As Tension over Venezuelan Election Escalates, the Left Debates Who Won the Contested Vote

[@woopishk]

I LIVE IN TRINIDAD. Venezuela is 6 miles away and I see the amount of migrants coming to our little island to escape the social conditions. it is taking a toll on our nation. the US sanctions have hit hard and it has hit us hard economically since all our oil deals with our beloved neighbour have been torpedoed.

[@concilium1]

Their economy failed before any meaningful sanctions were put in place. Socialism destroyed their economy.

[@8aNda1d]

Catch 22. The corrupt government of Venezuela causing humanitarian suffering is why there were sanctions in the first place. Sanctions are not the absolute cause of the situations in Venezuela there are many factors over several years not just the years Maduro has held office.

[@ImtiazAli-yl4gs]

The Venez are not living a much better life either

[@josemarianzerpamorales2300]

The Sanctions are not a excuse for Venezuela regime to turture and prosecute the opposition.

[@josemarianzerpamorales2300]

The sanctions are not excuse to toture citizens and put in jail electoral oposition eyewitness... dont try to clean the face of the regime repeting the sanction excuse.

[@1aikane]

Volumes of books have been written about the US's meddling in South American politics, elections, and their economies. Read and learn

[@Fugubro754]

So what

[@grantjohnston7148]

Exactly what's going on here !

[@grantjohnston7148]

​@Fugubro754 Maduro has always been fighting Western, mostly US interference in their politics. This situation looks exactly like media trying to confuse everyone about the facts.

[@chaosgamer016_5]

I found this preaty shisty that you automaticly persumed that the US is behind this while never even once asked any regular venezuelan that is living in poverty what they want

[@Legendary070]

@@chaosgamer016_5than why is USA sanctioning Venezuela? Who is USA to act as the moral judge while supporting a gen0cide.

[@cdk3law]

It may or may notb e about left or right...but it is definitely about oil. Which is the only reason the US is so interested...

[@suemclean4730]

It's about corruption and power

[@e.d.1642]

Oil is the reason Maduro literally wants to invade and assimilate 2/3 of a neighbour country but sure bro. Maybe if Chavez and Maduro had not use oil as a rent but actually diversified the economy there wouldn't be millions of refugees.

[@Chichi-rd9my]

Greetings from Venezuela! Absolutely, that's what's all about - our natural resources.

[@sexeegrind]

✅HAITI example. correctly deviled liar and boss of corruptions. viva VENEZUELA 💥🖐VIV Haiti HAYTI. ⚖ ⚖.

[@evanhernandez1461]

When has the U.S. government ever given a shit about Salvadoran lives

[@sofiasmith6757]

Because El Salvador no tiene petróleo

[@TBD3.0]

They it did to Chile too. It's a shame.

[@marieromain1076]

ANY LIVES, Both White supremacy.

[@julian777ju5]

You want attention by US so bad 😂.

[@analogalbacore7166]

Cia is.involved

[@marcusOreallyUs1]

The US has lost all credibility when it comes to criticizing other nations about their elections. What a joke

[@songasalimsaleh1035]

😂😂😂😂😂 Perfect 😂😂😂😂

[@FelonyVideos]

True, but most Americans know their election was stolen, just as most Venezuelans know this election was stolen. One failure does not make another failure OK. So what's your point? Should Venezuela now keep quiet about North Korean atrocities? Is that the way your world works? 😂

[@greglogan7706]

Not exactly sure what this comment means It could mean some bullshit entirely baseless claims of fraud by the biggest fraud there is

[@TBD3.0]

I'm embraced with these guys running my country they make us LQQK bad.

[@SaulAguilar.]

There's good and bad people in power. One thing they can't control is a pissed off united people☝️

[@PedroDiaz-kn4ct]

Blinken again? The biggest hypocrite of all times.

[@Perisemiotics]

I'd argue he's much too mediocre to even be a hypocrite.

[@Sunny-f2o]

everywhere this man goes from the middle east to latin america death and agony follows

[@lourdespatriciadelavegator4975]

Yes, again. Who has given him and the US the right to interfere in the decisions, politics, and conflicts of other countries? Israel/Gasa, Ukrania/Rusia, Taiwan/China, Perú, Bolivia Ecuador, Chile, Honduras, etc., with the only interest of taking advantage of our natural resources, we all know it. In Venezuela's case is obvious what is their interest. The last thing they care about is democracy and the welfare of the citizens. Their interest, business, money, and if the Venezuelan far right is on their side, they will use it for their benefit no matter what.

[@beingrealistic2562]

No, he's much more than that... But I'm confused as to what his title is... 🤔 A POS or a SOB.... BOTH 👌

[@abeldemota1851]

This is not about blinken this is about a criminal regime who defies the popular voice , russia and china and Iran are invading venezuela taking advantage of the caos, and I don't see you guys saying nothing about it, the Venezuelan people is tired of this regime and they have the right to ask for help , and every body already knows who has the power to do so. Latinos are american no soviets . Dignity first.

[@ltrotter636]

As I'm learning more about world politics, I always listen for the candidate the US is supporting to locate the deep corruption.

[@carolwatanabe7576]

Look back in time and see what the CIA accomplished in Chile when Allende won.

[@e.d.1642]

You haven't learnt a lot yet, then. Reality is a bit more complex.

[@gerryh7895]

@@e.d.1642 true, but if they live by it they would be correct depressingly more often than they would be wrong.

[@sexeegrind]

✅HAITI example. correctly deviled liar and boss of corruptions of.🌎

[@Myndir]

Maduro?

[@hexalm]

5:50 Nina Farnia: "Former President Jimmy Carter once called this system the best electoral system in the world" The Carter Center: "Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election did not meet international standards of electoral integrity and cannot be considered democratic. The Carter Center cannot verify or corroborate the results of the election declared by the National Electoral Council (CNE), and the electoral authority’s failure to announce disaggregated results by polling station constitutes a serious breach of electoral principles."

[@8aNda1d]

Good fact checking. Now if everyone knew

[@Flowers-i4e]

Carter center is a fraud

[@timmoore3188]

@hexalm from the end of the report: "Given its limited numbers, the Carter Center’s direct observations were limited, especially on election day."... "The Carter Center will publish a final report of its observation mission, documenting the findings indicated in this statement." So, according to the Carter Center, which is not the word of President Carter, the man, mind you, but an organization funded in large part by the US state department -- so, they have not released their evidence of election tampering.

[@milkman1776]

carter is 100 years old he has nothing to do with this NGO anymore

[@Myndir]

@@timmoore3188 Sort of hard to release a final report when the government is withholding data that it had said it would release.

[@emiliobello2538]

Hope Venezuela stays strong

[@mabelborja6097]

What about the candidates that were not allowed to participate? Why do you think there are 7 million venezuelans in exile? Many with no papers

[@tegusentertainment8021]

​@@mabelborja6097limited resources due to sanctions, next

[@tethergobrrr]

@@mabelborja6097Get the US out of it and I’ll give you an answer. They corrupt and distort everything they touch.

[@a.m.1298]

​@@tegusentertainment8021 dumbass

[@rsavage-r2v]

@@mabelborja6097 The Maduro govt is actually very soft on the CIA/State Dept backed "opposition".

[@guhoya19]

Blinken-"If you're not at the table in the international system, you're going to be on the menu" They’re apparently treating Venezuela as something on the menu

[@seriocha5592]

Why after a week of the people’ vote the government hasn’t shown the ballots acts?

[@tegusentertainment8021]

Ok Cubita, can you please watch the entire interview and listen to the part where she says they have 30 days to do so?

