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Venezuela crisis: Russia condemns bid to 'usurp power' from Maduro

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    pleure
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    Maduro isn't good but I guarantee a US-backed coup is going to be much, much worse. I pray this doesn't turn into another Chile.

    Maduro isn't good but I guarantee a US-backed coup is going to be much, much worse. I pray this doesn't turn into another Chile.

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      clerical_terrors
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      That does seem what the US wants though, and it's poised to take advantage of the situation, and I can't really blame them from a strategical perspective. It's been among the few countries in the...

      That does seem what the US wants though, and it's poised to take advantage of the situation, and I can't really blame them from a strategical perspective. It's been among the few countries in the South American region to openly defy it's hegemony and with Brazil falling under the sway of a right-wing government it seems like they can finally accomplish what they were so desperate to do during the cold war.

      And the fact that Maduro is now getting support from Russia, a country that is very interested in deflating the US' international power, only kinda seems to reinforce the idea that this is a strategic concern for the US.

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      1. deciduous
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        This is not some happenstance situation turned fortunate for the US. The US government has taken numerous actions against Venezuela going back to 2014. This entire crisis is partially manufactured...

        This is not some happenstance situation turned fortunate for the US. The US government has taken numerous actions against Venezuela going back to 2014. This entire crisis is partially manufactured by the US and it's allies and exactly what they intended all along.

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