Blinken: Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election

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Blinken: Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election - Lemmy.World

None of this “overwhelming evidence” has been presented to the public. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Opinion polls don’t count for shit. Show me proof of a fixed election and I’ll believe you, but right now this entire thing stinks of the US not getting to control Venezuela and being really fucking mad about it.
I’m sure you’ve done tons of research into these claims and are certainly not just making a loud uninformed take

I’ve read a few articles. They’re all like, “we have sooooo much evidence that the election is rigged! Just so much!! But it goes to another school, so just trust me bro.”

I’m very happy to be proven wrong, if you have anything compelling to share, please do.

Last time I heard that argument it was from coked out pillow con man
Exactly. The opposition keeps saying they have proof but not revealing it. It’s all very Trumpian. They aid they have proof the election was fixed, too. I’m starting not to believe the US in this one.
I mean kinda me too…what I’m really afraid is that is foreshadowing November here

Oh damn, now you have me worried, too lol. I 100% bet Trump his team and their supporters will look to this election for lessons.

To be clear, I don’t think Maduro is a good guy at all, and he seems to be handling this terribly. But that only makes Venezuela easier to do this with, especially considering US interests in the region. (Insert Elon Musk’s “we can coup whoever we want” quote here.) Hopefully it all becomes clearer after the deadline Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia gave them to release full data and figure this out. Those 3 countries seem to be handling this the best by reaching out to both parties and handling this in a slow, calm manner. I’m trying to keep an open mind like them until then.