[@justinogarcia3705]

That a lie she said. In the past it never taken 30 days. And the official records at each polling station don’t match the cne numbers. Go Do some Research.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

as you heard or maybe you didn't listen the process requires 30 days, if you want to start crying before the process is done, then I question your reasoning

[@seriocha5592]

@@tegusentertainment8021 I am afraid that you are wrong. I believe it should not take longer than 72 hrs by law. Honestly, it doesn’t make sense that a government can take 30 days to provide such a crucial information.

[@seriocha5592]

@@konstantinkrastev4478 I don’t need to cry brother I am free man. I man very sorry for the Venezuelans that it’s dictators has stolen once again the elections.

[@andreslinares6429]

Very democratic behavior from the moderator of this channel. I pointed out that I'm a Venezuelan who studied law and that the claim that the National Electoral Council has 30 days to publish results is a spurious one. I presented the proof (Article 116 of the Organic Law Electoral Processes). I explained that the actual limit is actually 48h. I put a translation of the article and a link to the PDF of the law. The comment was gaining traction, 100 likes in less than an hour. Suddenly the comment gets deleted. Very democratic democracy now

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

And what the law predict, if not for some reason they don't post the result !? But as law student how can accept another country (USA) to declare the winner without the final results! At least is suspicious (for second time in row). I believe what the People have the right to choose even the "wrong" one if they want!

[@andreslinares6429]

@@georgeantonopoulos545 the US isn't declaring the winner. They are supporting the popular demand of the people of Venezuela for the tally sheets to be published by the National Electoral Council, which will show the same as the tally sheets that the opposition has already published. Edmundo González won. We appreciate the support of the international community on this, including the USA. This isn't about left or right, imperialism or anti imperialism. It's about democracy versus authoritarianism. It is sad that you prefer to disagree with the US over defending democracy. The vote counting has been done by the opposition, we have the tally sheets. We won, we just want the National Electoral Council to publish the same tally sheets so the government has no other option but to accept the truth

[@andreslinares6429]

@@georgeantonopoulos545 the US isn't declaring the winner, they're just recognizing the opposition's claim. Witnesses from the opposition party scanned the tally sheets in every polling station in the country. The normal procedure is for the results of each polling station to be read at the end of the day and a document is signed by everyone present. We managed to recover 84% of those tally sheets and documents. It is impossible for Maduro to have won the election. Those tally sheets are on the web for everyone to see. We are just pointing out that the National Electoral Council should've by now published those results, the fact they haven't is highly suspicious. We just want them to publish the results for the government to be forced to admit what we have known for a long time. Edmundo González won.

[@andreslinares6429]

@@georgeantonopoulos545 we welcome the support of the international community in this matter.

[@mhmmreza]

Actually you're wrong. Article 116 states that 48 hours is the time limit to aggregate the results, Article 125 states that publication of the results of the election is 30 days after the announcement of the winning candidate

[@dimvidpro]

US! Get out of other countries business!!! Leave us alone!

[@teresavalencia-rincones7746]

Y tu andade a la mierda!! Viva la libertad!! Viva Venezuela carajo!!!

[@MoSylla45]

They can’t. They won’t,until other countries find a way to meddle into US politics as well.

[@RafaelDiaz-pn2gk]

Stop coming over here trying to sneak over our borders and wanting free stuff if you love it in your country so much stay your asses there

[@Fugubro754]

No!!!! Learn how to conduct yourself properly then

[@Handymanjeffery]

where do you live

[@DonaldLancon]

Hmm… In her initial remarks, Farnia didn't actually address any of Lander's claims about the election, and only addressed one relatively minor issue in her final remarks. That seems a bit fishy. Also, pretty much everything she said makes it sound like the observers didn't really know much beforehand about how elections in Venezuela are run and didn't get to observe anything they weren't specifically shown. That doesn't instill any confidence whatsoever in their ability to assess the validity of the election. (And who the hell cares what Carter "once" said about the country's electoral system?) Maybe their conclusions are correct, I don't know. But if that's the case, then Farnia did a _horrible_ job of getting that point across in this interview.

[@bgmac1219]

it seems Lander is just trying to do everything he can to keep the US from invading his country...

[@seansmith3058]

She doesn't mention that the Carter Center has condemned the process this time around. DN didn't mention it either, in their initial coverage, though they do refer to "some NGOs" being critical in this story.

[@HPelao]

Correct, the Carter Center reported the election were not free and fair and did not meet international standards... Nina is a horrible person!!...

[@JoeCanuck74]

Why is the United States so interested in Venezuela's elections… couldn't have anything to do with Venezuela sitting on the largest oil supply in the world. And of course, the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID have nothing to do with interfering in the governance of Venezuela. If Venezuela wasn't sitting on so much oil the U.S. wouldn't care a less who they elected.

[@silvestrevasquez1914]

No, it has to do with thousands leaving Venezuela for the U.S. How much strain can our economy stand. Best result, get rid of Maduro and his cronies and gi ve Venezuelan people a chance to survive in "THEIR" country.

[@GildardoFrutos]

@@silvestrevasquez1914exactly well said

[@ArleeStarr]

@@silvestrevasquez1914 LOL 🤡

[@calebheddy1447]

They are using you to eat game their next 🤝 ves November

[@calhowell6798]

@@silvestrevasquez1914the reason they come to the US is because we gave them asylum…. Knowing when we initiated the sanctions on Venezuela (that are crippling its economy in a way never before really seen) it would cause massive amounts of Venezuelans to leave for other countries because of the problems the sanctions cause over the past decade or so. Same reason the United States ALWAYS issues sanctions on countries. Strictly bc they disagree with policies that these other places have, or that these policies aren’t helping the United States in ways we expect from these “lesser” nations, so they just enlist sanctions in hope the people suffer and eventually rise up and revolt against the government that we don’t agree with. Venezuela is a single resource economy…. It ran its economy off the money it made from oil.

[@paulaansai6069]

Sra farnia, hubos muchos observadores internacionales de paises latinoamericanos deportados. Es evidente que las autoridades venezolanas la llevaron en un tour donde ella vió lo que el gobierno venezolano queria que viera.

[@MariAna-vu1kb]

@@paulaansai6069 o es Una más que soporta dictaduras.

[@21boxhead]

Any proof of this?

[@Texasjim2007]

"It's not who votes that count, it's who counts the votes."-Joseph Stalin.

[@JP-JustSayin]

I know nothing about Venezuelan politics... but the guy made some points, and the lady talked past them. None of the guys claims were rebutted or addressed. He said the tallies at the precincts dont add up to the result that is being announced, and she said the voting on the ground was conducted fairly... these things could both be true. The fact that the lady did not speak to the problems that the guy raised leaves me thinking that either he is correct and she is a distraction, or that she is the the wrong person to speak to his claims (like she doesnt have any relevant info to speak to his issues, so some one else should be consulted).

[@justinogarcia3705]

She refused to acknowledge that fraud happen. The data shows that the official numbers don’t match and no official evidence of the paper tallies provided.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

Empty blank account that looks like a bot criticizing her, when she pointed out that election law requires the ballots to be produced in 30 days. Not 10 days, not the day after. Also what kind of opposition party A. Meets with Gaido a USA Washington university CIA puppet and B, what kind of government creates and spreads ballots whether they are fake or not before the election verification process is done?

[@LXGlobalMedia]

She is an ideologue fully committed to fit reality to her leftist narrative. Also, it is very easy for her to take that position from the comfort of her honeymoon in the US rather than living in Venezuela.

[@michaelkleiman6750]

She is a part of the machine that keeps Maduro in power. Notice how the topic is the legitimacy of the election and she starts to express her concerns with the opposition candidate.

