Don't let the media get away with framing it the wrong way: Maduro was democratically elected. The same can't be said for Guaido.
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do you think the crippling sanctions that starve innocents, constant bankrolling of coup attempts, strategizing with the venezuelan opposition by the united states has done anything to promote "democracy" there? how can anything we've touched there be seen with legitimacy?
Our sanctions there were horrible, and bad things much much worse.
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but US interference in venezuela goes so much further than just the sanctions. john bolton admits in his book to constant communication and strategizing with the opposition. how can that kind of foreign interference in democracy be tolerated?
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I totally see your point. But one thing being bad doesn’t make the other thing good. My point was about Trump’s attraction to strongman dictators; to me that’s very, very concerning. I opened a can of worms. I can see that.
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