Craig Murray in Venezuela – Pirate of the Caribbean |<https://tapnewswire.com/2026/02/09/craig-murray-in-venezuela-pirate-of-the-caribbean/>
Craig Murray says: I have now been here a week and I think that I have absorbed enough to attempt a little analysis, as opposed to the simple impressions I gave shortly after arrival. Those impressions remain valid however: this is not a repressive state. I was on the Randy Credico show live on WBAI New York on Friday, and by chance my friend, the renowned FBI whistleblower Colleen Rowley was also on, from Minnesota (where I have stayed with Colleen and her husband in their home). I was explaining that, in a week of going all round Caracas, I had yet to see a checkpoint, that nobody had at any stage asked me who I am, what I was doing or prevented me from going anywhere, and that the shops, bars and restaurants are all functioning normally. Colleen reported from Minneapolis that there were checkpoints everywhere, that the streets are full of heavily armed men, that people are frequently stopped, questioned, asked to produce documents, and diverted, and that many shops bars and restaurants are closed because the staff are afraid to venture out into the streets. Colleen is heavily involved in detainee support and in getting supplies to people sheltering in their homes. Remind me again, which of us is in a supposed dictatorship? *** Critics will no doubt say Murray is giving an idealised picture of Venezuela. In fact, he is just describing what he saw. He did not see any obvious signs of repression. It has not always been so relaxed. After the July 2024 presidential election there were riots by opponents of Maduro, causing 28 deaths. Several thousand people were arrested. Most have since been released. Repression in Venezuela has been at least partly a response to the violence of the extreme right. The weakening of the extreme right enables a decrease in repression. Chris Slee *** Is The USA Controlling Venezuela - Craig Murray<https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/02/is-the-usa-controlling-venezuela/> (This video discusses the amended hydrocarbon law) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40660): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40660 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117798488/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
