Hurray for Venezuela!!

[ForRedPoet]

So disappointed but not at all surprised at the reaction from MNetters safe and cosy who have no real idea of what 26 years run by a drug/sex trafficking dictator has been like.

You have no idea.
Reasonable methods of protest have been shut down and punished, elections are a sham. There were not food let alone arms to do a coup.

We needed an outside force. We are not stupid and contrary to comments on the other thread like "Anyone cheering that is as stupid as it is possible to be", we are sceptical but at least now we have a chance.
How dare left wing keyboard warriors be so priveledged to think they know better than people living there.

Hurray!

I know it's embarrassing isn't it? Thinking the UK needs saving by a foreign power just because things are bit tough at the moment while some countries are living in war zones under despot rulers, Jesus wept I despair sometimes...

This thread is swarming with bots

It’s not that people are unhappy Maduro is gone but that Trump has unilaterally broken international law, decided he will run a country for an undetermined period and take their oil. If his intentions for your country are good he will ensure you have a democratically elected leader asap and leave your oil and other assets alone so you can build a good economy. Many people fear that will not happen.

The bot comment probably didn’t help in that regard, but maybe they’ll still answer

No more clever than supporting a war mongering paedophile I suppose…

Well said. Many of the people upset have no idea or understanding of what's going on and are just upset because of Trump.

Which posters are you sure about, ie which are bots?

I wish you all the very best and hope for a better future. Our friend worked with Shell in Venezuela. Someone attempted to shoot him. I have met some lovely Venezuelans and can understand the desperate need for change.

I'm so glad for you! The massive celebrations in the streets of Venezuela mean the people there are happy and relieved!

I wasn't implying the OP was a bot. I was saying that when hundreds of social media posts all use the same wording it's generally bots.

history tells us this isn’t something to be celebrated. You only have to look at what happened in Iraq with a civilian death toll of 1 million and the theft that occurred there. I don’t believe for one minute that this was done for the Venezuelan people. It’s a mixture of an oil grab and to rock China who are the biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil. Trump is a sleazy, selfish narcissist and couldn’t give a toss about ordinary people.

You've swapped one dictator for another, probably more dangerous one. I truly wish Venezuelans the very best of luck, they are going to need it.

Tbh, I think you're pretending to be Venezuelan.

What’s it to you ? Are you the thread police😂😂😂

It’s such an important question!

Don’t many Venezuelans believe Edmundo Gonzales won the 2024 elections?

Yeah, I saw those posts yesterday. They're from Venezuelans in the US. I'd like to know how people on the ground there feel about the vp, who was part and party of the Maduro regime, being installed. Despite the fact that when they had a democratic vote, which was ignored, they voted for different leadership.

Are you? It’s your accusation emoji tastic

Maybe he could provide asylum for the Reform voters?

She is not even in the country at the moment, I don't think.
Obviously it is not great! But who else could be an interim Pm? The government is full of nepotism and corruption basically run by the cartels.

We all hope it will be someone else soon.

Well what about Gonzalez and Machado who were apparently democratically elected last year?

Do people there not blame the VP, who worked alongside Maduro, so surely participated in the abuses? Why would they trust her? Surely you have some wisdom on this?

Adding - if the government is full of corruption and run by the cartels (which is true), surely since she's been part of that government, she's hardly a saviour and not particularly trustworthy?

Agree, and you've got it in a nutshell.

Worked well in Afghanistan and Iraq. Be careful what you wish for.

Many people on the ground also feel the same and many of Venezuelans in the US are either on asylum or temporary visas due to Maduro and Chavez's policies so their opinions matters.

Do you think Venezuelans on the ground prefer life under Maduro?

This is a video of Venezuelans in Caracas the capital:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTFvUasDYg2/

Of course there is still uncertainty and apprehension about the future but I don't get this narrative by people who have never and will never experience what it is like to live under such a repressive regime trying to paint it as negative and pretend Venezuelans are upset and prefer life under Maduro.

Literally no one has said this. Try reading what has actually been written

China gets less than 5% of its oil from Venezuela. 95.4% of it comes from other sources. Usually, when people so drastically misrepresent a fact, they have an agenda. American investment fled when Venezuela nationalized their oil, as was their right, and as was Venezuela’s right to make the decision to nationalize. But the fact that Trump looks on that as “stolen” infrastructure and oil, means Venezuela may get a lot worse than “no sunshine and roses.” It may go the way of all the other South and Central American countries that the US tried to fix. We should re-familiarize ourselves how those interventions went to get an idea of Venezuela’s future:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/naked-imperialism-how-trump-intervention-in-venezuela-is-a-return-to-form-for-the-us

SOURCE, regarding China’s oil:
https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/file-uploads/Where%20Does%20China%20Get%20Its%20Oil_%20-%20The%20Wire%20China.pdf