GENEVA – The Swiss government said on Jan 5 that it had decided to freeze any assets held in Switzerland by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or his associates “with immediate effect”.
Bern said it had reached its decision after Mr Maduro was seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation and brought to New York to face narcotrafficking charges.
Describing the situation as “volatile”, the Swiss government said in a statement that it wanted “to ensure that any illicitly acquired assets cannot be transferred out of Switzerland in the current situation”.
“The asset freeze comes into force today with immediate effect and will remain valid for four years until further notice.”
Well we all know about the US gouvernent and their crimes.
But why can’t anybody here acknowledge that Maduro was a crook himself? He had to go, but he rigged the system against it.
I mean if we were talking about Chavez, that guy had his people’s well being at heart. And I have a lot of respect for that man.
But Maduro I can’t defend. And it seems to me like the people here are defending him, and argue and downvote in bad faith. If a leader is a bad person, no matter where they stand on the political spectrum, they shouldn’t be defended from any criticism.
Election fraud goes unpunished all over the world. I’m not defending Maduro, but he was arrested for narco-terrorism, not system rigging.
The initial comment I made was that his election being fair and democratic was debatable, which is true. Then everybody went apeshit trying to defend him with whataboutisms. That’s the problem.
I didn’t really have a problem with your description. I just thought it was so close to describing Trump that it needed highlighting.
“It doesn’t change the fact that [Trump] was corrupt and was living in luxury and was well fed while [Americans] were hungry and poor.”
Well we’re on the same page. I don’t know about the others.