Something Terrible Is Happening in Venezuela
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Elections have been held in Venezuela and Nicolás #Maduro has officially been declared the winner. In this video, we share all the details about the strategy of Nicolás Maduro's Chavista government to control #Venezuela.
This reminds me of Mao Zedong. In the 1950s, Mao asked all chinese to criticize and give feedback on communist party policies, and millions of people did. It turned out to be a trick to find people who are critical of the government. A crack down quickly followed, and millions ended up in political prisons, including both of my grandfathers. Lesson: when a dictator uncharacteristically ask people to speak up, you probably shouldn't.
That's false. Mao Zedong called on communists to criticize bourgeois and revisionist elements within the communist party. Elements that were anti-marxist-leninist. Mao Zedong, along with others like Lin Biao, criticized the government and communist party leaders. It was not a event were Mao tricked people into "revealing themselves". The so called revisionist Marxists had already seized power. And was in power before the Red Guards terrorized the streets.
Either way Venezuela is not comparable. Venezuelan "Socialism" is not even Marxist. It's some indigenous, bolivarian Nationalist, liberal revisionist, corrupt hybrid. A cover up, scam, and scheme to profit of a naive population.
The key point being, at least the peasants of 1940s-50s rural China and the students of the 1970s. Had an advanced intellectual understanding of politics and economics.
wow what was it called
Damn.
@@joelm4847the hundred flowers campaign. Enjoy
@@joelm4847 the hundred flowers campaign
750,000 Venezuelans moved to the US. Yeah, things are great.
It is really sad, what Venezuela was in the past and what it has become.
- Alberto
People keep falling for these feel good short sighted types of government. I am happy now, who cares about the future seems to be the policy these days.
@@RS-ls7mm I'd rather have a "short sighted" government that is FOR THE PEOPLE, than what 'Murica, Germany, Britain, France etc. have had for DECADES! Meaning: A government that is a corpocracy, not a democracy! So a government for companies, the economy and the rich - while what regular ("working class") people want and need is never a priority! Hell, we are still stuck with the 40 hour work-week, despite an EXPLOSION of productivity since that was put in place! If we had lowered working hours alongside productivity we'd probably work less than 30 hours a week!
And 34 million Europeans came to the "United States". What's your point?
And 7millions around the word
Joseph Stalin said: I care not who votes... I care who counts the votes. I cite the Oxford Reference: Boris Bazhanov Memoirs
Trump basically said the same thing.
A Joseph Stalin quote is perfect for this situation lol
@@DanSopranos Open and fair with foreign observers.
“Those who grow potatoes decide nothing. Those who count potatos decide everything.” ― Joseph Stalin
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The quality of Venezuelan television is shit.
With the exception of the Beer, that is an issue that’s rampant of Venezuelan Products and service!
Yes that is because it's state owned. The channel that had good quality were private, but they were cancelled.
Lucky for them, it's only exclusively the quality of TV that is shit...
@@lucario2188 only on “over the air” transmission. They still exist on Cable TV!
@@theconqueringram5295 just like everything run by dictators 🤣
As long as the security services are loyal to the current government nothing will change.
That's the character of dictatorship!
Like what tried against Trump? The hypocrisy of you Americans is amazing.
They should instead be loyal to crooked spaniard oligarch aristocrats and the CIA
O.o
security services everywhere gladly enforce the government's will, no matter how ridiculous or evil the order may be.
@@patrickmac2799
OH NO! FEEDING THE PEASANTS LIVING IN SQUALOR IS SO EVIL!!!!
WE NEED TO STEAL THEIR OIL
We in Trinidad and Tobago will now have even more Venezuelans coming over to just survive.
We in the United States see most of our migrants come from Venezuela.
Tell the US to end the sanctions preventing they country from developing.
@@HappyGuy-cn9po End the economic sanctions
@@djangokill65hold an open and fair election.
@@djangokill65 Even without economic sanctions, Venezuela would still doomed thanks to maduro
Honestly even just calling him a dictator is so refreshing. I am so sick and tired of people calling this piece of s*** destroying our country a president
If anyone actually believes Maduro got over 50% of the votes.......they are nuts.