[@DanMan0715]

I agree mostly with your read on their discussion. But Lander didn't seem to say that the tallies at the precinct didn't add up. He pointed out problems with the checks to secure the system that seem to have been ignored, which is informative. But, it sounded to me, like he heard observations from poll workers and inferred a statistical discrepancy. Assuming they have secret ballots, that wouldn't be direct evidence. Also, Farnia mentioned that there were observers from both parties at the stations. Maybe there is hard evidence about how individual polling stations results don't add up with the national reported results, but I didn't hear Lander explicitly invoking it. Both sides seem to have holes in their arguments.

[@ferrejose]

In past elections the CNE always proudly presented the detailed results by electoral center, municipality, city, district, state and ultimate the country total votes; now they cannot produce that because the detailed data (as published by the MUD) is showing a result that is not in favor of the Cartel.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

The process requires 30 days as per law. What are you on about , how absurd does the USA government provide ballots day after? crazy

[@justinogarcia3705]

Surprise surprise

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

why is my comment not visible, what kind of bot are you? must be a CIA bot

[@ferrejose]

@@konstantinkrastev4478 instead of attacking the "messenger bot" read some history from the last 25 years of oppression and corruption in Venezuela.

[@chaosgamer016_5]

​@@konstantinkrastev4478says the Ruski bot 🤣

[@UlfErlingsson]

@democracynow I hope you realize that Edgardo Lander did a very brave act by saying that on your show. Every day the regime imprisons people for just stating that truth. And I know a thing or two about that regime after 15 years of study and participation. Last year, they even kidnapped me in Colombia and took me to Venezuela as a hostage.

[@Edmundopatodoelmundo11]

This lady Nina is joke!! She is referencing Jimmy Carter. She forgot to mention that the Carter Center declared that Venezuela’s 2024 election did not meet international standards of electoral integrity and cannot be considered democratic. Also to suggest that Edmundo can’t won by some kind of made up history about his pass as an ambassador is ridiculous. The people chose him because Maria Corina chose him after she was unfairly disqualified to participate as a president candidate. At the end it is very simple. If Maduro won why he has not been able to present any proof of it. They pretend that everybody has to trust the electoral council which is widely controlled by Maduro. Now they are trying to move the decision to the Supreme Court, which is also controlled by Maduro. This lady Nina is shameless. People who hates USA shouldn’t be supporting the criminal gang ruling in Venezuela just to hurt US. Doing that they are hurting millions of Venezuelan who’s are being left with a tough decision, stands against the criminals or leave the country. So far they are trying to fight back. If they are not successful, millions more will joint the 8 million people who already left.

[@21boxhead]

Carter Center didn't present evidence The opposition lies every election those tally posts are forged

[@getofftheroad4903]

Maria Corina has ties to the US government, and has been removed for running based on these accounts. She is highly suspected as being an agent of the US, you are extremely ignorante if you do not know this about her and your opinion should be discounted.

[@huafflhaus]

So you would prefer the US puppet be president?

[@duaneinlow8868]

And now I read that the Carter Center analyzed the available vote data and also concluded that Maduro lost. But was this video even about the elections? It was supposed to be about democracy in Venezuela, but it mainly criticized the opposition party. I was surprised they didn't mention that Gonzales couldn't win because he is too old! Lots of other irrelevant information was presented that has nothing to do with democracy and how Venezuelans voted. If some of these things are important, why didn't Madura bring them up when he campaigned against the opposition. Maybe he did and Venezuelans just decided anything is better than Maduro.

[@nevermore7325]

Go back and read what ever article you read go to the bottom it wil say that AP or the carter institute was not able to Independently verified. All that should tell you is the institution has been hijacked

[@Chichi-rd9my]

Greetings from Venezuela! Thank you, Nina Farnia 👏👏👏

[@osvaldolopez5830]

Ms. Farnia, did not say that many objective observers were not allowed in the country. Maduro only allowed observers who back him like Ms. Farnia. She also "forgot" to say that the Carter organization stated that it was not a fair election.

[@21boxhead]

Carter center hasn't shown any proof

[@malichicu]

Nina Farnia, you seem out of touch. Can you share the objective evidence to support your statements?

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

True for both sides! But at this point dint hear any of the observers to subscribe these elections as not fair or adulterated !

[@21boxhead]

You are out of touch

[@tehreemamitha8524]

He admits that the US is meddling and the fact that US sanctions have deliberately been put to topple the government but at the same time thinks government should be handed over to the person who is a lackey of the US and known to be terrorist, what does it say about his own position?

[@thinktankdonahue]

He's not a US lackey he's he chosen president of the people. I guess you don't care about democracy though authoritarian dunce.

[@e.d.1642]

What is says about his own position is that he respects elections and the will of the Venezuelan people who have voted for the opposition. The US doesn't get to decide but neither do naive and ignorant US leftists or the authoritarian criminal that is Maduro.

[@adriaanalsema]

Thanks for platforming Mr. Landen

[@juanitodoe3792]

When the US Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount and decided Bush was president 2000 did any country decide Gore was the new president instead? Lol

[@Yanquetino]

Did we have outside observers here monitoring the election? Not that I've heard. Wish we had! Hope we do this time!

[@andrewdiaz3529]

Thats a reasonable point but are you arguing that a blatantly illegal subversion of democracy should be allowed because its happened before?

[@Heavilymoderated]

Right. The US needs to focus on its own problems. One of which is keeping its hands out of international cookie jars.

[@susiq1121]

To help is brother win!

[@SophietheKitsune-bc1bu]

It was so close and the deadline for the recount was already far passed This election was different because they had actual proof that the opposition won by bigger margins

[@mk500]

This discussion should be about data. Where is the data? A total is not worth anything without the underlying data, and it was a huge mistake for any totals to be given without the data presented at the same time. It is very difficult for the people to trust their government when this basic information is denied to them.

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

TRUE but what the USA have in its hands to declare the opposition as winner! Weird too!

[@contracorriente7517]

The government CAN'T provide the [real] data. The [real] data, which is available from other sources, demonstrate without a doubt that Maduro LOST the election by 2/3 of all the votes.

[@AveryDewing]

They said in this video that the government has 30 days to present the data. That is completely reasonable.

[@TD1237]

Don't elections go this way in many other countries?

[@mk500]

@@AveryDewingThen the reasonable thing to do would be to announce the totals at the same time the data is released. If that takes a few weeks then everyone must wait.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

If these sanctions are about morals and rule of law, and not the "business as usual" of king-making in an oil-rich Latin American nation, why are there no sanctions against Israel? ExxonMobil is salivating.

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

Don't ask moral questions to unmoral ! But true ,the government must give all the evidence of his victory !

[@ImtiazAli-yl4gs]

Double standards

[@TorreFernand]

The sanctions are about "We think this person is a criminal, but since we can't get them in front a jury, we're naming ourselves the jury and restricting them. Not their country, just them"

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

@@TorreFernand Are you just describe ..Netanyahu? But no he is not Venezuelan !Don't disgrace your "logic" with these US statements!

[@JuanLuisVzya]

Greetings from Venezuela, Amy and Democracy Now team.

