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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.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ITT: Tankies being apologists for an equally corrupt regime who obviously rigged an election.

I also rolled my eyes when I saw the headline. US don't really have much of credibility on this one. But tankie wankers think the election result is perfectly okay simply because "suck it 'Murica".

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

the election result is perfectly okay simply because “suck it 'Murica”.

America is ontologically evil, therefore anything America doesn't like is good. QED.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's more that we've got a long history of Sec of States going on record saying things that are categorically untrue. Could ABC News find us a slightly more trustworthy source? Perhaps an unnamed Iraq informant code-named Curveball? Or an FBI informant with Neo-Nazi ties looking to rat on a civil rights icon? Bill Clinton talking about a blowjob? Literally anyone more trustworthy.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

US don’t really have much of credibility on this one.

fuckin'.... Yea, that's the point

The US doesn't dispute foreign election results unless it benefits them; their complaint is essentially unrelated to the actual legitimacy of the results.

Venezuela has been a target of US diplomatic aggression since they nationalized their oil. Say whatever you want about their government but their history has been fucked beyond recognition by US diplomatic intervention. That Blinken is wasting air commenting on it is simply more evidence of the US weighing in on affairs they ought to have fuck-all to do with.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Yes but two wrongs don't make a right.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Pot calling the kettle black, more like.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Venezuela has been a target of US diplomatic aggression since they nationalized their oil.

Since 1976? Venezuela's oil was nationalized by Rafael Caldera in that year.

And yes that Rafael Caldera, the guy Chavez tried to overthrow lmao.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, it may be surprising that US relations with Venezuela began before Chavez, but it's true

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If the American government wants me to doubt the integrity of their election they should have kept their mouths shut and let the evidence speak for itself.

We know they were suppressing the opposition, and by definition that means the election wasn't free and fair. You want to do anything else? Find some proof and publish that.

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