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Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/ReutersVzla/status/1352390518982942721?s=20

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RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
The European Parliament "calls on ... the member states to unequivocally recognise the constitutional continuation of the legitimate National Assembly of Venezuela elected in 2015 and the legitimate interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaido", it said.


restoring by a democracy by supporting a guy last elected 6 years ago

PERPETUAL IDIOT
Sep 12, 2003

EU parliament has about as much democratic legitimacy as Guaido so why not.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Fast Luck posted:

Yep, this is absolutely right. They've already been banning Venezuelan, Cuban, Chinese, Iranian etc official accounts since well before they banned Trump, and they will continue to do it, and they do it irrespective of the decision to kick Trump off the site, because the State Department tells them to do it.

duhhh but aren't you worried about the slippery slope of Big Tech Censorship? what if you get banned from twitter next??

https://twitter.com/bombsfall/status/1347774878502559744

Yossarian-22
Oct 26, 2014

If nothing else the banning of Trump was twitter announcing that it's a player in global politics and that it's not loving around, which is bad, but also it's not like that power would have been dormant had they not banned Truml so w/e

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

""EU states should recognise Guaido as Venezuela's leader, EU lawmakers say | Reuters" posted:

The resolution, which was approved with 391 votes in favour, 114 against and 177 abstentions, is not legally binding but carries political weight.

Oh no. Political weight.

frankenfreak
Feb 16, 2007

I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade


The abstentions is mostly socdems not having the guts to declare one way or another.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Yossarian-22 posted:

If nothing else the banning of Trump was twitter announcing that it's a player in global politics and that it's not loving around, which is bad, but also it's not like that power would have been dormant had they not banned Truml so w/e

I'm pretty sure they announced that when they previously banned governments the State Dept told them to and no one cared. Banning Trump is actually national politics since they are an American company and he was the American president.

Fast Luck
Feb 2, 1988

https://twitter.com/venanalysis/status/1352792476726255616?s=21

Is it true? Who knows. I guess since the US is continuing to recognize him they can cry harder if this happens

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017
Probation
Can't post for 8 hours!
There's no way Venezuela's government wants to get rid of Guaido. They might replace him with someone remotely competent.

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Does anyone in the opposition even support guaido these days

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

brugroffil posted:

Does anyone in the opposition even support guaido these days

joe Biden

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


I'm fairly certain Joe Biden isn't in the Venezuelan opposition

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

brugroffil posted:

I'm fairly certain Joe Biden isn't in the Venezuelan opposition

You sure

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


I don't think he's a Venezuelan politician, no.

I'm asking if whatever domestic base Juan had in 2019 has evaporated because that was my understanding

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Probably not but what difference does it make if actual Venezuelans hate the guy? The US doesnt even tolerate vote counting domestically lmao, with foreign states "democracy" literally means just electing people we like or else its fraud

Echo Chamber
Oct 16, 2008

best username/post combo
It's been two years.

Happy Acting Presiversary, Mr. Guaido!

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

Epic High Five posted:

Probably not but what difference does it make if actual Venezuelans hate the guy? The US doesnt even tolerate vote counting domestically lmao, with foreign states "democracy" literally means just electing people we like or else its fraud

you can’t do a coup without some domestic support. Juan certainly had some for the first coup but it wasn’t enough.

I can’t see it growing after his failure

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

CharlestheHammer posted:

you can’t do a coup without some domestic support. Juan certainly had some for the first coup but it wasn’t enough.

I can’t see it growing after his failure

Guidoguy can still plead guilty for doing 911 or whatever in front of US judges though. Which helps in stealing Venezuelan assets.

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!
he can but I think they are doing that more to undermine the country. Rhe stuff they can steal is more or less pocket change to the US

eSports Chaebol
Feb 22, 2005

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

brugroffil posted:

I'm fairly certain Joe Biden isn't in the Venezuelan opposition

At this point one would imagine that if the US pulled off an actual successful coup against Maduro, even then Guaidó would be sidelined

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Yeah if the Maduro government collapses, it's not like there's a motivated and organizing opposition behind Guaido ready and waiting to put him in power.

The EU recognized that whatever you think of Maduro and his government's democratic legitimacy, Guaido is a dead end.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/ClancyReports/status/1352949707807600640

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1352748148788232195?s=20

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

The West does poo poo like this and then get shocked when countries have to use Sinopharm.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
AMLO has Covid

https://twitter.com/lopezobrador_/status/1353500519344578560

joepinetree
Apr 5, 2012

CharlestheHammer posted:

he can but I think they are doing that more to undermine the country. Rhe stuff they can steal is more or less pocket change to the US

Nah, they can do it like they did with Iraq. Put him as interim when/if Maduro collapes, have him sign all sorts of privatizations/deals before they allow for "elections."

Kanthulhu
Apr 8, 2009
NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!

IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.

BUT NOT HALF AS PISSED AS I'D BE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SPOIL VARYS KILLING A LANISTER!!!


(Dany shits in a field)

Just in time to use the new medicine Venezuela got: https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro/status/1353505944257388544

Fast Luck
Feb 2, 1988

https://twitter.com/joolsd/status/1353728106754945025

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

joepinetree posted:

Nah, they can do it like they did with Iraq. Put him as interim when/if Maduro collapes, have him sign all sorts of privatizations/deals before they allow for "elections."

I mean now if they get in the seat he can do a lot but I think at this point picking a new guy would be way easier

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009


this is a pretty good read that rings very true to me

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/_danalvarenga/status/1356078433521045506?s=20
https://twitter.com/PrensaCamila/status/1356096903604285440?s=20
https://twitter.com/PrensaCamila/status/1356068890044981251?s=20

Doktor Avalanche
Dec 30, 2008

https://twitter.com/VottoPlantEmoji/status/1356400049832529933

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

bukele kinda came out of nowhere to me, i'm not familiar with him at all. i was in the country during the close election in 2014 but since then he has absolutely destroyed both the left and far-right, gathering both up into a new conservative party that polls above 50%. he seems really popular and also a piece of poo poo

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


AMLO's not all bad, I suppose

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYJqhSq1CHI

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018
Probation
Can't post for 10 hours!
https://twitter.com/PrensaCamila/status/1357168801293496322

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

loving owns

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1358537192101060609?s=20

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THS
Sep 15, 2017

no run off? good

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