Moreno's worse attacks on human rights & democracy (expelling #Assange, banning political parties, jailing & exiling political opponents etc..) stem largely from Moreno's stacking the judiciary & other control authorities to the liking of Ecuador's traditional power brokers
Of course @JMVivancoHRW of @hrw was a HUGE FAN of Moreno stacking the authorities so that all of that was possible. Below is Vivanco literally embracing one of Moreno's key henchmen, the now deceased Cesar Trujillo
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“By 2004, 579 Cubans were responsible for the health care of 75 per cent of
the Haitian population”
@HelenYaffe in her book “We are Cuba!”
A must read
“In 2017, Cuban medics were in 62 countries; in 27 of those (44 per cent)
the host government paid nothing, the remaining 35 paid according to a sliding
scale.118 For some countrie”
“President Obama did not end the Medical Parole Programme
until his fi nal days in offi ce in January 2017.”
Just like Biden keeping Cuba on the state sponsors of terrorism list until just before the handover to Trump.
Delcy has surrendered to the Nazis in Washington. The U.S. has its foot on the throat of her government which is flat on its back. This enraging spectacle is imo largely the fault of China & Russia, but also of course the cowardice of regional governments like Brazil and Mexico.
To be fair, without China (also Russia and Iran) Vzla under Maduro could not have defeated the murderous sanctions that Trumo/Biden put in place. That’s what forced Trump to escalate from lethal sanctions to the bombing of Caracas & kidnapping of Maduro.
But China & Russia have also made clear they were never going to make US military aggression against Vzla a red line like the USSR made a U.S. invasion of Cuba in the 1960s and 70s.
This guy cites Nazi propaganda from 1944 to deny how deeply enamoured the U.S. establishment was with Hitler before the war and even during the early years of WWI.
Let’s review some facts.
This flattering account of what Hitler was doing in Germany was published in the @nytimes . It was a review of Mein Kampf that was dismayed by Hitler’s Jew hatred but clearly would otherwise have loved the guy.
Please don’t take false comfort from polls showing that potential US military strikes on Venezuela are unpopular. Why do I say that? Is US public opinion irrelevant because the USA is a dictatorship?
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Yes the U.S.A is a dictatorship but that doesn’t mean public opinion is completely irrelevant. However the U.S. has shifted to being less interested in “manufacturing consent” for its crimes (agreement with them) and much more about manufacturing fear of opposing them.
But the other thing is that the U.S. wall to wall acceptance - probably even in the public- for the lie that Maduro is a dictator who we should be happy to see Venezuelans overthrow. That dramatically reduces the political costs of military strikes even if they aren’t popular.
President Maduro Press conference happening right now in Caracas #Venezuela. I will comment on it on this thread
Going over history of Venezuela and noting that there is debate about whether Venezuela’s name has European on indigenous roots
Says there are still those with a Hitlerite supremacist agenda on Venezuela like in previous centuries and reminds people that the Catholic Church centuries ago contributed to genocidal supremacy
“Leftists are too academic and can’t talk to working people” is a sentiment I have zero patience for, and often a sign somebody wants to rationalize pandering to racists.
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It is not just that I’ve never had any problem myself talking to or having personal friendships with people who have little formal education. I’ve never even known anybody whose education was a barrier to them having relationships with people who have little formal education.
The people I’ve known who have a hard time making friends or sustaining relationships generally can’t get along with people regardless of their educational background.