What Is Happening In Venezuela..

Protests have taken over the streets after an election in Venezuela and some have died after clashing with police
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[@vicentenavarro8359]

Venezuela is a country with basically no separation of powers, the regime controls literally every aspect of government, they released their elections results with no evidence (thwy straight up just said a number on tv and ran with it). They started kidnapping protestors, an opposition leader and the witnesses from the electoral centers with the use of paramilitary criminal forces called colectivos. I'm a leftist and venezuelan, I'm not rich, I'm not white (not that it really matters), but Maduro's regime is just a totalitarian excuse for a government that intimidates with fascist tactics. Maybe to you americans this is just a thing far away from you that you can have a privileged opinion on, but for people like me it hits close to home, i'm scared, i have trouble sleeping because of it. They are killing people on the streets. We are tired. Maduro's is not a socialist regime, it's just a corrupt cartel disguised as a government that dresses itself in red colors to garner support from people who are none the wiser. This is not even a progressive government, abortion and gay marriage here are illegal, our prisons are inhumane, they torture political prisoners and censor tv, newspapers, the radio and the internet. I'm honestly more scared of the police than of anything else here. They detain people arbitrarily, they have burned humanitarian aid sent through the border, they exploit the indegenous people to mine gold using mercury and destroy the jungle in the process. While they do that, they hide in their fortress in fuerte Tiuna surrounded by armed guards while edmundo, the opposition candidate, is on the street with the people. If maduro was in the middle of a crowd anywhere in venezuela the people would lynch him. We are tired, for a long time the struggle in venezuela hasn't been a left vs right thing, it has been a struggle to get these people out of power. I'm 21yo an I was born under the regime, it has been 25 years. I dream to one day be able to see the Venezuela that my parents described to me. It wasn't even close to being perfect, but it was something better. Here, some people often say the phrase "no sabiamos lo que teniamos hasta que lo perdimos" wich means "we didn't know what we had until we lost it". I know sanctions starve the people, i dont like american sanctions, but this crisis started before the sanctions. I know the us has been a horrible influence in south america and the rest of the world, but that doesn't mean evil and corruption don't exist outside of it. The carter institute which declared the elections non-democratic is an international observer that was invited BY the regime. There's a video of padrino lopez, the defense minister, talking wonders about the carter institute, calling it an impartial agent with an excellent track record (I'm paraphrasing). Now of course they are saying it's a US controlled institution and repeating the same discourse. They still haven't released any evidence of their published results, and if you take the number of votes they published and try to get a percentage, you get 51,2% for maduro, exactly that percentage, wich is statistically extremely unlikely (see impossible) unless they made up the percentages then made up the numbers using said percentages (you can look up the numbers and do the math). They aren't even making an effort with their fake numbers. They created a gestapo-type app for people to denounce their neighbors who have engaged in protesting. I know anecdotal evidence isn't worth much, but in the line at the voting center, everyone was for edmundo, and me and my mother vote in a traditionally chavista zone. All the people i know have told me similar things. We are dying and this is serious, it's not part of an ideological battle. I don't like Maria Corina, she's a liberal, fuck that, but as leftist americans vote democrat because republicans are fascist, here we have to aupport the liberal opposition because the alternative is a criminal dictatorship that honestly gives socialism a bad name and radicalizes people to the right by it's mere existence. We are tired. And I please urge you to talk to actual people from here. Most will tell you the same. I'm trying to appeal to your humanity because we are desperate. Gloria al bravo pueblo, abajo cadenas.

[@FezUsocrazy]

Bro as a Venezuelan myself too this whole situation it's going to make me pop a blood vessel. Literally every single thing in Venezuela is such a shit show but all Americans, right, center, AND left all feel like they have authority over actual Venezuelans actually fighting against a tyrannical government that it makes you feel range. Like literally EVERYONE STFU literally NONE of you know what you're talking about! ITS *NOTHING* like what you think you understand of the situation

[@Noooiiiissseee]

This is a great comment, and it's pretty much what any honest person will admit has been going on in Venezuela for a long time. Anyone who would deny these realities so that they can score political points or make their "side" look better is a horrible person. I really hope Venezuela can escape from the boot that's on its neck. People are dying just so a government can stay in power with no legitimacy. Stay safe out there, man.

[@MegaElijah21]

Your liberal opposition is going destroy any economic self determination the country has, sell its industry to private western multinationals, mend relationships with Israel, and slowly but surely pivot social safety nets back into private hands. It’s the same attitude people had with Mieli, this naive notion that a turn rightward in the short term will somehow be beneficial to the most vulnerable when it will at best cause things to get worse.

[@comicsans6487]

How they can rig such a big election when there are check and physical copies of every vote though?

[@gabrielcorrea4026]

Great coment comrade. Im also venezuelan living in Venezuela. I was the chatter that said Petare started the protests. Im also scared and i hope we overcome this tyranny VENEZUELA LIBRE

[@bruh-lt5bi]

I am not Venezuelan but I have talked to many Venezuelan immigrants in Peru where my family is from, many have been leftists. If you are a leftist and you value those ideals then you need to hold “leftist” governments accountable to that standard. The Venezuelan government is not progressive. Ask literally any Venezuelan.

[@giu941]

yeah, my brother's barber here in southern brazil is venezuelan, he hate maduro bc people there are in such a bad situation and he does nothing to change it. On the opposite, more and more neoliberal politics are being approved there and the working conditions are so bad, idk how any leftist can defend it. If his opposition in this election is far right and wants to make venezuela subservient to the US it's bc maduro himself persecuted the left opposition (the venezuelan communist party doesn't support him and was divided due to the suppression). He is destroying bolivarianismo and chavez's legacy, which was far from perfect, but it helped lots of venezuelans who are miserable now

[@perrodeagua91]

Ty

[@akumakorgar]

And yet voting in a neoliberal regime is even less progressive

[@leandro6234]

many leftists in latin america can be conservatives though. They are anti abortion, homophobic, religious, etc.

[@perrodeagua91]

@@leandro6234 It’s not about left and right it’s about do you think it’s ok to kill innocent people including kids and grandparents or do you think innocent people deserve to live. You choose

[@kaithielen5063]

As a Venezuelan, I really appreciate Hasan covering the situation in the country. It brings a lot of eyes/views to a crisis that might not be as covered or as "relevant" for other channels and international news broadcasters. I understand the frustration from some of the comments in this video, it definetily would be nice if Hasan could host a Venezuelan journalist(s) to inform him about the situation, I am sure that there a lot of good journalists that would be more than happy to join Hasan in his broadcast. Hopefully the comments in this video won't drive Hasan away from commenting or posting more videos about Venezuela in the future, and possible keep dedicating some minutes in his broadcast to keep informing about the crisis that the dictatorship keeps enworsening.

[@KnightofAntiquity]

Odds are high any journalist will be a propagandist given the foreign influence the US State Department has attempted to overthrow the Maduro regime just like Chavez.

[@rioluna6058]

hasan is just like a diosdado cabello and the psuv he is champagne socialist how you are not denouncing his channel and this video is a adisgrace, i think im more enraged than you who supposedly is a venezuelan

[@akashihayate910]

The opposition would turn you into a US client state. It's not worth lmao.

[@robertonoguera7076]

He is too racist to even care. He always talks about Latin America with condescendence. His opinions are just as paternalist and imperialist as the ones who are ok with the American intervention, he is just on the other side ideologically, but who cares! in practical terms his opinions cause the exact same harm...

[@AbelJosueDeJesusMartinezMujica]

@@akashihayate910 Dude, Este país is about as worse as it gets in South America. I guess not even French Guyana or Surinam are as torn and abused by their government as "Socialist" Venezuela.

[@ClancyOfficial]

These comments make me sick to my stomach. I was born and raised in Venezuela (lived under Chavez and Maduro’s regime my whole life), and I can definitely tell that a lot of you don’t really understand what’s going on, and have never spoken to anyone from Venezuela. Thankfully there’s people here who have clarified the situation, but it’s beyond me how anti US american leftists can tell Venezuelans (who have gone through unimaginable situations for most americans) that they don’t know anything, and that siding with the opposition would lead to much worse than what they currently have, just because the current opposition leader is heavily supported by the US. Y’all gotta understand this is not about left vs right or any of that crap, and we’re well aware that the US has done some shitty business when it comes to gaining control and power by helping overthrow legally elected leaders in other countries for ones that suit them better. This is not the case for Venezuela. Just do a quick search about what is currently happening. Watch how the government is kidnapping political opponents and people who have been going out to the streets to protest for their right to vote, watch how many people they’ve killed in those same protests since election day, how they are trying to silence anyone who opposes them, all the methods they use to torture prisoners. Honestly we don’t know what could happen once the change is made in Venezuela, but one thing is very clear, we need the change, ANY change. If 25 years of chavismo that led to the current shit hole that the country is in right now doesn’t make it clear, I don’t know what does

[@putra4101]

Even if you live in Venezuela, doesn't mean you aware on what happened on it, U.S sanctions and psyops of three letter words make direct and indirect impact on how Venezuela today. 🤦‍♂️

[@nibbler7687]

​@@putra4101 Man before the first US sanction imposed in Venezuela in 2017, more than 2 million people had already flee the country

[@lucamanfredi3025]

i commented this on a post on reddit: hi, I'm a venezuelan leftist here, living in Venezuela. contrary to popular belief, Nicolás Maduro's government isn't a leftist one. most people are suffering from job insecurity, as private companies practice wage theft and don't respect the law protecting laborers, public institutions pay minimum wage, 130 bs (around $4-$5 dolars) per month and the ministries supposed to protect workers are uncaring, because the private companies are associated with government officials. Venezuela's poverty rate is around 60%, but it's difficult to know exactly the number because the government doesn't put money on research and doesn't put out official statistics, and non-profit organizations make estimates with the scarce information can reach because most are underfunded. also, even when Nicolas Maduro has briefly said he stands with Palestine, he hasn't sent any money (i don't think we can afford either). He said he is a feminist, but women here suffer from period inequality and domestic abuse and ministries do nothing. He said he supports LGBT+ people, but his cabinet have said violently homophobic things on press, and LGBT+ individuals have been imprisoned on "immoral exposure" for expressing themselves. venezuelans have been radicalized, because most Venezuelans are uneducated in politics, and truly believe the government at face value, but if you ask most about policies, we all want secure and respecting jobs, a strong and free (or at least affordable) healthcare system, and a democratic system that we can trust. Nicolás Maduro has bastardized leftist ideals. from 2013, he excacerbated Venezuela's poverty, increased wealth inequality, and killed hundreds in protests. His regime only exists to take our resources and make money for themselves. please, I urge you to not take this regime for what they say they are. they have painted corruption and violence with socialist colors. the only option we have at the moment is to support María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, libertarian center-right politicians, in an effort to restore Venezuela's democracy. its not the best, but its what he have, and we have been through enough.

