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[+] -7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

That's not great. But. However. Those were not democratic elections in Venezuela. That was a farce.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Maduro won the election, and the US tried to manufacture consent to overturn it.

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    I don't think even 5% of Venezuela's economic issues derive from Maduro's government. Not that I like him particularly. We severely underestimate -or pretty much ignore- the actual implications of being subjected to the sanctions and isolation Venezuela has been. And the huge social fracture derived primarily from the middle to upper class being annoyed at having to redistribute wealth for decades ain't helping. I know this first-hand and the insolidarity, entitlement and neoliberal kool-aid drinking from that part of Venezuelan society is a fucking bleak reality.

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    Well, the public knows about those issues because Maduro talks about them all the time. Why wouldn't they vote for him if they know it?

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