant Bank and Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB), both of which have now dissolved into Sterling Bank Plc, in his 30s; receiving an oil drilling licence in 1990 and, in 1991, having his Consolidated Oil strike oil in the shallow waters of Ondo State as the first indigenous oil company to do so in commercial quantities, Adenuga has come a long way. He was undeterred by the revocation of the conditional GSM licence given to him in 1999; he worked hard to secure a second one when the government held another auction in 2002, floating Globacom, the indigenous telecoms company that has acquired such a huge stake in the emotions, affection and daily existence of Nigerians. GSM telephony came to Nigeria on the heels of the return to civil rule as a bourgeois, elitist symbol but Adenuga took it straight to the doors of the downtrodden, those who for decades were mere statistics in government documents. He crashed the prohibitive price of the SIM card (above N30,000 at the time); the queues when he told Nigerians that they could own a SIM card for just N3000 was joyously long. Adenuga showed the masses that they, too, could own a GSM line. He further crashed the price to less than N1,000 and brought joy to many homes. Indeed, he is a major factor for the experience today where the SIM card is virtually free. At a time telecommunications companies were unwilling to charge per second, Adenuga damned the consequences and introduced per second billing to roaring applause by a deeply appreciative populace. His mantra was people, power and possibilities. And when the internet came, no less a personality than Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, ex- governor of Edo State, acknowledged his genius in bringing his home town Iyamho in Edo State, not discernible from the Nigerian map, right into the global digital space. That is actually a story millions of Nigerians can tell. Launched on August 29, 2003, Globacom, now in the Republic of Benin, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, has recorded so many landmarks, including championing per second billing and being the first company to implement 2.5 G and 3G networks in Nigeria; being the first to offer 4 G LTE, the first to offer Blackberry solutions and the first to launch submarine cable (GLO 1) providing efficient and fast broadband internet services. https://tribuneonlineng.com/mike-adenuga-at-70/ BidenDTrounced: |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 6:49pm On Apr 30, 2023 |
From every indication, the aim/objective of the West is to disintegrate and subjugate Russia. Now that they've seen the results of thier miscalculations, they're aimless and they're basically using the RUS-UKR crisis as a distraction to divert attention away from domestic failures. nazi ukraine has lost territory that is comparable to the size of some countries. The West has receded and declined. We're now in a multipolar world where the Yuan is an acceptable alternative to the dollar. Sanctions are impotent. The West has been unable to isolate Russia (the West still has embassies in Russia sef...they could communicate with Russia via Nigeria or cnn). The West has been unable to prevent trade between Russia and the relevant stakeholders (China and India). Denazify/Demilitarize Ukraine is making sure Ukraine is unable to be used as a launchpad to annihilate Russians/suppress Russian culture. Russia's stated goals and objectives has been attained. As a matter of "leaks", resources rich Africa was next on the Russian agenda. But thanks to the sacrifices of Jewlensky and the benevolent West, Russia is unable to invade Nigeria. Tinubu has traveled to ukraine to thank the nazi militant for fighting for our freedom. The Nazi militants in Ukraine are similar to the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria. They're both terrorists. Ukrainian ammo train destroyed in counter insurgency operation A large supply of ammunition was destroyed in a strike near Kramatorsk, according to the Defense Ministry. Russian forces have destroyed a Ukrainian train carrying up to 200 tons of ammunition, Moscow’s Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday. The strike reportedly occurred in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, near the city of Kramatorsk, which remains under Ukrainian control. The Russian military has also been actively targeting Ukrainian artillery units, the ministry spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced during a media briefing. “Over the past 24 hours, tactical and army aviation, missile and artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces hit 82 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and equipment in 115 areas,” Konashenkov stated. The attack on the train appears to the largest military gain of the day, but earlier Russian forces also claimed a strike on a command post of Ukraine’s 81st airborne brigade near the village of Belogorovka, in Lugansk People’s Republic. Over the past few days, both Russian and Ukrainian forces have been ramping up long-range strikes against each other. On Saturday, the Russian military took responsibility for the destruction of a major Ukrainian command center, responsible for operations of Kiev’s southern troops. The bombing was carried out with sea-based cruise missiles, according to Moscow. Earlier this week, the Russian military launched a major missile salvo at Ukraine, targeting multiple groupings of Ukrainian military reserves. The military said the strike was a success, and prevented the redeployment of reserves toward the front line. During the bombardment, a multi-story residential building was damaged in the Ukrainian city of Uman, with more than 20 civilians killed, according to Kiev. While it was not immediately clear what exactly hit the building, Ukrainian authorities have blamed Moscow for the incident. However, Kiev’s own troops have hit civilian targets in the country – and even beyond – with air defense projectiles on multiple occasions during the conflict, which has been raging since February 2022. Ukraine, meanwhile, has intensified the shelling of Russia’s border regions, including the city of Donetsk, which has been subjected to artillery and rocket attacks on an almost daily basis. On Friday the city endured a massive shelling, which destroyed and damaged multiple residential buildings and critical infrastructure, leaving at least nine civilians dead and over a dozen injured. Overnight, Kiev’s forces shelled the village of Suzemka in Russia’s Bryansk Region, killing at least four civilians according to the local Governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz. https://www.rt.com/russia/575569-ukrainian-ammo-train-destroyed/ BidenDTrounced: |
Re: Venezuelan President, Maduro Is Charged In The U.S. With Drug Trafficking by BidenDTrounced: 12:44am On May 01, 2023 |
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