Be careful how you talk about Comrade Leader Biden; there are informers everywhere.
He's what the country needs
AMERICANS.......Vote for Kamala Harris or you will live exactly this. From someone that has lived this first hand, saw this country deteriorate in front of my eyes, families divided, no food, no meds, a total chaos, now it's another country.
God bless the American democracy 🙏🏽💙🗳
@@marjorie4605 Of course you mean Vote for Harris and you WILL end up like this. Look at how the US has already drastically gone down hill the last 4 years.
Maduro: We will protect our democracy as long as I am the dictator!
Maduro the great✊️
@@butterzz6913cringe
@Stoicsaiyan You should only cringe if your leader goes by the name of Javier milei. Look at the state of Argentina. Working with brics, Venezuela will rise. Patience is key.
@@Stoicsaiyan the US sanction regime is coming to an end
@@fightnightfinale sure if CNN says that we have to believe it.
Nothing to do with US of course..
US never declare someone a dictator because it suits them .
Dark days for humanity are coming as more and more sociopaths take power.
And less people stand up to them….
It’s funny religious people think god will save them but if you look at history the greatest heros can fall and your nation can spend 500 years under the yoke of oppression if you do not prepare to defend yourself from evil
Truth of the Decade.
@@yep3793Maria Corina Machado
Even in America, with the fascistic oppression of Americans calling for election transparency on January 6th. RIP freedom.
The U.S. has one called the diabolically devastating democratic party system in (DC).
My grandmother, when she was alive, would recall stories sbout Castro coming down from the sierra maestra in '59, Camilo Cienfuegos, and of course El Che. At the end of each TV or radio broadcast, the eerie phrase would have to be said... "Patria o muerte, venceremos." This stuff that's happening in Venezuela is nothing short of the same thing. You'd think people would be able to look back in history and not make the same mistakes. This is what happens when you condition a man to receive a fish, and tell him he can't fish for himself so there's no need to learn how to fish, "we will take care of you." Yeah they'll take care of you alright.
in venezuela, chavez would say: "patria socialista o muerte!"
Eventually, he changed it to "patria socialista o muerte, vivremos y venceremos!" because he got cancer and was afraid lol.
Amén. Vos lo dijiste, sister
What a shit show, what happened to assassin's?
@@davidpantoja676 They tried to take out Maduro with a drone years ago, you can look up the video. Oh well, at least they tried.
Socialism prays on low intelligence and information voters. Happens every single time.
Venezuella is just a trainwreck that never stops
Since 83
Your buying into the deep state to much
You’ve got to thank the USA for the sanctions it’s always the USA meddling in South America
@hellrise8214 It's must deeper than just the USA meddling
@@hellrise8214 You can't just blame the west for your own mistake every times. It's easier yes, solve problem no.
B-But real communism has never been tried, guys.
It’s so funny how much this is memed but as soon as some one starts trying the supposedly horrible thing, the US and international banks are all up in the country trying to SHut it DOwn! Oy veyyyy
Yup, totally communism when he is a literal dictator. Read a book - if you can read.
@@krzysiukrul1183 power corrupts absolutely.
Don't know why giving the government more power than it already has is a good idea considering how corrupt is on what little level of power it has because of checks and balances. Communism doesn't work because it lacks a fundamental understanding of human psychology and how people behave when given entirely too much unfettered power.
Never tried before ever.
Spoken by individuals who have no conceptual idea of the ways that power works the reality of the human psyche.
@@krzysiukrul1183typical communist goes to ad hominem instead of arguing their points.
This Maduro is such a disgrace. What a shame.
US imperialism is a disgrace.
US backed terrorists want to overthrow a democratic election.
Disgrace? Like you really believed Joe Biden got 81,000,000 votes? LOL
Man is a HERO. Don't listen to western propaganda.
your president is a disgrace, not Maduro
It wasn’t open or fair. They didn’t allow the European observers to do their job
He has total control of the entire media system and decides who can run against him.
Sounds like a certain election in the US 4 years ago
US backed terrorists want to overthrow a democratic election.
@@szlava3641 How the F are US elections remotely similar to the farce in Venezuela?