[@rogerforsberg3910]

First, kudos, good luck & best wishes to this incredibly courageous man, Prof Edgardo Lander. The fact that he is a man of the Left (what I'd refer to as the legitimate left) who is criticizing Maduro simply increases one's respect & admiration for him. I wonder if he will experience one of the unfortunate accidents that plagued dozens of Stalin's colleagues (e.g., Kirov, Zinovyev, Kamenev, Bukharin, Rykov, & eventually Trotsky, etc) as he secured power in the Soviet Union during the 1930s. Shame, Mme Goodman, shame on you. I suppose that it's possible for someone who is so subjective, so biased, so one-sided, so blinkered to believe that Sr Maduro actually won this election, but I thought that you were more intellectually honest than this. The losers, of course, are the Venezuelan people who will continue to "vote with their feet" en masse. Sr Maduro will have his country as his actions push his country deeper & deeper into a slough of corruption, authoritarianism, despair & despond, and you, Mme Goodman, will have defended this villain through your inaction. As for this foolish woman, Mme Farnia, who says (8:32) that "...he [Gonzalez] has blood on his hands...." I wonder if Mme Farnia believes that Sr Maduro has any blood on his hands.

[@woljay9362]

Contested? It’s ironic how y’all “pride” yourselves on being distinct from MSM, yet here you are serving your own purposes which are evident now. Nobody is questioning the actas that the Venezuelans have….. why hasn’t Maduro shown the actas if they’re false???? Why doesn’t Maduro just show what is normal in all Venezuelan elections and disproves that the election is “contested”? I love how you got defensive when Edgardo said the opposite of what you precisely wanted.

[@carojimenez1294]

Nina Farnia just gained the hatred if an entire country 😢

[@jorge-7121]

Im from Bolivia . I dispise her

[@mayrafpz6300]

Two! Nicaragua también !

[@bgmac1219]

by her count only 49% of it...

[@iraimaotteson391]

She should born in hell with Maduros criminals!

[@paulwellman1030]

You have your head planted. You should read: Venezuela and the End of US Empire by Anya Parampil.

[@francobotteri4876]

This woman is a joke. That description of Venezuela, as if everything was fine, is ludicrous. Either she was taken by authorities to places where there were only supporters or she's a huge hypocrite. The government hasn't posted the voting acts, how can you say the result has been fair??? In Peru there's a million Venezuelans and only 589 have been able to vote!!! Come on! Disgusting, really.

[@cuzcohusky3533]

Why they never talk the sanction and the blocking of the market that prevented trade for years …. They made another Cuba from one of the richest countries in Latin America

[@brianmanson-o4d]

Oh God it’s not a secret, sanctions against the criminals in the Chavista kleptocracy is public policy…!?! Unfortunately you’re unable to bend reality to your fake argument; the general PDVSA sanctions didn’t start until 2019. Fidel-Chavez-Maduro and their Cuban-trained military torture masters have been dismembering Venezuelans looooooooong before 2019. Chavez was an absolutely horrific economist; read about his failed policies since he took office- centralization equals failure.

[@hexalm]

They did. Lander explicitly stated that economic sanctions have been devastating.

[@contracorriente7517]

Because the MAIN, MOST IMPORTANT, and LESS TALKED about reason for the state of the economy in Venezuela is the RAMPANT CORRUPTION of a small group of people in the top government and the top generals and colonels in the military. NOT ANY INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS. I love people like you who liberate governments and autocrats from responsibility because it is always the fault of others: the "empires," the "powerful," and the "rich." The "POOR" DICTATORS and AUTOCRATS are never to be blamed. They are innocent of everything. WHAT A JOKE!!!

[@cdcm17]

So they’re supposed to be supporting a murderous commie tyranny? As a Venezuelan, I’m delighted of all those sanctions. Venezuela’s situation is only the last 25 years’s rulers fault, not the US.

[@clarkthompson8094]

The hyper inlation started before sqnctions. It is due to Chavista policies.

[@emarceeqem4715]

What matters in an election is not who votes, but who counts the votes.

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

????? All the world doing exactly the same with no so secured system as Venezuela ! And i heard Maduro to say he ‘willing’ to be investigated! But yes in some point you have right ! But if you Heard USA to declare the winner ....cant be so sure !!

[@rogerforsberg3910]

So, supposedly, said Stalin, but what was definitely repeated by Tom Stoppard in one of his plays.

[@usdepartmentofthetreasury489]

You’re too smart to be here. I’m here just to insult commies/thugs

[@snipervictim]

Lets have a talk like WE are not the actual reason these people are having problems !

[@michaelkleiman6750]

It is a combination of things, yes including US involvement in LA. However this is for the people of Venezuela to decide and the first step for them is to restore legitimacy to their elections and government. Maduro has taken control of every aspect of Venezuelan society. The people want a voice and they spoke at the ballot box.

[@ArleeStarr]

Viva Maduro!

[@contracorriente7517]

I don't know who you are or believe you are. But I assure you that whoever you are, YOU ARE NOT to blame for our problems. Release yourself of that guilt. The 25-years-old DICTATORSHIP in Venezuela is the ONLY ONE TO BLAME>

[@michaelkleiman6750]

@@contracorriente7517 i do not take blame but I recognize the complexity of geopolitics over time. To say the united states has not contributed to the current situation would be foolish. With that said, we can’t change the past and a positive future for Venezuela does not include Maduro and the people have stated that clearly with their vote.

[@milkman1776]

The only reason Democracy Now is talking about Venezuela is because Blinken's state department is trying to overthrow the government there.

[@endlessadventure541]

As an American living in Colombia, I watched the entire post election shows where they actually went to the voting stations and counted the votes and read the tallies out loud. Maduro lost by a landslide. He is despised. This is NOT American imperialism.

[@EasyYoutubeAI]

00:05: Tensions rise in Venezuela over contested presidential election results. 00:20: Maduro claims victory while opposition alleges vote manipulation. 01:01: Protests erupt in Caracas, with reports of violence against opposition. 02:14: UN reports over 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled due to crisis. 03:11: Lander asserts Maduro was overwhelmingly defeated in the elections. 05:41: Faria describes the election process as free and fair from her observations. 08:01: Concerns raised about Gonzalez's past and implications for Venezuelan support. 10:24: Lander emphasizes the need for transparency in electoral results and laws. 12:08: Discussion on the left's perception of Maduro's government and its implications. 14:01: Lander criticizes US intervention and sanctions impacting Venezuelan society. 15:19: Faria defends the electoral process and stresses Venezuelan sovereignty in decisions.

[@danielvortisto6324]

Very good protocol! Wow!

[@timtrewyn453]

Russian navy makes port call in Venezuela.

[@jsmn5059]

I'm glad I saw this video. I think I learned some new and important facts about what's been going on in Venezuela. Amy's moderation seemed a bit off to me; she seemed to favor Nina's argument in the way she cut Lander off without warning. I think Amy is generally a wonderful journalist, but Lander's argument seemed to be valid and I think Amy should have been a bit more diplomatic.

[@Ezrablynx]

Though I tend to regard the National Lawyers Guild as impartial, I will say her jump toward accusing the other guest of being part of a coup plot (because he met with a US-backrf oppositon leader?) And parroting word-for-word Maduro regime talking points makes it hard to take at face value. Both are correct in that the US has no right to interfere with the internal affairs or election results of Venezuela. But the Maduro critic is right, all that needs to be done is for the ballots to be recounted and laid out transparently. Why this rush to declare Maduro the undisputed winner of his government (which has ruled for 25 years) if it is so popular?

[@Bisquick]

She didn't say that, she said let the Supreme Court decide. Also, he _did_ meet with the US imposed parallel government lackey (entirely unelected) Guaidó in 2019, previously involved in attempting to broker prior "free trade" deals. Also, she was an election observer and he was not.

[@Myndir]

@@Bisquick The Supreme Court is heavily pro-government. It's like getting the CIA to decide.

[@sjsharks2106]

Mexico needs to worry about the cartels and not other countries

[@omartalamantes8398]

U.S doesn't get to decide who runs other countries 💪

[@UlfErlingsson]

The Venezuelan people decided that they want Edmundo Gonzales to be the president. There is zero doubt about that.

