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Sorry you don't have direct ties to Venezuela. Your wife does. And any information you have will be through the biased lens of someone else. If you're an American male, you're especially susceptible to the simp syndrome. I've seen it many times before. The "adopted" culture expert American white knight.

Venezuela is complicated. Its history and economy as a former European colony and banana republic make it so. Yours is just one side of it. Does your wife's experience suck atm? Sure. But Chávez and [b]Maduro were elected and idolized by many for specific reasons, and those reasons will only amplify if that group is squeezed out again.[/b] Democracy is a wonderful idea, but it didn't do anything for the marginalized groups before Chávez. [/quote]

You all keep saying this and it's simply inaccurate. Maduro was NOT elected in the last election (and perhaps not before). In fact, he lost badly and kept himself in power. Trump tried this and failed, meanwhile Maduro succeeded and became an "elected President" to the rest of the world. Make it make sense. [/quote]

You are arguing like you're an American.

America and Venezuela are not the same. Many of the problems in Venezuela are in fact because of decades of American influence. If the world imposed brutal sanctions on America for decades, and directly agitated for Americans to suffer, what do you think would happen in America? You have no understanding of postcolonial economies and society vis-a-vis education, employment, civil rights, and discrimination among various groups that were favored (and disfavored) during the colonial caste systems that Europeans imposed. Hint: it's usually the lighter skinned ones who were the "house" servants.

The US caused the Venezuelan economy to collapse, forced a humanitarian crisis, murdered its "drug dealer" citizens, and then turned around and accused a "failed" economy of committing abuses, many of which would not have happened if the US hadn't forced (for decades) the situation in the first place.

The US has repeated this pattern dozens of times in the 20th and 21st century. This is nothing new. Every leader is not perfect. Some are evil. But most don't cause humanitarian or economic crises on their own. It's usually America at the tip of that sword. Do some research.[/quote]

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