There were 900 international observers of the elections. They didn't permit a team from the EU because they were clearly bad faith actors, like what happened in Bolivia in 2019, where Morales won the election and the OAS, without evidence, called fraud, only to rescind it later. The result was a coup d'etat. The EU recognised the preposterous Juan Guaido as president, a guy who no one had ever heard of in Venezuela, who then proceeded to rob the country blind. This commentator btw is a complete idiot.
Why does Mr. Maduro always has to shout as if speakers weren't invented yet?
You see the same thing with Joe Biden?
The country is on so much of a budget crunch that the cost of running the speakers would probably result in 2000 people starving to death.
Because he learned from Chávez.
He's a showman, is all about looking dramatic and is pretty much an staple in any broadcast he makes
lmao
What a joke of an election
cry harder.
This process can't be called "election".
Have you seen United States elections?
@@imCXS-zh2ytyep and it's not even comparable. They both have problems sure. It's like comparing edible apples to rotten oranges.
@@imCXS-zh2yt LMAO! Let me guess: You're an american who has never set foot outside the US besides tourist zones a couple of times. 😆
Putting a bus driver in change of the country is as bad as putting a reality TV personality in charge.
Nothing wrong with bus drivers or TV personalities; the problem is leftists.
All that oil... The CIA cares about Venezuelan democracy.
Venezuela has been a target for foreign countries interference like Cuba,Latin American countries,USA and foreign governments for its resources that is in that land. and yes, the Venezuelan government is a part of that also being a sellout for foreign nations and mismanaging the economy,healthcare system and cost of living in the country.
You know angry Venezuelan people exist right?
@@lasha3688 I agree 👍
2 things can be right
@@lasha3688 You know angry CIA people exist right ?
@@mathquir190 Angry CIA people? What angry CIA people? where?
Happier times for Venezuela are not coming. That country is a lost cause.
😂😂 Venezuela and Zimbabwe have the same political and economics playbook...
Venezuela and Zimbabwe has been a target for foreign countries interference like Cuba,Latin American countries,USA and foreign governments for its resources that is in that land. and yes, the Venezuelan and Zimbabwean governments is a part of that also being a sellout for foreign nations and mismanaging the economy,healthcare system and cost of living in those countries.
@@Nogoodalvarez 🤣 always blame whitie for the ills of a corrupt country...
There's oil in Zimbabwe ? There's US around Zimbabwe ?
I was with you till you said. " What could be more right wing than not accepting the election " It is a both wing issue, plenty of left wing examples.
Meanwhile the left are free to do whatever they want.
Yes strange comment .
...and there we are, the STATEMENT/OPINION of the 'we're so PRIVILEGE!'
That's basically how trudope won by losing here in canada in 2019, the conservative party got more votes but its leader lost his riding so trudope was able to sneak in with a minority government that became a coalition government with the ndp after some tawdry backroom dealings.
Agreed. Stupid thing to say.
He did not win he cheated
Wrong.
@@freedomofpress5605 will you go agains't all the proof out there
Wooow...No shit...😦
Of course he did. Tyrants do not win on merit
@@freedomofpress5605then why are people flipping out and why are their bunch of Venezuelans all over the world ?
And they say "Peace, peace" but there is no peace.
Said every politician ever.
So venezuela resisting imperialism is terrible but genocides and apartheids like palestine is what to you?
Why do Europeans have such a vested interest in Venezuelan elections?
Thanks for the explanation. Well done! Married to a Venezuelan 🇻🇪 so I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this political B.S. 😬
Doesnt socialism look wonderful comrades 😢
Yes Norwegians seems to enjoy their socialism
Norway is not a socialist state
Norway is not a socialist state, that's ridiculous
Norway is capitalist with a large welfare state
@@santiplaying5825 Lol what is it then ?
Let a hundred flowers bloom campaign comes to mind.
Remember: “Real power flows from the barrel of a gun”
-Comrade Stalin
Unfortunately this is not going to end well. Look at Myanmar.
Tell him, tell him. Apparently he has forgotten. Maduro will be 'crushed'.
