cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38329201

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said military escalation is the “only” way to remove authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro from power.

“The increase in pressure and the escalation that’s taken place is the only way to force Maduro to understand that it’s time to go,” and “facilitate a peaceful and orderly transition,” Machado told Bloomberg.

The comments come as the Trump administration has reportedly made the decision to strike military facilities inside Venezuela, with attacks potentially taking place at any time.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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      Why bother purging her? She might be replaced by someone less bad at her job.

      Incredible that they had to give her a Nobel prize to try to recover even a shred of credibility for her.

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        she is passable at her job, it’s guaido-despair and gonzales (?) who are wet blankets. i mainly talking about porky class, but states not bringing ultimate sanctions to people actively participating in treason, now for 20 years running is like (???)

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        Because that might give the next bourgeois comprador pause. They’re perfectly fine with others doing the dying for them.