I'm not surprised. President Nicolás Maduro (allegedly but there's solid evidence) rigged last year's election, then used state violence and intimidation to suppress protests.
> Maduro, who started a third term in January after an election widely denounced as a sham, signed a decree on Monday granting him additional, unspecified security powers.
I'm not surprised. President Nicolás Maduro (allegedly but there's solid evidence) rigged last year's election, then used state violence and intimidation to suppress protests.
> Maduro, who started a third term in January after an election widely denounced as a sham, signed a decree on Monday granting him additional, unspecified security powers.
From before
- https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/07/31/suspicious... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41123155)
And he's been jailing protestors without due process and censoring media for a while.
- 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/world/americas/venezuela-... (https://archive.ph/Ljgvs, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14325532)
- 2014: https://web.archive.org/web/20140706094137/http://www.busine... (original link dead, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7241722)
I'm conflicted on US involvement in foreign nations given our past, but I have neither sympathy for nor support Maduro's government.
https://archive.is/hpr75