Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup-plotter funded by the US government. She supports Israel as it commits genocide and is key to Trump's regime-change war.
Given the state of Venezuela’s economy I find is highly implausible that Maduro could’ve actually won. This isn’t to support invasion or Machado, just realistically speaking there’s no way the voters agreed to more Maduro.
I don’t think even 5% of Venezuela’s economic issues derive from Maduro’s government. Not that I like him particularly. We severely underestimate -or pretty much ignore- the actual implications of being subjected to the sanctions and isolation Venezuela has been. And the huge social fracture derived primarily from the middle to upper class being annoyed at having to redistribute wealth for decades ain’t helping. I know this first-hand and the insolidarity, entitlement and neoliberal kool-aid drinking from that part of Venezuelan society is a fucking bleak reality.
Given the state of Venezuela’s economy I find is highly implausible that Maduro could’ve actually won. This isn’t to support invasion or Machado, just realistically speaking there’s no way the voters agreed to more Maduro.
I don’t think even 5% of Venezuela’s economic issues derive from Maduro’s government. Not that I like him particularly. We severely underestimate -or pretty much ignore- the actual implications of being subjected to the sanctions and isolation Venezuela has been. And the huge social fracture derived primarily from the middle to upper class being annoyed at having to redistribute wealth for decades ain’t helping. I know this first-hand and the insolidarity, entitlement and neoliberal kool-aid drinking from that part of Venezuelan society is a fucking bleak reality.
I’m not saying Maduro is to blame, but regardless when people feel less well-off it’d take a miracle (or fraud) to win an election.
Well, the public knows about those issues because Maduro talks about them all the time. Why wouldn’t they vote for him if they know it?
People don’t vote based on words, they vote based on their subjective experience and vibes.
Which is heavily influenced by words (propaganda of any kind, media, etc). Moreso these days, where most people know nothing about how things work…
Why not? He’s fairly popular.