#Fuck Nicolás Maduro

[vroomvroomthings]

How things are going today in my country.

For context: that's a statue of Hugo Chávez, late Venezuelan president, known for spitting the word socialism like it was running out of style.

Yesterday the Venezuelan dicatorship committed blatant electoral fraud and today there are displays like this basically everywhere. Keep us in your prayers, y'all. And FUCK NICOLÁS MADURO.

[sprites4ever]

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“Evil US imperialists steal Democratic Dictator for Life Maduro’s plane which he bought from the US while violating that country's laws with the purchase!! Maduro has a right to buy himself a plane from 13 Million Venezuelan tax dollars, and that is somehow the reason why it's the US’ fault that the Venezuelan economy is fucked! Also, THIS IS CONNECTED TO ISRAEL SOMEHOW!!”

[luesmainblog]

by saying that being against israel(as a nation/government/military) is antisemetic, inherently, you are equating Israel to Judaism; to hate one is to hate the other. by saying that, you are saying some fucked up shit about judaism. last i checked, the average jew is not in favor of bombing children, destroying hospitals, humiliating women, raping prisoners, despising arabs, stopping humanitarian workers or forcing people out of their homes. last i checked, jewish teachings call for one to respect and honor the holy land, not bathe it in blood and destroy the olives that spring upwards. last i checked there is NOTHING about treating your fellow man like cockroaches that need the world's supply of raid.

but israel's all for that shit. the government leaders are actively pushing it, the military are making tiktoks PROUDLY showing off the horrific shit they're doing, this is undeniable. they are NOT equal, and there is NOTHING antisemitic about having a problem with a country committing evil. you might as well be saying it's Anti-Venezuelan to hate Nicolás Maduro, or Anti-American to hate MAGA. even suggesting such is saying some very, very awful things about the neutral group.

or hey, maybe you can't think of ANY possible reason to hate israel EXCEPT hating jews! in which case.... you're just. Okay with all of that other shit, and don't get why everyone else is so very very upset. which is its own form of awful. edit: this is absolutely NOT to say that you Can't Possibly Be Antisemetic in the pro-palestine movement. some of y'all DO use it as an excuse to hate jews, and it's fucking disgusting.

[sylvia-on-the-run]

They fucking debunced the jimmy carter website in the supreme court

[fantasma-de-la-cueva]

Me gusta ser pesada y me gusta darle a la jodienda, así que para hacerle acuerdo al fandom de tumblr de inazuma eleven diré una cosita: Recuerden que Axel, en su faceta de Alex Zabel y siendo canónicamente un jodido monstruo se comportó como un verdadero caballero en muchos momentos, pues ayudó como pudo a mucha gente, impidió que los institutos cerrasen y se mostró muy descontento con la gran cantidad de cosas que vió e hizo en el Sector Quinto.

Por qué digo esto? Porque me parece irónico, por más ficción que sea, que el tipo que formó parte de una verdadera dictadura del fútbol en la que desapareció y murió gente tenga incluso más piedad y honor que el mamawebo hijoeputa de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela.

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Eng translation: I like to annoy and fuck around people, so for the inazuma eleven fandom in tumblr: remember that Gouenji, on his Ishido Shuuji persona and even when he canonically acted like a fucking monster he was still a true gentleman in many moments; this is because he helped as much as he could to many people, prevented schools from shutting down and he was disgusted by the stuff he did and watched while inside Fifth Sector.

Why I am saying this? Because for me is ironic, even if its fiction, that the guy that was part in a true soccer dictatorship in which people disapeared or died was still more compassionate and had more honor than the son of a bitch called Nicolás Maduro on Venezuela

[el-amor-que-perdimos]

hiii it's meee :)

i go by al on here because it's close to my real name

i like oversharing so

i'm pan? questioning i guess

I speak french/english/spanish

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marauders era, occasionally lightning era

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and anything else probably has the fandom tagged :)

fuck jkr, racists, sexists, transphobes, homophobes, terfs, trump, nicolás maduro and the rassemblement national (you'll notice some overlapping)

anyways here's my current theme song

[mariacallous]

Honestly I know it’s a bs “gotcha!” By the GOP but like the best reaction is to say “jeez yeah Stalin was a fucking monster” so like who are these 80 democrats who won’t cop to that come on guys don’t score the GOP points for them

Especially because it's a nonbinding resolution - it's not a piece of legislation implementing any policy. It has no legal status. It's meaningless, ultimately.

The resolution overwhelmingly cleared the chamber in a 328-86-14 vote. The majority of Democrats — 109 of them — voted with all Republicans for the resolution, while 86 voted against it and 14 voted “present.”

