Reply To: Venezuela
To Marcos earlier question about who are the Venezuelan people everybody keeps referring to, this article reveals the biased application of the term.
‘…This continues a longstanding media policy of treating “the Venezuelan people” as a term that exclusively means “anyone who agrees with US policy.”… ‘
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/01/venezuelan-people-are-whoever-agrees-donald-trump
“President Maduro is unpopular, with approval ratings consistently below 30 per cent. Yet 31 per cent of the entire electorate voted for him in 2018, a higher percentage than Trump or Obama received in 2016 and 2012, respectively…Venezuela certainly does need radical change, but erasing the voices and even existence of the people, as the media has done, will only hinder public understanding of the issue and hamper reconciliation.”