[@CJ-fs1zr]

What is the immoral exposure that lgbt have been arrested for. We have that in america if guys proposition too have s*x in public bathrooms. Did they have s*x in public or was it something else like dressing provocatively.

[@fegaso8068]

Hey, I get that Maduro is not the socialist icon a lot of people paint him to be, I've seen a lot of news of him adopting policies that directly betray Chavismo, and also know of the persecution of the PCV for example, but do you really think Maria and Edmundo have any interest in "restoring democracy"?

[@thehighnoonsaloon7794]

Makes sense why Russia helped steal the election for him then

[@FemboyLegendGD]

But on the other end you have a US installed government waiting, just like Bolivia

[@platanutra8430]

Type all that with no mention of the violent US Sanctions that have been put on Venezuela Maduro is by no means an ideal politician for the Venezuelan people, but to hand over a country to US interests is not the way. The American empire is not a charity.

[@jbsmith86]

Maduro rejected the EU observers, but the UN ones and Cater Foundation (who famously said in 2012 they had one of the most democratic elections) both had serious doubts about the election being fair. The exodus started before the Bolton invasion attempt when the price of oil took a massive dive and Maduro's oil refineries became extremely dated. It was in the mid 2010s literally the most dangerous place on the planet, but since crime has gone down. Maduro has several secret prisons where they round up anyone dissenting or protesting his presidency about 1200 people are currently missing since the election. Serious human rights and voter fraud violations going on in the country.

[@antoniovictorHOP]

I mean The last two times foreigners observers did something in south America they lied and elected the losers and started military coups JANINE AÑES

[@anormaluser5750]

Its also worth mentioning they didnt let a lot of Venezuelans OUTSIDE of Venezuela vote. So the people who were expecting to put an end to Maduro's regime to finally go BACK HOME couldn't even contribute.

[@krisu3423]

I am a Venezuelan living in Spain (three years now) and they didn't let me vote for really stupid reasons, more than 8 million Venezuelans couldn't vote. And we're the ones who escaped from Maduro's bs.

[@admechskitarii6967]

I don't remember if it was this one or the last one. But it was something like 5 million voters and they only counted half a million

[@nibbler7687]

@@admechskitarii6967 they only counted like 30k

[@AbelJosueDeJesusMartinezMujica]

My own case! I watch debates about the vaildity of the election and I can't believe this is hardly brought up, there is nothing to discuss!

[@The_big_joey]

being anti-cop and supporting maduro is crazy.

[@luisirigoyen4140]

Please just talk with a Venezuelan Journalist to really understand what's happening in Venezuela.

[@blackwatertv7018]

You mean Government stooges? Are there any free journalist and independent journalist left in Venezuela at this point?

[@SixOneNiner23]

Ben Norton is reporting the truth

[@rowaystarco]

not government owned journalist then I guess.

[@postyoda1623]

every person is biased.

[@frutifantastico4030]

​@@blackwatertv7018 plenty, you can also talk with any of the 7+ million that had to leave the country. People don't just leave their home bc they want to, they do it to make a living somewhere else bc they can't in their own home

[@kaizenzzz]

idk man, all love but I believe you missed the mark, here in latinamerica there's no sane politican or government that believes he won fairly, maduro is as unpopular as it gets, and this election process definitely had issues

[@leandro6234]

It is insane how leftists will defend the lefty that made 90% of the country poor and shared the poverty around the country (like 7 millions fleeing)

[@120nsb]

Lula said he pretty much believed the results for the most part and Maduro should just show the ballot voting counts to shut down those claims and he should be good. Tbh, I think it's way more unrealistic a virtually new political figure suddenly getting 70% of the votes, as the opposition claims, than the margins the CNE supposedly arbitrarily came up with and I'm far for being a fan of Maduro's. But I'm not venezuelan either, so, take that with a grain of salt, I guess.

[@amarminhas202]

​@120nsb it's not unheard of for established parties to crater in vote share. Morroco in 2021 come to mind

[@hexlemorte5201]

You’re misinformed this whole thing started from a USA company that New York Times said was a cia asset in the 70s.

[@VeSpEr7iNe]

Aand? The oposition is shit. María Corina supports Israel and all that crap, I don't give a f, they're not the best option either

[@gatangela2008]

bro please talk to venezuelans before talking about it

[@ozge8262]

i have venezuelan friends and they similarly dislike both maduro and the opposition? what did he say that was so wrong?

[@lilibey444]

@@ozge8262Venezuelan here and that is absolutely not true at all. Most Venezuelans see the opposition as their only hope to be freed from maduros regime

[@HER3411]

Chat will really see a poor Venezuelan chatter protesting Maduro and go “CIA chatter”

[@blackwatertv7018]

It makes sense when you realize a majority of chatters are wannabe MLs who simp hard for any sorta regime that stands against western imperialism. It’s weird.

[@julymagnus493]

How do you know they're a "poor Venezualan chatter"?

[@grey-f-o-x]

poor?

[@rainbowbloom575]

La costumbre

[@zivs2454]

​@@julymagnus493everyone I don't like it a CIA asset

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

It's been increasingly clear that Venezuela isn't democratic, We can make a separate claim about US intervention

[@brunoactis1104]

It's not at all that clear. Maduro is a lot more popular than people outside Venezuela think, i wouldn't at all be surprised if he won all his 3 terms.

[@ericktellez7632]

I don’t think that it matters because they most important problem will always be the USA claws tightening in your country and looking to put people that will privatize all of your resources and ruin whatever social safety nets a nationalist social democratic government had given you years ago.

[@sidar2071]

@@brunoactis1104he got smoked this time. Its clear to anyone who is unbiased

[@ELLISRUGER8]

And the USA is ? lol whoever you vote for "the government" gets in!

[@bluebirdx]

nop, it's pretty clear that he lost at the very least this time ​@@brunoactis1104

[@Isabella33810]

Hi, i am in venezuela, the were a lot of irregulaties for the start i was there in 7am to vote (the place should open at 6am) the were delaying the votes before almost 7 hours there i could finally vote, also a lot of machines had malfuntion, also a lot of emigrants that already vote in the exterior before couldnt vote this time, u are right usa have some interest to talk about this but doesnt mean this hasn happen u can watch the maduro brutal genocide he has been doing since protest in 2014, 2016, 2017 and now these days, they are paying chavistas to expose the protestants they had been kinaped and killed, yes the oposition is not the best option for us but we just want to stop getting k1ll3d, once we have democracy we can choose, but for now its the only oposition face we have to follow so we can be free. (Sorry for my bad english gramatic) Edit: after everything i went this days before and after elections i dont need anyone to belive anything, so if u want to comment u can also inform urself, denying my experiences make yall awful human beings with a lack of empaty. bye.

[@blackwatertv7018]

Careful you’ll upset American/European Marduo shills by pointing out the facts. Cause to them their idealogy matters more than the people.

[@comicsans6487]

show the evidence of the election fraud though, don't the machines print a copy of the vote in paper.

[@SarcasticEnchilada]

This is really important insight we can only learn from a real Venezuelan citizen, thanks for your comment

[@rowaystarco]

Thank you for sharing Isabella. The Maduro regime is a dictatorship, I hope you can get your freedom and safety back!

[@din3885]

definitely two very normal accounts replying to this

[@abraham2057]

nah the amount of grace he's giving Maduro is noticeable and cringe

[@diegoluisbetter7312]

I think some of my fellow Venezuelans have clarified some things in the comments about why fraud is being called, how said fraud is being commited and what evidence there is of it, that I don't feel like I need to or really want to get into at this point tbh. It's been an exhausting week. That said, I just wanted to say Hasan, as a Venezuelan and somebody that's been following your content for a while, even though I don't agree with everything you said, thank you for not automatically shilling for Maduro just because he's anti-US. The amount of foreign leftists I've seen taking a reactionary pro-Maduro stance just because of anti-imperialism is ridiculous. For one, because as many others said, it's not even a progressive government and funny enough, even though they call themselves socialist, I would call the reality of the current system something more like oligarchic capitalism, truthfully. That's besides the point. A lot of these people are as ideologically consumed and blindly radicalized as the fascists they claim to hate. They'll support anything, no matter how bad it is as long as it opposes the US government. Two bad governments fighting each other don't make a good one. Yes, the US government is interventionist and self-serving, that doesn't automatically make Maduro good. He's still a cold-blooded impoverishing dictator. In the end, we appreciate you bringing some awareness to this. Especially because a lot of those people I just talked about probably follow you. Also a couple of other things. Yes, I don't necessarily love our options, but anything that isn't Maduro is extremely likely to be an improvement. The bar is at the bottom pit of hell. I think most people's idea here is to just get rid of him right now and we'll take care of the future later. You brought up Guaido for some reason, I don't think anybody fucking likes that guy lmao. I personally never did, so fuck that guy and to me he's just completely irrelevant to what's happening right now. And also, yes, sanctions are bad. Some people are in favor of them, I'm personally not for the most part. Taking away corrupt Venezuelan officials' assets in America as individuals is one thing, I'm fine with that, but sanctioning the Venezuelan government as an entity just makes Venezuelans suffer in the end. The corrupt government officials are all still multi-millionaires. That said, the point I'm getting at is that while sanctions have imo negatively affected the people, our troubles and general decline in quality of life go back to way before the sanctions were even a thing. And they're largely of our own making, caused by internal policies from the last 3 decades. And omitting that would be like omitting 95% of the context of how Venezuela's economic disaster has taken place. Sanctions don't help but they're not one of the root causes of all this. Please keep getting as informed as you can if this is a subject you're going to keep tackling. If you can talk to some Venezuelans, like some other suggested, that would probably be helpful.

