Francis blesses dictator Maduro
Francis blesses dictator Maduro
As the people of
Venezuela together with its Legislative Branch suffer under the
tyrannical oppression of president Nicolas Maduro, Pope Francis received
him at the Vatican and allowed himself to be photographed blessing the
dictator, above.
The political situation of the country is critical, with the people and
Congress calling for a referendum to depose their communist government.
Maduro disregards any appearance of democracy and brutally imprisons
his political opposers and beats the people in the streets, below.
Since the government is presently facing widespread international
disapproval, on October 24, 2016, Maduro ran to Francis looking for
political support. And he received it.
Obviously, Bergoglio spoke a few ambiguous words encouraging the
"building of trust between the parties." Words, however, that hardly
mask the scandalous support he gave to the communist despot.
He also invited the parties "to show courage in pursuing the path of
sincere and constructive dialogue to alleviate the suffering of the
people." These words are hypocritical because everyone knows that Maduro
is closed to any authentic dialogue and only wants to continue his
unpopular Bolivarian Socialism, which is an euphemism for Communism.
Now, it is curious to see that, on one hand, Francis gave de facto
political support to the communist dictator against the interests of
the people of Venezuela. Above all, he offered his ideological
assistance to Maduro. On the other hand, he does not lose one single
opportunity to attack "ideology" when it means the defense of private
property, free enterprise and Capitalism.
Facing this contradiction, we ask: Is Francis not also a communist?
Below first row, the Venezuelan police imprisoning opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez who was demonstrating against Nicolas Maduro; second and third rows, examples of how the government understands "sincere and constructive dialogue" with the opposition; last row, youth display the bullets the Maduro's police shot against them, causing the death of many.
