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Blinken says US has 'serious concerns' about announced result of Venezuelan election (abcnews.go.com)

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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.

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago

ITT: people that think Maduro’s government isn’t a corrupt clown show.

You guys do know the US state department isn’t always lying, right? If Maduro had such a strong mandate why would poll watchers get turned away?

[-] small44@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

Yes Maduro is a corrupt dictator but the only reason why the state department is saying that is because it goes against Us interest. He couldn't give a damn about venezuelans people. If it was a pro west dictator he wouldn't say that.

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[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 month ago

Why is the US concerned? Oil companies pleaded for the US to intervene when Venezuela nationalized their economy. Then Venezuela nationalized many other sectors, and the US got morw angry.

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/factbox-venezuelas-nationalizations-under-chavez-idUSBRE89701X/

[-] Emmy@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 month ago

At this point I'm more concerned about the American election results, which could result in an authoritarian regime...

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[-] RyanLiu@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

So, a coup in a couple years then?

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Trump already tried, it was pretty harebrained even by CIA standards.

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Student protests is the go to these days

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Suddenly a far right military dictator that very much likes the US takes power in the near future. Wouldn't be the first time, or second or third...

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

One of the problems with the Maduro government is that he keeps arming his working class supporters. Consequently, you have dipshit wanna-be commandos getting held up at gunpoint in small fishing towns.

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ITT: Tankies being apologists for an equally corrupt regime who obviously rigged an election.

I also rolled my eyes when I saw the headline. US don't really have much of credibility on this one. But tankie wankers think the election result is perfectly okay simply because "suck it 'Murica".

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

the election result is perfectly okay simply because “suck it 'Murica”.

America is ontologically evil, therefore anything America doesn't like is good. QED.

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Here comes Juan Guaido again

[-] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

O boy this is gonna be civil. Does the United States have an interest in Venezuelas election because they have the largest oil reserves in the world? Or do they really care about the people in a foreign nation?

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Venezuelan oil is rich in sulphur, so it is less attractive. It requires special infrastructure and buyers who have the installed capacity to deal with heavy crudes, like China and India.

PS: funnily enough, Guyana's crude is from a different geological segment and of higher quality and highly valuable, no wonder Maduro wants to annex it.

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