▲ 200 ▼ My Venezuelan friends say Maduro is a dictator (crazypeople.online) submitted 11 months ago by hamid@crazypeople.online to c/memes@lemmy.ml 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] hamid@crazypeople.online [S] 15 points 11 months ago* (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago (2 children) https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/maduro-began-his-third-term-amid-fraud-allegations/ https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=%2Fen%2Fiachr%2Fmedia_center%2FPReleases%2F2025%2F007.asp https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/venezuela-s-2024-election-crisis-unveiling-electoral-fraud-repression-and-the-erosion-of-civil-li https://latinoamerica21.com/en/venezuela-from-fraudulent-elections-to-clandestine-elections/ https://www.wlrn.org/americas/2025-07-28/human-rights-watch-venezuelas-maduro-regime-employs-systematic-repression-against-critics https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/americas/south-america/venezuela/report-venezuela/ https://democratic-erosion.org/2025/04/17/populism-and-authoritarianism-in-venezuela/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Lucky_777@lemmy.world -17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Dude the source is fine. It has one arm in the United States. Runs as a non-profit and only takes 30% of funding from any one source. Are you saying anything that touches the US isn't legitimate? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Directorio Legislativo https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/who-we-are/ María Baron Global Executive Director Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow https://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program/ https://countercurrents.org/2022/05/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-a-second-cia/ In 1991, one of the founders of NED, Allen Weinstein, stated that much of NED’s work involves doing what the CIA used to do. Some, in fact, refer to NED as the “second CIA.” Just have to scratch the surface a little bit to see the imperialist connection here. I'd implore you to not just take the surface-level info from NGOs without understanding the interests they serve. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago (2 children) https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/maduro-began-his-third-term-amid-fraud-allegations/ https://www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsForm/?File=%2Fen%2Fiachr%2Fmedia_center%2FPReleases%2F2025%2F007.asp https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/venezuela-s-2024-election-crisis-unveiling-electoral-fraud-repression-and-the-erosion-of-civil-li https://latinoamerica21.com/en/venezuela-from-fraudulent-elections-to-clandestine-elections/ https://www.wlrn.org/americas/2025-07-28/human-rights-watch-venezuelas-maduro-regime-employs-systematic-repression-against-critics https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/americas/south-america/venezuela/report-venezuela/ https://democratic-erosion.org/2025/04/17/populism-and-authoritarianism-in-venezuela/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Lucky_777@lemmy.world -17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Dude the source is fine. It has one arm in the United States. Runs as a non-profit and only takes 30% of funding from any one source. Are you saying anything that touches the US isn't legitimate? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Directorio Legislativo https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/who-we-are/ María Baron Global Executive Director Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow https://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program/ https://countercurrents.org/2022/05/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-a-second-cia/ In 1991, one of the founders of NED, Allen Weinstein, stated that much of NED’s work involves doing what the CIA used to do. Some, in fact, refer to NED as the “second CIA.” Just have to scratch the surface a little bit to see the imperialist connection here. I'd implore you to not just take the surface-level info from NGOs without understanding the interests they serve. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Lucky_777@lemmy.world -17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Dude the source is fine. It has one arm in the United States. Runs as a non-profit and only takes 30% of funding from any one source. Are you saying anything that touches the US isn't legitimate? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Directorio Legislativo https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/who-we-are/ María Baron Global Executive Director Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow https://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program/ https://countercurrents.org/2022/05/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-a-second-cia/ In 1991, one of the founders of NED, Allen Weinstein, stated that much of NED’s work involves doing what the CIA used to do. Some, in fact, refer to NED as the “second CIA.” Just have to scratch the surface a little bit to see the imperialist connection here. I'd implore you to not just take the surface-level info from NGOs without understanding the interests they serve. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Lucky_777@lemmy.world -17 points 11 months ago (1 child) Dude the source is fine. It has one arm in the United States. Runs as a non-profit and only takes 30% of funding from any one source. Are you saying anything that touches the US isn't legitimate? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] culprit@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Directorio Legislativo https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/who-we-are/ María Baron Global Executive Director Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow https://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program/ https://countercurrents.org/2022/05/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-a-second-cia/ In 1991, one of the founders of NED, Allen Weinstein, stated that much of NED’s work involves doing what the CIA used to do. Some, in fact, refer to NED as the “second CIA.” Just have to scratch the surface a little bit to see the imperialist connection here. I'd implore you to not just take the surface-level info from NGOs without understanding the interests they serve. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) Directorio Legislativo https://directoriolegislativo.org/en/who-we-are/ María Baron Global Executive Director Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow https://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program/ https://countercurrents.org/2022/05/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-a-second-cia/ In 1991, one of the founders of NED, Allen Weinstein, stated that much of NED’s work involves doing what the CIA used to do. Some, in fact, refer to NED as the “second CIA.” Just have to scratch the surface a little bit to see the imperialist connection here. I'd implore you to not just take the surface-level info from NGOs without understanding the interests they serve. permalink fedilink source parent
