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?

Genuine question, will they be happy with Rodriguez becoming president?

What do you think the people there should have done? What did you want to happen?

Yes, absolutely. That's exactly what I am saying. 🙄

Have you got nothing else to do than to write silly comments all the way through this and many other threads?

U.S. power comes from the petrodollar - most oil worldwide is traded in U.S. dollars. Because oil is essential, this creates constant global demand for the dollar and passively props up the U.S. economy. When oil-producing countries move away from the dollar, that influence weakens, which makes Washington highly sensitive to any challenge to the system.

Venezuela has huge oil reserves and has talked about selling oil in other currencies. Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi- both pushed alternatives to the dollar for oil or gold-backed trade. Basically when leaders of oil-rich countries stray from the petrodollar, it puts them in conflict with U.S. interests. And then we hear about WMDs- or in this case cocaine as a good excuse to go in and overthrow the regime etc.

Can you ever answer a question? 🙄

Have you got nothing to do other than write silly insults rather than respond with clarity

On this and many other threads.

More fool them if they think that DJT or his choice of President will be better for them (unless they are part of a corrupt elite, of course).
Like any other leader, Maduro will have had some who adore him and some who hate him, just the same as Trump, Starmer and all other current leaders.

Exactly, look at what's happening to the Women in Syria right now after the Obama started project to oust Assad was successful last year.
Clue: they are being kidnapped, forcefully "married off" and if they resist being killed on video that is often published by the evil perpetrators. The Alawites are being massacred.

This is a thread of just 23 women:
https://x.com/SyrianFeanor/status/1921624521032737021?s=20

We have road bumps and..........err.

No one is here to answer your silly questions @EasternStandard. You constantly ask questions ,as if you are a child. A expect you are a plant.

Give it up @rainingsnoringif you can’t answer that’s on you.

@rainingsnoring are you actually suggesting that life for Venezuelans under Maduro has been comparable to that for Americans or Brits under Trump or Starmer?!

Breaking news is that Trump is also threatening Columbia. Watch this space 👀

A long time ago I heard this. I'm listening to it a lot now.

Trump has removed a dictator and narcoterroist.

While I admit I know very little about Venezuelan politics, I do know that whenever countries such as the US and the UK stick their noses into developing countries, they/we usually end up making the situation even worse.

It’s madness, not to mention the ‘24 vote that was ignored.

It wasn’t a developing country. It was a rich country where its citizens were thriving. Listen to the podcast. What happened to that country could happen to us very easily.

And will continue to be ignored, but I guess you are OK with that?

And I said that where? I posted earlier about the Nobel peace prize winner taking over, I stand by that.

So you are happy for the 2024 vote to be ignored? Because as I understand it, that is not who the Venezuelans voted in as President? Happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

Whoever they want then. It’s up to them. The link below made a strong case for her, if there’s someone else then fine.

It was a perfectly reasonable and sensible question. If you don’t want to answer it, people can draw their own conclusions.

I guess I’m in the minority whose Venezuelan friends are aghast at this. They fled a long time ago and all they’re thinking is that they’re headed directly to failed state by way of US oil grab and they’ll all end up poorer.

Edmundo Gonzalez who is living in exile in Spain won the 2024 vote

Bet you were spouting the same old propaganda about Iraq and their so called WMD. How did that turn out?