[@virginiaelenacanoarcay3552]

Please talk to Venezuelan journalists and get information from Venezuelan news sites, if you need resources please let me know. I am a Venezuelan

[@bdotbrownie3124]

who tf said there were outside observers. Venezuela cancelled their invitation for eu-observers themselves, hindered outside observers from the rest of latam from catching the flight there.

[@foxinthesnow1917]

There were 4 people from the UN and the Carter Center was auditing

[@nobletruther9854]

800 international observers.

[@bdotbrownie3124]

@@nobletruther9854 I've looked into what you said. I find one source claiming this, also before the elections have even begun so I stand to ask myself if this was also before a 10 member delegation of spanish polticians were detained. Weeks prior to this up to 300 political opposition members were detained. There were observers sent by the UN, but they were limited in their roles and do not give a public evaluation to the election process. 4 Ex-presidents of Latam (I believe Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica and forgot the 4th one) have been called enemies of the state. However, Maduro demands that the Supreme Court is to verify the righteousness of this election but by the example of the United States, I see how that could and will be easily corrupted. The opposition is denied access to all the data. All of this points to a corrupted election, I see no reason why someone would make it look like when it would not be in their best interest which it really isnt.

[@bdotbrownie3124]

@@foxinthesnow1917 look at what I wrote the other guy

[@ItsJustValHere]

My country (Chile) sent outside observers. Two conservative senators were denied entry and we officially sent a protest letter because of it. Now, Chile officially does not recognize the Venezuelan elections democratic and Venezuela has, in response, call back all officials from Chile. We have a lot of Venezuelans here and a lot were hoping to go back if Maduro wasn't elected and now they can't take visas, can't renew their passports, etc. The situation is awful.

[@FroyoH255]

You need to lay off the US glasses when talking about latin american "leftists". US intervention and manipulation are very real but also very big propaganda points by the dictators in the region used to delegitimize opposition movements. The fact that the Venezuelan opposition is the preferred one to US interests doesn't need to be mutually exclusive with the fact that the opposition candidates and a restoration of democracy or a path to it are preferable for the average Venezuelan. Also, regarding the statue of Coromoto, it's not christofascism, it's because there was a superstition regarding it being built with witchcraft or that it was used to make witchcraft - whatever your feelings on superstitious nonsense, it was built by the chavista administration as a wink to Venezuelan indigenous people, the same administration that mangles indigenous lands to extract their natural resources while keeping indigenous people under their thumb with free, low quality food and threats. It's not a symbol of indigenous liberation or representation, it's a symbol of a neoliberal platitude towards minorities they're actively destroying. Regarding the issue of Guaido and Israel, guess, Maduro also wants to restore ties with Israel, it's not something exclusive to the opposition. Only Chavez was anti-israel and that was because he was an antisemitic wanker who claimed that Israel was "funding" the Venezuelan opposition and used numerous antisemitic dog whistles in his campaigns, not for nothing did more than half of the Jewish population in Venezuela flee the country before the economic crisis kicked off in full force. No part of the current Venezuelan political spectrum is good about Israel. Likewise, the focus on privatizing the oil industry and oil wells is a call to foreign investment in the country, there's not real practical difference considering the current oil industry is a casting couch success story where you get in and get to keep positions by being a government bootlicker and having connections. It sucks, but with the massive brain drain the country has suffered privatization is simply a measure of salvaging what remains and trying to get coin moving around. As for my own credentials in saying this, I'm a Venezuelan, living in Venezuela, also a student of petroleum engineering on a public, autonomous university.

[@KnightofAntiquity]

Yeah. I am sure a Venezuelan immigrant uses the word wanker...

[@Nanitamochi]

THIS

[@Claudia-em2ig]

TAHNK YOUUUUU

[@romlemmon]

Autocratic, says it all. Its not left vs right, opressor vs oppressed.

[@akashihayate910]

It's not that simple lol and autocrat is an overused liberal buzzword with no real meaning it just is ascribed to someone who people generally believe is a bad leader

[@romlemmon]

@akashihayate910 no! (With condesceding lol) It's a descriptor of how a leader chooses to rule.

[@dusty2948]

i urge you to talk to an actual venezuelan, this was not it and with such a massive platform it only hurts the cause

[@ssyxji659]

Exactly

[@KnightofAntiquity]

Preferably in Venezuela. Ex pats have wanted views of the country and Chavez.

[@akumakorgar]

I just love the idea that all you need is to be Venezuelan, as if there's no internal division within the country. You ask a MAGA Republican what their view is on Trump do you think it's going to be legit just because they're an actual American?

[@rebeccam6939]

@@akumakorgarare you Venezuelan? You seem very unfamiliar with the majority of the country’s stance…

[@akumakorgar]

@@rebeccam6939 Is it the majority of the country's stance? I feel like the one way of measuring what the majority of the country wants is sort of in dispute right now.

[@fortepianomaster]

Have you covered what's going on in Bangladesh? My friends can't even call their families back home it's a crazy, terrible, situation. Cut the public from internet and intense curfew over students protesting & being killed

[@sergiosoto6797]

as a Venezuelan, congrats on your friends for freeing Bangladesh from dictatorship ❤

[@danielafacendo]

Hassan all love but I think you’ve missed the mark on this one. If you really want to understand what is going on in VZLA I would talk to a Venezuelan or a journalist that covered it inside of the country

[@hamilcross]

while i agree with most of your takes, this one isn’t it. odd that you insist on using decent international news sources for other stories but for this one you’re looking to us/western publications. this is horrific and my thoughts are with venezuelans.

[@grey-f-o-x]

he was pretty anti-Maduro here, I don't know what you're talking about, is it because in the second half he was talking about how US sanctions in Latin America are devised to turn people against the supposed socialist governments? that part is simply factual, I think it's just realistic to talk about how the opposition benefits the US and he still said it didn't look good for Maduro, he covered all bases

[@fluidthought42]

Well for one it's Spanish sources and frankly Hasan has a blind spot for having reliable translators and presenters of reliable news in Spanish. Not helped because the US does have a blatant recent interest in overthrowing Maduro, it was only the past administration that a US backed coup attempt in Venezuela failed (not to mention other South American coups that are automatically to be US backed, like the coup that happened in Bolivia a little while back). So there's entire propaganda systems in place for US backed narratives while domestic reporting is going to inevitably be handidly backing Maduro for fear of reprisal. This leaves very little room for accurate reporting to come out about Venezuela.

[@hexlemorte5201]

This started from a poll agency called Edison research from New Jersey part of US agency for global media. US global media was mentioned in at 1977 nyt article “ Worldwide Propaganda Network Built by the CIA

[@Ryan-bj2vl]

Maduro sucks but it's pretty obvious what America's intentions are. This reeks of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why is it that we can all agree America LOVES to invade over oil but when it comes to this we believe the liberal take? I hate Maduro but the reality is America is propagandizing us to care about Venezuela to distract us from the fact that American oil companies have vested interests in making sure those oil fields are privatized for that $$$. Every single country on earth that has nationalized their oil production has been invaded save for Saudi Arabia and Russia. I think we should all think for a second.

[@envadeh]

Lmao when right wingers start calling the american election stolen, we'll act like they're honest too okay?

[@DreamChaser2464]

I'm a Venezuelan born and raised in Caracas, and while I thank you for covering this situation during such a tumultuous time in world affairs, it seems unfair how you resort to go to any news outlet instead of listening to venezuelans when addressing the crisis in our country. The article you read is out of date as the Carter Center has announced and condemned irregularies in the electoral process, such as delaying the opening of voting centers, refusing to realeasing the voting tallys, and repressing angry voters amid all these failures in the voting system. The CNE is led by Maduro sympathizers, and there is NO separation of powers in Venezuela. My people's hope have been crushed, they have been beat, shot at and killed. So excuse me while I say fuck that article you read as it is misinformation. Maybe also look up Maduro's ties to the drug cartels in the region while you're at it. Yes I agree that the US foreign affairs department acts according to their own needs, but the voting tallys were posted by the opposition and accepted as legitimate by multiple international parties and organizations, while the Maduro government has given nothing but the middle finger to the people's right to sovereignty. This is a dictadura, and calling it anything but is a spit on the face of all my brothers and sisters who are dead from fighting the corrupt arm forces. Gloria al bravo pueblo, que al yugo lanzo. I hope to god that we can attain our freedom soon.

[@acbwest]

Thank you for not saying the ignorant stance of “it’s left so it’s automatically good” there’s been so much suffering in Venezuela for decades and we’re so close to an ounce of justice

[@brucesnow7125]

What ounce of justice? Your opposition is bunch of ridiculous libertarians.

[@acbwest]

@@brucesnow7125 the ounce or justice is democracy reflecting the will of the people. There’s no trust in the current regime, and while I’m far from a libertarian, it is the start of something new

[@brucesnow7125]

@acbwest that's exact type of mindset that led to Trump, Milei, Orban, Liz Truss. With that opposition in charge, people won't be the ones benefitting. It's gonna be multinational corporations, IMF with its loans, and upper class which will come by to suck Venezuela dry. Libertarians are not just bad, they are incapable of running a country.

[@losk3442]

@@brucesnow7125 the opposition is way better than having maduro in power, r**ard

[@Chief_Bill]

​​​@@brucesnow7125shut up, man. Are you gonna support Stalin next? There is a thing called leftist infighting and people who criticise your idols are not necessarily backed by the CIA. Both countries have propaganda. Maduro is not fit to lead and the left needs to organise differently. It's extremely tiring seeing people shut off any kind of argument and label it as support for liberalism. Shitty communists exist too. A lot of them are the marxist leninist kind. Womp womp.

[@elmagotoxico1577]

It would be good if Hasan could bring a Venezuelan journalist to his stream so they could speak on what is actually happening and since Hasan has a huge platform this would be great for the people who are being kidnap in Venezuela for speaking against the regime. Only people outside of Venezuela are being able to really speak about it and make sure this doesn't go under the radar.

[@shiisz]

FYI Venezuela revoked invitation for EU observers.