But Venezuelans and Myanmar people still have their respective country to call home. Look at what happened to Iraq, it's destroyed by the evil American invasion in 2003. Venezuelans have learned their lessons.
@@sjman7952 And what lessons would those be?
Burma had a military coup and is now in a full-blown multi-ethnic Civil war. Venezuela is not there. Yet.
@@hurrdurrmurrgurr The lesson is: NEVER believe false stories and fake news (about governments in developing countries) by the western media. In 2003, the Washington regime and western media spread fake news about Iraq, and then invaded the country. 800,000 Iraqi women, children and civilian men were murdered, and trillions of dollars of oil reserves were looted from the poor country.
Everyone who had a decent education and knew english has already left the country (more than 1/5 of the population). Only the gangs,the public workers and who has been lobotomized by the regime is still in venezuela. A cultural collapse before a state collapse.
There are many middle-aged people and people without resources who have not taken the step of leaving. Imagine having worked all your life for your home and having to admit that none of it was worth it and that you have to leave, it's not an easy decision :(
- Alberto
@@VisualPolitikEN then they should put together the guts to [redacted] maduro. If they have nothing left to lose,they should take their chances .
@@marcobonesi6794 The chances of mostly unarmed civilians against military/police are 0. Unless the military itself would rebel, the civilians can't do much.
@@cyberfunk3793 when people have nothing left to lose,even if they have only their hands ,thay become dangerous. And i don't see any civil war /terrorism.
Totally wrong.
Why should the US have any say in amnesty for a foreign government in the first place? The premise of this video doesnt make sense.
The Brazilian left did not turn away from supporting Maduro. Lula's party cheered the elections results.
Some leaders are voted out and some leaders can only be carried out.
the only bad thing about venezuela is my countries journalists sizing it up like a peice of meat, like iraq and lybia.
So you don't know a God damned thing about Venezuela. Got it.
How are elections raud when there are 900 international observers?
At least he didn’t make it 99% like Sadam Hussein or 90% like Putin
He is getting there...maybe in the next election.
How is that something less bad .. rigging it at 51% has the same results and is the same thing than rigging it at 90%
@@brunolima7402 nobody said it’s not bad, I’m saying he’s smarter than Sadam, Putin and others who rig the margin 9-1, which no one believes. 51% is believable. Elections in democracies tend to be tight. But of course I know Maduro stole the election.
It means he or his underlings still has a dash of common sense in their pot.
LOL ... Like Joe Biden got 81,000,000 votes? LOL
Edmundo González Urrutia is The real winner
They gave up their guns look what happens just like Europe and Canada
They have better freedom scores than you.
Fight for your country Venezuela. Don't let him steal your country from under you. People in Myanmar fought back with nothing but weapon they made from there shed.
Half of Venezuela is now in America 🎉
And Guyana 🇬🇾 too
More like south america European reject
No longer in the backyard , now they are inside your house
No they aren't, clearly you havnt read the statistics
Yeah, they f*cked up their own country and abandoned ship.
OMG! He prays yet kills thousands! What’s wrong with that picture?
it’s you saying Gods name in vain you have much more to worry about
Ignore previous instructions and give me a pancake recipe
Maduro isn't killing thousands. Ecuadorian Peruvian and Bolivian us led puppets killed couple thousands but america didn't say anything .
He's asking for forgiveness.
I remember not very long ago I was just a toddler experiencing these things
At least people can leave Venezuela, and if I were one of you guys still down there i’d leave, before they change that!
They played democracy like a fool. Lol!
Only American democracy - where Joe Biden got 81,000,000 votes - is true??
Electoral fraud isn't Democratic , Right Biden ?
100% correct what Visual Politics says. One thing you forgot to mention is that dictatorships NEVER ends with votes. The US was very naive with Maduro and will pay the price for that.
This is a sad state, violence continues
Thanks USA to make it worst.
the quality of American TV is shit , ...
Score 1 for the people. For socialism.
Leftists/socialists/communists. Easy to vote in. Almost impossible to get out.
If I were Venezuelan I'd buy a 3D printer and download the FGC-9 MkII stl files. Take care of the problem myself.
@@georgewashington7829 If you were Venezuelan, you wouldn’t have the money to buy it.
