U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela's hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela’s hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.

Speaking in Tokyo on Monday shortly after the announcement was made, Blinken said the U.S. was concerned that the result reflected neither the will nor the votes of the Venezuelan people. He called for election officials to publish the full results transparently and immediately and said the U.S. and the international community would respond accordingly.

  • small44@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7230·
    4 months ago

    Yes Maduro is a corrupt dictator but the only reason why the state department is saying that is because it goes against Us interest. He couldn’t give a damn about venezuelans people. If it was a pro west dictator he wouldn’t say that.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
      1014·
      4 months ago

      I think it’s more like if the US wants people to believe they didn’t try to rig elections in South America they should stop rigging elections and launching coups when that doesn’t work in South America.

    • SnowflakeEnglish
      1383·
      4 months ago

      It actively effects us when they get together in a caravan and cross our border because their county is corrupt all the way at the highest level.

      • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
        5213·
        4 months ago

        Maybe if your country didn’t get involved into fucking up the democracy of that region for corporate interests, I would have some sympathy.

        • SnowflakeEnglish
          742·
          4 months ago

          Yes, because we printed all the Bolivar they printed causing hyperinflation. What in the fuck are you talking about?

          • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            251·
            4 months ago

            I think they’re referring to the countless South American counties that America has meddled with in the past.

            Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, etc.

            Basically, you reap what you sow.

            • SnowflakeEnglish
              327·
              4 months ago

              We didn’t meddle in Venezuela. Like what are you talking about. The guy thought he had enough oil to not need the u.s as a ally anymore. He cut us off from his country and tried allying with Iraq and Cuba. He failed though.

              • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
                83·
                4 months ago

                He cut us off

                Cut us off from their oil, then America cut trade ties, then they allied with our adversaries because America turned their back on them simply because they were mad they nationalized their oil.

                The guy thought he had enough oil to not need the u.s as a ally

                Yea, that’s the point: the US views oil access and strategic alliances as interrelated. If anything I think this is just an open admission that the US DGAF about ‘democracy’ but is really only interested in the willingness of oil states to deal in their oil supply.

                Lol America is so fucking entitled

                  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
                    52·
                    4 months ago

                    We were not the ones who ‘dgaf about democracy’ precisely it was him and his country who did that to us.

                    Lmao, because they decided to cut ties with their ‘investor’? At the risk of repeating myself:

                    Lol America is so fucking entitled

            • SnowflakeEnglish
              318·
              4 months ago

              Let’s just looks at Venezuela.

              If we’re using Wikipedia as a source you might be interested in these parts

              Madsen alleging U.S. Navy involvement.[21] U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, D-CT, requested an investigation of concerns that Washington appeared to condone the removal of Chávez,[22][23] which found that “U.S. officials acted appropriately and did nothing to encourage an April coup against Venezuela’s president” nor did they provide any naval logistical support.[24][25] CIA documents indicate that the Bush administration knew about a plot weeks before the April 2002 military coup. They cite a document dated 6 April 2002, which says: "dissident military factions…are stepping up efforts to organize a coup against President Chávez, possibly as early as this month.

              According to Michal Hertik, there is no benevolent relationship between the Chávez government and United States as a great power. Chávez is not interested in US foreign policy (actually President Bush’s beliefs) including “creating a unipolar or bipolar world, effort to create a powerful empire”. So he tried to break US imperialism and its interference in the affairs of foreign nation-states. Although he never tried to make South American countries agree with him.[17]

              Chávez initially accepted assistance from anyone who offered, with the United States sending helicopters and dozens of soldiers that arrived two days after the disaster. When defense minister Raúl Salazar complied with the offer of the United States’ further aid that included 450 Marines and naval engineers aboard the USS Tortuga which was setting sail to Venezuela, Chávez told Salazar to decline the offer since “[i]t was a matter of sovereignty”. Salazar became angry and assumed that Chávez’s opinion was influenced by talks with Fidel Castro, though he complied with Chávez’s order. Though additional aid was necessary, Chávez thought a more revolutionary image was more important and the USS Tortuga returned to its port.[19]

              They always hated us for no reason of our own. And wanted to take our spot as a super power. They failed.

              • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
                121·
                4 months ago

                No. Trying to get rid of American influence and being independent without any US involvement is not trying to take a spot at being a super power. Get real.

              • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
                42·
                4 months ago

                So he tried to break US imperialism and its interference in the affairs of foreign nation-states.

                They always hated us for no reason of our own.

                LMAO, yes, NO REASON AT ALL

      • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
        346·
        4 months ago

        Oh no, poor people crossing an imaginary line, how will we survive this