Chvezistas in Venezuela are typical example of “one man, one vote, one time”
Since Chavez was elected in 1999, there were no free elections in Venezuela and the communist dictatorship is holding in power despite the people desires.
Rev. Farwell (RIP) suggested removing Chavez some 20 years ago and got a lot of grief.
He was right!
It is not proven that Chavez did not win his elections. Nor has it been proven that Maduro did not. Their procedures were the same over their period of time that both have had control.
They flood the barrios with food and even cash in the weeks prior to an election. It is outright bribery and it generates votes.
And generates more of it than the opposition. The opposition seek to oppress the people of the barrios with declarations of the virtues and glory of capitalism. This would be a form of society that would require these people in the barrios to work and make the owners rich. Those people in the barrios have chosen not to do that. They’re not stupid. They know they’re being bribed. They perceive it to be safer so go with the known bribe than the unknown guaranteed inequality.
It has occurred to me that if Maduro were as evil as painted, there would be no opposition. He would mow them all down.
As for drugs flowing into the US, we should certainly see law enforcement make arrests and prosecuted. That’s their job. Interdict this flow of drugs, prosecute them and put them in jail.
Exploding boats such that no drugs can be recovered is disquieting. Asserting that those boats are military boats and thus deserve to be intercepted with one’s own military is a little worrisome in that we’re not recovering any materials. It does require proof. If these are military boats why aren’t they heavily armed? I don’t think I’ve seen any videos of them shooting back.