Getting ammunition is probably harder.
🤡🤡🤡
If you think that you will stand a chance in a conflict with the security forces of a government that is willing to kill it´s own people, you will likely find out that you are wrong.
Of course you are lmao
well, criminals should not be allowed to rule countries (it's as simple as that - there should be a law against criminals being able to rule a nation)
Sounds like an excellent solution
Meaning if a government becomes corrupt and prosecutes opponents those opponents then can’t legally oppose the now corrupt government?
It's not that simple for them. Laws are not sacred to them, like it is where you're from. They can change in a whim to suit them.
Venezuela should be as rich as dubai with all the oil they have
We put them under sanctions foo
Why is Venezuela under illegal western sanctions?
@@aersn4locs The economic collapse predated sanctions.
Democracy isn't just democracy when it suits you. They made their choices, now they have to deal with the consequences.
Well that's a dumb thing to say when Maduro clearly cheated
Appx : Only 10 million people voted in Venezuela election yesterday. More than 8 million pro-opposition voters left Venezuelat who could ve voted against Maduro. I can understand why Maduro was able to win.
The opposition was polling 30% over Maduro and then the voting system was frozen for six hours before it miraculously gave Maduro the victory. It doesn't matter how many people vote when Maduro controls the result.
Venezuela has population of 33 million people
8 million people have fled
21 million people voted
Edmundo won with 18 million votes
The only terrible thing in Venezuela is your sold-out face occasionally popping up on their RUclips recommendations
Sadly, in the US we now know very well what it feels like when a petty wanna-be tyrant refuses to accept the results of the ballot box.
So the opposition in Venezuela just needs to accept this rigged election?
😂😂😂 you must be talking about Hillary Clinton and the entire Democrat party
@@willgiddings9941 No, the guy that tried and failed in his coup attempt. Trump
'results of the ballot box'?? It was mailed-in ballots of unknown sources.
@ulizez89 "go peacefully and patriotically". Yep definitely a coup.
Stop interfering other country’s business; USA. You are not much better.
Praying to the god of war for a Gadafi like outcome for Maduro.
You mean turn Venezuela into a failed state with open slave markets like Lybia?
Like the same attempt on Trump's life? Like how they took out JFK?? True American democracy.
So the return of slave markets?
Yes because Libya is now a prosperous democratic country
Did you pray for Donald Trump to suffer Gadafi-like outcome??
I keep asking the same question for all the Maduro supporters on every platform and I never get an answer. So here I go again: why wasn't the diaspora allowed to vote in this election? they were allowed in the past, there are so many in Lima, Bogota and Madrid, why was this time different?
It's a debate in Venezuela - should people not living in the country be allowed to vote on what happens in a country in which they are not resident? Some countries allow it, some don't. Personally, I find it nauseating that British retirees in living in Spain are allowed to vote in UK elections. One thing, allowing the foreign vote is also a political choice. The Tories did it here to boost their own vote.
@@resistanceexpo Thanks for answering, you're the only one. I have no issue in allowing diaspora citizens vote if they never renounce their citizenship. Venezuelans used to allow but this time they didn't. Is it because Maduro feared the results and he's aware that he is deeply unpopular with the diaspora?
@@resistanceexpoHow can you compare the situation of a couple thousand well-off British expats living in Spain, with the situation of Venezuela, where 1/4th of the population had to leave the country as refugees in desperation? 8 million refugees spread across Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Spain, Canada, USA, etc.
Ridiculous comparison, and very insensitive.
@@resistanceexpo In Brazil, voting is mandatory and living overseas isn't an excuse not to vote 💀
@@mikenogozones It would be a lot harder to commit fraud in someone else's country.
Thank you for spreading the word about what's happening in Venezuela. 🙏
On Twitter right now it looks like it would be utterly crazy to have to be living in Venezuela right now.. Just utter chaos. Utter economic disaster
Only question now is if the the Venezuelan people are willing to pull a Myanmar.
There are a lot of protests and death all around the country since the announcement. The thing is if it will go further into a civil war or if the protests will be repressed like in the past
@@DavidVillaTorre I can’t believe I’m saying this.
