alt Hacker NewsFabulous win in what ways, and for who? I'm genuinely asking, as I haven't followed the country much. From what I have read the same corrupt repressive regime, the one that ran the country into the ground, is still in place while the democratic opposition that had shown some life in recent years has gone silent.
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watwut • today at 4:22 PM
Yeah, but did you considered that democracy was never a goal? Republican party is in full swing to destroy American democracy, why would they seek to create one in Venezuela?
Bribes and oil were the goal. Consolidation of allied dictator was goal. That worked.
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The pro argument I find most convincing is that the US's interest is mostly in restricting oil going from Venezuela to China, which previously was the majority destination of of Venezuela's imports. A similar case can be made for Iran.
China possibly expecting something to this effect has recently built up both it's coal and renewables capacity, as well as an extremely large SPR.