• cornishon@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 months ago

    You mean they ensured the same level of cooperation in case of “Maduro’s fall” that Maduro was perfectly willing to offer.

    The imperialists want you to believe there was a great betrayal so you don’t protest too much when they make another attempt at the regime change.

    • Cochise@lemmy.eco.br
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      5 months ago

      Exactly. Trump wants do buy Venezuelan oil, and Venezuela wants to sell it, but US sanctions don’t allow it. What Trump needed was a way to lift the sanctions that didn’t look too much as a defeat, so they kidnap Maduro to pretend bolivarianism is over and lift the sanctions.