Venezuela’s presidential election race has begun with favorite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, “anti-Trump” campaign while his demoralized foes scramble to find a viable candidate for a vote they predict will be unfair.Sums it up. The favorite wins. The opposition screams foul and runs to Washington. Washington declares foul and intervenes directly or indirectly. Wash, rinse, repeat. That's "democracy." They are now even doing it the US in the case of establishment-outsider DJT.
Reuters
Venezuela's presidential battle begins, Maduro favorite
Andrew Cawthorne, Andreina Aponte
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ReplyDelete" The opposition screams foul and runs to held to Washington. "
ReplyDeleteNo one in Washington cares today Tom.... F all of these Venezuela people and all the other OPEC people ... they deserve AT LEAST another 7 years of this...
Looks to me like the US cares a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe US has already imposed sanctions. The first began in 2014.
US Department of the Treasury, Venezuela-related Sanctions
Then there is funding for the opposition.
Telesur
US Has Budgeted $49M for Venezuelan Right-Wing Since 2009
Published 17 May 2017
Then there is corporate media propaganda machine and covert ops
LInkedIn
How US Intervention In Venezuela Works
Published on April 8, 2015
Adonis Valamontes, Executive Chairman at Geopay.me Inc.