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It's way too early to declare total victory. US also swiftly deposed Chavez, but Chavismo came roaring back. Maduro himself is unlikely to escape his abduction
by pphysch 4mo ago
It's way too early to declare total victory. US also swiftly deposed Chavez, but Chavismo came roaring back.
Maduro himself is unlikely to escape his abduction, but the actual power structures and grassroots opposition to Washington's totalitarianism remains across LatAm.
- NooneAtAll3 4mo agoyou can talk about "opposition still remains" as much as you want, but it's the right wing leaders who are winning elections
- pphysch 4mo agoI'm not talking about elections that far right lunatics* allegedly win by 1%. I'm talking about what happens after. * Colombia's new guy boasted of strapping fireworks to cats, and married his wife when she turned 18 and he was almost 30.
- mrguyorama 4mo agoWith credentials like that, shouldn't he be working as head of the US DoJ or DHS?
- NooneAtAll3 4mo ago> I'm talking about what happens after. and what happens after is right-wing government in power of the country for the next N years
- pphysch 4mo agoKinda like how the USA respected the previous elections in Venezuela?
- marcosdumay 4mo agoThe entire situation in Venezuela was only sustainable because of their relation to the US. It's the same for Cuba, by the way. If the US normalize their relation¹, a totalitarian government will have a much harder time there. 1 - As in "relates to it like a normal country". Treating it like an extractivist colony won't do.