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I understand that people just hegemonically accept venezuela as authoritarian, but what are the exact arguments and ideas people have? What are the facts?

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[-] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

The 2024 Presidential Elections were scandalous in Venezuela. There were accusations made by Western NGOs and the Venezuelan neoliberal parties that Maduro rigged the election. In my opinion there's no substantial evidence that this is the case. Most of the media attention in the scandal went to the accusations from Edmundo González (neoliberal opposition candidate) that the government tampered with the ballots or the counting directly. Western NGOs/think tanks that were casting doubt on the election's legitimacy didn't go that far, though, and Edmundo González never presented the evidence that the election has been stolen.

I will push back on you for this a little bit, on account that every election in Venezuela turns into a scandal. That's the opposition party's strategy. They do everything they can to make democracy in Venezuela appear illegitimate.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

The traditions of all dead media cycles weigh on the minds of the living like nightmares.

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