No question that Juan Guaido is a CIA asset and some neoliberal plot to plunder Venezuela's oil reserves.
But the way Maduro basically declared a new legislative branch and stacked both it and the supreme court full of loyalists is shitty too. Was it primarily a measure to stave off a coup attempt? Just rings a little "undemocratic". Am I reading into the history incorrectly?
I believe the creation of the new legislature and court was part of a constitutional reform that had been promised years before.
Do you have more information on that? I thought the National Assembly was built under Chavez.
What choice is there? You allow reactionaries to maintain their power and the US will use them as a lever to pry open your country and exploit the resources and labor - as has been done for centuries in Latin America.
I agree with that. But then why bother having elections in the first place?
I’d argue Maduro didn’t try to consolidate power until it was far too late, Chavez made a similar mistake with regard to pushing towards socialism (not enough), and the west, corporations, and bourgeoisie exploited those cracks like the roaches they are
I'd prefer clarification and discussion instead of downvotes.
lol you wandered into the lion's den and declared "Why shouldn't tigers replace lions?" Maybe approach the discussion in good faith next time.
I watched this takedown last night debunking John Oliver's shitty video on Venezuela and came away with a lot of questions, did a lot of reading, and came here for clarification. How should I have framed this instead?
Maybe not have called Maduro “sus” in the title. “Yo lions, are manes ugly? Discuss.”
I mean, court stacking is nothing new, and even the US talks about Biden doing the same thing to counter all the Evangelical right-wingers in the US Supreme Court. But to do it suddenly and use it to declare a new legislature doesn't feel very kosher. But as others are saying, I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to resist the neoliberal regime change army.
