#VENEZUELA

[nerdy-arty]

Venezuelan Miku!!

[sibirsibir]

Human Figures in the Cave Paintings of Southern Venezuela.

Credit: John Greer and Mavis Greer.⁣

[phereinnike]

I know this is the performative activism website but it’s actually horrible to see a bunch of north americans clapping for a murderous dictator just because he SAYS he is leftist. Dictators don’t deal in left or right. Both his hands are covered in blood.

Let’s listen to the people of Venezuela, MILLIONS who had to go into exile, millions who saw their families die of hunger or lack of medical resources when they live in one of the richest countries in the world in natural resources, about how life under a dictatorial regime actually is and stop projecting our local political realities over the enormous suffering of people who are asking for your help.

[galactic-rhea]

I feel is my responsability to share this. As a "little" huh heads up.

Most of us are recurring to VPNs and the like, and it's true people are disappearing. On top of that, there have been instances of usamericans literally tagging venezuelan authorities when they see a venezuelan trying to share info about the protests and the situation. I wish i was lying.

Anyways, I just feel the need to share awareness somehow.

Update: Twitter and other webpages have been blocked and can only be accessed with VPNs. There's even more concerns about people arrested being taken to El Helicoide. If people really doubt venezuelans, I'm begging you to do your own research about El Helicoide and La Tumba (If you aren't sensitive)

[r0entgen]

Another interesting discourse I've seen in communist circles across different platforms after the elections:

I've been seeing multiple people ask Venezuelans WHY they speak "perfect" English if they're Venezuelan, only to then accuse them of being CIA bots.

First off... we wouldn't have had to learn English if you hadn't made English a lingua franca. English is, in fact, compulsory in many schools here.

Second, we wouldn't be speaking to you in English if you hadn't made sure that certain spaces and content on the internet could only be accessed by speaking English. Go figure where most of us learned slang.

Third, we wouldn't be posting and interacting in "perfect" English if you didn't make fun of us when we make grammar mistakes, or outright asked us to speak in your language. Until today I still double check with translators before even posting something.

I think it's your turn to start using translators.

[skypperlegacy]

Help for Venezuela. REBLOG PLEASE.

Help me spread the word about what is happening in my country.I don't want to cry anymore thinking about what is going to happen to my family, or my friends. Many in my generation have committed suicide due to the desperation of the current crisis, others have left their university careers to go to work at an early age for a starvation wage. Please, I just want to stop suffering, I don't want to cry anymore, I just want a normal adolescence for all young people. My people need FREEDOM.

[enriquemzn262]

Fun fact: Ever since the Disney movie Encanto came out, the war of the arepa between Colombia and Venezuela, which for years was a cold conflict usually restricted to border crossings, has flared up and continues to do so to this day, which fights between people from countries lighting up on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok whenever someone posts about cooking/eating an arepa.

As both countries use to be one, inhabited by roughly the same indigenous groups, the arepa originated in the area through them, and ever since both countries split, each has claimed to be the creator of this delicious dish, with no clear end to the fighting.

So, as a Colombian with a Venezuelan fiancé: It’s Colombian lmao.

[caffeine-clouds]

EYES ON VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA NEEDS YOUR HELP. READ. REBLOG. EDUCATE. HELP. A lot of things are happening in the world right now. But one thing I don't see receiving enough attention right now is the situation in Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro has just won the Venezuelan election with 51.21% of votes compared with 44.2% going towards his rival Edmundo González Urrutia. Except THIS IS NOT THE CASE. Undeniable election fraud has taken place - anyone within Venezuela knows that Maduro is a ruthless dictator and he was an extremely unpopular candidate. Maduro's victory does not reflect the will of Venezuelan voters. Venezuelan people are getting kidnapped and killed by the military on the streets. And this is just the beginning of Maduro's rule. I am not from Venezuela, but read the messages of friends that are as the situation unfolded.

Venezuela are on the brink of civil war, being cut off from the world, and are being killed on the streets. One of the people you just read messages from urged me to send this message:

WHAT YOU CAN DO: - Spread the word. Educate others. Reblog this post. Do research. If anyone can provide additional context and stories, please share. Talk about this on any social media platform you have. I am primarily a Sonic fandom account - I urge that if anyone with a sizeable following in this fandom reads this post, that they please share this in front of their followers. Please ensure this post spreads through the fandom ecosystems. Below is a link to a Twitter post that has artists in the replies that are from Venezuela, if you wish to give any of them financial support:

Thank you.

[stavrosskundromichalis]

A couple of Tachiraptor admirabilis looking for a snack in Venezuela during the Early Jurassic

[gaviymarcsbride]

Y’all I genuinely urge you to stay up to date with world politics.

In my country, Venezuela, elections have just been held and the blatant disrespect that the so called government have for their people is astonishing.

How can they claim that Nicolas Maduro, one of the most hated dictators of our time, won 51%/5+ million votes?