[@TD1237]

​@@UlfErlingssonThat's incorrect. There is a lot of doubt from many people. And, officially, they chose Maduro.

[@UlfErlingsson]

@@TD1237 You just did a Freudian slip by saying "officially, they chose Maduro." In reality, they chose EGU. However, let's assume for the sake of argument that the figures from CNE are correct and that Maduro won by about 52%. Recalling that almost none of the Venezuelans living abroad were allowed to vote; that about 25% of Venezuelans live abroad; and that Venezuelans living abroad to almost 100% voted for EGU, we see that even if the CNE figures would have been correct, EGU would have won if the election had been free and fair. Secondly, the opposition has shown proof of their numbers, the regime has not [the papers they have shown were forged and it has been proven].

[@IronskullGM]

We don't have to support Socialist Dictatorships.

[@egliegli4282]

Troll😂 FACT: OUTLAW FOREIGN CRIMINALS ARE USURPING VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY MUST ADMIT IT. ID each of those criminals help the INTERNATIONAL BANKS to FREEZE THOSE ACCOUNTS & ASSETS USED ONLY TO KILL US. HELLO

[@alberthenriette8976]

Nothing to see here😂 only the CIA having a heart attack over their bogeyman Maduro and his Massive black gold reservoir 😢

[@zaphod22]

Oil that is VERY hard to process. It'll stay in the ground.

[@michaelkleiman6750]

Why is it hard to believe that the people want change? 8 million have already fled and you can’t imagine that maybe there are a lot more still there that are discontent?

[@toreshiminaj5541]

@@michaelkleiman6750 Are you stupid?

[@d.f.9064]

How many Venezuelans have you talked to? Let me guess, ZERO. STFU.

[@chaosgamer016_5]

​@@michaelkleiman6750it's this dumb f anty west coments that are all over KZbin they call everything CIA intervention while many Venezuelans in and outside of Venezuela say that they aren't happy with there goverment becuse no shis it's an dictatorship

[@AleciaCampbell-dz5un]

This is a usa coup seen it here in Jamaica many times

[@michaelkleiman6750]

Really? Because it looked more like 8 million fled the country this far and the remaining people consolidated support for one candidate and won an election that Maduro tried to rig. This is why he can’t release the vote tally. Stop trying to use the shameful history of the US to invalidate the vote of the Venezuelan people.

[@zanebrimson7777]

Nina, you said the Maduro government has 30 days to produce the election results. It’s been 3 weeks and still nothing. Why are they waiting this long? You are 100% right, it’s up to the Venezuelan people to choose and they have chosen. The Maduro regime has cheated before too. 8 million Venezuelans have fled. 5 million Venezuelans outside the country couldn’t vote. Conclusion: you help prop up a miserable regime that has created a diaspora, worse than in Syria. You should be ashamed of your work.

[@contracorriente7517]

You have to love this: People who know nothing about a country and who probably have never suffered a dictatorship talk about that country as if they knew S#$T. At NINA FARNIA: Think that Venezuelan people will vote again for a 25-year-old regime that has DESTROYED Venezuela, has destroyed its economy, has destroyed hope and possibilities of a better life, has destroyed the unity of families by making them leave the country for lack of a possibility for a better future, for lack of belief in the system, and for lack of freedom is WHAT IS UNTHINKABLE. How desperate do you have to be to leave your country, walking hundreds and thousands of miles, putting yourself, your family, and your little children in real danger to leave a dictatorship and go to free countries, like the USA. Because what the LEFTISTS NEVER say is that people don't leave their countries to GO to CUBA, NICARAGUA, RUSSIA, CHINA, and IRAN. NO, THEY LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY TO GO TO THE USA. Including NINA and AMY, who proudly live their lives in the comfort of Cuba (??). No, pardon me, in the comfort of New York. In the comfort of the USA. What the LEFTIST never say is that the real cause of the economic misery in Venezuela, where since the "revolution" the GDP has PLUNGED 80%, is the rampant CORRUPTION that benefits a few of the top lieutenants of Maduro, Cabello, and the Rodriguez brothers. They DESTROYED the oil industry. Only in the last 5 years, they stole over 30,000,000,000 (the number of zeros is NOT a typo) from PDVSA. So, please, someone tell me how you destroy an oil company (a machine to make money)??? That is unheard of, and they did it. Ms. NINA FARIA talks proudly of the Carter Center, but what she doesn't mention (not even by mistake) is that the Carter Center DISSAVOWED the Venezuelan election, saying that it didn't comply with the minimum requirements to be fair, and they had to do it from outside the country for fear of reprisals to their personnel by the government of Maduro. Ms. Faria never mentions that the DICTATORSHIP's number two, Cabello, said, "We won, period. We will not release the "actas," and we never give up power." And this is not new; these people have for decades said that over and over again. A democracy? So, I ask, Ms. FARIA, what you REALLY saw in the elections, in the counting of votes, in the proclamation of Maduro as president-elect, and in the NOT SHOWINGS of the backup documentation to sustain that claim when these documents are already available online by other sources? Going further, what is your agenda, who is paying you? Whoever still defends this regime cannot be less than an accomplice to a DICTATORSHIP, and an accomplice to the TORTURE and REPRESSION that the government is currently inflicting on LAWFUL PROTESTORS.

[@gabrielpena366]

The amount of wishful thinking from "progressives" that don't know a single venezuelan is truly disheartening and shameful. The corrupt system that has been taking shape since the Chavez years has been a disgrace and stain on the credibility of leftist movements in Latin America.

[@lgmeyer1958]

This is the closest to truth you could get. Thank you🙏🙏🙏

[@ArleeStarr]

You, and your kind, are prime examples of what the US sanctions were meant to achieve. congrats. US and all other oil corporations will be in your debt if your coup succeeds.

[@SixOneNiner23]

@@lgmeyer1958is it corruption or the fact that the west won’t give you access unless they put our puppet in charge of resources?

[@e.d.1642]

Finally a comment that makes sense. It's so worrying that so many leftists have lost all connection to reality. I suppose that's why so many continued supporting Stalin even after learning of his crimes against humanity.

[@santichatterjee7284]

Brilliant Amy🎉🎉Once again, so powerful

[@realdemocracy11]

Edmundo's description of a repressive authoritarian Maduro government is contradicted by the fact that he's living in Venezuela and doesn't seem to be worried about being arrested. I wonder what Edward Snowdon would say?

[@Northstar1989]

He's not actually living in Venezuela. He's a Venezuelan, but living outside the country. However, his organization is funded by the CIA...

[@ShearchingSomething-bg5rv]

They are actually been persecuted by the government. Everybody talks about Edmundo while people only vote for him just because Maria Corina was unfairly denied to be in the presidential elections. Some of the staff of Maria Coria and Edmundo right after the elections were kidnapped and even today we know nothing about them. So they are actually in danger.

[@seanjames6879]

Why the USA keep interfering in other countries? It's sickening now.

[@jaimetorres950]

In this case it must. REALLY. And not just the USA, but all LATAM nations MUST interfere

[@faniarethas2716]

@@jaimetorres950 Like USA interfered in Argentina’s election! Now, Argentina has a far right lunatic for president but US likes him for her interests.

[@TD1237]

​@@jaimetorres950They could start by lifting the saanctions. Since the leadership is apparently so awfuI, then lifting them shouldn't be a problem. Then we can see what the country is trily capable of.