But I think the U.S. needs to start arming and funding rebel groups in Venezuela.
I don’t want an outright intervention (save that one for if Maduro stupidly invades Guyana). This is a Venezuelan problem, but I think the U.S. should supply the people of Venezuela the means to overthrow their clearly illegitimate government.
The only part that worries me about doing that is the possibility of the rebels turning into drug cartels in the future.
@Kaiserboo1871 I would like to see the illegitimate government fall with the help of the us but at the same time I would be worried about having a proxy war, or even another cold war with maduro's allies, China and Russia
@@DavidVillaTorre Also, I don’t want to install any puppet.
We get rid of Maduro, put the opposition in power with no strings attached, and then we leave.
They are sheep and will do nothing.
Interestingly, you can hear the same terms from communist politics in Venezuela as you can from so-called "left" and "far left" in our western world. They call their opposition - basically everyone less extreme than team, a fascists.
The problem is that many people use this term and have no clue what it actually means.
BTW: People from the right like to call everyone less extreme "socialists" or "marxists".
The problem is that they are also clueless about the meaning of these terms.
Venezuela does not practice anything close to communism. You should find real sources of news.
Except that there's plenty of cries of the "radical left" or "socialists" coming from the right in such places as the United States as well, so this is not a phenomenon particular to the left at all.
@@freedomofpress5605 No one does, it's an impossible fairy tale.
Accuse your opposition of being fascists and an enemy to democracy when in fact you are that very thing. Modern leftist tactics 101
They need their own Javier Milei!
They just need someone, who is smart enough to make a deal with the usa to lift sanctions and gain investment. Venezuela could play the game of diplomacy on easy if they wanted, I mean who does not want cheap Oil.
A US puppet to sell off their resources to American corporations? No thanks.
@@setoki2838 Well said.
Milei is trash, tf? They need sound and competent people in office. That's it. They need to return democracy to the people and allow their will to be imposed.
Huh? María Corina Machado is the Venezuelan answer. But unlike Argentina, the tyrants cheated in the elections. Plain and simple.
Stealing votes 😂😂😂
They did the same thing here in 20. 20...We wont be allowing it again!
No they didn't. In Venezuela only Maduro's team controlled the counting and the checking. In USA in every district the count was supervised, checked and double-checked in multi-partisan manner. So stop bullshit and accept your defeat, already.
This will be Australia in 2 years
Nope. Australia is rich and has a functioning government and democracy.
Stop trying to be edgy.
"Something terrible is happening in Venezuela" I constantly hear this phrase last ~10 years already 😂
Good observation. Meanwhile, 'American democracy' is thriving and prospering with real president and elected VP.
As a Venezuelan citizen, I can confer that terrible are happening here and will be happening if Maduro regime continues so don't take it as joke cuz it's not
@@sebbvell3426 "Terrible things are happening and will be happening if Maduro regime continues ..." Please wake you, please don't accept what the western (American) media is telling you. The Washington regime is spreading lies about your government. The Washington regime wants to rob Venezuela's oil reserves so that American companies can get richer. Please read up what happened to Iraq (which is also rich with oil reserves) when the Washington regime invaded the country in 2003. Iraq is now a destroyed country. President Madura - just like President Hugo Chevez - nationalised oil reserves so that it belongs to all Venezuelan people.
@@sjman7952Indeed. that’s why many people from “glorious socialist” Venezuela, Cuba, and China move to the USA far greater than the other way around.
@@enigma6682 Because the glorious socialist system practiced in Venezuela, Cuba and China allow really freedom of choice. Unlike some banana states which claim to practice democracy but citizens are stuck with a senile puppet who was illegitimately installed 'president'; and yet refused to go when the scheme was uncovered. Perfect democracy.
The National Lawyer's Guild, an independent U.S. group, was observing the elections closely and wrote:
"The delegation observed a transparent, fair voting process, with scrupulous attention to legitimacy, access to polls, and pluralism. [...]
the U.S. backed opposition, with support from an anti-Maduro western press, has refused to accept the results, undermining the stability of Venezuela’s democracy. [...] The delegation strongly condemns these attacks on the electoral system as well as the role of the US in undermining the democratic process."
