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The Biden administration reaffirmed its recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president, ruling out talks with the actual president, Nicolás Maduro, who was elected by the Venezuelan people. This is State Department spokesperson Ned Price.

Ned Price: “I would expect that our dialogue will be with our like-minded allies and partners, as well as with the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó as the leader chosen by that National Assembly. I would not expect any direct contact with Maduro, again, whom we consider to be a dictator.”

The Biden administration has said it will continue to impose sanctions on Venezuela, which have crippled the economy. The Center for Economic and Policy Research estimates as many as 40,000 Venezuelans have died due to sanctions.

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    • UncleJoe [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Is he white and/or supports white countries? Then he's a good, democratically elected president :guaido-despair:

      Is he non-white and/or opposed western imperialism? Bad, evil red fash dictator :maduro-coffee:

    • gammison [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      If you want a left perspective on the PSUV government that tries to document the real concerns with it, while also ridiculing the hypocrisy of us media on Venezuela compared to us supported governments, check out Gabriel Hetlands articles on Venezuela.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Maduro is a socialist, gives the middle finger to US imperialism, and is in charge of a country that has oil. That's the why.

      The fig leaf they use is that they claim Maduro rigged the election. No evidence of this and in fact Maduro wanted to invite international observers but the opposition refused because they knew that would legitimize Maduro's win.

    • AnalGettysburg [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Straight up I just read four articles about it to try figuring it out. Seems like a combination of sidestepping the national assembly (wish Dems would learn to do that lol), and there being an economic crisis. Two of the articles tried to paint him as loony for thinking there's an international conspiracy àgainst him one paragraph sheet mentioning the crippling sanctions.

      I'm late in doing this homework, but goddamn I am not sitting idly by when family members talk about venezuelan dictatorship any more (I mean, my family probably already thinks I don't sit idly by, but what can you do?)

      • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        tried to paint him as loony for thinking there’s an international conspiracy àgainst him

        The Biden administration reaffirmed its recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president, ruling out talks with the actual president, Nicolás Maduro

        Wonder why he thinks that way :thinkin-lenin: