@Metal-Brain saidVenezuela is NOT a democracy, it is a thug-ocracy.
From the link below:
"But the Supreme Court said Friday Machado would remain disqualified "for being involved... in the corruption plot orchestrated by the usurper Juan Guaido." Guaido, now in exile"
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/27/venezuela-s-supreme-court-disqualifies-opposition-leader-from-running-for-president_6469941_4.html
Is the ...[text shortened]... on oil exports.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/americas/maduro-trump-venezuela-military-intl-hnk
Every time a decent opposition candidate emerges, Maduro goes to work either exiling said candidate,
putting them in prison, or making them ineligible to run for office.
BLEEP Maduro. I couldn't think of a better way to waste a dime's worth of lead.
@Earl-of-Trumps said"Every time a decent opposition candidate emerges, Maduro goes to work either exiling said candidate,
Venezuela is NOT a democracy, it is a thug-ocracy.
Every time a decent opposition candidate emerges, Maduro goes to work either exiling said candidate,
putting them in prison, or making them ineligible to run for office.
BLEEP Maduro. I couldn't think of a better way to waste a dime's worth of lead.
putting them in prison, or making them ineligible to run for office."
I already covered the candidates that attempted a coup. That is not evidence
Venezuela is not a democracy. Democrats wanted to ban Trump from running again and he did not even attempt a coup.
You need to make your case with names of people who were banned from running and for what reason. Jimmy Carter once praised Venezuela for being one of the best democracies in the world. If that has changed make your case with legit sources of info, not just saying it without proof.
@Metal-Brain
sorry, but this is one time where I won't produce the link. I assumed this was common knowledge.
To retrieve all that would take too much effort and time. sorry.
@Metal-Brain saidJust an insurrection, which is the actual language in the 14th Amendment.
Democrats wanted to ban Trump from running again and he did not even attempt a coup.
@Earl-of-Trumps saidYou are a liar. You have no proof.
@Metal-Brain
sorry, but this is one time where I won't produce the link. I assumed this was common knowledge.
To retrieve all that would take too much effort and time. sorry.
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@Metal-Brain saidmoron,
You are a liar. You have no proof.
google: how many opposition candidates has Maduro of Venezuela arrested or put into exile?
Nicolás Maduro's government has arrested and exiled numerous opposition figures, with thousands detained, though exact numbers for "candidates" are fluid; prominent examples include
Edmundo González (forced into exile after an arrest warrant), María Corina Machado and allies facing detention/exile, and leaders like Freddy Superlano, Williams Dávila, and Américo de Grazia arbitrarily detained, alongside mass arrests of campaign staff and activists, especially after the disputed 2024 election, totaling over 2,000 political prisoners by late 2024
@Cliff-Mashburn saidI swear that since history teaches us nothing, they should not teach it in the schools.
25 years ago Venezuelans were demonstrting and singing songs about how wonderful it was going to be under a socialist government and now they are all eating out of garbage cans and starving while sitting on top of the biggest oil reserves in the world hahaha
@Earl-of-Trumps saidGoogle it means you are a liar!
moron,
google: how many opposition candidates has Maduro of Venezuela arrested or put into exile?
Nicolás Maduro's government has arrested and exiled numerous opposition figures, with thousands detained, though exact numbers for "candidates" are fluid; prominent examples include
Edmundo González (forced into exile after an arrest warrant), María Corina Machado a ...[text shortened]... after the disputed 2024 election, totaling over 2,000 political prisoners by late 2024
@Metal-Brain saidok, little girl, what's the real answer?
Google it means you are a liar!
[scratches-head]. mumbles.. using google means you're a liar. 😕 🤔
what the bleep is this guy talking about
@Cliff-Mashburn saidStill, it is their oil, not ours.
25 years ago Venezuelans were demonstrting and singing songs about how wonderful it was going to be under a socialist government and now they are all eating out of garbage cans and starving while sitting on top of the biggest oil reserves in the world hahaha
@Earl-of-Trumps saidYou failed to post your source. 90% of the time that means it is a lie.
ok, little girl, what's the real answer?
[scratches-head]. mumbles.. using google means you're a liar. 😕 🤔
what the bleep is this guy talking about
I never have a problem posting my sources because I don't have to lie.
Surely you have noticed people make up crap all the time on here. And I never use google. google sucks dick.
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@Metal-Brain saidthe source was AI, you freak ball, there is no link.
You failed to post your source. 90% of the time that means it is a lie.
I never have a problem posting my sources because I don't have to lie.
Surely you have noticed people make up crap all the time on here. And I never use google. google sucks dick.
you know what I have noticed, people who get caught in a lie never offer to supply their own link
because they know they've been caught LYING,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/venezuela-political-prisoner-release
Venezuela says it released 99 people detained for 2024 election protests
"Venezuela has said it has carried out its largest release of political prisoners this year, claiming to have freed 99 people detained for taking part in protests after the 2024 election, widely believed to have been stolen by the dictator Nicolás Maduro, as it comes under increasing military pressure from the US."
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/factbox-venezuelas-jailed-exiled-or-barred-opposition-politicians-idUSKCN1G31WU/
Factbox: Venezuela's jailed, exiled or barred opposition politicians
"(Reuters) - Venezuela's most popular opposition leaders are almost all sidelined from the country's
April 22 presidential election - jailed, in exile, or disqualified from holding office."
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Let me see you lie about that.