Discontent over US intervention grows in Venezuela: ‘This isn’t getting better: it gets worse every day’ (english.elpais.com)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 04:27
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/71004688

U.S. guardianship over Venezuela endures. And with it a hard-to-describe sense of waiting grows among the population: a huge expectation of economic improvements and a transition to democracy that has yet to materialize. Impatience is spreading, especially among political elites. Oil production is rising, driven by new exploitation licenses granted by Washington, but the surplus has not yet translated into revenue for the treasury. The currency steadily depreciates. Economic stagnation is one of the most frequent — and distressing — topics of conversation in the streets of Caracas. Contrary to what Donald Trump said, Venezuelans are not dancing with joy in the streets.

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Stormy@thelemmy.club on 22 Jun 04:44 next collapse

He doesn’t want to help them.

vpol@feddit.uk on 22 Jun 05:10 collapse

And never planned.

Stormy@thelemmy.club on 22 Jun 05:13 collapse

No it was to exploit and conquer. He said so. Bragged about the money he took, proudly on truth social to the world.

Phantaloons@piefed.zip on 22 Jun 09:21 collapse

So,… who’s the next one, since this isn’t stopping any time soon?

ttayh@lemmy.zip on 22 Jun 13:23 collapse

Cuba. Brazil is also somewhere on the list, they have manufactured a cause for war intervention already by classifying drug gangs as terrorists

EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 05:24 next collapse

“Transition to democracy… among the political elite…”

Venezuela was already a democracy. Venezuela’s elite sold out their country to be a US oil field. They’re still expecting their betrayal to pay dividends? Keep crying.

We can only hope that the people of Venezuela begin taking to the streets to re-instate democracy, confiscate the property of everyone involved in this coup and put them in prison. This would be the only just outcome.

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 06:05 next collapse

Fat chance. America ia burning to the ground and the issue on everyones mind is some water in a pool.

lokalhorst@feddit.org on 22 Jun 10:04 collapse

Yes, an authoritarian system with a rank of 144/167 in the democracy index “was already a democracy”. I mean fuck the fascists in the US, but leave your tankie BS at .ml

stumu415@lemmy.zip on 22 Jun 06:08 next collapse

I’m shocked. American intervention does not improve the quality of life? Was this illegal ‘military operation’ not for democracy and the Venezuelan people, but for oil?

Colour me orange!!!

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz on 22 Jun 06:15 collapse

and then close the world’s major middleeast oil route?

never would that have passed the great orange one’s mind

stumu415@lemmy.zip on 22 Jun 06:51 collapse

Actually that whole current Iran situation also was created by another US intervention by deposing the legal government in 1953. See how that worked out for the Iranian people.

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz on 22 Jun 06:54 next collapse

The current situation or what lead to the current situation?

The US does have a long and failed history of interventions in the middle east

AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk on 22 Jun 07:02 collapse

Afaik the US and UK deposed the previous government and installed the Shah. Who was then overthrown because, well, Iranians had low quality of life while money was flowing out of the country to US and UK.

Solrac@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 06:16 next collapse

US invasion**

nosuchanon@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 06:43 next collapse

Oil production is rising, driven by new exploitation licenses granted by Washington, but the surplus has not yet translated into revenue for the treasury.

Sounds about right. The only reason they invaded is for oil companies profits. Profits over people.

somegeek@programming.dev on 22 Jun 10:32 next collapse

People of Venezuela really shocked me with their ignorance. From what I heard and saw, they were mostly happy and thought US is gonna save them.

abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 13:46 collapse

Everyone thinks invaders are saviors at first. Colonizers were welcomed with open arms on their first arrival.

Bogus007@lemmy.zip on 22 Jun 17:35 collapse

This is not unexpected, and hopefully the entire Venezuelan situation will blow up and create another headache for the Orange Men and his entourage. Then they can play „Y.M.C.A.“ for him again.