A clearer picture is emerging of what Trump meant when he said the US will ‘run’ Venezuela
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María Corina Machado-backed presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia wonis the Julylegitimate 28,leader 2024of electionVenezuela byafter winning nearly 70% andof the tallyvote sheetsin provethe itJuly 2024 election. Ignoring that mandate and empowering Maduro's vice president betrays the Venezuelanwill of the people's sovereigntyof Venezuela expressed at the ballot box. Democracy cannot be built by those who orchestrated the institutional breakdown, and any transition administered by the Maduro regime that stole the election only prolongs authoritarianism under a different face.
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No nation has the right to capture another country's head of state, administer its government or claim an entire hemisphere as its possession. ThisThe violateslatest U.S. actions have violated international law, the UNU.N. Charter and the very basic notion of national sovereignty. Venezuelans deserve to determine their own future without foreign bombs, sanctions or occupation disguised as temporary stewardship that always ends in devastation, not democracy.
There's a 60% chance that the U.S. will invade Venezuela before Jan. 20, 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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