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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 77 points 4 days ago (36 children)

I'm not exactly sure what they're getting at, but I did see someone from the Nobel Peace Prize committee call for Maduro's removal just as the US has been ramping up its "anti-narcotics" operations in around the oil and lithium rich country, complete with extra judicial killings of Venezuelans, telling other nations to avoid their airspace and very recently seizing an oil tanker ship...

So it kinda feels like the Nobel Peace Prize committee is trying to add justification to the cause for war that the US is trying to drum up, which is wantonly egregious, so maybe they're implying that both the Nobel committee and Eurovision are tacit supporters and backers of imperialism.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (18 children)

USA pllitics aside, the world would be a little brighter with Maduro and his regime out of Venezuela

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (4 children)

So you say. But it's up to the people of Venezuela do decide that and then act upon it, not the deranged USA administration.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Of course, but thats another thing. Americans are sick people.

The problem with ellection in Venezuela is that they are stupidly rigged. It is said that Maduro lost the last one 70-30, and expatriates were not allowed to vote alleguing bs reasons. (Those are ~5 million voters that were heavily sided against maduro). If thats true, Venezuela has to "decide" by storming the streets at this point

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Venezuela has to “decide” by storming the streets at this point

Still up to them. Being a foreigner you may even cheer for either side, as long as you don't send armies there to plunder and murder.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I will state this cause i think it may be subject of misinterpretation: i stated "decide" in comas because maduro lost the last 2 elections (the first one may be arguable, the second one was scandalous) and nothing changed, not because they should be "coopted to decide" or something.

And just to clarify, the USA should stay out of venezuela

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I thought I read they did storm the streets of Caracas, during the last Trump admin, in support of Maduro, during a previous coup attempt.

Like the US got caught sponsoring mercenaries and trying to ship in a load of guns to start a coup. I don't imagine everything is peachy in Venezuela, but I do wonder how much of that is due to meddling by foreign powers versus corruption.

News in Latin America is hard to trust one way or another, because it always seems like it's being twisted to support one goal or another. Like, I know the state media is biased, but I also know the Western media is eager to support bloodthirsty actors who want to pillage their resources.

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