Venezuela's Armed Forces Are Under Surveillance

Stratfor Latin America Analyst Reggie Thompson discusses the Venezuelan government's surveillance of the military as it tries to contain future threats to its survival.

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[Raphii.]

i am from venezuela, we are living in the complete shit

[melbrooksonbusiness]

It's not the lower ranks. It will be a Colonel who starts it.

[AmNotHere]

What I find surprising is the links between the current Venezuelan government and Hezbollah.

[dIRECTOR]

The problem with sanctioning PDVSA is that it would give Maduro a really good excuse for any economic troubles. Of course, it _really would_ hurt Venezuela, but the government could really blame _everything else_ on the US as well. They already do, but this would reinforce that narrative significantly, and may end up securing the regime. At least in the near term.

[kmg]

Sanctions would actually help their economy. Just stay the course and let them starve themselves out.

[geoanalytics]

I love the videos you’ll put out I would like to know how I could get into the field.

[clearskye]

EEUU should waiting more. Rissia are insulting aour great continet named America. Action now over the Russian -Cuba-Maduro regime. Maduri deserve to be aout of power. Him is killing by his arm forces so many innocents and that is a shame. We expect EEUU help . Thank you .

[huskerfly]

So the government isn't so concerned about getting food for its people and trying to revive its petroleum industry... I'm definitely not for Trump, but a more aggressive foreign policy stance is good