[@perrodeagua91]

Maduro, not Venezuela

[@perrodeagua91]

2 very different things

[@Nanitamochi]

Maduro/the government. NOT venezuela

[@TheBowserSmash]

My partner has a lot of family in Venezuela, some of who worked the polls, and are now wanted by police for arrest for doing their jobs. We both feel like this was a set up to arrest opposition supporters, many have mentioned the hundred flowers campaign and it seems fitting. I feel for Venezuela. The people deserve freedom to choose. I also feel instead of worrying about walls, we need to focus on helping the people gain their freedom to live peacefully in Venezuela. This is where I want money to go, not genocides or floating balls filled with razor blades to stop desperate people who need help. If we want to change immigration we have to go to the source, and end the stupidity.

[@MikhaelButt]

Imaging supporting socialism and communism after your family goes through that. Insanity

[@firenzexstr2667]

​@@MikhaelButt Do you even know who caused that? Please think for a second, but I believe it won't help you much

[@BanBootlicking]

"It came to me in a dream." Go home, CIA.

[@Nanitamochi]

@@firenzexstr2667who caused what? Socialism?

[@zaringah7847]

Oh I missed this upload. I’m glad you’re covering this Hassan, but PLEASE listen to the Venezuelans here and stop worrying about the Left vs Right optics. THIS IS A FACIST CARTEL REGIME!! They have no interest in bettering the lives of the people. Please please invite an actual Venezuelan journalist that represent the opposition, your platform would help massively in educating people all over the world about the suffering my country has endured for the past couple of decades. Hell with how big your platform I think you could even get Maria Corina on your show. Yes, she’s US backed and has polices that would be Liberal, but we desperately need change and this is the start for it! Hassan as the top comment in this video said, please listen to your humanity and put politics aside, We’ve lost too many friends and family to exodus, crime and repression. ABAJO CADENAS! GLORIA AL BRAVO PUEBLO!

[@greendro6410]

What's happening with Venezuela right now is just sad.

[@Yannis1a]

I’m a Venezuelan that voted in this election and this was my experience: one of the machine broke, they said it was because of people hitting the touchscreen too hard (I don’t know if this was true), I heard rumors about the emigrants that returned to vote but haven’t found an example also the people there were hurrying us up, which was different from the last election where they were patient and helpful, we even forgot to verify if the ticket said the candidate I chose, I just put it in the box with out looking I personally I don’t like the opposition but was thinking about having Democratic system first

[@wolfcrisp]

Mexican guy living in Mexico here, I saw some videos online about people arriving to Venezuela on boats to vote, idk if it's taken out of context and it's an old video, but I do think a lot of people from nearby countries probably tried to get to vote

[@Yannis1a]

@@wolfcrisp I suppose they would’ve been Venezuelan returning to vote, and I did heard that some had problems returning, but if you are a citizen you have the right to return and vote

[@comicsans6487]

this is just anecdotical and doesn't prove anything, does anyone has actual evidence it was rigged?

[@BanBootlicking]

CIA bots everywhere!

[@KnightofAntiquity]

​@Yannis1a Odds are high they would not like Maduro... they are likely yo be people who fled under Chavez and their kids. Most of the rich and well off where they emigrated

[@Volk.Matrinex]

Seriously?! Second time that I have to go to watch this to the source, the VOD, because I thought it was never going to be released, go, watch it, just to come back and realize that it was JUST uploaded xD I was impatient, I am sorry lol

[@juanperret7044]

Not true that U.S. sanctions are solely responsible, capital flight and brain drain started before even 2010 and food scarcity started 2013/2014 which was before the sanctions. Did sanctions affect the country? Yes of course they do. But the chavista government is terrible at management, despite taking over many private businesses the appropriated they've either abandoned them or have done very little with the appropriated assets. Tbf almost ALL of Venezuela's gdp has historically depended on oil so price of oil is usually a better indicator of gdp than anything. Issue? Chavista regime are pocketing most of that.

[@trueadanr]

I'm a Venezuelan journalism student, and the thing with the government and opposition is choosing between the least of two evils, but there's a missing piece international press overlooks most of the time, we can't look at our politics the same way we look at the rest of the world's politics, we can't vote based on who has a better plan, because it's one side or the other and the independent parties are usually made to cause division. Now, on what is happening, te opposition has evidence that they won, and they made it available for all of us to check on it. Is it fake evidence? That's the tricky part, as someone who adheres to talking about things that can be backed up, I can't say it's totally true, but the reaction of the government is not even trying to disprove those claims, they went straight to violent repression once things started heating. The Forces are not here to protect us, they're here to protect them, a journalist from my city was mocked by the government because in the middle of the chaos someone (We still don't know who's the culprit) burned down his car, all he was doing was reporting from the streets, doing his job, and the cops laughed at his face. As every discussion of politics, everything comes with some kind of subtleties and details that sometimes the press doesn't cover that well (Because the press is heavily controlled here) but as a fact most of the sanctions attack directly at the officials in charge of the government, their personal bank accounts in the U.S are frozen. I don't think you'll even see this, but if someone takes the time to read it, I can assure you one thing, we're the proof that a left-looking government can become a heavily repressive one where just saying your opinion can make you lose your job. I respect Hasan's opinion, and believe that if I lived in any other country where politics worked the way they're supposed to, I would be left leaning.

[@trueadanr]

Also, as a side note: CIA and the civil militia the government armed are not even worthy of being compared to save the other's face, both make really disgusting things to accomplish their agendas.

[@envadeh]

Hugo chavez won all the elections fair and square, literally only America called him a dictator to punish Venezuela, and that because Hugo Chavez got out american owned companies and made Venezuela independent. Now, I am pretty sure America is the reason your country is struggling, what do you want to do? If you want your government to sell out to America then say it with full pride, it's not about democracy or freedom

[@Nanitamochi]

Hello venezuelan brother, I watched a video of a youtuber called midulive, this is a hispanic youtuber that specializes in encrypting and coding. He explained in his video how exactly the Venezuelan voting system works, so people understand how likely the “papeletas” or voting center receipts are made. One of the things you said is that veracity of the receipts the opposition posted, I invite you to watch the video, I learned a lot and it seems like the results posted by the opposition are likely real. Please watch it, most of us are so uneducated about our brilliant election system and during these times is important that we inform ourselves

[@akumakorgar]

Pal living in the US, just expressing your opinion costs people their job all the time here.

[@jesuspinto9805]

​​@@akumakorgarhere in Venezuela expressing your opinion about the goverment grants you prison in Helicoide, pal.

[@yramrodriguez9442]

Hasan please get more information about the current situation. Maduro is actually planning on making concentration camps, like wtf. The scenario for us and our country is so fucked up and we really need help from people outside, my brothers and sisters are hurting and it truly breaks my heart.

[@alejandrapan4818]

Dude…. No. This is the first time I’m truly disappointed by you. This is not good journalism. Please do better Hasanabi. Libertad para Venezuela 🇻🇪

[@rioluna6058]

hahah es hasan el saca su informacion de tankies y usted pensaba que no iba a apoyar a maduro , no mhe haga reir si quiere escuchar alguien de izquierda al menos que sea alaguien educado porque este tipo solo da verguenza.

[@livos23]

Sooooo why hasn’t the government posted ballot proof yet? Says it all regardless of politics.

[@comicsans6487]

they have not finished the proper count

[@B33nan]

@@comicsans6487then why did they declare the results?

[@gabrielcorrea4026]

@@comicsans6487they alleged that the “best electorial system in the world” was hacked by some hackers from North Macedonia. However, the opposition have results of every electorial center in the country. How can the opposition have results and to this day The government hasn’t, it makes no sense

[@gabrielcorrea4026]

The best electorial system in the world was hacked. And how, if Maduro doesn’t have the ballots or the results, how can said results favor them 51%, how did they get to that conclusion

[@yansideabacoa6257]

Your first and only comment on this channel.

[@EM-mj3uy]

They were stolen, I live in a poor are in the capital that was pro chavez until 2013 when Capriles won here in many schools, my mom was working at the election center and in other centers he won as well, beating Maduro back then and on sunday edmundo won here. The chavismo has been in power for 25 years, no progressive social policies, no legal abortion, no laws to protect minorities, children, and women. If we need to go to a hospital we have to bring even our own cotton pads, kids going to public school obly attend like once a week because there's no resources or teachers. My country is in shambles, I wish we had progressive candidates, but since this liars in power have been saying they represent socialism and the left, nobody here wants to vote for anything left leaning. Btw Maduro's spiritual advisor is a rabbi

[@rastoferi6012]

That's what sanctions will do to a small country

[@fluidthought42]

I don't know what relevance the rabbi could have to anything, it's a complete non-sequitor.

[@someguy7819]

What does a rabbi have to do with it?

[@someguy7819]

And what spiritual advice would a rabbi give, law advice? Finance? Both qualities the maduro regime is lacking

[@miguelangelcote9168]

​@@rastoferi6012by the time we got sanctions most people were already struggling to buy food

[@orbtheborb4216]

The same thing that happens everytime an election happens in a country America doesn’t like, except there seems to be more violence this time. Hopefully this crisis ends soon.

[@elizakiiruma06]

Me too. It's been really sad to see.

[@bartek920]

yeah becouse venezula is in any way democratic

[@SWhade]

Yeah bruh...so weird to see people revolting against that guy Maduro...They must have such a good life under Maduro's regime, so weird that also there is a huge chunk of their population fleeing that country too, SO WEIRD! That colombia MY country is filled with them telling stories about how fucking unlivable the situation is in there, i guess that they are lying paid actors by the facist capitalist from USA, but hey! What do you guys say? “That Wasn't Real Socialism” Must be that............

[@SWhade]

Yeah bruh...so weird to see people revolting against that guy Maduro...They must have such a good life under Maduro's regime, so weird that also there is a huge chunk of their population fleeing that country too, SO WEIRD! That colombia MY country is filled with them telling stories about how fucking unlivable the situation is in there, i guess that they are lying paid actors by the facist capitalist from USA, but hey! What do you guys say? “That Wasn't Real Socialism” Must be that....

[@OogwayMate]

Yeah bruh...so weird to see people revolting against that guy Maduro...They must have such a good life under Maduro's regime, so weird that also there is a huge chunk of their population fleeing that country too, SO WEIRD! That colombia MY country is filled with them telling stories about how fucking unlivable the situation is in there, i guess that they are lying paid actors by the facist capitalist from USA, but hey! What do you guys say? “That Wasn't Real Socialism” Must be that....

