U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela’s hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.
Speaking in Tokyo on Monday shortly after the announcement was made, Blinken said the U.S. was concerned that the result reflected neither the will nor the votes of the Venezuelan people. He called for election officials to publish the full results transparently and immediately and said the U.S. and the international community would respond accordingly.
Yes Maduro is a corrupt dictator but the only reason why the state department is saying that is because it goes against Us interest. He couldn’t give a damn about venezuelans people. If it was a pro west dictator he wouldn’t say that.
I think it’s more like if the US wants people to believe they didn’t try to rig elections in South America they should stop rigging elections and launching coups when that doesn’t work in South America.
It actively effects us when they get together in a caravan and cross our border because their county is corrupt all the way at the highest level.
Maybe if your country didn’t get involved into fucking up the democracy of that region for corporate interests, I would have some sympathy.
Yes, because we printed all the Bolivar they printed causing hyperinflation. What in the fuck are you talking about?
I think they’re referring to the countless South American counties that America has meddled with in the past.
Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, etc.
Basically, you reap what you sow.
Yep. That’s it.
We didn’t meddle in Venezuela. Like what are you talking about. The guy thought he had enough oil to not need the u.s as a ally anymore. He cut us off from his country and tried allying with Iraq and Cuba. He failed though.
Cut us off from their oil, then America cut trade ties, then they allied with our adversaries because America turned their back on them simply because they were mad they nationalized their oil.
Yea, that’s the point: the US views oil access and strategic alliances as interrelated. If anything I think this is just an open admission that the US DGAF about ‘democracy’ but is really only interested in the willingness of oil states to deal in their oil supply.
Lol America is so fucking entitled
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Lmao, because they decided to cut ties with their ‘investor’? At the risk of repeating myself:
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John Bolton admits to Venezuela coup.
Economic warfare
LoL sorry buddy, but you clearly don’t know your history. Come back after you read about American influence in South American politics since WW2.
Here’s a place to start:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America
Let’s just looks at Venezuela.
If we’re using Wikipedia as a source you might be interested in these parts
They always hated us for no reason of our own. And wanted to take our spot as a super power. They failed.
No. Trying to get rid of American influence and being independent without any US involvement is not trying to take a spot at being a super power. Get real.
LMAO, yes, NO REASON AT ALL
You won’t even list the reason other than “we stopped buying their oil” lololol.
A couple years ago the US Navy committed international piracy by stealing a Venezuelan oil tanker that was trying to sell Venezuelan oil. And that’s just one example of the years of economic interference we’ve been fucking them with.
It’s true that Venezuela’s economic troubles didn’t start with our embargo, but it’s also true that our embargo makes things ten times worse.
Oh no, poor people crossing an imaginary line, how will we survive this
Noooo don’t work in our economy and produce exploitable value nooooo