[@jaimetorres950]

@@TD1237 if they lift those sanctions, Maduro will buy more weapons for internal and external use , conditionally provide more CLAPS (food rations) based on blind obedience, equip the Bolivarian guards to terrorise whoever disagrees, give more money to Cuba and to terrorist organizations like FARC AND ELN,.

[@Lanternsinthesky-studios]

No, what's sickening is Maduro's behavior towards his own people he claims to care about.

[@yomismo6969]

This woman is saying that The TSJ is the one to decide? Does she has a little bit of dignity and said how much maduro is paying her? Why didn''t this channel put her against Maria Corina to explain how much the government tried to suppress the opposition chances against Maduro. THis woman is the worst person I have ever seen in my life.

[@alexsheppard3319]

Clearly she is a left-wing. She is talking such trash. She must retract her statements. Clearly she does'nt know what she's speaking about.

[@dijikstra8]

Because Maria Corina is part of an opposition that has screamed election fraud in pretty much every election since Chavez was elected, and even tried to circumvent the entire constitutional process through a coup to install a president no-one had voted for (Guadió). Quite frankly, they have made fools of themselves one too many times. I don't know what happened here, only time and a thorough investigation will find out, but I do know that large parts of the Venezuelan opposition has tried again and again to undermine democracy in Venezuela with the help of the US.

[@lolymar1643]

I agree with you 100 % I can’t believe that this channel it’s showing this kind of information. She has dirty money in her hands for sure !

[@franblack2227]

This is the 8th time the US has tried to coup venezuela... shame on u!!

[@TheALPHA112829]

A country considered the most stable democracy.. Venezuelan was never an inmigrant.The highest per capita in southamerica A country was destroyed because of 🛢 OIL...Who was playing game Guess Who?

[@Moondog1109]

Why is American diplomacy recieving blame for this? I don't understand anything anymore. Edit: allow me to restate the question, Oh great, WTF did we do this time? I get it now.

[@corazondelince]

Because the US has been actively sponsoring the opposition candidate, not to mention the economic sanctions that have destabilized Venezuela.

[@ransizzles]

beacuse they are waging economic war against Venezuela. It is in the U.S best intrest for Madura to lose

[@saythankyou111]

@@corazondelincesorry…we have are own problems with your people from prison moving into our shelters, we really don’t know who’s in charge of your country 🇺🇸

[@hexalm]

The US has a history of meddling. So you can't blame people for siding against the US too much. But just because the US is often doing wrong in its interference doesn't mean some of the regimes it opposes aren't also bad for reasons other than "being socialist".

[@eudyptes5046]

There is no such thing as US diplomacy.

[@Chichi-rd9my]

Edgardo Lander, is he a professor of a University, in Venezuela, really??? This man is a nutter. He needs to retire, period!!

[@michaelhadikin4329]

Wow, I'm impressed by this reporting - thank you! I have yet to see anything so balanced anywhere else.

[@81milliontotallylegitimate10]

damn, you are brainwashed into complete stupidity

[@sofiasmith6757]

This news its all around the World. Just no news in USA

[@claudetteg9386]

Yes. I stopped watching mainstream media. Go Amy Goodman

[@MariAna-vu1kb]

You would As those who supported the FAKE DEMOCRACY OF MADURO! go there… let him be your “”Democratic president”.

[@eduardocabrera9846]

You call this balanced reporting? Democracy Now has been giving Maduro´s regime a space for its officials and supporters to spread their lies in an unchallenged sympathetic stage for years. Please, don´t believe me, look at their videos regarding Venezuela. I liked and respected Democracy Now, but that was a very long time ago.

[@AramZaldivar]

Why democracy now can't admit the failure of Maduro regime is not the result of US policies?

[@Seekthetruth3000]

DN is run by Marxists.

[@xr2kid]

Sanctions cut Venezuela's income by 99% based on a UN report. What would happen to you if you loss 99% of your income??? The economy was in crisis and the US froze Venezuelan funds abroad. Imagine you lost 99% of your income and then the bank says someone took your savings.

[@danielvortisto6324]

Did you know that the US claimed a non-candidate was the elected president in the end of the last presidential election in Venezuela? Search for Guaido if you missed that bizarre episode! 😀

[@AramZaldivar]

@@danielvortisto6324 did you know that you are just spraying lies and antidemocratic statements?

[@AramZaldivar]

@@xr2kid that's the same statement Cuba said... And the truth is that the government doesn't want people to produce. But I believe I'm in the wrong place to talk about this topic, since here all people are "true believers " and probably I'm a gusano.

[@alede97]

she is completely on the Maduros’s side. She is on Maduros’ payroll. She is a despicable

[@evensthomas4364]

No she is not. She is on the side of truth. We don't want American puppets running our country.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

lmao random accounts accusing people of being paid, let the guy show his receipts and more importantly why he was meeting with Gaido

[@brianmanson-o4d]

Exactly. Why hasn’t the Chavista-Cuban torture kleptocracy shown the receipts… it’s been almost two weeks… Great point!

[@hexalm]

She doesn't have to be paid. She just had a vacation to Venezuela where the gov't showed her what she wanted to see as someone (rightfully) opposed to US imperialism.

[@usdepartmentofthetreasury489]

The three of them are

[@mpellon2004]

so the carter letter was fake ? she has concern about Edmundo but not about Maduro’s crimes , political prisoners , or Cuba and Russia hands

[@TheEricrya]

How is this even a thing? A: the threat of a good example

[@carojimenez1294]

Do you know Venezuela was one of the richest countries in the world, now the salary is $3 a month. Venezuela is becoming Cuba slowly, this can be stopped.

[@waynesmith-h5f]

Yes it can get the CIA out stop the scanations vola a new country

[@alvarodelagarza5683]

did you knew that Iran, lrak and Libia were also very rich???

[@MrGercela64]

$ 130/mth It was lower 20 years ago before Chaves

[@YvonneHenry-k7s]

Thanks to America.

[@Jose-sy1je]

Bunch of nonsense. You are talking about the super rich there. The poor couldn't even read, had no access to medical care or food. And they weren't even sanctioned back then.

[@MrJorgelleras]

This woman is defending a pay check, anybody can see how in past election Maduro peoples showed and published recipes. But this time, they couldn't find a single recipe that showed Maduro as a winner. That is the problem the got this time. And the other people went ahead and published it. 30 days, that's a joke.

[@mauricehalfhide3982]

I didn't find either of the guests appearing impartial.

[@8aNda1d]

So "demacracy" now, cuts off a Venezualan to ask a NY lawyer whats going on in venezuala. Yep. Up to par for this channel.

[@fp8901]

The Venezuelan lawyer spoke for 8+ minutes. The white (Lebanese?) woman spoke for 4 minutes. Democracy Now was more than fair.

[@8aNda1d]

@@fp8901 not even my point

[@erikaarteagacruz7985]

Venezuelan scholar knows far more about what is happening in Venezuela than the “visiting” one time New York based lawyer.

[@Bisquick]

@@8aNda1d It was part of your point, that he was "cut off". Reply is highlighting the time allocated was skewed in the opposite direction as being "cut off" would suggest. Also, she was an election observer and he was not. He appears to be one of these people who arbitrarily labels government actions contrary to ambiguously stated goals as "authoritarian" (as if everything the government does isn't by definition "authoritarian") and was involved in attempting to broker prior "free trade" deals, having met with the US imposed parallel government lackey (entirely unelected) Guaidó in 2019, as mentioned by Nina.

[@rogerforsberg3910]

@@erikaarteagacruz7985 Alas, Mme Cruz, very few of the commenters want to read this!

[@mcmcmcm6520]

Amy Goodman’s bias is really showing here. I’ve been supportive of chavismo for a long time but even I can’t explain away these blatantly fraudulent results.

