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Blinken: Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election (www.bbc.com)

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His intervention comes as the presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia all called on Venezuela to release the full details of last Sunday's election.

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It has also attracted global criticism, with many governments around the world demanding the Venezuelan government release proof of the result.

The result has been recognised by Venezuelan allies China, Russia and Iran.

But, the US, European Union and other G7 countries have called on Mr Maduro’s government to release detailed voting data.

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[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago

US involvement makes this suspicious especially when it's against a socialist candidate.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

Why are these things always split across ideological línes? It's obvious no one even looked at the results and are just cheering for their own team.

If it was US/Iran vs China/Germany then it would be much more interesting.

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[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

2 things are true here:

The US and Blinken are notoriously villainous bad faith actors
Maduro is a fascist dictator

The best information I have seen says Maduro lost. I don't know anything about the opposition party, maybe they would be worse for Venezuela, maybe not. It doesn't seem like either party is acting in the best interest of the people, they're stuck with having to choose which axis profits from their natural resources.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

They can't be worse. A dog could run that country better than Maduro.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago

We also have overwhelming evidence Blinken has supported multiple coup attempts in Venezuela throughout his career.

Downvote actual facts if you like, you’re only showing your bias.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

A raging asshole who is right is still right, despite being a raging asshole.

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