U.S. should not interfere in Venezuela

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. should not interfere in Venezuela
By JUAN BLANCO PRADA
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
February 27, 2014 Updated 26 minutes ago

The United States should stop meddling in Venezuela.

Since the death of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has gone through two elections. The ruling coalition led by Chavez's successor, President Nicolas Maduro, won both of them.

In April 2013, Maduro won the presidency against the leader of the united opposition front, Henrique Capriles. The narrow margin of this victory, 1.6 percent of the vote, prompted a challenge by Capriles, but international observers certified the results as fair and clean.

In December, Venezuela held municipal elections. The opposition, boosted by a deteriorating economic situation, decided to turn the election into a plebiscite on Chavez's Bolivarian revolution.

To the consternation of the opposition leadership and supporters, the pro-government parties won a decisive victory, by a margin of 11 percent.

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[denverbill]

1. Well, unfortunately, the US cares more about capitalism than democracy.

They are perfectly happy with repressive, fascist regimes which allow American and multinational corporations to run amok. But do anything remotely socialist, and you are suddenly a dictator, regardless of how the people in your country voted and what international election monitors say.

[Judi Lynn]

3. It is amazing even having a Democratic President doesn't seem to help cleanse our foreign policy.

In time, the people of the Americas WILL finally shake the maggots out of their governments who have been throwing open the doors of their national resources to allow rape, pillage, plundering, and the utter abuse of the destitute labor forces.

This moral decay, backed up by military power is going to be swept away, in time and the people will finally get real participatory democracy at work in their own country, just the way they have always wanted, needed, and deserved.

[hack89]

2. VZ's economic woes are self inflicted

There is no need for the US to meddle - VZ is collapsing from within.

[Scuba]

4. Meddling is what we do best, or worst if peace is your goal.