I guess you're probably being sarcastic lol usually US-backed invasions end up with installed puppet overseer who usually for some reason ends up being dictatorial and sometimes even more cruel than the overthrown gov, but again this is probably a joke so I don't think I have to talk about the monroe doctrine and operation condor and shit like that you're a really educated guy


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Anyway I'm going to rant

basically what we now know is that Maduro indeed was captured and is currently in NYC on charges of mass scale narco trafficking conspiracies and shit like that - this is obviously true and everyone knows that Venezuela is indeed a kleptocratic narco state in which the main source of income was drug peddling, mostly if not exclusively cocaine being transported worldwide thanks to diplomatic immunities and the like, so this is right on the money, frankly.

Trump has stated that the US is going to run things in Venezuela for a while until there is a democratic transition that they can legally advocate for - so apparently Edmundo and Maria Corina have tough luck and won't be the puppets to be installed. This US-running-things facade is angering because the government is still intact. The powers and the armed forces are still deeply entrenched Chavistas in power and NOTHING has virtually changed, really.

YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND CELEBRATE IN A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION BECAUSE YOU WILL BE ARRESTED. THEY ARE CHECKING EVERY PHONE THE POLICE COMES IN CONTACT WITH.

I'm seeing SO much disinformation that it's been boiling my blood all day. SO MANY of my friends abroad are clownishly parading themselves in a victory lap that is non-existent. Maduro gave himself up, most probably under a negotiation as he, one day before this happened, had publicly stated he was down to negotiate. You infer the outcome.

What's going on in Venezuela rn is a death silent country that is deeply afraid and traumatized and cannot go out and celebrate the toppling of anything since this was just swapping the cherries on the shit cake, but the cake is still there, reeking. This means absolutely nothing in regards of the day to day Venezuelan citizen life, only the people abroad are blinded by hurt and are celebrating that they'll "soon be able to come home" but there is 0 talk about future plans regarding Venezuelan policies or economic changes that are detailed and truly fleshed out.

Why did this happen? Obviously I can't know for sure but it probably has to do with Venezuela having uranium that they most definitely traded with Iran as well as producing and procuring war drones for Iran, as well as Venezuela claiming since decades ago part of the Esequibo region in which the largest oil reserves were discovered just a few years ago. I've spoken about this in the thread I'm sure. Apart from this, Trump wanted to bring Maduro down since a long time ago because of his close bonds with China and Russia which practically own a large part of Venezuela at the moment, in concessions like mines and oil operations.

Me personally I'm in my island apartment with my family we were luckily together due to the holidays, but I am super fucking angry at the fact that all my friends abroad are swallowing this bullshit "Venezuela is free" pill that at the moment does NOT exist. Maduro is down, but this just makes the government potentially much more radical and much more stern in their show of force towards the people.

I don't fear a war with the US, that would be done in seconds as the US has much stronger military capabilities and would be an Israel-Palestine situation. I'm afraid for the economy defaulting, people being unable to buy food, going hungry again like I did in 2016 where I had to do 24 hr fasts to make ends meet food-wise. I fear the repression of not being able to go out due to being harassed by police, and even the possibility of being forcefully drafted to die off in some jungle for ideals I don't support.

Before someone says as it always happens oh why don't you defect why don't you flee - apart from airlines being blocked and even getting back to the mainland in my island case is impossible due to the ferries being also blocked off, this is out of the question as I don't want to leave my country so I really have no issue with toughing it up and living it down, just giving this disclaimer to avoid the same comments of escaping the country.

The US-hating comments, eh, who cares? United statesians really don't tend to know much about foreign policy regarding such a nuanced country as is Venezuela so it's whatever, the radical and inflammatory comments are all performance stemming from ignorance so I don't waste time on it, I don't hate the US and I don't want to see the flags burn or y'all bombed

If any of you gather something from this, know that the happiness you see in social media is mostly people outside of the country who, albeit we ALL have waited for this moment where Maduro finally is taken down, what has happened is like someone taking two steps in a marathon and claiming to have first place, there's still so much to do and the people inside of the country, like me, cannot even make our opinions public due to fear of repression, and seeing so many people abroad celebrating hurts me deeply because it just shows how little people actually care about what's going on. Nobody cares about our voices being choked, they only want to post the cynical happy instagram story where they're like flipping maduro off or whatever, no matter what's going on in the country.

I do appreciate the good comments and the good luck wishes, honestly, if you're religious in any sense do pray for us as a country and for me and my family. I'm scared shitless for the future.