[@Delicious_Oreoz]

Embargoes are cringe but so is unfair elections.

[@comicsans6487]

is there any good proof of electtion fraud?

[@spoonhouseinc.1124]

Astute observation. It is also, perhaps, important to note that these unfair elections are a result of the material conditions in Venezuela. United States interference in Latin America for the better part of 100 years makes it a little difficult to have a democratic utopia. Almost like scores of DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED anti-imperialists (and even socialists) in Latin America have been absolutely obliterated by the American state

[@firalioue4040]

Yeah,so fucked up that Juan Guido didn't get to represent his country

[@nihluxler1890]

Man… yeah, I heard that three million ISIS muslamigrants illegaly voted for that Joe Brandon, and like… all the machines were rigged. What’s up with that ?!

[@Praisethesunson]

Exactly. He got the C.I.A endorsement. That should have been enough for him to be in office​@@firalioue4040

[@AbelJosueDeJesusMartinezMujica]

These were not the "Oposition tallies", these are the tallies, plain. The ones that each voter can validate and that reflect the amount of ballots that everyone at the center saw being casted.

[@Christine-lt9ok]

Wow I guess that chatter doesn’t know what Kissinger + CIA did in Chile

[@danibnnuy]

as a Venezuelan that lived in Venezuela for 21 years and had to very recently leave the country, I'm very glad you are taking an impartial stance and actually educating people, I'm very worried about my family back in the country and there's so much info pointing the fraud that happened, even I expected it and that's why I had lost hope a long time ago

[@jokeruiner4481]

10:12 yall arr disagreeing with this take???

[@morrocoyconchuo]

Yes. It's shit stupid take, as uninformed as the rest of the video.

[@brushketo]

As a proud son of the America's sad to see my Continent and its neighbors in ruins. ( Ecuadorian, Colombian , Cuban ) truly all my hearts go out to the People of Venezuela. Truly best Pasteles I've ever had were of Venezuelan origins. Hurts to see any Patria that once was part of one of the greatest Nations to have existed such as Gran Colombia by the likes of Simón Bolívar and Antonio José de Sucre only to see it decline into endless Favellas rampant with Police and Military corruption while the Western Dogs and the IMF suck any livelihood while the Natives of such a wonderful land starve and fend with scraps they got left. Genuinely wish one day to see the West sink as Atlantis did in Plato's "Critias". Just even my own Patria is now in ruins due to the righteous American dogs and there "War on Drugs" forcing the entirety of the Andean Mountains and Neighboring countries to follow step in being Plantations and coercing Pueblans to essentially go through Illicit means to put food on the table for there Families. Furthermore in a sense there is nothing back to go Home to as in nothing there exists anymore. Passport is a Paper weight at that but even Central America bars you most of Europe less it be the Balkans bars you. Minimum wage and Local Economies is in the gutter. Just want to see the Global South for once for once, Be given an honest chance to get ahead. Our Independence not all that unfamiliar to Natives of the global South the true America's never got there independence truly until 1810 - 1820. Just what knocks the air out of Me each time day in and out is that sure toppling one devil, the one we know yet in doing that how would that fare any better ? Who's to say it'd not just be the equivalent of a Fascist dog like Jorge Rafael Videla or the likes of Emílio Garrastazu Médici or Manuel Antonio Noriega. Just sad truth to life that hard pill to swallow in the current day in age we live in that Liberals or Fascist dogs sadly will and have already consumed the light of actual change. One topples only for the worst of Men to follow in there treachery. Just as a proud Cerano just akin to that ol' Harlan Ellison story "I have no mouth. And I must scream". Just even with any link on my Paternal side in Italy or in Spain is severed theirs no Nation on earth not infected by the blight that is Fascism. *To all suffering in whole of the Global South as a Socialist ( Roman Catholic ) hope this eases your burden ever so gently* San Charbel : Oración a San Charbel Oh, Santo San Charbel, tú que estás lleno de la luz de Cristo y has vivido una vida de extraordinaria santidad y virtud, acudo a ti en mi momento de necesidad. Tú que eres testigo del poder de la gracia y la misericordia de Dios, intercede por mí ante el Señor. Pídele que me conceda la fuerza para afrontar mis pruebas y el coraje para vivir mi fe con el mismo fervor y devoción que tú demostraste. A través de tus oraciones, que pueda experimentar el toque sanador del amor de Dios y que mi corazón se renueve en la fe, la esperanza y la caridad. Ayúdame a seguir tu ejemplo de humildad, oración y penitencia. Que tu intercesión me acerque más a Cristo y que pueda encontrar paz y consuelo en su abrazo. Te lo pido en el nombre de Jesucristo, nuestro Señor y Salvador. Amén. (* Genuinely writing all this just kinda broke down cause just fuck man why exist then truly why do we exist if only to feel pain and endless suffering like FUCK Why can't we have peace of mind for once while a "Legacy white" in there frame of mind can do jack all and never truly know what it is to not ever be able to see your Nation thrive or have the upward mobility in any respect of the word. Not like a Western dog. Just miss home, miss the sense of community that the Global South even in the worst of Times always prevailed where in the west it's a free for all where your all gunning for the same dead ender position. )

[@pascalkane3272]

bro said "Truly the best Pasteles ive evwr had were of Venezuelan origin" hahahaha

[@Nanitamochi]

@@pascalkane3272he meant pastelitos, easy mistake, I hate pastelitos

[@manueltedesco]

*Venezuelan election results yeald 4 EXACT results with 4 zeros following the decimal, which is an almost impossible outcome* Hasan: "there seems to be some irregularities 🤔"

[@Ryan-bj2vl]

Certainly has nothing to do with oil right? Yeah lets just pretend that everything is on the up and up

[@sergiocazzaro4571]

@@Ryan-bj2vlyou’re straight up evil man

[@yansideabacoa6257]

Your first and only comment on this channel.

[@BanBootlicking]

CIA bot, go home. Your coup failed.

[@DanielCharry1025]

It can happen with one of the 3 tallies, but the fact that it happens with ALL 3 is a confirmation that somebody Excel'd the results 🤣😔☠

[@afterhourscinema782]

Democracy in Venezuela is like morality in the IDF 😂 Non-existent

[@robertoaltuve4145]

Like your knowledge about Venezuela😂😂

[@manturay]

​@@robertoaltuve4145as a Venezualan, op is right.

[@robertoaltuve4145]

@@manturay Misguided Venezuelan*. Estás engañado rey

[@hexlemorte5201]

@@manturayas a informed person your wrong

[@VeSpEr7iNe]

And María Corina and Edmundo loves the IDF, how cute right?

[@laika6340]

please i implore both you and the leftist that care to actually attempt to understand the situations with LATAM governments beyond your left-die hard takes and privileged assumptions. i am very afraid that this ways of interpreting our political situations will continue, numbing doing public perception of how real life is in Venezuela, and eventually doing the same to Cuba's.

[@andressanchez-ix6vv]

I’m from Venezuela, this time is different. Hasan is smart

[@nickmilo932]

Wait Venezuela still has elections? I thought Maduro was a Dictator already.

[@shevek5185]

Russia has elections, just saying...

[@nickmilo932]

@@shevek5185 I live in the north of Argentina and judging by all the Venezuela bros coming here and the way they talk about it I just assumed LOL

[@ismaelismael8543]

Russia, North Korea, Hungary, Belarus, Haiti (until recent events). Dictatorships have elections, even if rigged ones, in order to keep the veneer of legitimacy.

[@aleeh2109]

@@nickmilo932they have play pretend elections so they can play up the charades, this Sunday was just the latest showing.

[@glim3697]

@@nickmilo932he is a dictator, did you miss the part where he lost by 4 million votes and still declared victory? lol he’s just trying to pretend he’s liked. Every single election we’ve had has been disappointing because we know our votes were stolen

[@whyisgooglemakingmedothis603]

: If anyone here is having a hard time understanding why post-Chavez Venezuela is so protectionist concerning it's natural resources, watch Fredda's new lecture on colonialism that just came out today. It does a good job explaining how the social relations between colonized and colonizer change over time, such that we can understand why Maduro (as well as the United States) ultimately ended up in this controversial position.

[@Nanitamochi]

Dawg our indigenous people are forced to labor in the south of my city Puerto Ordaz to extract raw gold and clean it with mercury, polluting the rivers, and their are doing it almost at gunpoint, there’s beheading videos

[@blackgold754]

Just please don’t let US get involved.

[@harrylane4]

Oops 🤪

[@Nanitamochi]

That is for the venezulan people to decide broski

[@blackgold754]

@@Nanitamochi they can decide to go to war with their own government and end it. Not hire US government and war criminals to do their bidding. My comment means that I sincere hope US doesnt invade Venezuela

[@theZodiacGriller]

He misspelled vuvuzela Lol but for real its sad how little coverage this is getting in NA

[@isz003]

Hasan you should really consider inviting actual experts to discuss these topics, usually whenever you speak on Latam politics you are clearly out of your depth. I’m not trying to be mean, but Latam is a very historically complex region and you end up saying incorrect things even when you are well intentioned. Calling a dictator a “not so good guy” is ignorant at best, please try to do better.

[@GreatgunYu]

Hasan is so egotistical. He thinks he’s always right but end sounding like a fool.

[@isz003]

@@GreatgunYu I agree to some extent, he’s entertaining and his coverage of some issues is good, but whenever it comes to foreign politics he’s evidently uneducated and uninformed but pretends not to be. It’s a shame honestly

[@KnightofAntiquity]

​@@GreatgunYuBot bad

[@nakitai-wj1ki]

you are tone policing. good opportunity to check yourself when you’re getting praised by hate watchers.

[@isz003]

@@nakitai-wj1ki I’m pointing out a mistake in content not in tone, I’m actually latin american and it disappoints me to see him do such a poor job when it comes to these issues. Also the fact that I enjoy some of his content doesn’t mean I have to agree with everything he says, think critically moron.

[@JerekBilbar]

My girlfriend and I are both commies, but Venezuela is fucking scary. My girlfriend works as an immigration paralegal, people coming from Venezuela have been through some tough shit. One of her clients had an arm cut off. Another had his throat partially cut open, he narrowly escaped with his life. EDIT: to be clear, in these cases it was the government and not another form of violence. Most of her asylum clients with violent trauma are fleeing cartels or domestic abusers overall, but Venezuela has a lot of cases of mutilated dissidents. Sex crimes against family members.

