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They are impartial if you consider relentlessly pushing radical communist agendas and disregarding information that hurts your political allies to be impartial.

They are impartial if you consider relentlessly pushing radical communist agendas and disregarding information that hurts your political allies to be impartial. More uncomfortable facts: Maduro has killed tens of thousands of political dissidents nearly 8 million Venezuelans have fled the country under his regime [0]. And exit polls overwhelmingly favored the opposition [1]. 0. https://www.unrefugees.org/emergencies/venezuela/#:~:text=More%20than%207.7%20million%20Venezuelans,(as%20of%20April%202024) https://www.unrefugees.org/emergencies/venezuela/#:~:text=Mo.... 1. https://www.edisonresearch.com/edison-research-conducts-exit-poll-in-venezuela/ https://www.edisonresearch.com/edison-research-conducts-exit...

berdario 2y ago
Exit polls favored Maduro at 54% of the votes: https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 The exit poll that you referred to, is by EdisonResearch EdisonResearch is based in New Jersey, and doesn't have any prior experience with exit polls in Venezuela: https://web.archive.org/web/20180528045149/https://www.edisonresearch.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180528045149/https://www.ediso... I've also seen claims that they get funding from USAID, though I haven't been able to confirm them The fact that 8 million Venezuelans fled the country is of course sad, but the context is that the country has also been crippled by billion of dollars in sanctions. The UK alone "froze" 1 billion $ in Venezuelan's gold reserves. The "Beyond Sanctions" section of this article goes into details: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/07/30/venezuelans-re-elect-president-maduro-despite-u-s-organized-coup-attempt/ https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/07/30/venezuelans-re-e...
- rafaelm 2y ago
  Hinterlaces is a government linked company, not exactly impartial.
- grumple 2y ago
  Citing an organization controlled by Maduro to support Maduro's obviously fraudulent vote share is certainly a choice. I trust the US more than any foreign entity, especially in a nation as transparently corrupt as Venezuela.
pydry 2y ago
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berdario 2y ago

Exit polls favored Maduro at 54% of the votes: https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 The exit poll that you referred to, is by EdisonResearch EdisonResearch is based in New Jersey, and doesn't have any prior experience with exit polls in Venezuela: https://web.archive.org/web/20180528045149/https://www.edisonresearch.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180528045149/https://www.ediso... I've also seen claims that they get funding from USAID, though I haven't been able to confirm them The fact that 8 million Venezuelans fled the country is of course sad, but the context is that the country has also been crippled by billion of dollars in sanctions. The UK alone "froze" 1 billion $ in Venezuelan's gold reserves. The "Beyond Sanctions" section of this article goes into details: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/07/30/venezuelans-re-elect-president-maduro-despite-u-s-organized-coup-attempt/ https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/07/30/venezuelans-re-e...

rafaelm 2y ago
Hinterlaces is a government linked company, not exactly impartial.
grumple 2y ago
Citing an organization controlled by Maduro to support Maduro's obviously fraudulent vote share is certainly a choice. I trust the US more than any foreign entity, especially in a nation as transparently corrupt as Venezuela.

pydry 2y ago

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