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.

    • @PiousAgnostic
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      51 month 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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        1 month ago

        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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            1 month ago

            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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              111 month 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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                -81 month 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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                  61 month 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.

                  • @sandbox
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                    -111 month ago

                    Once again, I told you, I have never heard of this. Is it literally the only thing you can think of? Doesn’t sound that incredibly good to me.