The US usually waits until an election doesn’t go its way to condemn it, but in Venezuela, the US is getting out of front of the December vote, condemning the vote and demanding that the opposition not take part.
This demand is splitting the opposition, however, with top figure Heneique Capriles calling for the opposition to compete and ensure a high turnout. Capriles has been the opposition candidate for president twice.
The US doesn’t see the value in another vote, because after Maduro won the last vote the US just declared regime change and demanded the world recognize the opposition as the de facto government.
Capriles faulted this too, saying its time for the opposition to stop “playing government on the Internet” and focus on trying to become a government through elections. Some who are pessimistic about the vote are still looking at the US to install them, but others are keen for a vote to give them legitimacy in a way that the US can’t.
There are now two parties that broke the ranks of united opposition parties. This has bern done after yesterday’s meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister. He declared Turkey to be Venezuela’s friend politically and economically. These two parties are currently talking to Maduro about the election process. Clearly — these parties that will participate, are getting support from outside as well. Through Turkey.
in a nation (USA) where there is no functioning democracy it is expected that amerikans want to install a dictator
Here, Venezula, or both ?
Here we go again, the US dictates its puppets not to participate in the election. Like the last time, the invited international election observers will not show up.
The west will after the election, again cry foul and declare the Venezuelan election result as non valid.
Btw. Belarus had invited international election observers to their election, not one observers showed up.
Right after the election result, the US/west cry`ed foul and declared the election result as non valid.
Not participating is just a way of avoiding a humiliating defeat.
Isn’t that foreign interference in their election?
When you get right down to it, Venezuela’s elections probably aren’t much more fair or free than those in the US.
Granted, Maduro is a little more brazen. In the US, the two wings (Republican and Democratic) of the state’s single party use ballot access laws and such to make it difficult for meaningful opposition to arise, while Maduro just jails his opponents to keep them off the ballot, or, this time around, has his pet Supreme Court declare that he gets to appoint the leaders of the opposition parties.
But six of one, half a dozen of the other.