• Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    This has too many Belize vibes. I'm giving Maduro the benefit of the doubt because he's not a dumbfuck fascist like our Presidents are. He needs to be careful about this.

    • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      I'm not educated nearly enough on this particular matter to have an informed opinion on it.

      But I will say that, even though communists support Venezuela's sovereignty and their struggle against Western imperialism, I feel like a lot of communists forget that Venezuela is not a communist country and that Maduro is not a communist. In fact, the relationship between the communists of Venezuela and Venezuelan leadership has been deteriorating pretty heavily over the past decade. The left shouldn't expect the ruling party of Venezuela to behave like a principled communist party and not be too surprised if they end up violating the sovereignty of another country for their own national interests.

      I know no one is seriously claiming Maduro (and by some extention Chavez) is a communist, but he does seem to get romanticized as if he were one.

      Sorry if this feels unrelated, so take this comment as just a side-note.

      • cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml
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        7 months ago

        I've read the allegations that Venezuela has been cracking down on the Communist Party, and while I don't have the full context, it seems that the the communist party deserves it, because it increasingly sides with pro-Amerikkkan imperialists and peddles Amerikkkan colonialist propaganda, and is sabotaging the Venezuelan state.

          • cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml
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            7 months ago

            Sure, here are some articles. And as a heads-up, even though they interview Joti Brar, a monsterous raving transphobic piece of shit, she is right on this.

            https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-communist-party-controversies-reach-new-level/

            https://orinocotribune.com/british-communist-joti-brar-pcv-kke-do-disservice-to-the-anti-imperialist-cause/

            https://orinocotribune.com/venezuela-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-communist-party-dissidents-appoints-ad-hoc-board-for-elections/

            https://orinocotribune.com/communist-party-of-venezuela-expresses-solidarity-with-far-right-politician-maria-corina-machado/

      • Melina [they/them, fae/faer]
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        7 months ago

        The communist party of Venezuela is revisionist, Maduro is a strict Stalinist I keep having to remind people of this fact…

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        7 months ago

        I'm aware. Chavez did sabre rattling about this too from what I remember. It's just disappointing to see someone who's been pretty good for the most part taking this sudden turn that I've only seen the most far-right leaders do.