UPDATE: Jorge Ramos of Univision and his team detained then released in Venezuela

UPDATE: The Univision team along with Jorge Ramos has been released and later released.

Daniel Coronell, president of news for Univision in the U.S., tweeted just prior to 9 p.m. ET on Monday that Ramos and his team were released, but their technical equipment, along with interview material that dictator Maduro disliked, were confiscated.

The State Department confirmed on Twitter that Ramos and his team "are being held against their will at Miraflores Palace by Nicolas Maduro," and urged him to immediately release them.

Ramos, according to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was seemingly able to call Univision to explain what was happening "when the phone was taken from him & the call ended."



Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and his media team have been detained in Caracas, Venezuela. According to the network's Monday night tweet, Ramos was interviewing disputed President Nicolas Maduro and the dictator evidently "didn't like the questions" Ramos was asking during the interview."

Ramos and other members of the Univision crew were "arbitrarily detained at the Miraflores Palace," officials wrote online. It was not immediately clear how many others were detained with the Trump foe, Ramos. According to the network, the crew's technical equipment was confiscated.

The State Department confirmed on Twitter that Ramos and his team "are being held against their will at Miraflores Palace by Nicolas Maduro."

Kimberly Breier of the State Department tweeted:

.@StateDept has received word the journalist @jorgeramosnews and his team are being held against their will at Miraflores Palace by Nicolas Maduro. We insist on their immediate release; the world is watching. #Venezuela

Ramos, according to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was apparently able to phone Univision to tell them what was going on "when the phone was taken from him and the call ended."

Rubio visited the Colombia border city of Cucuta last week and warned Venezuelan soldiers that they would commit a "crime against humanity" if they blocked the entry of U.S. aid being channeled through rivals of Maduro.

The Trump administration and other nations have demanded Maduro step down and have Juan Guaido, the recognized opposition leader, take over as rightful leader. Maduro had begun his second term as dictator in January, and is not recognized as legitimate.

Hopefully, President Trump and his people will be able to convince Maduro to let our people go--so that Ramos can return home and be Trump's pain in the butt once again.

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Bernie blows it in Florida over Venezuela

"Heas how oy feel Haw Gay"

It's amazing that voters think that Sen. Bernie Sanders is a decent person because he's honest when he speaks about being a socialist, and acts as if socialism is a moral political philosophy. [Hint: it isn't--socialism and Communism are directly responsible for over 100 million deaths in the world.]

And socialism is being played out in Venezuela under dictator Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver. In fact, his soldiers killed two and wounded others in a standoff today and he refuses to allow food supplies to enter the country to feed the people. They eat dogs with a side of grass in the meantime and who knows what they're using for toilet paper.

Sanders is running for president in the 2020 primary, but it isn't looking good for the old geezer in Florida. 

Miami Democratic Congresswoman Donna Shalala said Thursday that Sanders "is not going to be the nominee of the Democratic Party." She is echoing what others in her state are saying after Sanders refused to denounce Maduro as a dictator or affirm Juan Guaidó as the legitimate interim leader of Venezuela. 

On Tuesday, Univision's Jorge Ramos asked Sanders if he thinks Maduro is a dictator and if he should "go." Sanders hemmed and hawed and then said, "I think clearly he has been very, very abusive. That is a decision of the Venezuelan people. So I think, Jorge, there's got to be a free a fair election."

Then the old fart crap-weasel did what he loves to do--he bashed the United States of America. "But what must not happen is that the United States must not use military force and intervene again as it has done in the past in Latin America, as you recall, whether it was Chile or Brazil or the Dominican Republic or Guatemala. The United States has a very bad record of intervening in Latin American countries. This must not happen again. The future of Venezuela must be left to the Venezuelan people."

Sanders was then asked if he would recognize Guaidó as the interim leader of the country. He answered, "No." 

He then pussy-footed over the "serious questions" about the legitimacy of the election that resulted in dictator Maduro maintaining power. "There are many people who feel it was a fraudulent election," said the Brooklyn-born senator, refusing to say if he is among those "many people." [Having an opinion as a Democrat is very dangerous, except when it comes to deciding who the racists are in the country. Guess.]

For many Democrats in Miami, Sanders just bought the farm--of course, being Sanders, he bought it with taxpayer money. The Hispanic community in Florida will not vote for a weasel whisperer who refuses to call out Latin American dictators--they've had their fill with the Castro brothers. 

Rep. Shalala has recently filed legislation to assist Venezuelans fleeing Maduro's socialist regime and economic crisis that his socialist policies have made even worse since coming into power.

Speaking to Politico, Shalala said of Sanders: "He is not going to be the nominee of the Democratic Party. He has demonstrated again that he does not understand this situation. I absolutely disagree with his imprecision in not saying Maduro must go."

"Helena Poleo, a former journalist and Democrat from Venezuela is also a Spanish-language commentator. She called Sanders comments 'disgusting. The Florida Democratic Party needs to denounce this now,'" Politico reports.

Democratic State Sen. Annette Taddeo (Miami) said she was "dumbfounded" by Sanders' response, Politico reports. "He’s obviously clueless," she said, questioning if he's been fully briefed on the situation. [The problem isn't that Sanders wasn't briefed, the problem is that he is a socialist and has the moral equivalency of the scavenger pilot fish feeding off a shark.]

The Democratic Party of Florida issued an "unequivocal" statement. Although it doesn't name Sanders, it directly counters his comments: "Florida Democrats have been unequivocal: We recognize Juan Guaidó as the President of Venezuela, denounce the legitimacy of the Maduro regime and his efforts to remain illegally in power," the party said in a statement. (Read Politico's full report here.)

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Hillary's biggest lie

Let's face it, the term 'honest politician' is an oxymoron. Politicians all lie--every last one of them--and you can tell when they're lying when you hear their vocal chords vibrate.

Hillary Clinton isn't only no exception to this premise, she's the leading Queen, Liar Superior, Speaketh with Forked Tongue politician alive.

The former Secretary of State with the highest air mileage to lack of accomplishments ratio is basically calling the mother of Sean Smith a liar. She says Mrs. Smith is "wrong" when she said that Clinton lied about the Benghazi attack being caused by an anti-Muslim video and not a terrorist attack.

The former First Liar told Politico the following, which when a lie is spotted, will be put in italics:

"You know, look, I feel a great deal of sympathy for the families of the four brave Americans that we lost in Baghdad. And I can't even imagine the grief that she has for losing her son. But she's wrong. She's absolutely wrong. I and everybody in the administration, all the people she named--the president, the vice president, Susan Rice [then UN Ambassador] we were scrambling to get information and that was changing literally by the hour."

When Jorge Ramos, a co-moderator at the Democratic debate questioned "Sister Twisted Story" about Mrs. Smith's accusation of lying to the American public about how the attacks transpired, and telling Chelsea the truth, she sneered as she said, "Well, Jorge, that makes my point."

She also refused to address the issue of her private server and possible indictment.

The final lie came when she said, "Good night" to the moderators.

Let's be clear: the CIA knew in real time the attacks were not due to a video and were well orchestrated. They weren't from "some guys out in the street going for a walk." It makes a difference because Clinton stood in front of the four caskets of the dead and told Mrs. Smith that "{We} are going to get the guy who made that video."

Lucky for Hillary that she is incapable of feeling shame or guilt. If she did, she would have resigned and that would have been the right thing to do.


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