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markodochartaigh

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8. "They will want to govern themselves and will oust the Paper Tiger foreigner."
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 05:47 PM
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I doubt this. Venezuela has a long history of domination by authoritarian US puppets. Certainly the Trump regime exceeds the incompetence, stupidity, arrogance, and corruption of Bush II's "nation building" in Iraq. And I think that these qualities will only help when reich-wing Venezuelan expats begin to return to take over the government. I think Haiti or El Salvador style society is what awaits Venezuela, with an opposition to weak for meaningful opposition. If I were a businessman looking for a get rich quick scheme I would buy an evangelical church in Venezuela.

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