Really loving the usual suspects coming in here to immediately play apologist. Fuck Maduro.
You have to admit it's pretty interesting that OP went with a Voice of America source.
It's also pretty interesting that I've never seen VOA being posted until the election season decided to really kick off.
It’s also pretty interesting that I’ve never seen VOA being posted until the election season decided to really kick off.
Then you haven't been paying attention.
I pay entirely too much attention to Lemmy.
Not enough, then, unless you count the entire time from the exodus 'til now as being part of the election season. Which, while not incorrect, would not be particularly useful for identifying trends in sources.
You're right. "Never" was a strong choice. "Rarely and definitely not daily in trending."
I remember seeing it often enough that there were frequent quarrels over the source in the comments that I was usually involved in.
Can't speak for other situations but as spanish I must clarify that the reasons why the Spanish PP party "observers" were kicked out is because they lacked the proper VISA to be officially electoral observers and the proper invitation to act as such from the electoral authorities from Venezuela, which more than 1000 observers from the whole electoral field (some of them far right BTW) managed to get, because they followed the proper bureaucracy to get them. They traveled on a tourist VISA and when they got rejected they claimed in social media as if they were almost being kidnapped by Venezuelan authorities. An embarrassment for my country is what they are...
Comrade, you're posting this link to every story about this, but ever since Chavez the elections have been rigged. Sometimes socialists think their agenda is so important that no one else should be able to come to power.
This article explains how your opinion has been rigged
Here's the leading paper of record in Colombia. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
Had to translate from Spanish but to be honest I don’t know enough about current politics in Columbia to comment, or the reliability of this news site, but thanks for posting this article
Well, you do know the reliability because I just told you it's the paper of record in Colombia, and that's easy enough to verify with a quick web search. Colombia has a leftist government, and the people generally express a strong kinship with Venezuela.
The article is about the dozens of arbitrary arrests and election persecution cases alleged since this morning.
It’s lost in translation, paper of my ass is not very far off
Edit: my ass has many shitty papers if you need time to read them
Voice of America? Nobody asked for my opinion.
It's "Voice of America", not "Voice of TokenBoomer", so I don't see an issue.
Also, it's called that because it's the official mouthpiece of the United States Government.
... I don't see an issue. Also, it's called that because it's the official mouthpiece of the United States Government.
Lol
I can't tell if you're actually joking about election interference, or if you have some bizarre critique of the source
The intent of the 1948 legislation was to protect the American public from propaganda by its own government and to avoid any competition with private American companies. Smith-Mundt Act
The article is from the AFP wire. It says there right at the top if you just click on the link posted. Hope this helps.
Yes, I'd like to hear from less USA/Western (USA bootlickers)-centric sources, myself. If this is true, winning by cheating isn't a win, and may prove to have unfortunate consequences. Of course, socialist or Communist winning anything may also have unfortunate consequences, especially when we (USA) send in the jackals.
It's from the AFP newswire.
It's difficult to imagine a more credible source.
Yes, the French are well-known for being "USA bootlickers."
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