U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela's hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela’s hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.

Speaking in Tokyo on Monday shortly after the announcement was made, Blinken said the U.S. was concerned that the result reflected neither the will nor the votes of the Venezuelan people. He called for election officials to publish the full results transparently and immediately and said the U.S. and the international community would respond accordingly.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
    5313·
    3 months ago

    Maybe if your country didn’t get involved into fucking up the democracy of that region for corporate interests, I would have some sympathy.

    • Snowflake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      743·
      3 months ago

      Yes, because we printed all the Bolivar they printed causing hyperinflation. What in the fuck are you talking about?

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        251·
        3 months ago

        I think they’re referring to the countless South American counties that America has meddled with in the past.

        Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, etc.

        Basically, you reap what you sow.

        • Snowflake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          327·
          3 months ago

          We didn’t meddle in Venezuela. Like what are you talking about. The guy thought he had enough oil to not need the u.s as a ally anymore. He cut us off from his country and tried allying with Iraq and Cuba. He failed though.

          • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
            93·
            3 months ago

            He cut us off

            Cut us off from their oil, then America cut trade ties, then they allied with our adversaries because America turned their back on them simply because they were mad they nationalized their oil.

            The guy thought he had enough oil to not need the u.s as a ally

            Yea, that’s the point: the US views oil access and strategic alliances as interrelated. If anything I think this is just an open admission that the US DGAF about ‘democracy’ but is really only interested in the willingness of oil states to deal in their oil supply.

            Lol America is so fucking entitled

        • Snowflake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          318·
          3 months ago

          Let’s just looks at Venezuela.

          If we’re using Wikipedia as a source you might be interested in these parts

          Madsen alleging U.S. Navy involvement.[21] U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, D-CT, requested an investigation of concerns that Washington appeared to condone the removal of Chávez,[22][23] which found that “U.S. officials acted appropriately and did nothing to encourage an April coup against Venezuela’s president” nor did they provide any naval logistical support.[24][25] CIA documents indicate that the Bush administration knew about a plot weeks before the April 2002 military coup. They cite a document dated 6 April 2002, which says: "dissident military factions…are stepping up efforts to organize a coup against President Chávez, possibly as early as this month.

          According to Michal Hertik, there is no benevolent relationship between the Chávez government and United States as a great power. Chávez is not interested in US foreign policy (actually President Bush’s beliefs) including “creating a unipolar or bipolar world, effort to create a powerful empire”. So he tried to break US imperialism and its interference in the affairs of foreign nation-states. Although he never tried to make South American countries agree with him.[17]

          Chávez initially accepted assistance from anyone who offered, with the United States sending helicopters and dozens of soldiers that arrived two days after the disaster. When defense minister Raúl Salazar complied with the offer of the United States’ further aid that included 450 Marines and naval engineers aboard the USS Tortuga which was setting sail to Venezuela, Chávez told Salazar to decline the offer since “[i]t was a matter of sovereignty”. Salazar became angry and assumed that Chávez’s opinion was influenced by talks with Fidel Castro, though he complied with Chávez’s order. Though additional aid was necessary, Chávez thought a more revolutionary image was more important and the USS Tortuga returned to its port.[19]

          They always hated us for no reason of our own. And wanted to take our spot as a super power. They failed.

          • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
            121·
            3 months ago

            No. Trying to get rid of American influence and being independent without any US involvement is not trying to take a spot at being a super power. Get real.

          • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
            42·
            3 months ago

            So he tried to break US imperialism and its interference in the affairs of foreign nation-states.

            They always hated us for no reason of our own.

            LMAO, yes, NO REASON AT ALL

                  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
                    3·
                    3 months ago

                    After Hugo Chávez was first elected President of Venezuela by a landslide in 1998, the South American country began to reassert sovereignty over its oil reserves. This action challenged the comfortable position held by U.S. economic interests for the better part of a century.

                    The US liked having cheap access to their oil, and the Venezuelan people decided they didn’t want private interests taking advantage. That’s well within their right, and more countries should pursue nationalizing their industry against American hegemony.

                    Fuck American private interests, and fuck their corrupt political dogs. America has whatever is coming to them, too. America meddled in so many economies their moral judgement became not even worth wiping your ass with. They were always greedy like that.

      • SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
        52·
        3 months ago

        A couple years ago the US Navy committed international piracy by stealing a Venezuelan oil tanker that was trying to sell Venezuelan oil. And that’s just one example of the years of economic interference we’ve been fucking them with.

        It’s true that Venezuela’s economic troubles didn’t start with our embargo, but it’s also true that our embargo makes things ten times worse.