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Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s executive vice president declared, “There is only one president in this country, and his name is Nicolás Maduro Moros, (hexbear.net)

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 106 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Holy shit speech of a lifetime and she absolutely killed it.

Those are not the words of someone who is going to be a willing puppet and if Trump believed that to be the case he's sorely mistaken. The poor military guys at the table look absolutely sick with fear.

She called for the unified forces of the people, the military and the government to rise in defense of Venezuela, saying "we will never be a colony again, of an ancient empire, a new empire, or an empire in decline"

They are also of course demanding the immediate return of Maduro

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 68 points 3 days ago

"we will never be a colony again, of an ancient empire, a new empire, or an empire in decline"

Great line.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago

I really wish that they had any hope of military defense against these kinds of strikes (or equivalent offensive deterrent) and/or that China had the same global posture as the USSR.

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 77 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bit idea : Maduro becomes the eternal president of Venezuela like Kim Il Sung for the DPRK

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 72 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Chavez is already their Kim Il Sung. Maduro is their Kim Jong Il.

[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 48 points 3 days ago

Unironically this.

Chavez is the ideological beacon, Maduro is now the martyr.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago

Rodriguez pulls a Chiang Kai-Shek and enacts martial law in Venezuela, justifying the suspension of bourgeois democracy with Maduro's capture and the inability of procedural bourgeois democracy to continue. Now ruling over the country as Generalissima, Rodriguez proceeds to enact much needed land reform by expropriating land from the Venezuelan bourgeoisie.

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 6 points 2 days ago

Whooooo dem Venezuelan women!

This is the Venezuelan minister for Prison Services Maria Iris Varela in response to Juan Guaido calling for protests and an interim government in 2019.

[–] TheRogueKitten@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean... can she take power as an interim president until Maduro's return or Maduro makes her prsident officially?

Anything to keep a US puppet out of Venezuela.

[–] aspensmonster@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago

According to their constitution, the VP is in charge for up to 90 days in the case of the president being temporarily unavailable:

(Article 234)

A President of the Republic who becomes temporarily unavailable to serve shall be replaced by the Executive Vice-President for a period of up to 90 days, which may be extended by resolution of the National Assembly for an additional 90 days.

If the temporarily unavailability continues for more than 90 consecutive days, the National Assembly shall have the power to decide by a majority vote of its members whether the unavailability to serve should be considered permanent.

If it looks like the unavailability is permanent, then

since Maduro was within the first four years of his term (if it was within the last two of the term, then the VP would take up the office of president for the remainder)

an election is called within 30 days of the declaration that the unavailability is permanent, and the winner of the election serves out the remainder of the constitutional term:

(Article 233)

When the President of the Republic becomes permanently unavailable to serve during the first four years of this constitutional term of office, a new election by universal suffrage and direct ballot shall be held within 30 consecutive days. Pending election and inauguration of the new President, the Executive Vice-President shall take charge of the Presidency of the Republic.

In the cases describes [sic] above, the new President shall complete the current constitutional term of office.

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