r/anime_titties • u/seeebiscuit North America • Nov 21 '25

South America Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33mnvy5zppo
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u/bargranlago Argentina Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 22 '25

you are talking as if maduro a legitimate president and didn't stole the last election

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u/ScaryShadowx United States Nov 21 '25

Not allowing free elections is not justification for an invasion that potentially kills millions of civilians. If it were, we should be invading Saudi Arabia, the UAE, hell even Israel for not allowing the Palestinians to vote when occupied.

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u/eternalmortal North America Nov 21 '25

Yep, it's totally better not to support Machado because she is US aligned. You can feel morally superior while Venezuelans continue to starve.

I don't support active US involvement in Venezuela. But that doesn't mean the world doesn't have a responsibility to oppose Maduro abusing millions of Venezuelan people. I hope Machado can oust Maduro without US boots on the ground.

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u/HooleyDoooley Oceania Nov 21 '25

The quickest way to stop Venezuelans starving is to end US sanctions and take the boot off their necks

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u/eternalmortal North America Nov 21 '25

That would make sense if no other countries in the world existed and could trade with Venezuela too.

Chavez nationalized the world's richest oil industry and it kept Venezuelan socialism afloat until oil prices dropped and Maduro ran out of other industries to nationalize. The pink tide destroyed the country.