We should not be staging a coup in Venezuela
Bolton, Pompeo, Trump, and Bolsonaro have staged a coup in Venezuela today. They've talked about regime change in Venezuela for a while and have finally done it. Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Russia, and Turkey have spoken out against the coup. If you've ever been worried about Russian influence on US elections, then I hope you express commensurate outrage over this. It's not about whether you think Maduro is good or bad -- it's about whether you think the US has the right to topple democratically elected governments in Latin America (obviously we have done this many times before). If you really want to help poor Venezuelans then you should advocate to end sanctions and give them the medicine and food that they need. You can be critical of a foreign democratically elected regime and not support imperialist intervention. Amy Goodman interviewed the Venezuelan foreign minister last week. I highly advise you to watch it to learn more https://youtu.be/A3QLiB9fLZQ
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Pretty sure it has nothing to do with us
The entirety of 20th century Latin American history would like a word with you
It really only has to do with USA. This is as much a popular uprising as was Syria.
This should be a new type of stupidity to call it a coup. The Congress did not recognize Maduro as president due to extremely fraudulent elections, within Venezuelan laws (even with them being extremely favorable to Maduro, as Chaves and him have been increasing their powers illegally for 20 years now). Also, this is extremely insensitive to the suffering of the Venezuelan people, running away from this genocide. Btw, sending medicine and help does not help. The Maduro regime steals everything and gives it to the military.
To be fair, even if it is a coup, how much worse can it get for the citizens who are seeing their children starve to death.
1. Civil war is much, much worse. Look at historical examples such as Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Korea, etc 2. Problems in Venezuela's economy are twofold a. Over-reliance on oil that has crashed since 2014 oil drop b. U.S. sanctions Whether we like to admit it or not, we are a large part of the reason why Venezuela is starving. I'm not a supporter of Maduro but I can simultaneously admit that we have been waging economic warfare against the country. It's exactly what happened in the '70s when Salvador Allende was being elected and Nixon asked the CIA to "make the economy scream" in Chile to “prevent Allende from coming to power or to unseat him.”
you're forgetting c) rampant corruption, d) bad public spending
Did you see the people starving, having no access to medicine and getting killed by the regime? Was about fuckin’ time. As I always say: We’re Not Liechtenstein. Being AMERICA doesn’t give us a way out. Because we hold real power, no matter what we do or don’t, we’ll end up killing people with action or inaction. If we had a part in this (which I’m assuming we did), then I’m very proud of the US and hope that Venezuela is getting back onto her feet without too much violence.
Maduro wasn't democratically elected.
America has always staged coups and influenced foreign elections. This isn’t news.
It’s still worth talking about, especially amidst the DNC Russia hysteria
Absolutely true. Look how it's turned out for El Salvador, Chile, Brazil, or Nicaragua https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America
Are you pro-starvation? Until there are troops on the ground and or planes in the air, we have done precisely as much as every other non oil producing/Communist country has done. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-01-23/maduro-isolated-as-latin-american-nations-back-venezuela-opposition-leader
Trump Administration Discussed Coup Plans With Rebel Venezuelan Officers https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/americas/donald-trump-venezuela-military-coup.html Officials from the Trump administration met several times with Venezuelan military officers who claimed to be coup-plotting dissenters https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/10/trump-venezuela-prospect-coup/?utm_term=.c461d7657937 Pompeo calls on Venezuela's Maduro to step down, urges support from military https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-pompeo/pompeo-calls-on-venezuelas-maduro-to-step-down-urges-support-from-military-idUSKCN1PH2HI Trump: Maduro is no longer president of Venezuela https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-maduro-is-no-longer-president-of-venezuela
So you are pro-starvation?
As much as I hate Maduro, US should stay out since it will only generate outrage of American interference that would be leveraged by the extreme left throughout Latin America.
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