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[–] Garibaldee@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't think the elections were either "free" or "fair" and they probably did rig it, but that doesn't justify invading a country, if you think it does you are just a warmonger. There are plenty of countries with similarly rigged elections that the US doesn't consider invading and the main reason they are so interested in Venezuela is the massive oil resources American oil companies would be able to access if a government friendly to US companies would somehow get into power.

Both sources provided in this article about the election in Venezuela come from the same website, which isn’t exactly clear of bias.

No media is clear of bias, you are a child if you think like that. You just disagree with the bias which is fair, it's your opinion.

[–] iriyan@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

massive oil resources American oil companies would be able to access

Most of them claim the oil was theirs and Chavez took it away from them and nationalized the oil industry. I am surprised they have survived as long as they did. Venezuela's prime oil market had always been the US, who else could buy so much oil?

US Oil companies own right to explore all the deposits in gulf of "Mexico" for decades. Mexico gets a tiny rent for this and government officials burn it all up between them.