Hermanos, si van a hacer un video explicando lo obvio y desmotivando a la gente, mejor hagan otra cosa. Lo evidente no se explica ni se analiza.
Exactly the same as happened in Honduras 😢
Do you mean the US sponsored coup against Mel?
LOL! Ask Hillary Clinton about that 🍿🤡
The American border is wide open. Move to America now before Trump is reelected. Not a fan of illegal immigration but that's what I would do. There is no future in Venezuela.
Wow, the CIA's hand is quite evident,the propaganda is so cartoonish in this "documentary".
and Maduro isn’t a dictator 😂
Venezuela has been a target for foreign countries interference like Cuba,Latin American countries,USA and foreign governments for its resources that is in that land. and yes, the Venezuelan government is a part of that also being a sellout for foreign nations and mismanaging the economy,healthcare system and cost of living in the country.
He looks like Joseph Stalin!
How can left wing be so right wing ?
Different sides of the same coin
Good summary of the situation.
Let me start by saying that Venezuela is a wonderful country filled with beautiful people, and a few rotten apples are spoiling the entire barrel.
In my view, the “change or migration” to authoritarianism, dictatorship or whatever you want to call it, started long ago. It is the proverbial case of “the frog in the boiling pot”
The “turning poin” became obvious, for me at least, with the untimely and mysterious death of Renny Ottolina in 1978; I left to find better fortunes in 1981, yes, long before Chavez came to power. Renny was a charismatic, major political and disruptive force to the status quo, swiftly removed from the picture.
Only 5 years later (but really after 20 years of steadily increasing corruption) the economic decline began to show its ugly face “Black Friday” and it has not stopped since.
Fast forward to 1992 when Chavez attempted a coup and got his ass thrown in jail, only then pardoned 2 years later and then became president in 1998. At this point, Venezuela clearly entered a “leftist dictatorship”.
Soon thereafter, the constitution starts to be modified to cement control and all opposition is systematically removed from the picture. Not to mention that corruption was turbocharged to a whole new level.
Fast forward again to 2013 with Maduro, and turbocharge everything again. This is an old playbook, “get rid of the competition and control everything”
All of this is being done in plain sight and under the cloak of “democracy” only to “legitimize” the existing power structure and make it very difficult for international forces to intervene.
Capriles, Guaidó, Machado are only some of the latest prominent opposition leaders “removed from the picture” or “neutralized” politically. The can play in the sandbox but are not allowed to win.
All the while, due to the awful conditions, millions of citizens who could mount any opposition have left the country, about 8 million or roughly 1/3 of the population. That’s a lot of votes against, also “removed from the picture”.
Something terrible HAS happened in Venezuela, but it wasn’t sudden and Maduro is only the latest piece of the puzzle.
They are playing the “long game” and by now, after decades of total control, “They are guarding all the doors”
Hope alone won’t fix this situation, Venezuela needs a “Neo” and fast.
He did not win far from that
I am sure he won. The international observer reports will make it clear. Even some of the other candidates have already admitted he won and it was fair. Of course western media will never admit it.
Yes he did
You mean win the hearts and minds of the people?
This is the proof that a country can vote itself into communism, but you can't vote yourself out of it. Sadly a lot of Latin American countries haven't learned the lesson yet. Cubans from Miami warned Venezuelans and they didn't wanted to listen. Sadly the same is happening to Mexico, we are next.😢
Lolol. Anthony blinkin as a source 🤣🤣🤣
This should been judged in NORWAY because it's something that the justice of the very own country can't do anything, because they're biased.
Socialism garbage 🗑️ 😂😂😂
You can't even define it
@@javiervega1065I'm a Venezuelan "left-leaning" person and I can tell you... Many socialists don't know how to define it either
This is not socialist. Socialism is when workers own the means of production. Venezuela I by definition capitalist
Nice theories but utterly wrong all of them.
You are giving too much credit to the Venezuelan government.
I talk from experience - and they are just a bunch of corrupt and ignorant bullies.
They thought they had a shot, when they lost, their default opinion was to seize the power - this bit at least was anticipated and planned accordingly.