[@ItsJustValHere]

I've been told by some venezuelan people some crazy stories. They WALK to Colombia, Perú and then Chile (my country) just to try to live a better life. My country is not capable of giving them that and a lot of people end up living on the streets. Someone my dad knows was in the military in Venezuela and one night he just jumped from a ship and swam, asked someone to drive him to the border and walked. He's constantly scared of being killed (someone in a similar situation already died in my country), so he lies to people still in Venezuela about where he exactly is. A lot of people were very hopeful about returning to their homes and families. But now the Venezuelan ambassador was called back to Venezuela after Chile considered the Venezuelan elections not democratic (we sent observers), and a lot of people are now confused about what to do now.

[@danm.8634]

Wait until you learn about the biggest t*rture center in Venezuela: The helicoide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXSyamWNl91njcksi=_C9INBOYmvFkmbV0

[@Nanitamochi]

@@ItsJustValHerethis is not an opinion, it’s facts, my family has done this

[@ItsJustValHere]

@@Nanitamochi No intentaba decir que son historias falsas ni nada así, perdona si sonó así. Solo comentaba las historias de vida que he escuchado y espero que tu familia esté bien. Nadie merece sentir que no le queda otra opción más que escapar de su país y dejar su vida ahí para intentar vivir mejor.

[@Nanitamochi]

@@ItsJustValHere yo tampoco, hablaba de que tu experiencia es realidad. Mucha gente acá cree que lo que uno vivió es una opinión pero yo lo que quise decir fue que lo que dijiste es verdad y toda la verdad de como son las cosas. Perdona si mi manera de expresarlo no fue la mejor

[@sirirond1990]

i hate maduro and the current regime with my whole body and soul BUT one of the things that made me internally wish for maria corina party to lose was she mentioning the privatization of pedevesa and other public sectors.... like dude that's not a fix to our problems, there are SO MANY other things you should strive for, but why those? well... because like with Miley with Argentina, it benefits the USA, the USA enterprises, the USA billionaires, like why not make it so that WE control our own shit? why not make it so that WE produce good shit to sell to other countries? why not make it so WE enjoy the produce of OUR country? is it really so hard to do? do you have to have either a government that sells your lands to russia and china or one that does the same but to the USA? can there be one that doesn't think about others and how to be a teastier plate for others? is that so much to ask?

[@Volk.Matrinex]

Completamente de acuerdo y estuve en tu misma posicion, compadre

[@ericktellez7632]

It’s because she is not opposition to Maduro she and her candidate are US proxies.

[@morrocoyconchuo]

eso no es lo que se esta haciendo con MCM, gaf@, estamos tratando de salir de una dictadura. Y LUEGO elegimos que hacemos con nuestro pais.

[@sirirond1990]

@@morrocoyconchuo ya va tiempo, el insulto es como de donde? O caímos en el mismo camino de los chavistas en donde todos tienen que aplaudir al líder y ya? Y aja fino gana el partido de ellos, bien, chevere y cuando comiencen a hacer eso, que literal es lo que ellos dicen es su plan para progresar al país, quien va a evitar que lo hagan? Tu? Más protestas? Son 6 años de mandato antes de que podamos volver a opinar, eso no te preocupa, y reitero odio al gobierno con mi alma pero no seamos fanáticos ciegos, feliz día persona

[@sirirond1990]

@@morrocoyconchuo ya va tiempo, el insulto es como de donde? O caímos en el mismo camino de los chavistas en donde todos tienen que aplaudir al líder y ya? Y aja fino gana el partido de ellos, bien, chevere y cuando comiencen a hacer eso, que literal es lo que ellos dicen es su plan para progresar al país, quien va a evitar que lo hagan? Tu? Más protestas? Son 6 años de mandato antes de que podamos volver a opinar, eso no te preocupa, y reitero 0di0 al gobierno con mi alma pero no seamos fanáticos ciegos, feliz día persona

[@DumbMonsta]

You guys are incapable of aligning with the US in anything 😂😂😂 even when Maduro its a fkn NAZI its like “naah I still prefer Maduro” Antes de de hablar mierda infórmense mejorr GRACIAS!

[@cyclonasaurusrex1525]

National Lawyer’s Guild had observers present and said it was fair.

[@saadsachwani2837]

Dawg it was 5 dudes

[@dunkeydonuts988]

Isn’t “Favela” is Portuguese term for dense slums? I think the term that chatter was looking for is “barrio”.

[@ItsJustValHere]

Favela is portuguese (specifically used for Brasil). Each country has its own term, I'm not sure if barrio is used in Venezuela. For example, in Chile we say "poblaciones callampa" (it has a double meaning: callampa is a word for mushroom and slang for dick, so it's a word used for something bad or worth nothing. But the real reason we use them for favela-like places is because they appear out of nothing and grow bigger exponentially, like mushrooms). We also use "tomas" (from the verb "tomar", meaning take), specifically used for places with low quality houses, usually built by the people living there, in a place forcibly taken from someone else (someone has land without constructions and they break in and start building houses).

[@dunkeydonuts988]

@@ItsJustValHere Very interesting to hear these terms. I like these Chilean colloquialisms particularly “callampa” 🍄🤣 I live in California and usually heard Spanish speakers in my area use the term ‘Barrio’. Most Spanish speakers where I am have families from different parts of Mexico or El Salvador tho. When my dad was a student in the 70s/80s he knew a few Chilean students/ families who managed to escape after the coup against Allende. That was before my time though.

[@ItsJustValHere]

@@dunkeydonuts988 Oh, maybe that's the mexican term, but barrio in general just means neighborhood. And regarding chilean colloquialisms, we have a shit ton of them, most of them swearwords.

[@juanperret7044]

Yeah but barrio translates more to neighborhood in English whilst favela has a more recognized understanding in English I'd say

[@SERJUAANT]

You are so un educated about this issue, maybe read more about this corrupt narco state before commenting on the interests of other nations in venezuela

[@wanton_josh]

Other nations in Venezuela?

[@SERJUAANT]

@@wanton_josh yes, other nations have interests in venezuela, and not knowing the situation on the ground and commenting about those intereres, in this case America is irresponsable. Veenezuela is a threath to the US under this narco dictator. And the threath is justified, they only cause harm to everyone, not themselves.

[@poatrykdas]

holy shit this chat blur hurts my eyes badf

[@afterhourscinema782]

I can't wait for the US where the President lost the popular vote in 00' and 16', to lecture Venezuela about democracy 😂

[@MarceloPerez-tt1kz]

Yes because people were removed from their homes and beaten in the streets by the police like in Venezuela, inform yourself

[@rowaystarco]

The electoral college is a mess, but this Venezuelan election was pure cheating. Don't let your hate for USA dictate how you view other broken countries..

[@rocket7944]

The system still played out fairly. You can complain about the rules of the election but the candidate that won with those rules, won the election.

[@Natalieowomeow]

We have rules that we followed. The rules sucked but we followed them. They didn’t follow their own rules

[@RickyKapoor]

@@Natalieowomeowif there was a recount in 00 Bush would’ve lost, this is a stated fact and the republics blocked any chance of a recount. all this is besides the fact that an oligarchy of elites basically run the government through lobbying, so not sure how the US has any form of reliable democracy

[@lazy_lefty]

Dude, you have seriously missed the mark here..... maduro's regime is not a leftist government

[@amkd14]

I really like Hasan, but every time he talks about Venezuela I get soo mad. I hope he would take the time to talk with someone who actually understands what is happening here and stop reading articles that want to be neutral about this situation or straight up side with Maduro just because he thinks he is a socialist (which is not the case, neither Maduro or Chavez were ever socialists even when they said they were). It’s a very long story, this has been happening for more than 20 years, but if he wants to bring it up on his stream he should get informed first, because he has a large audience and he is a very influential person, in this case he is doing a lot of damage. We are not talking about a situation where a group of people are disagreeing with the current government, Maduro is straight up a DICTATOR and has been killing the venezuelans

[@rocca302]

The movement are just using us to justify their hate for each other, we are dying and they do not care at all...

[@miramaldito]

Please don't look at the situation here in Venezuela with leftist, centrist or rightist tinted glasses, we have a 'socialist' dictatorship with a shitty grey market capitalist economy and its not working, living here its shitty and each year its getting harder. People live here trying to resell shit from China, baking cakes and selling them or working remotely, very few people actually make a decent living here and very few companies offer jobs. Its not an ideological issue, its a narco-regime issue. You just can't live here normally.

[@Blashmack]

Crazy still that someone is President for 18 years.

[@ericktellez7632]

Thatcher was more than a decade as well.

[@rowaystarco]

@@ericktellez7632 She was a prime minister, it's not the same. A PM is not head of state.

[@lidolived]

​@@rowaystarcostill. The royalty (Heads of state) is merely cerimonial in the UK. It is a good comparison.

[@lidolived]

​@@rowaystarcodoesn't hold the same weight when you think about Angela Merkel's 16 years being Chancellor in Germany. Yet It shows that there are many examples of people being in important office roles for a long period of time.

[@hiphopheaven]

not that crazy when election are held every 6 years and a lot of other dictators have been ruling for a longer longer time. Fidel Castro ruled for 48 years and Gaddafi for 42 years

[@proche8996]

Please talk about Bangladesh. They are almost going through a similar situation under 15 years of a fascist regime

[@davidavocado14]

Privileged gringos on lecturing Venezuelans on the situation in Venezuela: *CHALLENGE IMPOSSIBLE*

[@aloneinthetop]

Just a minor correction. Its NOT a invasion on guiana. Is a take back territory that historicaly belongs to the people of "Venezuela". Thats a anti colonialism act.

