By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--August 14, 2017
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He recounts how he was driven 500 km (310 miles) west from the capital of Caracas, took a seven-hour boat ride to the island of Curacao and caught a flight to Washington D.C., where he is now living in a hostel. He is one of 33 magistrates who President Nicolas Maduro threatened with jail after Congress named them to a parallel tribunal last month to challenge the existing Supreme Court, which has heavily favored the ruling Socialist Party. "I never imagined that they would have such an aggressive reaction, I think no one imagined it," Martin said in a telephone interview. "The government has crossed the line between good and evil."
Twenty-one others have sought similar refuge: besides Martin, seven have fled to the United States, six to neighboring Colombia - in some cases crossing the border on foot - and eight are living in the ambassadorial residences of Chile and Panama in Caracas. Three have been arrested, and the whereabouts of the remainder is unknown. Critics of the government say the exodus is a further sign of authoritarianism under Maduro that could become more pronounced under a heavily-criticized all-powerful legislature called the constituent assembly that was elected in July.Either way you look at it, you've got the people of the country facing shortages of essential goods while dealing with continual terror that the government's thugs will take them out if they say a word about it. Every independent branch of the government has been declawed, and a new phony-baloney "legislature" has been seated via a fraudulent election to give Maduro the veneer of credibility when he imposes whatever he wants on the country. This is absolute tyranny and it's happening at a break-neck pace.
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