Waking up to find Venezuela's dictator in custody, and Venezuelans around the world are celebrating is rather a nice way to begin a Saturday.
The US went in and grabbed Maduro, ostensibly for drug and terrorism charges and his role in importing illegal drugs into the United States.
The unsealed indictment makes for interesting reading.
The drug conspiracy and terrorism charges seem rather convincing, but some of the indictment, namely the firearms charges, reads like it was pulled off a domestic drug dealer form indictment.
The firearm charges - namely possession of machine guns, and the carrying of firearms in furtherance of a crime - appear rather aout of place - considering there is no allegations that the firearms were ever carried in the US or US territory by any of the named defendants.
Strange stuff indeed. On the upside that's one dictator removed and a chance for the actually elected opposition to have a chance to dismantle the chavismo dictatorship and have a free(r) country again.
In other news, protests against the regime continue in Iran, and those protests should be supported. With any luck the mullahs too will experience regime change and the middle east will become a lot more stable and free as well.
Certainly an interesting start to the year.
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