The US is clearly not giving up on plans for regime change in Venezuela, and on Tuesday made a proposal of sanctions relief in return for the ouster of President Maduro and the establishment of a transitional government.
This was materially the proposal made by US-backed “president” Guaido, though the US version would’ve seen Guaido sidelined as well in favor of transitional council of other people in power. Venezuela, unsurprisingly, rejected this proposal.
This is the latest in a series of attempts by the US since early 2019 to impose regime change in Venezuela. Sometimes it has come in the form of declaring that a new ruler is in power, and in this case it was just a proposal. So far, all have failed.
Venezuela is facing the coronavirus now, which is why Guaido made his proposal, suggesting US aid would flow if he was given power. That might well be the case, but polls have suggested Guadio isn’t very popular at this point, and few want to see him taking over.
If scare quotes are going to be used around the title of “president” for Guaido, who was appointed interim president by the legislature after it proclaimed the last presidential election void, they should also be used around the title for Maduro, who voided the last presidential election by forbidding any substantial opponent from running against him.
Accepted but then we need to use scare quotes around the titles of numerous rulers around the world. How about Russia as an opener? “President” Putin?
And “President” Trump. And “Prime Minister” Johnson.”
Sure, that works.
There Ain’t No Such Thing As a Legitimate Regime.
True, but where does legitimacy come from?
Legitimacy comes from consent.
Not consent of 50%+1 of those the regime wants to rule.
Consent of every last individual it asks to rule.
Didn’t the opposition boycott the election?
Yes — because all its candidates were forbidden to run.
Sixteenpolitical parties participated in the elections last year.
Maduro won with a wide margin, obtained 6,248,864 votes, 67.84%; Henri Falcón followed with 1.927.958, 20.93%; Javier Bertucci with 1,015,895, 10.82% and Reinaldo Quijada
who obtained 36,246 votes, 0.39% of the total. The difference between Maduro and the second contender was 46.91%.
Correct. Maduro only got 68% of the vote, even by limiting the election to his hand-picked token “opposition” candidates.
68% of the vote is still a lot more than Trump managed to get.
Someone put up a bounty on Trump, Pence, Pompeo and Abrams.
I second the motion, Jim, with one caveat .. leave out DJT and put up the bounty on Pence, Fat-face, and Abrams. It’s that evil trio wants to put up the bounty on Maduro, which is totally absurd anyway, There’s no way that Pence, Fat-face, and Abrams will ever get that bounty and enjoy it.
Oh what the heck, include Trump anyway. He’s just as evil as they are.
We certainly know how to use a pandemic. Sanction relief if you capitulate.
Evil Putin sends a plane load of COVID-19 aid to the US.
The US answer = more sanctions to come.
It must be a coincidence that Pompeeeo calls for an election one week after terrorists in Venezuela blow up the warehouse housing all election equipment.
100’s of voting machines were lost
Huh, where’s eric prince ?
What our “god fearing”, “democracy” loving politicians just can’t seem to get through their thick skull and bone skulls is, that the rest of the world has caught on to their game. They just refuse to open their eyes to the fact that most of the world is annoyed by our hypocrisy and arrogance. And that an ever increasing number of countries want absolutely nothing to do with us.
Washington doesn’t care about the American people, so why would they care about what the rest of the world thinks? All they care about are those campaign funds, and if they have to whore for them, they’ll whore.
So glad the administration is able to find something to do during shelter at home.
I’d like to see regime change in the US of A. And that doesn’t mean replacing one warmongering party with another.