[@michaelpirker3497]

She is lying...

[@usdepartmentofthetreasury489]

Worse: all of them are

[@jodylynn840]

Leave Venezuela alone!

[@timtrewyn453]

Will Venezuela leave Guyana alone?

[@duaneinlow8868]

I agree, but what happens if the the winners are not allowed to take over the Presidency and ask for international support? That is the likely outcome. Yes, the USA should let Latin America help first, but should also be clear that they support them.

[@kenvrinten3450]

I live in Colombia know ad have met lot of Venezuelan migrants and my partner is a Venozolana. I know you wont believe this because of your brain washing but EVERY ONE OF THEM are so desperate for a change they would be over joyed if the US came in and over threw the regime. I am no way advocating this but I am just pointing out how reality on the ground trumps the rhetoric spewed in the ivory towers of left wing liberal - arts university campuses.

[@SMald87]

Venezuelans have given everything went to every protest and election and the international community has repeatedly ignored the claims of the people under a dictatorship. No one helps. So people will continue to exit the country in every way or form because they are IGNORED by the International Court in the Hague and the UN and OEA institutions have said: "they are aware" but there is no one who goes to arrest the dictator and it's band. So what else would you expect? The people do not have weapons. The government has the military supported by Cuba, Russia and China.

[@tiredcaballero]

thank you, Amy

[@donatovillalba3629]

The Maduro regime dominates the supreme court, congress, presidency, army, the Attorney General and the all the justice system. When the Law Professor of Albany University says the State Institutions of Vzla should handle the political crisis Maduro started it sounds like she really didn't go to Vzla. Perhaps she went and only shared time with the regime representatives. It wouldn't take long to realize the grip of power they have. Coming from a law professor this is very worrisome.

[@fab367]

Since the mass media is controlled by the right-wing oligarchs and people can demonstrate against the Govt - many times violently - how is it a dictatorship? Yeah we already know. It isn't.

[@timtrewyn453]

Well said. It's amazing what a little Russian oil money and security training at the top can do to a country.

[@donatovillalba3629]

@timtrewyn453 It's a tragedy this is presented as a far left vs far right problem. There's 102 minors arrested for protesting and have been illegally placed into one of the worst jail systems of the continent. There's people with dissabilities that have been placed there as well without minimum guarantees. Chavismo lost the poorest of the neighborhoods. People are hungry and desperate.

[@akeleven]

Ms Farnia does not sound like a objective observer. Her disdain for all criticism and maduro's opponent shows that she has her own agenda.

[@akeleven]

I think the definition of politician is that nobody has clean hands.

[@antmagor]

The simple fact of the matter is if Venezuela didn’t have oil there would be no sanctions whatsoever, and the state department outright wouldn’t care whether or not the election result was legit or not.

[@FischerNilsA]

Eh, the US capitalist governing class has been know to utterly ruin countries not only to gain control of their resources. But also because their people dared to elect socialists who prioritized kids going to school and poor folks having enough to eat and clean drinking water over US business interests. Tended to be deadly afraid it might spread, especially in SA.

[@Myndir]

Cuba has no oil and has sanctions.

[@antmagor]

@@Myndir consider what countries Cuba has been historically aligned with and their proximity to the continental US. My point is the sanctions have never been about ending tyranny and fostering freedom. It’s about getting submission from any country that is of strategic or economic interest. The simple fact of the matter is the United States government has never forgiven them for refusing to kiss the ring. If Castro had chosen the United States over Russia in the Cold War, he would be our most celebrated ally in Latin America The fact that he was a communist would’ve been completely ignored, and that’s a fact.

[@atiqueatiqullah6079]

It must not be USA government business to interfere in other countries affairs

[@timtrewyn453]

Nor Russia's.

[@atiqueatiqullah6079]

@@timtrewyn453 each country has the right of self determination

[@timtrewyn453]

@@atiqueatiqullah6079 Yes, even Guyana.

[@alainroldan2710]

Democracy now , you are wrong in this one. That lady wow, you should pay more attention to what the guy said.

[@C-Span222]

Thank you

[@jbrudert]

Edgardo clearly points out that the Maduro government is authoritarian and a "Left" and/or "Socialist" government in name only. All of the word salad of US Imperialism and US Intervention cannot explain away the embarrassing incompetency and corruption of the Maduro government that oversaw one of the worst economic declines (not tied to any wars) in human history. When 7 to 8 million people flee an oil-rich country due to poverty, it is hard to believe that a majority of voters would not vote for change. When you assume power and are voted in, you are responsible as a government for the welfare of a country and the Maduro government squandered the opportunity to improve the lives of Venezuelans. In the end, they ended up being just as bad if not worse then corrupt right wing Latin American governments that keep fat oligarchs in control of the wealth of poor countries. Maduro is fighting for his survival because he either belongs in jail or in exile due to his corruption and ties to narcotrafficking.

[@ninarao4063]

@@jbrudert inspite of sanctions maduro stabilised the economy and brought down inflation and tried to revive oil production that had been destroyed 99%. Don't know where you get this information from. Must be the banned US proxy.

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

As for 'oil-rich country with such a poverty ' don't believe the "Free market " on resources can help the people to live better! Look Libya before and now and Iraq before and now! They are predators who leave states in worst position than you can imagine !And why sanctioning a country who want to sell its resources to free market? Idont know if Maduro is the best man to lead this Country but can't believe, in the US they have find the best ...ally!

[@mariosanchezgumiel7757]

As soon as the US removed the sanctions over Venezuela two years ago because of the war in Ukraine and the need for oil, Venezuela reduced its inflation until 1%, foreign investment increased, and the economy has grown up for the past two years between 8-10%. The "word salad of US Imperialism and US Intervention" explains a lot of Venezuela's situation for the past 20 years.

[@jbrudert]

@@mariosanchezgumiel7757 more than 20 years of Chavismo has turned out to be an abject failure and Maduro is largely to blame, not US sanctions or US imperialism. It is not the ideology per se but what the government actually does. Sure the economy grew because of easing of sanctions and rising oil prices, but oil exports are down by a tremendous amount because of mismanagement. Power corrupts and Maduro the bus driver turned out to be great at consolidating power but terrible at governing. Chavez did not secure his legacy and all his good deeds and policies were undone by his successor.

[@timtrewyn453]

@@mariosanchezgumiel7757 And with a little money and military assistance, Venezuela remains a Russian client state. And with millions out of the country, there's more for the loyalists that remain. Venezuelan oil production is not in Russia's interest. It lowers the price of oil, and Russia relies on oil sales. Russia doesn't like Guyana producing oil either, ergo the annexation referendum.

[@dlovestar]

If Edgardo Lander is in Venezuela, I would take caution since Maduro is unhinged and there's no telling what he will do.

[@usdepartmentofthetreasury489]

Please he’s also a leftist pos. How can he give voice to this communist channel full of crap and how can he say us sanctions are bad for Venezuela lol

[@usdepartmentofthetreasury489]

maduro is a genocidal dictator backed by all these leftist scumbags

[@deboraandrade132]

Venezuela is the 1rst oil ressource in the World and the 1rst gold ressource in Americas.That is why so much is at stake to imperialist countries such as U.S and E.E.U.U

[@Rick-q4p]

Who runs those imperialist countries ?

[@MikeAngel06]

Cuba is enjoying that sweet free oil. Russia from the lower production and higher prices (Wagner is in Venezuela). Even Iran is getting a piece.... Who's the real imperialist?? Open your eyes don't stay ignorant.

