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[quote=Anonymous]It’s understandable that Venezuelans in exile are having a very positive and emotional response to the removal of Maduro and the prospect of/hope for the change that they’ve been aching for for so long. It’s also understandable that those without ties to Venezuela and without that emotional load are looking at this with concern, shock, even horror at what it represents as an objective action. It’s also understandable to some extent that Venezuelans in exile may initially interpret this more detached reaction as criticism or “pro Maduro.” But there are real and legitimate reasons to be concerned about what the Trump administration is doing, what it’s intentions really are, what are the prospects of a good result, and what is the cost and impact to people in the US.

And as the dust settles, the positions of Venezuelans may start to look not so different from what a lot people are expressing here.

Yesterday  was watching a Venezuelan professor on a tv show very emotionally attacking other speakers who were expressing concerns and criticisms. Already, this evening, I watched a different Venezuelan professor on CNN en Español saying that he had been a strong advocate of US intervention but he was now concerned about how things have and are evolving: the pushing aside of Gonzalez and Machado, the negotiations with Maduro’s VP, the obvious focus on asserting old-style US power over the country and its oil production.

Everything we know about Trump and the words and actions of the administration so far are very good reasons to be skeptical, critical, and concerned. Expressing that is not “pro Maduro” or dismissive of the Venezuelan people.[/quote]

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