Also I noticed they're doing this thing where it's "maduro supporters" doing this or that, with the implication being that they're all just the dictator's goons or part of his cult of personality or whatever, subtly removing the agency of Venezuelans to have political ideals of their own

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They also gave President Delcy a popularity boost. Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Russia, Colombia, Nicaragua, Chile, Uruguay and China all recognized her as the legitimate president of Venezuela. Trump literally destroyed the political life of Machado that Bush and Obama spend decades making.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And she’s much more of a “chavista”, or even leftist, than Maduro lol

[–] Des@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

literally the meme about Maduro being the moderate. Maduro is a liberal, a moderate social democrat at best.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

The meme is real 😦