Posted on 07/28/2024 7:19:14 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
It's half a world away from Moscow, but Venezuela's presidential election could be a nail-biter for the Kremlin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be watching closely when Venezuelans vote in the July 28 election, which pits authoritarian Kremlin ally Nicolas Maduro against the leader of an opposition group advocating for democracy and capitalism.
Ahead of the vote, Maduro was trailing in opinion polls by a wide margin to Edmundo Gonzalez, a 74-year-old former diplomat, as Venezuelans tire of a leader who has presided over deepening poverty and economic troubles during his 11-year rule.
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Time for everyone’s serving of automatic, deep-state group-think, courtesy of mucusmaximus.
Why do you assume Russia cares so much what happens in Venezuela? How exactly will Russia be affected one way or the other?
Pooty Pooh doesn’t have anything to worry about. All the friggin’ Venezuelans are now on permanent vacation illegally partying in America.
Your posts are indeed best summarized as cartoons
Can they vote themselves out of communism?
How soon will Gonzalez be put in prison, or have a very bad accident?
Communism is deposed not by ballots, but by total economic breakdown. A form of Communism can prevail, but they are forced to adopt a recognition of individual initiative, reintroduce the profit motive, and act as if capitalism can work. China has adopted this approach, North Korea has not.
Venezuela, so far, more nearly resembles North Korea than China.
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Not with their rigged voting machines. Otherwise, Maduro would be out on his can.
I’m guessing that it really doesn’t make any difference who the Venezuelan people want for president. Their elections are probably rigged too.
Socialist Maduro stronk! Viva la revoluciĂłn!
Hopefully they've learned their lesson re democratic socialism to take their country back.
The Kremlin candidate vs the CIA candidate. The only losers are the Venezuelan people and what’s left of the American taxpayer.
Which is why thug "investors" love it when they get to buy at fire-sale prices after said collapse.
You mean "our democracy" and crony capitalism which is the sour ferment of poorly aging alliance between George Bush, the American Marxists, the Chamber of Commerce crowd, so he could continue is globalist jihad producing a culture crumbling before the islamic jihad.
MarciMaxipad is too much of a liar to admit that we live under the same type of regime right here in the US.
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