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U.S. guardianship over Venezuela endures. And with it a hard-to-describe sense of waiting grows among the population: a huge expectation of economic improvements and a transition to democracy that has yet to materialize. Impatience is spreading, especially among political elites. Oil production is rising, driven by new exploitation licenses granted by Washington, but the surplus has not yet translated into revenue for the treasury. The currency steadily depreciates. Economic stagnation is one of the most frequent — and distressing — topics of conversation in the streets of Caracas. Contrary to what Donald Trump said, Venezuelans are not dancing with joy in the streets.

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[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“Transition to democracy… among the political elite…”

Venezuela was already a democracy. Venezuela’s elite sold out their country to be a US oil field. They’re still expecting their betrayal to pay dividends? Keep crying.

We can only hope that the people of Venezuela begin taking to the streets to re-instate democracy, confiscate the property of everyone involved in this coup and put them in prison. This would be the only just outcome.

[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Yes, an authoritarian system with a rank of 144/167 in the democracy index "was already a democracy". I mean fuck the fascists in the US, but leave your tankie BS at .ml

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Fat chance. America ia burning to the ground and the issue on everyones mind is some water in a pool.