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A Debate on Maduro: Two Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention But Differ on Steps Ahead
I was in Venezuela lastMay for the re-election of presidentMaduro there was actually an election hewas not a dictator nine million peoplevoted Maduro received six million votesthere were more than 150 internationalelection observers and they unanimouslycame out and said that had metinternational standards for democracythere was no fraud and Maduro waslegitimately elected and comparing thatto who i do’grideau won second place in the NationalAssembly election 24% of the vote in thesecond smallest state with a tinypolitical party he got in because thetop to get in and so got in because thetop two winners the top two in the therace get into the legislature so he gotin barely got into the legislature froma tiny state with a tiny party and thenhe was elevated by Trump Trump and penceto be the president he he was unknownalmost well the night but it was aprocess actually that began in Januaryat the OAS they had multiple meetings totry to resolve this Leopoldo Lopez wason from video conference they’ve beenworking on this for the early this thatlong then finally they decided on onGuido as their guy and the night beforethat grideau self appointed MichaelPence called him said we’re behind youif you do it the as soon as Mike as soonas a Guido announced Trump immediatelyendorsed him got the right-winggovernments in Latin America and theWestern European countries to do it tojoin them why because the example of anindependent Venezuela is a powerfulexample that they don’t want to see