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    Die venezolanische Opposition hat die Wahl


    Die venezolanische Opposition hat die Wahl

    https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/venezuelan-opposition-crossroads-gonzalez-machado-election/685518/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo

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    1. theatlantic on

      Michael Albertus: “The Trump administration’s forceful removal of Nicolás Maduro from office has not liberated the Venezuelan opposition so much as confronted it with an existential choice.

      “President Donald Trump stated at a news conference that María Corina Machado—the charismatic Nobel Peace Prize winner who is far and away the most popular Venezuelan politician—lacks sufficient ‘support’ and ‘respect’ within Venezuela to govern the country. Instead the United States has backed Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, a powerful insider with experience running Venezuela’s oil sector and intelligence service. Moreover, Washington expects Rodríguez to work with it at the barrel of a gun: It continues to hold Venezuela’s oil exports under military quarantine, and the U.S. president has threatened the interim president with a fate worse than Maduro’s if she doesn’t comply with American directives.

      “The country’s democratic movement is at a crossroads. It could take the loss and lie low, waiting for the next inflection point—or it could return to protests and organizing, in the hope of changing Trump’s mind or getting Rodríguez to call elections.”

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    2. This-Lengthiness-479 on

      It will be interesting to see how the Venezuelans react to this. If they are to be dictated to by Trump, they might as well be a US state. It seems he wants to control their foreign policy, trade relationships, economic output, government agenda.. everything meaningful.

      And is this just the beginning? Or are we going to see more formerly sovereign countries become vassals of the USA…

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