Posted on 07/27/2025 9:12:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hammering Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Sunday as the South American country holds municipal elections to fill hundreds of mayoral positions and thousands of council seats.
The municipal contests are happening one day before the one-year anniversary of Venezuela's presidential election, which was widely condemned by the United States and other international observers as illegitimate. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has been escalating pressure against Maduro in recent days, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday accused the foreign head of state of being the leader of an entity aiding terrorism against the U.S.
"One year since dictator Nicolás Maduro defied the will of the Venezuelan people by baselessly declaring himself the winner, the United States remains firm in its unwavering support to Venezuela’s restoration of democratic order and justice," Rubio said in a statement on Sunday. "Maduro is not the President of Venezuela and his regime is not the legitimate government."
"Maduro is the leader of the designated narco-terrorist organization Cartel de Los Soles, and he is responsible for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe," Rubio continued. "Maduro, currently indicted by our nation, has corrupted Venezuela’s institutions to assist the cartel’s criminal narco-trafficking scheme into the United States."
The Justice Department charged Maduro and 14 other former and current Venezuelan officials with narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges in March 2020. At the start of this year, 10 days before President Donald Trump returned to office, the State Department increased its reward for information leading to Maduro's capture from $15 million to up to $25 million.
"For years, Maduro and his cronies have manipulated Venezuela’s electoral system to maintain their illegitimate grip on power," Rubio added on Sunday.
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No way , I can’t belive it ,, *sarcasim*
One good bullet and MVGA.
Doesn’t this pompous, Venezuelan turd know that the US military could dethrone him if they wanted to?
He had better call off his invasion……
What goes unsaid is the fact that Maduro has been nominated for a Darwin Award.
The Monroe Doctrine is back.......BIG TIME !
The Rube is taking him down.
Disputed?There’s nothing disputed about his reelection. He stole it pure and simple.
Brings back memories of Noriega....
keep putting that citgo gas in your tank. wonder where these narco-terrorists get their money? from you. local gas station got osld and it became citgo. i switched stations.
It's a good thing our Dominion machines and our elections are honest or we might have criminals in our country with illegitimate grips on power!
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