The measure, which runs three pages, says “socialist ideology necessitates a concentration of power that has time and time again collapsed into Communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and brutal dictatorships.”

It argues that “many of the greatest crimes in history were committed by socialist ideologues” — mentioning Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Daniel Ortega, Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro — and it lists atrocities committed under socialist regimes.

“Congress denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States of America,” the resolution reads.

When introducing the measure, the office of Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) — a sponsor of the resolution — said passing it “would make a bold statement that the People’s House unequivocally denounces this cruel and unjust ideology.”

“It would also ensure the United States commits to never begin or normalize the implementation of socialist policies that inevitably lead to economic ruin and political authoritarianism,” Salazar’s office added in a statement.

Several Democrats who voted against the resolution expressed concerns regarding the future of Social Security and Medicare. They noted that Republicans on the Rules Committee rejected an amendment proposed by Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) which sought to clarify that opposition to the implementation of socialist policies in the U.S. does not include federal programs like Medicare and Social Security.

Republicans are pushing for spending cuts to be linked to a debt ceiling increase and some have floated cuts to entitlement programs. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), however, has said cuts to the two federal programs are “off the table.”

“Here’s what this is really about: More and more members on the other side of the aisle are calling for cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and many have referred to these programs as socialism throughout their existence,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said on the House floor during debate. “The other night in the Rules Committee, they showed their cards. Republicans refused an amendment to declare that Social Security and Medicare is not socialism.”

“This resolution is little about intelligent discourse and everything to do about laying the groundwork to cut Social Security and Medicare,” he added.

Additionally, some Democrats who voted against the measure have been described as democratic socialists. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) were all endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America in the 2022 cycle.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who supported the resolution, condemned socialist autocrats during a speech on the House floor before taking aim U.S. leaders who attack democratic elections and other American programs.

“I rise to condemn all socialist autocrats who place power and wealth over their own citizens. Yet this resolution ignores some of their worst evils, then falls silent while American leaders mimic their cruel tactics,” she said.

“Let’s condemn socialist abuses, yes, but leaders on this very floor seek to overturn democratic elections, confiscate long-held rights and gut programs our families, veterans and service members need,” she added.

Rep. Theresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), who voted “present,” denounced socialism on the House floor, but criticized House Republicans for spending time on that resolution and not other matters.

“i absolutely denounce the brutal and communist regimes of Castro, Maduro, Stalin and other dictators in the whereas clauses of this resolution. But sadly, instead of spending our precious moments in the People’s House expanding opportunity for hard-working Americans, supporting ranchers, farmers, and rural communities, lowering health care costs and strengthening Social Security and Medicare, we’re spending hours — actually days — in pure political theater,” she said.

[shield-dancer]

Hello, argentinian here. I've seen this post going around Tumblr and, while I despise Milei with all my being, I feel the need to speak up and clarify that this is an abhorrent exaggeration of our actual situation.

First off, the current government "wanting Argentina to be a colony" was something that Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela's ACTUAL DICTATOR) said when talking about Milei. I don't think a dictator has or should have any right to talk about such things. Second, the DNU does NOT revoke any constitutional rights. The main change in regards to protesting is that you have to get a permit for it, mainly for security measures regarding civillian safety, property protection and traffic disruption, which are the main complaints of every argentinian in CABA. It does not deny requests OR the right to protest, the Ministry of Security may only ask for a date or location change so that civillian and traffic safety is assured. This does NOT affect public gatherings that are not political in nature. Now, I don't know what OP means by "we will have to pay for the bullets that kill us" since our taxes have always paid for the federal police. The PFA is a state-funded body. This has always been the case, not just now. Third, the Omnibus Law does not affect protests, it affects the regulation of commerce, services and national industries while also nullifying restrictions on goods and services. OP only added it in for dramatic effect.

I cannot stress enough that I do not like Milei, I hate him. While some of the things he has done so far are questionable, this is not a dictatorship, by a long shot. Calling this a "Second Operation Cóndor" is a disgusting comparison, offensive to the people that have actually witnessed it first-hand and know what an actual dictatorship looks like. It desacrates the memory of those dead and missing for the sake of shock-value and sensationalism. I hate Milei but I hate misinformation more.

