Crisis in Venezuela

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U.S. Coups™: Overthrowing Latin American Governments since 1823

Except Maduro is no longer a democratically-elected leader, so even if it was a coup (which it is clearly not, especially with the military still backing Maduro), it would be different.

I have to agree here.

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Hi. The resident Venezuelan here.

This is the first time I've been genuinely happy and excited about the political situation in my country in years. Everyone is going nuts. For the first time in forever, hope seems to be around the corner.

Please just pray that everything goes well for my country.

I absolutely will!

I never pray, but the people of Venezuela and their safety will be in my thoughts.

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Good, time to oust the socialists

Fun fact: Guaidó belongs to a member party of the Socialist International.

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Let's be honest here, the "Maduro is good because American imperialism" point of view is just as morally reprehensible as a Cold War-era "well, he's a murderous bastard, but at least he's sufficiently anti-communist" mentality.

There's a fair difference between not wanting the U.S., or some other foreign country, to use the crisis in Venezuela for its own advantage, and realizing Maduro has long lost his legitimacy and that we should support the people of Venezuela's struggle to free themselves from that corrupt, disastrous regime.

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man, when is that invasion going to happen.  The US military "massed" on the border more than a week ago, what's taking them so long? : )

Or maybe the invasion is ongoing, but it's too secret for Maduro to notice?

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This thread is an utter trainwreck.

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1123333506346749952
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1123333508078997505

That speaks a lot about the credibility gap the United States is facing when dealing with foreign nations: it's policies changes rapidly. The previous administration began a new opening with Cuba, and the next guy does a complete reverse 60s style.

Also, the sanctions did nothing to the Cuban regime other than strengthening it, which was why Fidel was so openly skeptical of the thaw, knowing better relations with the U.S. are more likely to derail the regime.

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America has not fought a war that we should have fought for except for maybeeee Afghanistan (and even then not to this crazy extent) since WW2.

I think Korea was justified, although the U.S. shouldn't have gone into the North after repealing Kim Il-sung forces from the South.

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Big question is whether Putin sends the Russian Military to launch air-strikes on the opposition ?

That wouldn't fly in Venezuela.

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The CIA should have been sent especially after the Russians and Chinese directly decided to intervene .

And this is how the people of Venezuela, in addition to having to endure already s**ty conditions, will bear the burn of foreign powers using them as pawns in another proxy war. This is just depressing.

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Like I said, you can be against a US military intervention (something that hasn't even happened yet), but don't you dare say you support Maduro just to spite the US.

It's interesting that many of such folks won't dare to criticize Russia's own imperialist policies. That kind of selective anti-imperialism is blatant hypocrisy. You are either consistent or you're a fraud.

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Do not repost posts that had been moderated, K?

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/26/18640654/lindsey-graham-trump-invade-venezuela-reagan-grenada

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a close ally of President Donald Trump, suggested the president take a tough stance in dealing with the ongoing Venezuelan crisis: A US invasion similar to the one executed by Ronald Reagan in Grenada back in 1983.

“Trump said rightly, Maduro’s not the legitimate leader of Venezuela. The entire region supports the Trump approach, that Guaidó is the legitimate leader,” Graham said on Fox News Sunday. “I would do exactly what Reagan did. I would give Cuba the ultimatum to get out of Venezuela. If they don’t, I would let the Venezuelan military know, you’ve got to choose between democracy and Maduro. And if you choose Maduro and Cuba, we’re coming after you. This is in our backyard.”

Apparently that Lindsey Graham thinks that a military invasion of Venezuela will be as simple and easy as the invasion of the tiny Grenada. I foresee a huge success for the future US ventures with such brilliant blockheads in Capitol Hill.

Best part the Grenada invasion, while a sealed deal from the beginning, was still relatively difficult due to the resistance put up, which the U.S. didn't anticipate.

Schwarzkopf recalls in his memories the U.S. commanders being absolutely confident that the Grenadian forces would simply surrender and the Cubans won't react.

Now, amplify this dozens of times when talking about Venezuela.