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GreenWave

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1. let me point out something jingoist in the above piece:
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:02 PM
Friday
America is leaving the regime, now headed by Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, in power
This means the Colossus decides who. But calling the colossus "America" is to obfuscate the reader. America is outside of Gringolandia, a term most people in North and South America use for the hemisphere. Ironically the official name of Venezuela is los Estados Unidos de Venezuela. (United States of Venezuela)

I have seen elsewhere
Former President Maduro by the media 2 days after the kidnapping. (Must be cocksure Trump has those drug boats unblown up???)
illicit oil trading So Venezuela must cater to the USA. Gee maybe the tyrant is much more so in Gringolandia,.

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