Sivad wrote:I agree that American democracy leaves a lot to be desired but how does that justify what's going on in Venezuela?
Well if you have a nation that acts like a damn vampire sucking the blood out of you and not caring about you because they are racist, arrogant freaks with greed as their primary motivator? Why should they even give the American government any leeway in any way?
You got a media there in the USA who actively distorts and never seeks to educate themselves on Latin American political history, economic history or even the relationships that exist between Latin American nations. It is all about some kind of narcissistic dictator who is deaf and hates any language that is not English and not about their own selfish shit ideas (Trump).
Chavez handed Obama a book by Eduardo Galeano (an Uruguayan) called "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina". "The Open Veins of Latin America". Why did Chavez do that? Because Obama is an educated man. He has his law degree from Columbia University in NYC....but the truth is very rarely do any USA presidents know shit about Latin America. Nothing really. Yet they are in charge of making foreign policy for it. Based on what? On the interests of some oil men like Tillerson and some other assholes who just want the money and the advantages and don't care about those Venezuelans living the hardships.
You even have a Christian televangelist leader like Pat Robertson getting on TV calling for the assassination of Chavez on national USA TV. What kind of stupid Christian is he? Did he know Chavez was a devout Roman Catholic who was an altar boy for his church in his grandmother's hometown? That he quotes scripture all the time? No. All he knows is that Chavez is a socialist. That means he is an atheist and he is against the USA....and Christianity. Because the Latin Americans are foreign, they are strange, they are inferior and they are not to be respected. Robertson said to take their oil.....as if the USA has a right to Venezuelan resources. Where do they get these shitty ideas? Imperialism. And to think Empire and killing off people who you don't know and taking things that are not belonging to you using violence is being a True Christian?
The USA and its right wing Christian groups voting for these Republican dirtballs in government are problematic in the extreme.