> there is solid evidence of plenty of fraud on the last election In fact, there isn't. If there is, please provide supporting evidence. Since we're on the sub

> there is solid evidence of plenty of fraud on the last election In fact, there isn't. If there is, please provide supporting evidence. Since we're on the subject of the New York Times, here[1] is the closest example I can find, which resorts to vague, unsubstantiated insinuations that voters were "pressured" despite historically low turnout. As you indicate, the military supports Maduro. There is no reason to believe this will change. The putative interim 'leader' Juan Guaidó was relatively unknown until this coup attempt, has no constitutional mandate to lead, and has no traction with the Venezuelan state. He received an astounding zero percent of the vote in the last election. Efforts by the US's famously free press to portray otherwise have sunk to desperately lower stabs at 'clickbait' than the linked article. A few hours ago, NPR published the sensationalist headline "High-Ranking General Rejects Maduro, Who Proposes Earlier Parliamentary Elections"[2]. Eight paragraphs later, we get this hilariously sunken lede: "Although hundreds of generals serve in the Venezuelan military, the announcement represents a victory for Guaidó, NPR's Philip Reeves reports." None of this is to defend to current leadership of Venezuela - it is disastrous. Neither would I defend the leadership of Saudi Arabia, which doesn't even _pretend_ to have "democratic order." But these are not problems to be decided by the US, the media class, or the "international community." Don't take it from me - ask an Iraqi. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/world/americas/venezuela-election.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/world/americas/venezuela-... [2] https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/690944320/high-ranking-general-rejects-maduro-who-proposes-earlier-parliamentary-elections https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/690944320/high-ranking-genera...