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Venezuela's Rodriguez promises elections in transition to 'full democracy' (www.reuters.com)
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Rodriguez gives no date for vote despite pledging elections at UN

This is completely in line with the previous PSUV position. It's not even a concession. They have always maintained that they have free and fair elections. She is the rightful legal successor to Maduro, and she is promising to uphold the existing democratic norms of her country. That she isn't taking an outwardly hostile tone towards the nation which enjoys total military superiority over them during a diplomatic mission at the UN may come across as a betrayal to certain ultra-leftists in the US, but it would seem that the Chavistas in Venezuela do not share the same view.

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[–] 21 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

I like that this is so vague that "democracy" could mean anything from Greek style, western style, Chinese style, Israel style, Soviet style, etc. But literally everyone is assuming western style based on nothing?

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  • [–] 26 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

    based on nothing?

    based on the guns pointed at the country and a bunch of murdered fishermen and others

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  • [–] 11 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    You're saying that Rodriguez betrayed the revolution by being threatened? Again, you're just repeating the nothing.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 hours ago

    no, i'm saying people are dooming about this because they've seen what is done to other countries at gunpoint. whether she's doing a betrayal or not is secondary to whether she has any choice in the matter at all, and i'll defer to public opinion in Venezuela.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    She has sold her nation out to the US, IMF, and World Bank. This effectively allows western vultures to steal labor and material wealth while demanding lower pay for workers and lower taxes under the guise of "foreign investment". Oh their glorius rebirth of being siphoned and exploited to appease Wall Street's appetite. China and BRICS are right there. She didn't have to fold to the enemy.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago

    Venezuela does the same things china has done

    China and BRICS are right there.

    Which one is it? Are you pro China but anti Venezuela because Venezuela is doing what China does? You realize the IMF opened a new center in Shanghai just a year ago right? Obviously these organizations are who they are but to clutch pearls at Venezuela for being forced to deal with them due to the way the global economy is structured when almost every other nation also deals with them is very hypocritical.

    be consistently against all the nations and organizations who participate or have the awareness to understand that in the reality of political organizing you often have to choose between a selection of mostly terrible options in an attempt to do the most right by your people. We can all lament the individual tactics and choices made and acknowledge that the situation is awful without blaming the victims forced by us imperialism to do these things.

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