Where were these kinds of posts with Alberto Fernandez's horrible handling of the pandemic, which cost 130k lives? Where was this energy when he was having private parties while people couldn't even mourn their dead or say goodbye to their loved ones? Where were these posts when he made a VIP clinic to have every politician vaccinated with Pfizer and Moderna first while he gave the people a shitty vaccine that did nothing? Where were these posts when 40% of the Argentinian population was living under the poverty line and he did NOTHING about it? Where was this energy when Massa blew up our economy beyond recognition in a single year? NOWHERE, just like there were no strikes or protests against their government despite all the damage they did. The fact that these posts are popping up now, less than a month after a new president begins his mandate, BEGGING the world to see and literally fucking asking for UN intervention only shows a horrible bias on OP's behalf. This is not a cry for help, but a a horrible and foul attempt to decieve people into believing that anything other than a peronist president spells disaster for Argentina when reality has proven time and time again that peronism is a poison to this country. Shame on you.

If you're not from Argentina, please read this carefully

I have no words to describe the pain I feel. after 40 years of democracy, my country elected a party whose only goal is to be a colony once again, to sell the country to Elon Musk, to the USA and the UK, to have our sovereignty impugned and erased.

I remember the video of USAmerican congressists calling Argentina an "important asset for the United States". I remember when we told all of you to be vigilant because this was gonna turn into a genocide.

Tomorrow, the Mega DNU (Decree of Necessity and Urgency) is going to overrule most of our constitutional rights, and yesterday the Omnibus Law was presented to congress, including measures that make it illegal to gather in public without permission (state of siege), and make it so that protest is a crime. We will have to pay for the bullets that kill us, and cops will have absolute legal immunity to hunt us.

Word for word, a dictatorship. Fascism.

We've already gone through this many times, but I want to see worldwide protests about this. I want the UN to intervene. I want the world to make noise.

What worries me is this is not an isolated case. With many genocides going on worldwide, if the world fails Argentina, this will be the blueprint for all of the world.

Make no mistake, what happens here will happen everywhere there's natural resources and sovereignty. If not through overt genocide, through an extremely libertarian far right that wins elections by manipulating people, funded by Elon Musk. A second Operation Cóndor.

[gryficowa]

Information:

Hamas was founded in the 1980s, crimes in Gaza have been taking place since the 1940s

Israel killed its people using its policies, and then will convince the public that it was Hamas

Israelis mostly support their government (They proved it with their telegram posts)

Israel has used racial segregation for years

Israel uses mirror propaganda and homonationalism

Being pro-Palestine is not anti-Semitic, you know what is? Attacking Jews supporting Palestine for being strong and brave enough to say that Israel is the bad guy

Hamas did not have hospital tunnels, but the IDF had headquarters in hospitals that they bombed

The IDF kills Palestinian Jews because they are Palestinian

Israelis spit on the Christian minority in Palestine

Palestine, Iran, Yemen and Lebanon have the right to self-defense when Israel attacks them

Everything Israel has said about Hamas is a lie

Hamas did not behead 40 children, but Israel did it on Palestinian children, Hamas did not commit mass rapes, but the IDF military rapes Palestinian prisoners (Including children)

Israel burns Palestinians alive (This has already happened at humanitarian tents)

Saying Palestine and Israel are equally bad is like saying Nazis and Jews were equally bad (In short, that's a fucked up line of thinking)

No, many fundraisers are not scams, and are created by people abroad (Relatives, friends or random people), because many sites are not available in Gaza (Same in Sudan, Yemen…)

People from the IDF army dress up as Palestinian women they murdered in the houses they bombed and create tik toks out of this shit

No, Putin does not support Gaza, Putin pretends to support Gaza so that his propaganda that every Ukrainian is a Zionist is proof of why "Ukraine deserves what is happening"

Just like Putin, he is with Kim Jong Un and Nicolás Maduro, they also do not really support Gaza, but they do it in order to appear "good" in the eyes of people

Israel provided spy equipment to Bangladesh government (Yes, let's not forget that)

The attack on the WCK vehicle was not an accident, it was a special action to prevent aid from reaching Gaza (Israelis also blocked and attacked humanitarian aid, destroying food for the people of Gaza, in order to starve people to death so they could steal their Land and because they are disgusting Nazis)

UNRWA is not a fucking terrorist organization you zionist genocidal bitch

Israel has a history of stealing the children of Yemeni Jews and treating them as "Inferior"…

Zionists collaborated with the Nazis (Years before the Third Reich attacked Poland)

There's probably more to add, but still… I see that people still believe in propaganda that was debunked a long time ago and it sucks…

[superdaisypowerhour]

no Fucking way theres people caping for nicolás god damn maduro

[cptn10]

Nicolás Maduro is a fucking autoritarian and a piece of shit. Don't let his words about Gaza deceive you. He doesn't care about the people in his own country. This is just a way to get positive international attention.

[cumbunnywitch]

OK JUST TO START I'M NOT A LAWYER I'M JUST AN INTERNET PERSON WITH AN INTEREST IN PRIVACY.

