While US politicians and media predictably denounce the socialist victory in Venezuela, American election observers endorsed the process.

Western media appeared as eager as the U.S. government to undermine the elections in Venezuela and agitate for political strife, writes Alan MacLeod.

    • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPM
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      6 months ago

      I call with the Geopolitical Economy Report, Breakthrough News, and Brian Mier at Counterpunch.

      Maria Corina Machado, Edmundo Gonzalez, and the PUD announced weeks before the election that they were not going to respect the democratic rule of law and would tally their own election results. What I witnessed in front of Andre Bello polling station on Sunday night appears to have been a form of theater – one of many tactics used to produce and disseminate videos to delegitimize the election, that was standardized at many polling centers across Caracas.

      Which side is lying, or distorting the truth? It could be both, but it can’t be neither. The United States has a history of interfering with governments in Latin and South America. Western media has lost credibility after distorting its coverage of Gaza.

      It is best if we skeptically criticize both sides of this issue before forming an opinion. I’ll wait for independent and international investigations to give us more information before jumping to conclusions.

      • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Dude, there are not two sides to this, literally showing the votes is how people win elections, one can, the other could, but has not produced evidence.

        Not to rain on your parade, but some colonizers hide behind the idea that Latin America cannot have free and democratic elections because “someone” will steal the results, and this is literally the case in Venezuela but it was the government who STOLE the elections by not providing accurate timely and auditable results while declaring Maduro won.

        • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPM
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          6 months ago

          I’m not saying the results of the election weren’t falsified. I am saying that we can’t trust western media and governments to give an accurate account of events. I’m an American. I have been lied to about Vietnam, the Soviet Union, Iraq and most recently Israel/Palestine. But you expect me to accept this narrative about Maduro as fact, when history has taught me otherwise. I will reserve judgment until I have more information.

          • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
            4·
            6 months ago

            Ok, don’t trust the USA, but most of the region countries who confirmed Maduro lost the elections and only Colombia and Brazil are on the sidelines but asking for the tallies of the election to Maduro’s administration.

            Damn, even Kristina K. In Argentina asked Maduro to release the results as this was "tainting Chavez legacy ".

            For decades, the word ‘dictatorship’ was associated in Latin America with Pinochet.

            For the new generation, this is happening with Maduro and ‘being left-wing.’ This is why Boric and Lula are so active.

            Maduro is causing historical damage to the left in the region, and each day that passes since he was exposed, the damage becomes more irreversible.

            • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPM
              12·
              6 months ago

              So, your argument is we should support the right-wing, capitalist, genocidal Likud -affiliated Machado and Gonzalez; because Maduro is damaging the reputation of “socialism” in South America?