[@MegaElijah21]

I just pushback on this trend that we MUST listen to anti-maduro people just because they’re poor. Just because your poor or come from the streets does not mean you have a proper assessment of why your poor or what would be the best way to fix it. I can sympathize with their plight and want to see their lives improve, but just like I don’t agree with or listen to every working class trump supporter in America, I’m not gonna agree with someone’s political takes just because they’re impoverished

[@FezUsocrazy]

The issue is that american Leftists will look at all the anti-Maduro/anti-Dictatorship activism and immediately go "CIA SECRET OP LIKE ECUADOR AND THE 20th CENTURY ITS NOT REAL" and "THOSE ARE RIGHTWING RICH PRIVILEGED LANDOWNING BOURGEOISIE NOT THE *REAL* PROLETARIAT!" Because seemingly anything anti US is immediately good and "US bad" - As a Venezuelan Leftist, its literally a situation that leftists in the US cannot comprehend and it does not follow any rules for documented past left/right civil clashes. I am very anti interventionist, that shit only leads to more trouble, but it is *maddening* seeing american casually dismiss Venezuelans fighting and dying to a tyrannical government just because when it first came to power it was Left leaning. Oppression is Oppression regardless of economic or political policy. So, back to your point, yeah just because someone is poor does not automatically make their opinion necessarily "legitimate" - HOWEVER, because of the way US Leftists automatically declare anything foreign non-left leaning as a capitalist conspiracy with the US somehow involved, this movement being primarily spearheaded by grassroots poor activists *the PROLETARIAT* is what needs to be emphasized to give it legitimacy in international leftist eyes. It is not a "right vs left" issue, its a "powerless poor class citizens vs powerful ruling class government" issue

[@miguelangelcote9168]

This is the first time I heard people say that. What I usually hear is that people say that anti maduro people are rich or at least middle class people. Glad you're aware a lot of poor people also oppose him.

[@huitzilopochtlisexy9975]

One doesnt need to be a genius to know that if a fith of the country leaves in less than 15 years, Venezuela is probably not a communist utopia. I understand the wish of wanting a goverment that identifies itself with socialism to actually be socialist, but this aint it. Here are some facts from wikipedia. Estimates going into 2020 suggested that the number of Venezuelan migrants and refugees was overtaking the 6 million figure, at this time the same number of refugees from the Syrian Civil War, which started years before the recorded Venezuelan crisis and was considered the worst humanitarian disaster in the world at the time. Estimates had risen to 7.1 million by October 2022, over 20 percent of the country's population. According to the UNHCR, more than 7.7 million people have emigrated from Venezuela in recent years, coinciding with Nicolás Maduro's rise to power and the consolidation of Chavismo. From May to August of this year, 390,000 Venezuelans have left their country, driven by despair over challenging living conditions, characterized by low wages, rampant inflation, lack of public services, and political repression. However, R4V suggests that these figures could be even higher, as many migrants without regular status are not included in the count

[@MegaElijah21]

@@miguelangelcote9168 my point is that I don’t agree with those that oppose him even if they’re poor lol

[@shevek5185]

Privileged 'murican spotted

[@chuedrick]

can you take a look at geopolitical economy reports coverage ?

[@Skynertia]

Its been so sad seeing the same tankies who criticize historical US interference in the Americas supporting this. Some people's true colours on full display...

[@akumakorgar]

Explain how those two things are somehow congruous in your mind

[@Darji8114]

LOL Approval in Venezuela is 24% in Germany it is 7% XD

[@shannonpaci7765]

They declared war on Costa Rica … we don’t have a army

[@rioluna6058]

mae digame por favor que usted ve a hasan ironicamente , yo vine aca para reirme de este tankie por favor digame que usted no se toma las ideas de este tipo seriamente ... los humanos muchas veces sus ideologias no los dejan ser logicos ni pragmaticos y ver una mae de tiquicia aca me hace pensar que fijo apoya al frente amplio partido politico que en este momento apoya a maduro , si usted es de esa izquierda le digo que mas bien le hace da;o a la democracia social y mas bien le hace un favor a la derecha,,,, los autocraticos se tienen que denunciar sin importar sin son facistas o comunistas, pero en venezuela ni comunistas son , venezuela es un cartel manejado por diosdado cabello .

[@shannonpaci7765]

@@rioluna6058 Mae solamente estaba comentando algo qué vi que dijo el presidente de Venezuela encuentra de nosotros yo no entiendo nada del clima político de Costa Rica tengo años de no vivir en Costa Rica yo solamente regreso a visitar familia a este punto

[@rioluna6058]

@@shannonpaci7765 uff que dicha que no vive en costa rica legal haha que susto mae es que imaginese alguien joven de tiquicia absorviendo contenido d hasan es realmente preocupante... pero bueno me quedo mas tranquilo sabiendo que no vive en tiquicia . :) , en cr hay un peque;o partido de comunistas amantes d dictaduras por dicha son como 4 gatos y el resto de la poblacion sabemos que estan mal de la jupita hhahah

[@rioluna6058]

@@shannonpaci7765 a okey que dicha por un momento pense que era una joven de tiquicia (viviendo en cr ) viendo contenido de hassan eso seria realmente preocupante , pues hassan tiende a defender cosas que no se pueden defender como maduro .

[@rioluna6058]

@@shannonpaci7765 aca en tiquicia hay un partido de izquierdas que son pro maduro lo que ellos no se dan cuenta es que si se hacen llamar izquierda moderada apoyar a un dictador es condenarse politicamente cosa que ya lo hicieron hace un par de dias, los costarricenses hemos visto como han pasado cientos de miles probablamente millones de venezolanos, es realmente muy triste toda la injusticia que sucede en venezuela , no es izquierda vs derecha, sino que es libertad y democracia vs dictadura , por eso usted entendera porque comentarios como los que ha hecho hasan por a;os sobre venezu4la son ridiculos , he notado que hasan tiene unas opiniones nefastas acerca de temas muy especificos .

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Didn't he say something like he was going to deport all criminals and their families...

[@Nanitamochi]

Who?

[@gabrielbogado3712]

Hi, to any english speaker who wants to read this use a traductor (i'll write in spanish for the sake of writing faster) La realidad de Venezuela es una muy dificil de explicar para aquellos que se encuentran fuera del pais, incluso para propios familiares que tengamos en el extrajero que han vivido aca y que lleven unos pocos años afuera es dificil mantenerlos al tanto de la situacion actual del pais (intuyo que algun otro venezolano leyendo esto comprendera a lo que me refiero), asi que debe ser peor aun tratar de explicarlo para quien no tiene ni familia aca ni tampoco vive aca, por ende en este comentario solo me enfocare en contar un poco como es la vida aca y el gran daño que el regimen actual ha causado. (No hablare de ideologias y/o practicas politicas de cada partido, no es mi objetivo y otros ya lo han hecho) Se pueden imaginar lo que seria que solo tengan agua saliendo de las cañerias 2 a 3 dias a la semana? que incluso esto es variable por cada zona residencial o zona del pais (se de casos donde les llegaba el agua un par de veces al mes), o tambien hablando de servicios vitales, electricidad, en venezuela desde 2019 donde hubo un apagon nacional que duro mas de 72 horas continuas, hemos sufrido de apagones y bajones de luz con variado nivel de constancia tambien dependiendo de la zona donde vivas. Por ejemplo yo vivo cercano a la capital y no he pasado por las peores regulaciones electricas (si, hemos llegado al punto de regulacion electrica) y aun asi puedo pasar uan semana sin problemas de electricidad, y la siguiente semana cada dia estoy sin electicidad por 2hrs minimo y un dia estar 14hrs sin electricidad continuas, nada de esto es una exajeracion, e incluso se que en el estado Zulia estuvieron mucho tiempo con regulaciones electricas de 12hrs al dia las cuales realmente yo no se si continuan. Otro factor relevante me parece la educacion, la cual innegablemente ha estado en decadencia constante cada año, yo no vivi lo peor de la misma ya que tuve la suerte de estudiar en un liceo privado al cual no le faltancen profesores, porque si el mero hecho de haber tenido un profesor para cada una de mis materias ya es un lujo que gran parte de la poblacion no tiene, y aun asi hubieron gran cantidad de materias que fueron removidas ya que fueron determinadas "no utiles" por el ministerio de educacion, materias como historia internacional, contabilidad o inclusive el uso de laboratorios para materias como biologia, quimica y fisica. Y tambien como no la alta modificacion a los puntos de estudio de cada materia para hacernos ver menos contenido o contenido que hace 10 años era dado en el primer año del liceo nos fue dado en tercero o cuarto año (siendo el maximo quinto año), por suerte mi familia y los profesores que me tocaron ayudaron a no perderme cierto contenido que si se hubiesen acatado solo a las normativas del ministerio no jamas hubiera aprendido porque obviamente, a un gobierno dictatorial solo le interesa un pueblo ignorante y mal educado. Lo ultimo que quiero comentar es la parte de la salud que me parece la mas grave, tengo demasiados casos de amigos, conocidos y familiares que han experimentado lo mal que se encuentra el sistema de salud en venezuela, algunos ejemplos que puedo dar es un amigo el cual tenia un dolor abdominal interno el cual multiples "medicos" recien graduados de universidades del gobierno le dijeron que tenia que ver con los riñones y casi lo hacen pasar a operarlo para retirarle uno de ellos, cuando realmente tenia un problema relacionada a la mala alimentacion que fue tratado con una dieta y pastillas (esto despues de que otro doctor mucho mayor lo revisara y se diese cuenta de lo que realmente tenia). Y otro caso donde un familiar que tuvo un accidente de transito estuvo mas de 20hrs siendo trasladado a distintos centros medicos porque ninguno los profecionales para poder tratarlo y los que si tenian los profecionales no tenian los materiales y pedian que uno mismo los comprase en tiendas externas al hospital/clinica, lo cual resulto en mi familiar falleciendo en la ambulacia por algo que era totalmente tratable de haber sido atendido a tiempo. Podria hablar de muchas otras cosas como el costo de vida y lo poco equivalente que es el sueldo a nivel nacional, o la reprecion policiaca que ha habido desde 2014 hasta la actualidad, o como el gobierno ha armado a grupos criminales que usa junto a las fuerzas armadas nacionales para controlar, amenazar y asesinar a la poblacion de distintas formas pero creo que con todo lo que escribi pinta un poco el panorama, espero haberme dando a entender lo suficiente. And for the english speakers who read all that I hope it translated well enough and that you can know a little more about the situation on Venezuela, if anyone wants to argue the reason why this happen or if its the US or the venezuelan government fault, be my guest, It really wasn't the point of my comment and other people have discussed already (Also, for any venezuelan who wants to write their own experiences or correct anything that I said please do so, it only helps to educate more people who want to know more about Venezuela).