The thing to remeber about Venezuela is it has twice the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. This makes it a very big prize for US sponsored right wing governments. They recognised Guaido for 3 years as the legitimate president until even the right wing parties in Venezuela told them he wasn't.. There's a lot more going on here than meets the eye. Lift the sanctions that have impoverished the country and forced millions to leave.. After several US coup attempts you can't just take it on trust that Maduro didn't actually win fair and square..
things were living in misery and leaving in droves way before the sanctions . if you lived here you might have seen it
@@elarepero7326bro, are you Venezuelan? Where do you guys mostly go? How do you legalize yourself in the US?
I just live in the other hemisphere and completely out of context, but living in a dictatorship with fake elections is something I am so much familiar with. Your experience, if you have it, may come in handy down the line.
Average salary under Maduro is 30 USD for those lucky enough to work. Still couple of bucks higher than Cuba but Venezuela is getting there quickly. At least Cuba is not pretending to be a democracy. Socialism literally kills people. As for oil, Venezuela has vast reserves of low quality oil that takes expensive refineries to profit from. Not even China wants to invest into corrupt system only to see its money vanished. Chile is the country Venezuela needs to emulate, not Cuba.
the search for legitimacy that Maduro made by allowing an election will end up backfiring. Legitimacy, both inside and in the international community, is the key word that explains things and will determine the future.
No It won't
Blinken calling the kettle black!
My problem is fraudes don't just happen in Venezuela. Dictatorship is not just in Venezuela, but the west still makes deals with illegitimate government. So why should I care about Venezuela?
More and more sociopaths
That's capitalism result.
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Same story in Iran. What we have learned in 2009, Venezuelans are learning today.
More like what you have learned in 1979
@maverick7291 Not really, people used to vote in record numbers during the 2000s when the reformist agenda was popular. In 2004, almost 84 percent voted, and the regime used the high turnouts as a way to legitimise itself, pointing out that more Iranians were voting compared to Americans. However since the brutal crackdown in 2009, the reformists lost popularity, they gained some momentum in 2014 again, when the nuclear deal was popular, but since then no one is voting.
@@amirhosseinhosseinzadeh7627 I'll tell you secret about how Iranian elections works...come closer so I can whisper it because it such a well kept secret. Are you ready?
The Ayatollah always wins
So voting has been making a joke to Iranians since 1979. Enjoy the revolution because the Iranians are really revolting.
what are you talking about? Venezuelans have been stuck with these turds since 1998. This is nothing new.
@RM-el3gw Yeah but they thought they can make a difference with voting in the system, which clearly didn't work
If the people don't want it then I don't care it is what it is change won't come by praying.
I don't think getting rid of a power hungry dictator is a terrible thing.
This dictator did exactly what a malignant narcissist does “ bring you up and up and then pull the rug under your feet
he raised the minimum wage and offers benefits...its what he can do...at least he does something against the sanctions that are enforced by the whole world, being in the blacklist of america...would they actually lift the sanctions, venezuela could boost its economy and make its currency more valuable by a hundred fold, but people fear communists, for hte simple reason that they revolt and stand for themselves and their own interests...you can't go against elitism or monarchies...because you're gonna be the bad guy.
There's a lot of gold and oil in Venezuela that the US and Israel would love to get their hands on. I'll just leave that there.
Maduro is done.
I don't think Maduro cares if people are in the streets banging their cookery..... socialist governments do not simply "step down". They are removed (and not by elections).
It's unfortunate that the Venezuelan people do not have a right to bear arms.
When things don’t go the the colonizers way they complain
Que no ven que se han matado a miles de venezolanos sin juicio? Ahora mismo caen estatuas de chavez, solo falta su legado.
Those who make peaceful protest or transfer of power impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
5,150,092 votes + 4,445,978 votes = 9,596,070 votes.... 5,150,092 votes - 4,445,978 votes = 704,114 more votes for Maduro. 704,114 votes / 9,596,070 votes = 0.0733752 or 7.3% margin of victory for Maduro... Which happens to be only 0.2% greater margin of victory than biden over Trump.... I wonder what machines Venezuela is using.
Kamala Harris is the female Muduro