What’s happening in Venezuela and what does it mean?

[theotherfossilsister]

I’m confused- has the US gone to war with them? What are the implications if so?

@MargaretThursday are you familiar with the details of what life has been like for the ordinary Venezuelan under Maduro?

Of course they will be happy and who can blame them. But if you think Trump has done this for the benefit of ordinary Venezuelans, you are deluded.

He doesn’t need to liberate us as his smear campaign against Starmer and co has been exceptionally effective and Farage will be in his back pocket.

Cotswolds? Vance seemed to like it 🎣

About oil. These wars usually are.

Ach he’d never take Scotland
We would just need a few wee mad Glaswegians to take on those American special operations forces … job done!

It is madness to see some of these posts. They can’t even vote him out or protest without harm.

Why not install the government (with US support) that ordinary Venezuelans elected?

Well, exactly. But that doesn't seem to be what is going to happen.

I have Venezuelan acquaintances, they have been waiting for this for 25 years and are celebrating hard right now.

That’s beside the point entirely. Trump has hardly taken over out of the goodness of his heart or his abiding love of the people of Venezuela

Yes. What is going on.

He said that's for personal use.

And they are also not going to get the government they voted for. So much for Trump restoring democracy.

Russia have confirmed that she's not there ie in Russia

😂

If he gave Trump a little cut, it might help him stay awake in cabinet meetings

And they never ever lie (although might be telling the truth this time)

@EasternStandard even Ali Khamenei has said that the protesters have legitimate issues so it’s quite the take to apparently deny that!

It’s estimated that around 50 women haven been hanged in Iran for defying this regime. I wish the protestors every ounce of strength and fortitude.

For anyone who hasn’t seen it I wholeheartedly recommend “The seed of the ancient fig” which was partially covertly filmed on the streets of Tehran.

I was wondering what the actual people there were thinking. Not U.K. mners on what they should think.

@Skinnysaluki its not beside the point if you’re Venezuelan.

Those hangings are devastating. Idk how any poster can ignore that.

If you believe that trump has done it for the ordinary people then you are seriously deluded.
My point was that people welcoming a new regime does not necessarily mean it's a good thing, which I suspect was clear to everyone else.

There are ways that other countries could have supported them without taking their oil military action that is certainly at the outside of legal if not directly illegal.

There are times when removing a dictator can cause issues. I spoke to a gentleman who was from Iraq. He was no supporter of Saddam Hussain, but said removing him in that way was the worst thing that could have happened for Iraq. Removing SH meant that others, who were far more extreme had the way cleared to step into his place and they caused far more issues.
He was here because he had had to flee Iraq because of death threats because of the section of society he belonged to. He left, after death threats, on the day his house was blown up with his family inside. As he sat outside, his phone rang. "You're next" the voice told him. He drove to the airport and got on a plane.

It's not something that should be done on a whim because someone wants to get their hands on the country's wealth and certainly doesn't care about the people that will be effected by this.

Ok cool. Let's bomb them into freedom. Nobody really needs stability do they. Lovely civil wars are always brilliant for women.

We don’t have enough oil left to warrant a full scale invasion. Sorry “liberation”.

Probably to early to ask but are they going to be happy with the US appointing Maduro's VP and not the elected Gonzalez?