• Riddick3001@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        I dont understand; what does the 40 B us$ Milei ( Argentina) got , have to do with Venezuela dictatorship and Gringo army exactly?

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          8 days ago

          If Venezuela had an election, would any candidate but Trump’s favorit win? The same effort as in Argentina would be made to have a desired outcome.

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            8 days ago

            they had an election (in Venezuela )"already. I edited my prior remark with a link. don’t know about the elected President except he lives in Spain now.

            Milei in Argentina, was elected before Trump gave him money and even before Trumps administration.

            So if you are asking me, then No, what you are suggesting(#) never was the case afaik. But if you have different information then I’m curious what you have. Everything I know was that (unfortunately idiotic imo) the Argentina president was democratically elected, just like Trump was.
            In Venezuela there was an election but the diactorship of Maduro didn’t step down, and there were protests and civilians were killed, opposition jailed.

            Ed; the problem is foresee is that Milei who’s loosing popularity, and should maybe step down?, might be endorsed by the 40 B of Trump’s friend. The Argentina economy is doing very badly now and 40 B won’t help, some experts say.

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              7 days ago

              might be endorsed by the 40 B of Trump’s friend

              What do you mean? That it influences his decisions?

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                7 days ago

                Yes that too. He’s like buying him. And also, I mean that It helps the current President to win more popularity with the people.

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                  7 days ago

                  You asked for proof but I just have the feeling that the US do this all the time in South America, much like they do it in the EU.

                  Washington’s Soft Coup: How MAGA Politics Are Rewriting Europe

                  https://feddit.org/post/21574783

                  How can a small country like Venezuela have an election where the US doesn’t try and succeed at letting the right-wing candidate win?

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                    7 days ago

                    Ah yes for sure. In the past there are many examples: Check out Operation Condor and confessions of economic hitman.. This book had critique beacuse there wasn’t enough proof, but imo, it seems like there is a kernel of truth.

                    And yes, in Europe USA, but also Rusia & China) have done and are doing it . That’s power & geopolitics.

                    I thought you might know more aabout especially Milei election interference in Argentina when he first was elected?

                    Sometimes people make mistakes and vote for wrong party of persons. That happens all the time, so without interference people also make mistakes.

                    And ofcourse all major powers influence one and another. Either by diplomacy or by coercion or clandestine operations in more extreme cases. But not all choices are because external influences thats what I meant.

                    How can a small country like Venezuela have an election

                    Good question. Well anyhow, they had one in 2023 like I mentioned. And even with all fraud the opposition won. So that’s a strong signal. Iirc, Trump is supporting some Woman candidate?

                    Add; normally the U.N send observers to sort of check whether a country had fair elections. ans they then advise the U.N.