Is Venezuela Going HOT? Sec'y of State BOLTON Does Not Travel With Trump to N. Korea Summit, Cuz Venezuela Too Explosive ~ Soldiers Defect, Madura to Flee? UPDATE: TWEET from BOLTON: Masked thugs, civilians killed by live rounds, and the burning of trucks carrying badly-needed food and medicine. This has been Maduro’s response to peaceful efforts to help Venezuelans. Countries that still recognize Maduro should take note of what they are endorsing. https://twitter.com/AmbJohnBolton/status/1099407653439266818 Venezuelan TROOPS ABANDON POSTS amid violent clashes with protesters at Colombian border https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelan-troops-abandon-posts-amid-violent-clashes-with-protesters-at-colombian-border ====================================================================== 3 links: Will Venezuela Situation Go Hot This Weekend? Report #1-- VENEZUELA CLOSES ITS AIR SPACE: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/breaking-news-venezuela-closes-its-air-space It appears the Venezuelan government, expecting an American air assault, has now CLOSED ITS AIR SPACE, nationwide. Some few international flights are still traveling across the country, but all others have been told to veer-off, and clearly have complied. Click image to enlarge. UPDATE 8:09 PM EST -- Venezuela has just now ordered the severing of air and sea links between itself and the Island of Curaçao which lies just north the Venezuela's coastline. Step-by-step, the government of Venezuela is closing off air, land and sea routes until it apparently TOTALLY isolates itself. (HT REMARK: The last gasps of a dying regime that knows its days in-power have just dropped to very few. Maybe only two.) ================================================ Report#2  D.MAIL Maduro SHUTS Venezuela's border with Brazil as Juan Guaido heads to international boundary to PERSONALLY bring in US aid, raising the stakes of potentially violent clash https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6728613/Juan-Guaido-heads-Venezuelas-border-PERSONALLY-bring-aid.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Report #3 https://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=2248 SHOULD YOU HEAR OF HIGH RANKING VENEZUELAN MILITARY DEFECTIONS, WITH RUSSIAN TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT LANDING IN VENEZUELA, IT WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF MADURO, GETTING READY TO FLEE, AS HE ALREADY SENT, VENEZUELA'S GOLD OUT OVER A WEEK AGO ,ON RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT  VENEZUELA GOES HOT! 1 dead as Venezuelan troops fire at people trying to keep border open One dead and 12 injured as Venezuelan troops open fire on civilians trying to keep Brazilian border open for aid - a day after Guaido's trucks rammed through roadblocks Venezuelan troops 'opened fire' after arriving at a village where civilians were trying to keep the border open Woman named as Zorayda Rodriguez, 42, was killed and 12 were injured, four seriously, it has been reported Video also shows a clash between President Nicolas Maduro's troops and backers of his rival Juan Guaido Security forces shown standing in path of trucks which are believed to have been on their way to the border Maduro is trying to block US aid from entering Venezuela but Guaido is planning to bring it in on Saturday Rival pop concerts set to take place at either end of a blockaded border bridge today as tensions mount Russia accused the US of using aid deliveries as a ploy to carry out military action against Maduro's regime full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6732927/Guaidos-trucks-RAM-roadblocks-Venezuelan-border.html  Venezuela protests flare, SOLDIERS DEFECT, as border aid operation commences ....U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton canceled plans to travel to South Korea to prepare for a summit addressing North Korea’s nuclear program in order to focus instead on events unfolding in Venezuela, his spokesman said on Friday. “To Maduro’s military cronies attacking civilians at the Brazilian border - the world is watching and the perpetrators will face justice,” Bolton wrote on Twitter. “The Venezuelan military should protect civilians, not shoot them..... https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/23/reuters-america-update-2-venezuela-protests-flare-soldiers-defect-ahead-of-border-aid-operation.html MUST SEE: Grocery Stores Empty Shelves.....and Hospitals??? Disaster areas, no medical supplies....these people really need U.S. Aid......but Madura won't let it in....but the people are demanding that the U.S. Aid be brought in, ....protesting... Anti-Aircraft Fire From Venezuela Military Base! Venezuelan air defense forces engaged in live firing with ZU-23-2 twin 23mm AA batteries in the middle of the night above Fort Paramacay, Valencia, Venezuela.  https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/anti-aircraft-fire-from-venezuela-military-base Collection of Articles  re: Venezuela...its left leaning, but still informative https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/Venezuela?CMP=ILC-refresh ==================================================================================== Folks, note we have a Communist Shill here! Verboten is his name.  Remember it, and always down vote it.