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"To understand the depth of Donald Trump’s betrayal of the democratic movement in Venezuela, it is necessary to appreciate the consummate courage, planning, and organization behind the opposition victory on July 28, 2024. For her valiant efforts to organize and lead the campaign for democracy, María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize."

~ Larry Diamond

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize
/11

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-betrayal-of-venezuelas-democracy

Trump’s Betrayal of Venezuela’s Democracy Movement Is Hard to Overstate

If he continues to snub María Corina Machado, the heroine of the opposition, America will bear responsiblity for the country’s next tragic chapter

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"Only Trump would have the audacity to launch such a daring, unilateral joint-force strike to capture a sitting president of Venezuela—with its questionable legality under both U.S. and international law, its dangerous precedents that Russia and China might later claim, and its damaging consequences for the liberal international order."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"Yet only Donald Trump would so brazenly squander this historic opportunity for true change on the altar of a chimeric windfall—oil, which a 1960s Venezuelan oil minister labeled 'the devil’s excrement.'”

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #NobelPeacePrize #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
/13

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"Trump sold himself as the president who would end Forever Wars. I’ve seen this movie before, and I have a pretty good idea of how it ends.

Now he’s launched one of his own, without involving Congress, to reward the billionaires who funded his campaign and line his own pockets. If 'America First' is now 'Oil First,' you’d better believe I’m going to take him at his word when he shows us exactly who comes last."

~ Brian Tyler Cohen

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil
/14

https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/oil-first-america-last

Oil First, America Last

Trump sold out voters for oil and the chance to cosplay the strongman in Venezuela

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"Trump told the oil companies about the Venezuela plan, but neglected to tell Congress. This invasion isn’t about protecting Americans, it’s military assistance for big oil and his billionaire friends."

~ Lincoln Project

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #oil #FossilFuels #BigOil #EconomicElites
/15

https://www.threads.com/@lincolnproject.us/post/DTIsFaTAH1l

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

Mehdi Hasan notes that law professor Barb McQuade and others have asked if it's coincidental that Trump bombed Venezuela on January 3. "It was the date that the DOJ was supposed to respond and didn't. And the Epstein Transparency Law that was passed in December by Congress, reluctantly signed by Donald Trump."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Epstein #Congress #coverup
/16

https://zeteo.com/p/the-venezuela-invasion-is-going-to

The Venezuela Invasion Is Going to Backfire. Here’s How

Mehdi and Prem break down the fallout from Trump’s hypocritical and illegal foreign policy move – and what comes next.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"It says specifically that the administration has to explain why and for what grounds they have redacted documents. And remember, they were producing documents a few weeks ago that were all black."

#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Epstein #Congress #coverup
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