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.
:agony-consuming: :agony-turbo: :agony-limitless:
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:
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.
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.
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?)
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:
Because Trump got bored and thought Guaidó was a cuck so he dropped him, and now the establishment neolibs are back in and intend on doing imperialism “correctly”
“ In his book, "The Room Where It Happened," Bolton writes this of Trump's private feelings about Guaidó, after throwing the full diplomatic weight of the U.S. government behind him:
"He thought Guaidó was 'weak,' as opposed to Maduro, who was 'strong.'” "By spring, Trump was calling Guaidó the 'Beto O'Rourke of Venezuela,' hardly the sort of compliment an ally of the United States should expect." "It was far from helpful but typical of how Trump carelessly defamed those around him, as when he began blaming me for the opposition's failure to overthrow Maduro." In Axios' interview, Trump described his former national security adviser as a "nutjob" who may be the "dumbest human being on Earth" for persistently supporting the Iraq War. ”
https://www.axios.com/trump-venezuela-guaido-maduro-ea665367-b088-4900-8d73-c8fb50d96845.html
He thought Guaidó was ‘weak,’ as opposed to Maduro, who was ‘strong.
True.
The Room Where It Happened
Jesus fucking christ. That play is so quickly becoming the new "Read Another Book"
something something rabid dog something something stick etc.
Fuck Biden :biden-nibble: :amerikkka:
Hold up this mf is named Ned and is a State Department spokesperson? Mr National Endowment of Democracy Price. Damn, the writers of reality are just trying to fuck with me at this point.