How is it possible that he won when the voting panels have been updating every hour how Edmundo Gonzalez (the opposing candidate) has been winning by TRIPLE the vote?

How is it possible that most of the 7.3 million Venezuelan immigrants can’t vote and have no say in what goes on the country that gave them life?

How is it possible that Venezuelans have to fear for their life in voting stations because the military are set there to prevent them from voting?

How is it possible that the pig that’s called president is currently celebrating his “well-earned” victory?

Countries like Chile and Peru are already making statements that they will not recognize the results given by the CNE (the Venezuelan electoral system)

FREAKING ELON MUSK IS MAKING TWEETS REGARDING THE SITUATION

I think it’s sickening how all people can do is talk about it and not do a single thing about it, especially because as a society we try to condemn any harm to human rights just like how we did Russia, who by the way, is one of the dictatorships biggest supporters.

VENEZUELA HAS BEEN FACING AN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS!!!!

People have been facing literal hell since the late 90s and people in power DO. NOT. CARE.

Educate yourself, educate others, and most importantly TALK ABOUT IT, because I’m certain we’re not the first or the last country to go through this.

This is as much as I’ll say.

I hope they all rot in hell.

🇻🇪

[ms-lirio]

shut up, gringo

Look, my mental health is not good right now, but I decided using my blog to express my honest opinion.

I saw a post on Twitter (X) of gringos making fun of Venezuela's crisis here on this goddamn social media named tumblr. I got nauseas after reading these comments.

I will try my best to stay calm and don't curse you all who are talking shit.

You guys knows NOTHING about Venezuela. You guys make no idea of the humanitarian crisis Venezuela have been through for years. You guys do not share borders with Venezuela. You guys do not know their suffering, their pain! I am Brazilian, and I know what the fuck I am talking about.

So, shut your fucking mouth up!

Don't mock a legit fight for LIBERTY, Venezuela have been dealing with a FUCKING dictatorship for years. I am not tolerating people making fun or belittling Venezuela's situation. There are deaths. There is blood!

If you took your time to study before saying stupid trash on internet, you wouldn't make fun of our neighbor's legitimate fighting for freedom, bugger.

VENEZUELA LIBRE 🇻🇪

[itwaslegendary]

Since I’m not seeing many posts about what’s happening in Venezuela, I will make one myself. Please do not turn a blind eye to their ongoing crisis.

First I will put you into context, please note that all this information is taken from posts, threads and statements made by Venezuelans so I will hyperlink each one of my sources.

From 2002 to 2013, Hugo Chávez was the president of Venezuela. Not only did he ruin the country’s economy, imprison people and remove liberty of speech in the country, but he also changed the constitution, allowing unlimited reelection. His regime became a dictatorship disguised as a democracy. Here’s an entire page about this period. (And you can read more searching “chavismo”)

After his death in 2013, Nicolás Maduro took the presidency. Venezuelans started protesting and, as a response, they were repressed and killed, universities were burned down and Venezuela became massively poor, people lacked basic needs (supermarkets were empty, increasing famine and malnutrition), hospitals lacked resources and, consequently, illnesses spread and infant mortality rates increased severely.

This Sunday, July 28th, 2024, elections were held and Venezuelans voted for Edmundo González to be the next president of the country. Exit polls expected him to win the elections.

Later, the revealed results were that Maduro had won with the 51,2% votes, while Edmundo González had only 44,2%. But, as of right now, already 75% of the electoral records confirm that Edmundo González was, in fact, the chosen candidate, meaning that Maduro once again cheated on the elections. This is electoral fraud. This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship.

Now, Venezuelans are protesting and the government are once again repressing them. Civilians are being persecuted, attacked and killed. Innocent people are being arrested. The government is cutting their communication and are planning on cutting the electricity next.

I urge you to check this thread on Twitter by @/postmortemria. Her account is full of information about Venezuela and their crisis, please check her posts and share them to spread the voice. Try to raise Venezuelans’ voices and donate to them if you can.

At the moment, there aren’t many ways to help other than speaking up, but under this tweet you can find many talented artists and commissions are their way to make some money to pay for basic human needs. If you can, think about commissioning a piece or donating to them.

In addition, here’s another tweet with information to donate to the people affected in the protests. They’re in desperate need of assistance so anything can help.

[troythecatfish]

Murder, kidnappings, and corruption.

These are just some of the best known crimes of anti-communist Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori, who has just died. A few months ago he had claimed he would run for president again.

[manessha545]

Cayo de Agua, Venezuela: Cayo de Agua (Water Key) is the name of an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea that geographically belongs to the Los Roques Archipelago and is administratively organized as part of the Federal Dependencies, Venezuela, in addition to being part of the National Park of the same name and the Miranda Island Territory, the name of this key has its origin in the fact that it has freshwater wells within it. Wikipedia