“This sends a message all the way up to the top,” one of the US officials told CNN. “Seizing the foreign head of state’s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We’re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.” … “We see these officials and the Maduro regime basically fleecing the Venezuelan people for their own gain,” the US official said. “You have people who can’t even afford a loaf of bread there and then you have the president of Venezuela jetting around in a high-class private jet.”

Considering the electoral college exists and America effectively has 1 party, Venezuala should take Air Force One after the next American election. The election wasn’t free or fair afterall.

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    3 months ago

    I think this is the money quote: “no one is above the reach of US sanctions”

    I think The Powers That Be are getting a little antsy after sanctions failed to bring financial collapse to the Russian state and are looking for ways to make examples.