[@Sabahat-i9p]

having natural resources is a curse

[@MikeAngel06]

@@deboraandrade132 Russia's Wagner group is in Venezuela rn. They have been stealing their gold for years now. Cuba gets Venezuelas oil for free... Cuba is a colony but not for the US lol Even iran is getting a piece.

[@georgeantonopoulos545]

​@@Sabahat-i9p At some point yes it is, if you cant hold all those predators away!

[@markp7300]

The lawyer Nina Farnia who went down to monitor the election,States that it was fair. Did the delegation choose poling stations randomly? Or did the goverment take them to specific poling stations? This plays a huge part in a fair opinion and not one that is orchestrated.

[@TorreFernand]

The election proceeded normally. The problem is she didn't stick around to see what happened after, which is clear from the way she talks. The problem is not "did the ballots enter the box correctly" the problem is "what happened between polling stations closing at 6 pm and results getting announced at 2 am"

[@TorreFernand]

And, to be clear, the venezuelan government does have an answer or two for that, but she didn't address it

[@kathleenmorgan4331]

Show the receipts to the public. AP says they cannot confirm the authenticity.

[@brianmanson-o4d]

That won’t happen until the Chavista-controlled “Supreme Court” pretends to count the vote. Chavismo has completely removed the balance of powers decades ago. It’s not a coincidence that Venezuela looks like Cuba :(

[@CB_GAMES777]

AP is another liar

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

well when the process is done which can take up to 30 days, if he doesnt' do it after then you can criticize him

[@brianmanson1021]

The fake vote count Maduro is perpetrating will be counted by a fake Supreme Court that’s been 100% Chavista for decades. I guess you didn’t know that😂😂😂😬

[@Sam-Cain]

​@@CB_GAMES777They're lying about not having seen the vote counts? The ones that *no one* but Maduro has seen? Listen to yourself. You're not immune to propaganda.

[@bartsimpson955]

Blaming the narco dictator ship in Venezuela on the United States, is absolute idiocy no historian, who is an honest academic would ever say such a thing

[@franblack2227]

She nails it at the end! RESPECT Sovereignty

[@SMald87]

Like when Hitler was sovereign in Germany?

[@Myndir]

@@SMald87 It's not like Maduro wants to take land in Guyana or anything like that... \s

[@Callmequeen2428]

Dictators are the same in all countries

[@baileydavenport744]

Nice to see an actual venezuelan person on the show! Glad to hear his perspective. It's kinda ironic that its the american "legal historian" that seems to be pro-maduro lol. idk i just dont think america "observers" should be considered experts on other people's countries personally.

[@kammonkam4905]

Actually, before they started talking I was trying to guess their positions (I know neither of them) All I knew was they are both on the left and held opposite opinions about the legitimacy of the official election result. I guessed that the Venezuelan was against Maduro's victory claim while the American was for it because many American leftists are really tankies, they don't really believe in leftist values, they are anti-U.S so by default they always support U.S's enemies, no matter how corrupt and autocratic they are, the same people who would cheer North Korea for "standing up to U.S imperialism" and say Taiwan is a part of China. I should get a prize.

[@baileydavenport744]

@@kammonkam4905 that makes sense tbh- theres so much just mindless anti-US sentiment in the left in the US that it goes beyond rationality a lot of time.

[@140ex5]

There were many vote watchers from around the world who disagree with this man.

[@fads3744]

Stop reporting only what suits your editorial, tell the truth. I do not doubt the influence of the US in the opposition winning, but in the end the people of Venezuela, the great majority, 75% want a change of government. That cannot be denied. I am from Venezuela, I lived 10 years abroad due to the situation in which Chavez and Maduro brought the country (decay and poverty) I have returned for personal and family reasons but I need for my future and that of my children a change of government now! And if Maduro is trying to steal the elections, that is breathed in the streets of Venezuela, nobody voted for him

[@GildardoFrutos]

The Venezuelan people in the USA and around the world need to reject maduro,shut down all this fake media and bots

[@jodylynn840]

That was because of the Economic war against the country because of US meddling!

[@LennyDiPaolo]

US leave Venezuela alone. Stay out of Countries.

[@timtrewyn453]

Whose navy visited Venezuela? Who needs oil prices to stay high?

[@michaelabbott511]

BIDEN OFFICE HAD A HAND IN THIS, JUST LIKE BIDEN USED THE SAME THING HERE IN 2020..

[@robber102]

The old man behaving like if he is giving a lecture boring and not accurate… it’s a shame that it’s the intellectuals who are often against there own country’s

[@MariaEvaDorigo]

Thank you! This is a much balanced reporting than your previous one. No one is disputing that the day of the elections processes were normal. Every day that passes and the documents (actas) are not reported gives suspicion that results might be manipulated. Also, the Supreme Court of Venezuela after 25 years of Chavismo is not a trusted institution at all. You also have to take into consideration that candidates were banned from running and given less tv air than the government candidate. So it is good that the day of the elections the process was clean but what happen before and after all the witness were gone matters as well.

[@philippewally-hy4fw]

What about Zelenskyy his term was finished few months ago Were is the outrage .

[@8aNda1d]

I've seen that it's in their governments constitution that there would be no elections during times of war.

[@cvgodd1432]

This man was struggling to remember his lies while the lady was speaking normal. You can tell when people lie, they have to remember lies. The truth doesn’t have to be remembered.

[@donatovillalba3629]

72 minors have been jailed as if they're adults in vzla and their families haven't been able to contact them

[@oaa-i7s]

It is sad to see Uruguay mixed up with the likes of Ecuador and Argentina. It's like they forgot the suffering from the 1970's, and who to blame.

[@oliviapetrinidimonforte6640]

I don't know if González has Salvadoran blood in his hands. If he does, Maduro has 100 times more Venezuelan blood on his record.

[@alexsheppard3319]

More like 10,000 times more bood on Maduro hands.

[@cristinaordeig7]

We agree with this LADY !!!!

[@orlando1967]

U.S. Hands off Venezuela....Their Resources Are Their Resources...Enough!! .

[@Rick-q4p]

Who runs the US ?

[@MikeAngel06]

Then can't extract them, their production is going downhill because only capitalism has the technology to extract it. Too bad for them they hate capitalism and private property so they will stay poor. Do some research and don't stay ignorant.

[@timtrewyn453]

Due to inflation, it is in the US interest for Venezuelan oil production to increase. This would lower the price of oil. Russia is not interested in lower prices for oil. It is Russia that has its hands on Venezuela, and it would like Venezuela to put its hands on neighbor Guyana to control its oil production. The US assists oil production in Guyana, increasing its wealth.

[@usdepartmentofthetreasury489]

Poor woman. God will surely make her pay for what she’s doing amen 🙏🏻

[@carlprince26]

Is Nina Faria literally mad?! Her input on this debate has left whatever institution she represents with about zero credibility.

[@angelovq]

Nina Farnia was given a tour by Maduro and now she believes what Maduro wants her to believe. Not to mention her obvious and biased position. No credibility.

[@loctobert9421]

Yeah it’s a propaganda tour. It’s hard for me to believe at first that western lefts would side up with this foreign dictator in order to promote their domestic agendas. Many of the comments since yesterday have already been censored by this channel.

[@erikaarteagacruz7985]

LISTEN to people living in Venezuela. Edgardo Lander lives in Venezuela, not just “visits”. It seems quite ridiculous to have a class of what Venezuela future should be by an outsider who have just visited the country. Stop being blind. Talk to the Venezuelan immigrants.

[@rasmussonderriis]

Next up: the guests on "Democracy Now" debates whether Kim Yong-Un really got 100% of the votes or not.

[@jayforeman5299]

Democracy Now is a joke. They really are on the fringe.