alt Hacker NewsIt's really absurd how well the Maduros kidnapping plan worked. Without even changing the party in power, Trump can pretend Venezuela is reformed and do all of the economic normalization a liberal president never would have gotten away with.
But the back-to-back policy disasters are otherwise a good reminder that a broken clock is only right twice a day.
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It's way too early to declare total victory. US also swiftly deposed Chavez, but Chavismo came roaring back.
Maduro himself is unlikely to escape his abduction, but the actual power structures and grassroots opposition to Washington's totalitarianism remains across LatAm.
Are they doing any normalization? I've fallen behind and assumed it just became dictator apparatus protection as long as there was flattery, i.e. tell us we're in charge and we'll let you ship oil wherever.
> It's really absurd how well the Maduros kidnapping plan worked.
It's almost like people currently in the white house know what they're doing, right? Who would have thought! /s
> economic normalization
You mean the looting