Ok that's out of the way. I'm bad at reading big long things and this is a big, long, repetitive thing.

This appears to boil down to "Tiktok was collecting user data and giving it straight to the CCP/PRC." This is... a thing. Probably bad. The Chinese Communist Party doesn't care about user privacy, least of all foreign user privacy.

This appears to be aimed at sites that either scrape and sell user data to "foreign adversaries", listed in the bill and below or do shady social engineering shit. There's more as well, I'll list that after.

If you aren't a. one of the following, b. doing direct business with one of the following, or c. upper management of a company with ties to the following, you should be fine.

Those adversaries are:

(i) the People’s Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region;

(ii) the Republic of Cuba;

(iii) the Islamic Republic of Iran;

(iv) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;

(v) the Russian Federation; and

(vi) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro Moros.

The other potential issue is for sites run by these same foreign adversaries for the purpose of nefarious or illegal acts.

Things like social media sites, like Russia's VK, or whatever new ones pop up that look American and sound American that are actually there to radicalize Americans into domestic terrorism, undermine elections, create more hate groups.

What this boils down to:

In my unprofessional opinion, this bill is basically the political language of "Tiktok fucked us up and Russia tried to overthrow our democracy in 2012 and almost did it and again in 2016 and kinda succeeded" and now the Federal government is trying to appoint a government body (specifically the Department of Commerce and more specifically the Secretary of Commerce) to investigate and prevent or punish when it happens again.

This is not aimed at citizens. At least, not as far as I can tell, and at least not ones that aren't engaging in domestic terrorism and calls for violence (*cough* frump *cough*). This does not outlaw VPNs or Proxies or IP spoofing or encrypting your data in any other ways.

That doesn't mean it CANNOT be used against citizens. I've already emailed my senators(though they're both red and one of them is Josh 'I ran from the J6 rioters and now claim they were a peaceful gathering' Hawley). Call your elected officials. Ask them to make sure this law cannot be used against citizens. Ask them to write in amendments to make sure they protect the privacy we have as guaranteed by the 4th amendment. Call them and ask them to make sure they know exactly what they're signing into law.

This awful bill must be stopped!

A tracker of said bill:

[pteri]

Non-Venezuelans can’t even begin to grasp what it’s like to live in a situation where everything gets progressively worse each day – and there’s no hope for anything to get better.

And I get so mad because, despite that, they feel like talking over us every! single! time! Their sheer arrogance is astounding; they think that just because they read some online article they know shit. You don’t get to tell us how to feel about our experiences, not when you can easily distance yourself from the situation while we actually have to live through this.

If you’re not Venezuelan, please listen. Don’t mock or minimize us.

[liacchin]

So, yesterday Nocolás Maduro did a thing.

That thing was the worst economical announcement since probably 1983, with the expropriation announcements done by Chavez between 2005 and 2010 and that time CAP tried to do a paquetazo in 1989 as a close second. It’s the Red Friday, the day people understood that sometimes Idiocy and evilness as defined by Carlo Cipolla may be the same thing.

Copypasting everything Naky said, because, seriously, you in the anglosphere need to know.

A black hole is a finite region of space with such a high and dense mass concentration that it generates a gravitational field which no particle of matter, not even light, can escape. Nicolás’ economic announcements this Friday have the same effect on the economy, not even the most solid companies (few qualify as such) will be able to escape the debacle. Amidst a 5-year recession and rampant hyperinflation, Nicolás announced:

Dolar Today, redeemed from blame

A petro is worth an oil barrel and, according to Nicolás, that’s $60, equal to Bs.S 3,600, equal to Bs.F 360 million.

The official dollar price is now six million of the current bolivars, because the initial tethering base for one dollar is one petro, which is worth $60. In 1983, the year of the Black Friday, the bolivar-dollar exchange rate was depreciated by the government from Bs. 4.30 to 7.50; yesterday, the dollar officially went from Bs.F 240,000 to Bs.F 6,000,000. This represents a 2,400% depreciation: there has never been a larger depreciation of the bolivar in Venezuelan history.

“A single fluctuating exchange tethered to the petro” is established, and there will be “three weekly auctions” through DICOM. Nicolás acknowledges the black market dollar with the new parity which he decided to disguise with the petro. In any case, the fluctuating dollar market could even surpass the black market dollar. In other words: Nicolás stripped the bolivar off any value and dollarized the economy.

