(01-24-2019, 09:31 AM)JackCity Wrote:

(01-24-2019, 07:57 AM)mikesez Wrote: Venezuela has had two problematic elections recently.
One was maduro's re-election as president, and the other was to elect the members of their constitution amending assembly.
I don't doubt that the votes in both of those elections were counted correctly.
But I think the ability to get your name on the ballot was so tightly controlled the opposition did not have a chance. I also think there was violence and threats of violence against anyone who tried to campaign.

You have to understand that the people banned from the ballot had tried rise armed forces up against Maduro. You attempt that in ANY country and you're going to end up banned from any election and likely in prison. The elections were absolutely legitimate and were noted as such by international monitors all over the world.   

Now I'm not gonna pretend that I'm a fan of everything Maduro has done. All I'm against is Western forces launching a coup in a sovereign territory for their own interests and their interests alone..the right wings primary backers in this are rich Venezuelans and oil tycoons who stand to make a mountain of money with a right wing pro USA government in place. 

As with any international conflict...follow the money.