The Venezuelan president, whose last two re-elections in 2024 and 2018 were not recognized by the United States or much of the international community, has been accused by the US of leading a drug cartel. Washington has doubled the bounty for Maduro's capture to $50 million but has made no public threat to invade Venezuela.
  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    You may or may not like Maduro, but either way the US cannot be trusted, especially with affairs pertaining to Latin America/the global south. And even beyond that, the Trump administration is a criminal regime, something which they like to accuse others of being. Venezuela is a sovereign state, and the US has no right to interfere.

  • mrdownEnglish
    25·
    2 months ago

    The president of peace they said

    • JohnnyFlapHoleSeedEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      ‘well I voted for Trump because I just don’t want there to be any violence’

      • dipshit traitors that don’t understand how fascism works.
  • CircaV@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    The US needs to stay TF out of Vzla. What has Vzla ever done to the US?? It’s ridiculous.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      We have an unfortunately long and sordid history of fucking with central and South America with effective impunity. Looks like we’re ramping up for some more.

      sigh what a time to be alive 😐

    • assassinatedbyCIAEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      They have oil and they’re not letting the USA have it. How very entitled of them. /s

  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    111·
    2 months ago

    The thing is if the US just left maduro alone his regime probably would’ve collapsed by now. Every time anything bad happens there he can blame it on the CIA and US plots and half the time he’s right so people still believe him.

    If we got rid of the sanctions then the people couldn’t blame anyone else but maduro for the shit economy and they maybe would oust him. But America just can’t stand an independent left wing country “in there backyard”

  • rarsamx@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    The reason why Maduro is in power is the US. Plain and simple.

    Hadn’t the US propped puppet right wing governments in Venezuela, there wouldn’t have been a need for a Chavez mesias.

    The US doesn’t care about drugs. They care about Venezuelan oil and continue tal hegemony. That’s it.

    So, it’s not only Trump. It’s every single government before him.