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This is an outrageously misinformed statement, @AOC. The problem in Venezuela is not a "failure of democracy" from the government; it's a violent right-wing US-backed opposition that has dropped all pretense of wanting democracy and demanded a coup and war
The conflict in Venezuela *is* precisely about ideology, @AOC. The violent right-wing US-backed opposition wants nothing less than the total eradication of Chavismo. The opposition is exterminationist
As a US-backed opposition politician admitted, they want "the Pinochet option"
As a US-backed opposition politician admitted, they want "the Pinochet option"
Far-right billionaire-in-chief Trump and neocon war hawks John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, Elliott Abrams, and Marco Rubio have spent all their energy trying to overthrow Venezuela's elected government, but "socialist" @AOC instead blames Venezuela, while it is under brutal attack.
I have been here in Venezuela for over 2 weeks, and it has been impressive how democratic the country still is — despite non-stop foreign intervention, internal sabotage and violence from the opposition, and many threats of war from the US and right-wing puppets in Latin America.
It's not the Venezuelan government but rather the right-wing US-backed opposition that does not care about democracy, @AOC. The Chavismo movement is still very democratic, with thriving communes, local councils, and direct democracy in working-class barrios throughout the country
I went to several opposition protests in rich neighborhoods here in Caracas, and I almost never saw cops, let alone supposed violent "state repression."
I see way more cops walking down the sidewalk in NYC.
Incarceration Nation USA is much more of a police state than Venezuela.
I see way more cops walking down the sidewalk in NYC.
Incarceration Nation USA is much more of a police state than Venezuela.
I was at an opposition protest in a rich neighborhood in Caracas 2 days ago and right-wing coup-mongering leader María Corina Machado — who is publicly calling for a military coup and for the US to overthrow her elected government — walked around freely. I didn't see a single cop 
Imagine if an opposition politician in the US openly conspired with a foreign superpower to carry out a military coup to overthrow their elected government
In the US, that politician would be imprisoned, maybe hanged
In Venezuela, they walk around freely
In the US, that politician would be imprisoned, maybe hanged
In Venezuela, they walk around freely