The largest depreciation

The new minimum wage will be equal to half a petro, or Bs.S 1,800 (currently, Bs.F 180 million). This represents a 3,500% increase on the current minimum wage. The effect on the prices of goods and services will be immediate, as well as in the amount of companies that will have to shut down, unable to take the costs, generating more unemployment in a sagging economy. A $30 minimum wage without lifting exchange controls and ending the issuance of monetary mass, will further ruin the economy.

The government will take care of the minimum wage gap for 90 days to help small and medium companies (Pymes) mitigate the change. Except Nicolás didn’t talk about default, nor explained what his financing sources are, amidst the collapse of oil production. In other words, without dollars, without organic money to assume such a cost.

More discouraging taxes

The VAT increased from 12% to 16% on all sumptuary goods. That 16% VAT will be paid by all of us when we purchase anything.

Nicolás resurrected the tax on large financial transactions: 133,000 special contributors will have to pay up to a 2% rate on those transactions. This new scheme is a hard blow for companies, which won’t create neither investment nor employment, quite the opposite.

There will be weekly VAT retentions.

The Income Tax (ISLR) was set between 0.5% and 2% a month, as down payment. Additionally, the ISLR will establish a 1% advance payment on daily sales.

The new price system is tethered to the petro, which means that prices are dollarized. Nicolás promised to announce the “Plan 50” next week, and seeks to use it to keep regulating prices and basic products.

Imposed populism

The government will pay a Bs.S 600 reconversion bonus (currently Bs.F 60 million) to 10 million families. This bonus alone represents six billion sovereign bolivars injected to the monetary mass: more hyperinflation right from the start, which will reduce the reconversion’s effect to less time than expected.

On Tuesday, August 21, he’ll send the tax laws “for economic recovery” to the ANC, as if the ANC had any authority to legislate.

The worst admission:

As he tried to explain his new “zero fiscal deficit” policy, Nicolás blatantly admitted that, so far, he’s been financing BCV’s fiscal deficit by adding monetary mass without support and issuing bonds. The problem is that this government’s fiscal deficit has accumulated for 12 years and, in the last five, the gap was savagely widened: the deficit’s size is equal to 20 Gross Domestic Product points, so the zero deficit would require raising some $16.2 billion, double the international reserves! Nicolás is responsible for hyperinflation and he said it calmly, picking his nose.

The unresolved concern

Nicolás didn’t announce the new price of gasoline, he just said it will increase and that the increase will be progressive starting on September 10, that he’ll implement it state by state, that he could start with Táchira and Zulia. They just have to adjust 8,000 gas pumps (a trifle) so they free up with the carnet de la patria, which opens the fuel black market from day one: there will be at least two prices for gas. The transport census’ figures have been so low that he extended the process until August 30.

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The worst forecasts for our economy in 2018 look moderate. This Friday, Nicolás announced a black hole that intensifies our economy’s destruction and does it amidst all the uncertainty for the reconversion, in these days of disconnection, the darkest bridge. There won’t be any big protests against the announcements, because most Venezuelans will find out what’s up in the days to come (for lack of mass media and even electricity), and while we begin assimilating what this all represents and agree on how to face it, days will pass. Nicolás will break the record of the highest inflation ever recorded in the history of the world. The worst is that most Venezuelans won’t be able to pay this monstrous adjustment: Nicolás’ irresponsibility will take even more lives, other black holes will be dug.

[that-spider-witch]

Here in Venezuela, the goverment is mining on ecosystems that were once protected, slowly destroying whole mountains and devastating the local fauna and flora. And nobody cares.

Now the Kusari Tepuy has been destroyed so some rich assholes could celebrate a fucking birthday party, and they are just walking scot-free.

I hate it here.

EDIT:

Adding this to the post proper because some of you are stupid and it makes my blood boil.

Not everything bad you hear about my country’s situation is “made up CIA propaganda”. Sure, a lot has been exaggerated about Nicolás Maduro’s goverment and his late predecessor, Hugo Chavéz. That’s true. That being said, there have been a lot of bad things too, the Arco Minero being one of them. That’s also true.

And the #TepuyParty? That was not Maduro. That was not something caused by our so-called “dictatorial regimen”. The ones who did that are just very, very wealthy people, most of which (if not all of them) are actually from the opposite political party. They have nothing to do with the Chavista political party, believe it or not.

So unless you are Venezuelan yourself and living in Venezuelan soil right here right now, you better shut up before you write something this stupid. 

In other words: Cállate gringo.

[txttletale]

read this article and then tell me that the future of socialism in venezuela rests on keeping nicolás fucking maduro in power

honestly it makes me angry how little faith people have in the venezuelan people to think that they need the increasingly corrupt shambling husk of the PSUV in government to continue the bolivarian revolution. like do you even know about the communes!