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RT @*labourstart* <https://twitter.com/labourstart> Venezuela: Workplace Inspectors Protest their Working Conditions http://ow.ly/n2GNJ<http://t.co/pi8FRzUkKW> Hands Off Venezuela @*HOVcampaign* <https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign> Kerry vows to put the screws to #*Venezuela*<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Venezuela&src=hash> over #*Snowden* <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Snowden&src=hash> report http://on.rt.com/mxem3g <http://t.co/dUrf4nS8jq> Kerry vows to put the screws to Venezuela over Snowden report Get short URL Published time: July 19, 2013 14:00 [image: US Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP Photo / Karen Bleier)] US Secretary of State John Kerry (AFP Photo / Karen Bleier) Share on tumblr<http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300&winname=addthis&pub=unknown&source=tbx-300&lng=en-us&s=tumblr&url=http%3A%2F%2Frt.com%2Fnews%2Fkerry-threatens-venezuela-snowden-308%2F&title=Kerry%20vows%20to%20put%20the%20screws%20to%20Venezuela%20over%20Snowden%20%E2%80%93%20report%20%E2%80%94%20RT%20News&ate=AT-undefined/-/-/51e96e82974c1e15/2&frommenu=1&uid=51e96e82593b4d41&ufbl=1&ct=1&pre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.handsoffvenezuela.org%2F&tt=0&captcha_provider=recaptcha> Trends NSA leaks <http://rt.com/trends/nsa-leaks-snowden-surveillance/> Tags Conflict <http://rt.com/tags/conflict/>, Human rights<http://rt.com/tags/human-rights/>, Oil <http://rt.com/tags/oil/>, Politics <http://rt.com/tags/politics/>, Sanctions <http://rt.com/tags/sanctions/>, Scandal<http://rt.com/tags/scandal/>, Snowden <http://rt.com/tags/snowden/>, USA <http://rt.com/tags/usa/>, Venezuela <http://rt.com/tags/venezuela/> US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly promised his Venezuelan counterpart to close NATO airspace to the countrys flights and stop crucial oil product deliveries if Caracas grants asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Last Friday night, just hours after Venezuela agreed to provide political asylum to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Kerry personally called Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua, a Spanish ABC media outlet cites a source familiar with the conversation as saying. Kerry threatened to ground any Venezuelan aircraft in Americas or any NATO countrys airspace if there is the slightest suspicion that Snowden is using the flight to get to Caracas. The US top diplomat sent a clear signal that Venezuelas Air Force One is not immune and President Nicolas Maduro could easily face the same fate as his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales, whose plane was grounded for inspection in Austria earlier this month in violation of all international diplomatic agreements. [image: US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua before a private meeting in Antigua Guatemala, 50 km southwest of Guatemala City on June 5, 2013. (AFP Photo / Johan Ordonez)] US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua before a private meeting in Antigua Guatemala, 50 km southwest of Guatemala City on June 5, 2013. (AFP Photo / Johan Ordonez) *Immunity is for the president, not the plane,* the ABC source cites Kerrys personal message to President Maduro as saying. Closing all NATO member countries aerospace to Venezuelan flights means avoiding 26 countries in Europe and two in North America. Under this scenario, it would be safer for Snowden to fly across the Pacific from Russias Far Eastern city of Vladivostok instead of crossing the Atlantic. Kerry also promised to intensify the ongoing process of revoking US entry visas to Venezuelan officials and businessmen associated with the deceased President Hugo Chavez. Washington will also begin prosecuting prominent Venezuelan politicians on allegations of drug trafficking, money laundering and other criminal actions, Kerry reportedly said, and specifically mentioned some names in his conversation with the Venezuelan FM. He further said that Washington is well aware of Venezuelas dependence on the US when it comes to refined oil products. Despite being one of the worlds largest oil producers, Venezuela requires more petrol and oil products than it can produce, buying around 500,000 barrels of gasoline every month, roughly another half million barrels of fuel for power plants, and some 350,000 barrels of MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) the additive used for to increase octane in gasoline. The US Secretary of State bluntly warned that fuel supplies would be halted if President Maduro continues to reach out to the fugitive NSA contractor. Neither the US State Department nor the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry have so far commented on ABCs report. On July 19 President Maduro sharply criticized a statement by the Obama administration's nominee for UN envoy, Samantha Powers, who accused countries like Cuba, Iran, Russia and Venezuela of being guilty of a *crackdown on civil society.* Maduro called on Washington to retract the * despicable* statement. *I want an immediate correction by the US government,* Maduro said live on state television, as quoted by Reuters. *Power says she'll fight repression in Venezuela? What repression? There is repression in the United States, where they kill African-Americans with impunity, and where they hunt the youngster Edward Snowden just for telling the truth,* Maduro fumed. Former CIA technician and NSA contractor Snowden remains a fugitive without a passport, as he has remained stuck in Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport for nearly a month. Snowden requested temporary asylum from Russia and has not officially accepted Maduro's asylum offer, WikiLeaks says. If extradited to the US, where Showden is wanted on espionage charges, he fears he could face inhumane treatment and even the death penalty for leaking details of the National Security Agencys dragnet surveillance programs. ------------------ Venezuela Revamps Air Defence Jul 18th 2013, by Ryan Mallett-Outtrim [image: Maduro in Sucre state (Prensa Miraflores).] Maduro in Sucre state (Prensa Miraflores). Mérida, 16th July 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) A powerful anti-aircraft system is being deployed in the east of Venezuela to counter future incursions into the country's airspace, President Nicolas Maduro announced on Wednesday. Our homeland is unassailable. Nobody will be able to touch even an inch, Maduro said from a street government address in Sucre state. The system will be installed in the northern Andes, which run through the east of the country. Maduro gave no further details of the artillery to be deployed, only referring to it as the most powerful system in the world. The Venezuelan military is reportedly been equipped with S-300VM anti-ballistic systems, purchased from Russia. The Russian-made system is designed to counter missiles and fixed-wing aircrafts within a range of 200 kilometres. The S-300 system is considered by some analysts<http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.93/pub_detail.asp>to be among the most effective anti-aircraft systems in the world. Venezuela is currently the largest importer of Russian manufactured arms in South America, and has also worked with Iran to manufacture remote controlled aerial surveillance drones as part of its push to modernise its military. The president also called for a morally and ethically...strong military, with revolutionary values, ideology and discipline. The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between Maduro and Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Monday. The discussion will include a complete revision of the state of relations, Santos tweeted on Tuesday. We go with the best good faith, the best goodwill, Maduro responded from Caracas. We believe in the coexistence of brothers, in the peaceful coexistence of different models, he stated. Colombian-Venezuelan relations took a step towards derailing when Santos met with Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles in May, according to Venezuelan foreign minister Elias Jaua. Its difficult to work for the peace of a brother people when its highest institutions are encouraging and feeding into destabilisation in Venezuela, Jaua told Venezuelan media following the controversial meeting. Earlier this week, Colombian foreign minister Maria Angela Holguin described current relations as a little cold, but stated that dialogue between the two countries is ongoing. ------------------------------ *Source URL (retrieved on 18/07/2013 - 10:15pm):* http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/9867 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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