Dear reader,
Our country’s politics have been heavily dominated by men for ages. It’s quite poetic that in this moment, perhaps the most interesting political moment of our contemporary history, suddenly the space is devoid of men and women hold the three key leadership positions in this insane plot.
Maria Corina Machado has been leading the opposition with an iron grip, fighting foes from all sides, for almost three years now. She’s perhaps the most interesting political competitor since Hugo C.
Delcy Rodríguez is a cunning political player that rose from the PSUV basement Chávez put her in to become an indispensable executor of power in the Maduro dictatorship. Now she’s the local counterpart to Trump’s corporate takeover of Venezuela.
Dinorah Figuera, who leads the remaining structure of the 2015 National Assembly, is the Trump administration’s proxy in the talks that are to take place starting August 1st.
However interesting the moment for the matria, now Venezuela is subjected to the US patriarchy and Marco Rubio’s three step plan. We’re heading into a negotiation in which the United States controls (to a degree) the two negotiating parties and has sidelined the only independent player. T2 says that Venezuelans may not be ready for an election yet, but the truth is that Venezuelans are pasados de Maduro desde hace rato.
We’re likely to have an interesting PRR this week, so it’s a great moment to upgrade.
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On Tuesday, July 28, Venezuela's government summoned Iran's ambassador in Caracas, Ali Chegini, to hand him a formal diplomatic protest note. The trigger was a remark by Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, made in the context of Iran-U.S. tensions. Araghchi reportedly said something to the effect of: "This is not Venezuela, where they take one person and everyone else gets scared and backs down" — an apparent reference to how Iran's foreign minister "recently said Iran is 'not Venezuela,' in apparent reference to the operation with which the United States overthrew President Nicolás Maduro within hours and installed the caretaker government on its side."
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