Venezuelans voted for change. Maduro’s post-election repression has killed or jailed thousands, and winning candidate @EdmundoGU remains the best hope for democracy. We must not let Maduro and his representatives cling to power by force. The will of the people must be respected.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) September 9, 2024
What the world needs is more democracy.
Gobs of it.
If some Jew ejaculated democracy into my mouth, I would swallow it and ask for another serving.
Democracy is so cash.
The US secretary of state has said Edmundo González “remains the best hope for democracy” in Venezuela after the former presidential candidate went into exile in Spain.
Antony Blinken said on X on Sunday that González’s departure from Venezuela “is the direct result of the anti-democratic measures that [President] Nicolás Maduro has unleashed on the Venezuelan people”.
Edmundo Gonzalez
Shortly after touching down with his wife at the Torrejón de Ardoz military base outside Madrid, González said he was “confident that soon we will continue the fight to achieve freedom and the recovery of democracy in Venezuela”, in an audio message distributed by his media team.
The choice for González to leave was made because “his life was in danger”, opposition leader María Corina Machado said earlier on X, citing a “brutal wave of repression” in the aftermath of Venezuela’s 28 July election.
González, a 75-year-old retired diplomat, went to ground in the days after the ballot, which detailed voting data published by the opposition suggests he won. But Maduro has claimed victory and in early September a warrant for González’s arrest was issued for alleged crimes that could have led to him spending the rest of his life in prison.
Venezuela’s vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, said González, who several foreign governments have announced as the legitimate winner of the election, had left after “voluntarily seeking refuge” in the Spanish embassy. She claimed granting him safe passage out of the country was designed to “contribute to political peace”.
But why does Venezuela need democracy?
Can’t they just have peace now that all of their criminals and insane people are in America (because of America’s democracy values)?
It seems like if you don’t have any criminals, you can pretty much do any government.
The problem is democracy promotes criminality, because of sacred values.
El jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense, Antony Blinken, prometió el viernes sanciones a Venezuela🇻🇪 durante una visita a República Dominicana, donde el lunes Washington incautó un avión del presidente venezolano @NicolasMaduro en medio de la crisis política generada tras su… pic.twitter.com/Fh7ymdUz5f
— Canal 44 (@CANAL44TV) September 7, 2024
Blinken is openly talking about imposing even more sanctions on Venezuela.