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| | :[[Maduro]] was a bad guy - nobody disputes that except his hardcore supporters. However, that doesn't give Trump or the US the right to openly violate [[US]] & international law. "You broke it, you bought it". This won't be a quick "[[Shock and Awe]]" [[blitzkrieg]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Recovering Republican]]</sup> 14:12, January 4, 2026 (EST) | | :[[Maduro]] was a bad guy - nobody disputes that except his hardcore supporters. However, that doesn't give Trump or the US the right to openly violate [[US]] & international law. "You broke it, you bought it". This won't be a quick "[[Shock and Awe]]" [[blitzkrieg]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Recovering Republican]]</sup> 14:12, January 4, 2026 (EST) |
| − | *Thank you [[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]], that was my point in the context too of Latino votes in Midterms. Note. There are some 8 million Venezolanos ouside their home country, with 1.1 million in the US, their emotional celebration effects all Latinos. Not just Cubans and Nicaraguans who still feel the dictatorships pain. I spoke Latinos in the west coast too. This is huge![[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 14:26, January 4, 2026 (EST) | + | *Thank you [[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]], that was my point in the context too of Latino votes in Midterms. Note. There are some 8 million Venezolanos ouside their home country, with 1.1 million in the US, their emotional celebration effects all Latinos. Not just Cubans and Nicaraguans who still feel the dictatorships pain. I spoke Latinos in the west coast too. This is huge! |
| | + | <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15431105/amp/happy-Venezuelans-world-celebrate-capture.html">Daily Mail</a><p> |
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| | + | <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yTPmB5UeEPY">YouTube 1</a><p> |
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| | + | <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYndt3ydYA">2</a> |
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| | + | <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/world/video/venezuelans-celebrate-us-capture-maduro-vrtc">CNN</a> |
| | + | [[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 14:26, January 4, 2026 (EST) |
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| | ::We keep calling Venezuela "socialist", while [[Maria Corina Machado]] sits in parliament as leader of the opposition. Venezuela is actually more "democratic" than [[Ukraine]], where the opposition is banned and in exile. | | ::We keep calling Venezuela "socialist", while [[Maria Corina Machado]] sits in parliament as leader of the opposition. Venezuela is actually more "democratic" than [[Ukraine]], where the opposition is banned and in exile. |
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| | ::We seem to have a misunderstanding of "[[socialist]]"; Venezuela is not a [[single party state]] (like the [[US]], it has [[corrupt]], rigged [[election]]s). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Recovering Republican]]</sup> 14:22, January 4, 2026 (EST) | | ::We seem to have a misunderstanding of "[[socialist]]"; Venezuela is not a [[single party state]] (like the [[US]], it has [[corrupt]], rigged [[election]]s). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Recovering Republican]]</sup> 14:22, January 4, 2026 (EST) |
| | + | *So far Trump isn't nt excited about her. But "Chavismo" above all is socialista [[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 14:28, January 4, 2026 (EST) |
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| | ==History of Venezuela== | | ==History of Venezuela== |