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.

  • @[email protected]
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    -152 months ago

    Welcome to Lemmy, where Murica Bad, and the less Murica it is, the more unequivocally good it is.

    • @small44
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      252 months ago

      We are not living in a fantasy world where bad always fight good. It’s possible for two bad people,organization or country to fight each other. A country like the us who helped many coups and are supporting genocides can’t be good

      • @[email protected]
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        -132 months ago

        You live in a world where good always fights bad. We always smoke the bad guys. Try us why don’t it.

      • @PiousAgnostic
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        52 months ago

        Honestly, it’s an oversimplified view on reality. The US is incredibly good and incredibly bad. Just like most countries.

        The argument over which country is better is like arguing philosophy. The argument has merit in lifting up both sides. But to say America is bad is sophmoric at best. It comes across like a petulant child.

        • @sandbox
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          I’m willing to bet you can’t tell me a single good thing that the US has done that I’ve heard of that happened within the last 30 years.

            • @sandbox
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              I get my news from pretty diverse sources, so it shouldn’t be that hard. If the US is so incredibly good then it would be relatively easy to point to a recent event or something. Jog my memory on some incredible good that I’ve forgotten.

              As for what you linked, I’ve never heard of that one, also never even heard of that organisation. It’s also pay-walled, so I couldn’t even read it if I wanted to.

              • @Bernie_Sandals
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                112 months ago

                I get my news from pretty diverse sources, so it shouldn’t be that hard

                Diversity of sources almost doesn’t matter, quality does, you could watch a hundred different Trumpist YT channels, Fox, and OAN, and you’re not going to know basically anything factual because all of those sources are trash. The same could easily be said for questionable left wing sources too.

                also never even heard of that organisation

                It’s one of the most reputable foreign policy publications in the U.S, founded to give an academic counterweight to government statements during the Vietnam War.

                It’s also pay-walled, so I couldn’t even read it if I wanted to.

                It’s not hard to get past paywalls: https://archive.ph/rOXvz

                • @sandbox
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                  -82 months ago

                  The prompt was to tell me a good thing that I had heard of. I haven’t heard of this. I am European, left-wing, and I’ve been exposed to pretty much everything that one would find in the mainstream news or left-leaning news sites. I’m genuinely open to reconsidering my views here, all you need is one positive thing I’ve heard of in the last 30 years.

                  • @Bernie_Sandals
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                    62 months ago

                    I believe I already gave you an example? I explained the source the example was from, and gave a link that got past the paywall.

                    https://archive.ph/rOXvz

                    There’s the non-paywalled link again, I guess.

    • Cyborganism
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      -72 months ago

      It actually is.

      I’m so sick of American imperialism and it’s unfettered capitalism.