what a chad
Was that what was previously up on that wall? Like did someone take down a Simon Bolivar painting to put up a portrait of Juan fuckin Guiado instead? :agony:
yes. Guiado and his supporters took over the embassy in Boliva in the summer. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/14916
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Anybody got an idea who this is in that picture they hung up or what significance it has?
Btw lol at whoever put up Guaido instead of some old painting - interesting contrast.
that's simon bolivar. he liberated a huge chunk of south america from the spanish. a bourgeois nationalist of course but eh i kinda like him anyway
in the same way George Washington was overall good but not like, good good
Forgive me and point me in the right direction, but how was the US doing imperialism during the late 1700s and early 1800s. I’m not very knowledgeable of the US during this time
Oh, not much, that comment was probably more about foreseeing what would happen lol. Idk, I'll have to look up why he said that particular thing and when.
Mainly just the Monroe doctrine paving the way, saturating Mexican Texas with slave owners, and the Native American genocide.
If there has been one bougie nationalist who deserves to be called "good", it is probably Bolivar.
I guess then now I have a face to the name lol
Knowing that makes them taking down his painting for some print of Guaido even worse, yikes.
Worth noting he's the namesake of Bolivia, and ruled Gran Colombia which became Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama, and why those first three have similar flags 🇻🇪 🇪🇨 🇨🇴
Simon Bolivar is like the founding father of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Panama, their George Washington figure who won independence from Spain. Chavez’s democratic political revolution in Venezuela claims to be the true heir of Bolivar’s legacy.
Another blessed image from his visit
Very fitting painting :maduro-coffee:
