This article is over a decade old. That was his first election. There have been several elections since, and he’s had the ability to rule by decree for basically a decade now.
There’s no evidence that he stole the last election either, he’s a popularly supported left wing president that the working classes love. The compradors and fascists like Machado and Guaido that the US Empire continues to support are very unpopular. The US Empire is trying to do the same thing they did when Trump claimed 2020 was stolen.
I don’t care enough about this discussion, so no. I’m just pointing out that the article is basically useless since it’s from the election that was the least likely to be influenced and was also quite a while ago.
They didn’t make the initial claims, they were just pointing out that your source was questionably relevant given it’s age. Nobody has re-presented any debunked claims here.
No, the conditions are just not the same. Chavez was actually popular, whereas Maduro’s rule has been marked by civil unrest for a number of reasons, but one of the main is the absurd inflation rate. Some of these problems were inherited and just got way worse when he took power, but he hasn’t fixed them, so that he keeps winning elections is more than a little suspicious.
And? Are you saying most people are gonna keep voting for the status quo in such a situation just to stick it to the US? Is it somehow justified if a ruling government rigs elections or something similar simply because they are in opposition to the US government? You realize the world isn’t just black and white, right?
There is no evidence it was rigged.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2013/05/01/flying-punches-parliament-shows-post-election-tensions-remain-high-venezuela
This article is over a decade old. That was his first election. There have been several elections since, and he’s had the ability to rule by decree for basically a decade now.
There’s no evidence that he stole the last election either, he’s a popularly supported left wing president that the working classes love. The compradors and fascists like Machado and Guaido that the US Empire continues to support are very unpopular. The US Empire is trying to do the same thing they did when Trump claimed 2020 was stolen.
Consider providing evidence proving his latest election was rigged.
I did some searching and found this, which seems to be a pretty good source?
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/947882
I don’t think any country should remove another country’s president under any circumstances, though.
You’d be hard pressed to find more extreme US propaganda sources. The way they start off their article gives it all away already.
I don’t care enough about this discussion, so no. I’m just pointing out that the article is basically useless since it’s from the election that was the least likely to be influenced and was also quite a while ago.
So people can just throw out claims without evidence and when they get debunked they get to make the same claim over and over again?
They didn’t make the initial claims, they were just pointing out that your source was questionably relevant given it’s age. Nobody has re-presented any debunked claims here.
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No, the conditions are just not the same. Chavez was actually popular, whereas Maduro’s rule has been marked by civil unrest for a number of reasons, but one of the main is the absurd inflation rate. Some of these problems were inherited and just got way worse when he took power, but he hasn’t fixed them, so that he keeps winning elections is more than a little suspicious.
Venezuela is among the top countries for economic growth in the last year. They aren’t without problems, but Maduro was doing well.
Why is there massive inflation? (hint US)
And? Are you saying most people are gonna keep voting for the status quo in such a situation just to stick it to the US? Is it somehow justified if a ruling government rigs elections or something similar simply because they are in opposition to the US government? You realize the world isn’t just black and white, right?