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Re:Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president ... by faidit on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:10AM (#46475273)
Trump is a criminal who just completely violated international law to steal another country's resources. Nothing impressive or worth celebrating about this kidnapping, period.

They can't have free and fair elections when the US is literally holding their president hostage. And dictatorships like Saudi Arabia are just fine apparently.

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Re:Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president ... by andrewinardeer on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:30AM (#46475404)
Maduro's last two elections werent even close to free and fair. To throw the phrase 'free and fair' into the same sentence as 'Maduro' is ridiculous.
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Re:Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president ... by faidit on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:18AM (#46476250)
I didn't say they were. What's ridiculous is to suggest that piracy, war crimes and kidnapping by the dictator-loving Trump regime will bring about free elections.
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Re:Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president ... by andrewinardeer on Saturday January 03, 2026 @10:28AM (#46477753)
Why not? The Venezuelan opposition will more than likely be installed and these are the people who won the previous election.
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Re:Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president ... by Tadpole9181 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:50PM (#46480811)
No, the VP of Maduro was installed. His party still holds all power and Venezuela's democracy is still dead. But now they're also a puppet state allowing the US to extract their oil for profit.
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Re:Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president ... by jacquesm on Monday January 05, 2026 @04:38AM (#46496896)
This comment didn't age very well.
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