Venezuela thread
Maduro has just granted himself full power and nullified the oppositional congress
US-friendly countries continue to condemn the governments actions and have stepped up sanctions
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-08-21/venezuela-prepares-world-summit-to-defend-new-legislative-body
What do you guys think of this? Is he a power-hunger socialist, or just another victim of US imperialism like Assad?
>>138504797
If he has any sense, he'll ban all Americans from the country and start setting up anti-air defenses before the Americans decide to "liberate" his oil.
>>138504797
Full-blown commie who would rather his entire people and country die than concede power. Leftists always go drunk with power and get absolutely violent when it's time to stop supping.
>>138505007
Surely, you must be an expert on Venezuela, having swallowed capitalist propaganda about the country. And when America overtly invades for its oil, I'm sure it will be justified, because it's okay for capitalist foreigners to oppress the country, but not native-born socialists, right?
White males are all identitarian social injustice warrior nutcases.
Why do irrelevant countries keep posting on our board?
>>138505786
sorry to distract you from all the other quality political discussion on this board
>>138504797
Hows the country dealing with the floods, are they over? I know thay slowed everything down for a bit, interrupted protests and such.
>>138508769
I'm not sure. The media does not seem interested in reporting on the floods. The only people i've seen mention them are Venezuelans in these threads
also
>Venezuela will hunt down and jail leaders of violent protests, its new top prosecutor said, a day before a hate crimes law is expected to be approved despite fears it will be used to crush dissent.
He's really showing off the beauty of liberalism
>>138504797
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/06/venezuelas-road-to-disaster-is-littered-with-chinese-cash/
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/China-overtakes-Venezuela-as-Cuba-s-largest-trading-partner
Crude oil price goes up to 80 dollars per barrel if USA sanctions that shit. So no. More they colapse, the better.
>>138510847
Cuba and venezuela stll keep their trade, china just exports more than that.
>>138511887
You still buy their oil and pass it as Texan oil?