[@yansideabacoa6257]

tu primer y único comentario en todo este canal, hmm

[@gabrielbogado3712]

@@yansideabacoa6257 seeh, en general no comento nunca en ningun sitio y llevo un tiempo viendo a Hasan y casi nunca ha hablado de vzla (que mejor hacer eso si no se sabe del tema) y ps aproveche el momento para escribir mi comentario que va hacia cualquiera de su audiencia que quiera saber un poco mas de vzla mas que hacia el propio Hasan que no creo lea esto xD

[@Nanitamochi]

@@yansideabacoa6257does that give less value to the reality they live in? It doesn’t for me

[@yansideabacoa6257]

@@Nanitamochi there like 10 million bots online rn

[@BENJA021100]

​@@yansideabacoa6257bro hay millones de refugiados venezolanos en el mundo preguntale a cualquiera de ellos, todos te contaran la misma historia

[@spark556]

Mafia state

[@hexlemorte5201]

Venezuela is the country Elon said “we’ll coup whoever we want”

[@RedArrow808]

Gotta get that sweet sweet lithium

[@TheBreadB]

No, that was regarding Bolivia. Still bad tho.

[@giu941]

he said it about Bolivia

[@cdcgb1]

Has hasan covered fashy riots in the UK?

[@JohnnyReyes1]

If you don't have the details then you should do your homework before giving out opinions.

[@fluidthought42]

He did? He laid out the reports and then offered context explicitly seperate from them to explain his reasoning for being skeptical of both narratives.

[@MTheory77]

The NLG was there. National Lawyers Guild

[@perrodeagua91]

Carters centres take was WAY more accurate and they used to be buddies with Maduro

[@Nanitamochi]

It was like 3 people and they didn’t stay through the whole process meaning they couldn’t even finish their report

[@perrodeagua91]

@@MTheory77 Carter centre was also there 👍🏼 didn’t approve. We have footage of pro gov preventing people from voting as welll ✌️

[@albertoc2046]

wait I thought Hassan his viewers loved communism 😂😂😂

[@kingace6186]

I like Hasan, but sometimes he comes out with horrible takes like this. What makes this horrible isn't the fact that he said something horribly, but that he is being wayyyyy too PC about this. Also, it was really weird to randomly insinuate the US is plotting a Bay of Pigs 2.0. Not everything in Latin America is like Cuba, dude. The Biden Admin is more than willing to support leftist governments like Brazil (Lula). But Venezuela is a dictatorial petrostate that is anti-worker. Unlike Cuba, the US didn't ruin Venezuela; Venezuela fell victim to the resource trap all on its own.

[@grim_glim]

Maduro is a despot but the vice on the economy is despotism from abroad, ie American sanctions, and the alternative is someone who will kiss the American ring. Lesser evilism applies to Maduro here. Critical support against US interference

[@andriyshepard3095]

I still don't think you understand the living conditions of average venesuealan right now, bro.

[@matthewreyes9640]

Venezuelan here, we are dying, starving, and being shot at whenever we try to protest the terrible living conditions. The US sanctions are shitty but having a dictator in power also is.

[@ItsJustValHere]

I'm generally very very against any US intervention (I'm from Chile lol), but honestly idk what's the best for Venezuela. Someone (Venezuelan living in Chile, who said her cousin had just been informed as dead to her family in Venezuela) yesterday said that the only way for them to get out of all of this is by fighting and if outside pressure doesn't stop. Basically, that as long as other countries talk about all this, she was hopeful for a better future.

[@fuckbankers]

It was a fair election.

[@ProjectXue0]

Abi Filistin başbakanı ölmüş. İsrail bok çukuruna battıkça batıyor ya. Abi ne yapmalıyız sence biz? İnternette olan insanlar olarak ya da boykot dışında😢🤬

[@Spainog]

There was a huge poverty created by Chavez... Before there was any sanctions. Chavez had a huge number of political prisoner's including Maria Louder Afiuni who was repeatedly raped under the forces of.the government... I know that you want to see all the bad in the word coming from the State Department... But your lack of questioning of Chavez because "He was popular" it's just insulting with all the people that keep dying under de hands of the chavismo.

[@manolito.7zip]

The Venezuelan sanctions haven't done anything. It doesn't even punish the top brass of the regime because the US keeps buying oil from them. The economic crisis in Venezuela originates in the focus on oil production before Chavez who proceeded to worsen it by making allegiance to the party a prerequisite for anyone to be involved in any public industry including the extraction and refinement of petroleum as well as any mining endeavor in the country. This led to the "crisis petrolera" of 2003 which was a direct result of officials pocketing the money meant for the refineries and extraction sites. Chavez also started the political repression and turned Venezuela into an autocracy (he directly appointed Tibisay Lucena to lead the national electoral council and she openly supported him ensuring any elections under her supervision to be at the very least biased). Maduro has been much worse than Chavez and the political repression turned completely into violence. During the 2017 protests which the killings and "disappearances" of civilians by the hands of the police and the national armed forces burst open the floodgates for the people to start RUNNING AWAY from the country out of fear for their lives. I personally saw grenades being thrown into schools people EXECUTED, not shot, executed, by the police in broad daylight. Masses of protestors who had been pincered on a bridge be pushed off. The only reason that isn't happening right now is because the regime doesn't have the money to pay it's own soldiers and they are, in turn, not killing in their name (as much). TLDR: the situation in Venezuela is terrifying and the regime is directly violating human rights; and for once it's not actually the US' fault P.S. I hate the US' imperialist capitalism as much as the next guy but this is not a "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation. Maduro is killing civilians who want their country back and I'd be happy if the US would just airstrike his ass.

[@Asrahn]

"The Venezuelan Sanctions haven't done anything" My man, it's utterly collapsed the Venezuelan oil production, which no small amount of the country's economy was dependent upon. The US are seizing trade ships headed for Venezuela at sea like common pirates, and foreign banks like in the UK are withholding billions of the country's own money because they don't recognize the Maduro government as legitimate. I don't think anyone is contesting the repressive state of the country, but to pretend that the sanctions have done nothing is genuinely nonsense, and just like with Cuba, the sanctions explicit purpose is to bring about this economic hardship that you are seeing in order to facilitate the overthrow of government. They're succeeding - Maduro's regime will be toppled eventually, an ostensibly liberal comprador state will be installed, and Venezuela will be turned into a western neo-colony. We can only pray for a miracle.

[@MRoROBOT]

@@Asrahn and it better that maduro now

[@qu3nt]

they are starving since year’s

[@arditlika9388]

So many bots in the comment section, it's insane lol.

[@andressanchez-ix6vv]

He lost 70-30

[@VeSpEr7iNe]

My problem with Venezuela oposition is that always the most viable candidate has to be far right, suporters of genocide in gaza and USA puppets...if one day a "decent" candidate appears, I'll vote for them.

[@stormstriker2000]

thats not possible, understand voter base literacy. if a guy controls one side of voter base, the oppositions has to emerge from other side. anything else is dillsuional thinking

[@VeSpEr7iNe]

@@stormstriker2000 that's really shitty tho, well, I guess I won't be voting for a long time. I refuse to support awful people.

[@stormstriker2000]

@@VeSpEr7iNe understandable. Some people desire perfection. It's truly a privilege beyond a common man's wildest dream. The people can only hope for a leader who kills one less person. Be it the guy or women who comes from the other side. But you do u, privileges must be enjoyed, or else what's the even the point.

[@morrocoyconchuo]

Venezuela doesn't have any far right parties worth a shit. Educate.

[@Brok3n_54]

The USA would be a better place if you left it...

[@Nanitamochi]

YES

[@gaboalvarez9849]

Profoundly wrong on this as always

[@DantePartlow-y9j]

Can you elaborate on why you think it’s wrong

[@Dubst3pFriki17]

@@DantePartlow-y9j search it up :v his jsut talkign america america in a venezuela problem

[@KirbyDerbi]

Free Palestine

[@ConcreteObelisk]

Yes go free them.🤡

[@brucesnow7125]

"Hi, I'm totally Venezuelan and not a CIA plant guys, trust my incredible anecdotal evidence. I'm more reliable and I am definitely left guys, trust me please" - basically this comment section.

[@rocca302]

This is the same conspiracy theories you guys accuse the right wing party of, I'm a Venezuelan and always been more left leaning, but holy fuck is hard to keep supporting this movement when you guys are trying to paint us as CIA agents

[@jokeruiner4481]

​@@rocca302 Just a question out of curiosity since I want to know. How is the opposition going to help you?

[@rocca302]

@@jokeruiner4481 Sure! personally, I align more with the opposition, they want to improve public education (kids here only go to class 2 times a week due to lack of teachers) better salary (current salary is around $5 per month) same sex marriage and LGBT rights (opposition supports LGBT and government is anti LGBT) and so much more. And just to clarify since there is a lot of misinformation out there, our vote for the opposition wasn't driven by right-wing sentiment. In fact, many leftists voted for the opposition on Sunday. Our primary goal is to end the current government's prolonged 25+ year rule. No individual should hold power indefinitely, it has not worked for us and the results have been atrocious. We voted for a change, and unlike Maduro, we have evidence supporting our victory. The government's claims North Macedonia and Elon Musk "hacked" the electoral system and that's why they can't show the results of him winning.

[@BENJA021100]

bro my country is full of venezuelans, there are millions escaping their country get out of your fucking bubble gringo re qliao

[@SneakyG67]

Oh my

[@JaseekaRawr]

Why is that chat censored?? I'm going to watch other channels, bc i love how fun the chat is 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@spindless]

Go watch other channels then?? Who cares? It’s censored because it’s KZbin.

[@ninalimonn9494]

Yeah, that sucks. I wish chat was visible, too :(

[@xj0469clank]

If you cared to watch even 1 minute you would see the chat gets unblurred. Its censored early for monetization reasons as youtube reads text in the first minute of a video to determine if the video should receive ads or not. Hiding all text prevents this, especially (mostly) unfiltered text such as chat.

[@ThexAristotle]

The carter center who is alleging the irregularities only had like 3 guys on the ground lol