@gemlog Don't worry, I got your point, but I disagree. Maduro gets some attention from local independant (to an possible extent) press thanks to ties to Rosneft — famous Russian state-owned company, with their help he could trade oil, circumventing the ban.
There were a few fun stories, like the one when Venezuelan bolivars were brought in to Russia on mil. cargo planes but then sold on local bulletin boards. And the price was per kg! Sounds like a tabloid story, right? But it isn't🤣
@gemlog He's often portrayed as "people's man" like… You know who. And another story was about a video of him meeting with a large crowd of people. All's fine & dandy, except… people were video-edited in. Again, I didn't want to look opinionated and unreasonable so I have to find these stories first and all of that happened before the coup we discuss.
@gemlog So I don't think of him as a bad man by association only. I also don't have anything against Bolivia, I do have an unpopular opinion about Palestine, but them being everyone's dear — okay, let's not touch that for now. Other countries however do have a lot more in common than it looks like. In fact to me it looked like the Authoritarian Alliance (😅) showing unilateral support for their guy. And I wanted to elaborate on these ties too, but I have to look for this material.
@gemlog Yes, It was a power play, Guaido sought support from US and didn't get anything substantial.
Even the name of the article suggests that it was a military coup, but if you read carefuly it becomes evident, only a few from the military joined. Mostly ordinary people, at least according to my sources.
After the failure US didn't even help evacuate these officers who were in danger.
To me it looked like Guaido was used as a bargaining chip. The US is still bad — for other reasons🤭
