So is Venezuela joeover?
this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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It's over. Evo is the next one. Then either Petro or his successor.
It looks like people in Bolivia are organizing a lot more effectively than in Venezuela right now though. Seems like reports of MAS demise were greatly exaggerated.
https://xcancel.com/ChadGrabois/status/2055816527723581596
https://xcancel.com/Ollie_Vargas_/status/2055805141425754589
All of this feels like a long prelude to some action toward Brazil. (i.e. BRICS). Then there's the current social unrest in South Africa too.
I suspect so as well, the US is taking on smaller and weaker states, but eventually they will be used to surround Brazil and put it under siege.
I wonder how they would frame an military assault on the first speaker in every UN reunion.
It seems like they don't even bother with putting the lipstick on a pig at this point.
Well that's not fucking good is it. Feeling like there was a deep political shift in Venezuela following the kidnapping and I was just coping when I believed they were still committed to their revolution.
Given Venezuela's position, I'm really just hoping the comrades there are safe. Venezuela is not battling or winning against US imperialism for at least a few decades. Things are going to get a whole lot worse there.
The revolution will survive, in underground meetings and small acts, but give up any hope of the government showing even a slight interest in building socialism. That ship is at the bottom of the sea.
I'm trying to find a better source on this than reuters. Here is where the statement appears to originate from: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYampbnN8fG/
Sadly, it is confirmed by Venezuelan sources.
https://vtv.com.ve/saime-anuncia-deportacion-ciudadano-colombiano-alex-saab/
I'm curious, what's your assessment (if you have one) of the implications of this given everything you've read/posted about Venezuela in the past? It's easy for me to read it as a capitulation of some kind on the surface, but I don't know anything about Saab's actual history and whether he has meaningful ties to the revolution. The reuters source has this:
Saab could provide U.S. authorities with information to strengthen their criminal case against Maduro, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken to New York in January to face criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit narcoterrorism. They deny the charges.
But like, what would this even mean substantively. Maduro is obviously not a "narcoterrorist." But is Saab an important figure in Venezuelan political power or is this chasing ghosts and that's why the Venezuelan government is willing to go along with it? I guess the crux of what I'm wondering is, is it a move that consolidates power of a new order or is it a performative survival move to keep distracting the US from worse pressures? Like what is the material result of doing this.