CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states.
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Venezuela’s government, in the statement, called on its supporters to take to the streets.
“People to the streets!” the statement said. “The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack.”
The statement added that President Nicolás Maduro had “ordered all national defense plans to be implemented” and declared “a state of external disturbance.” That state of emergency gives him the power to suspend people’s rights and expand the role of the armed forces.
I wish America finally got a woman as president. Broader female representation in government and leadership lead to better outcomes globally, would make the world a better place.
Two words: “Margaret Thatcher”
The idea that a woman president is bound to be better just because of being a female is ridiculous.
von der Leyen, Merkel, Corina Machado, Taylor Greene…
I knew someone would say this lmao 😂 and you’re right yeah
Im actually not sure a woman would do better. You would need a person of integrity and honor to be a really good president, and a woman who makes it to president is not going to have that either. The system doesnt let them get there.
They could hardly do much worse. Sure it may not usher in a utopia but the bar is currently several feet below floor level and still dropping.
A fucking rock would be better.
Or just leaving the post unoccupied.
A good woman would be better, but so would a good man. It’s the “good” (person) part that guarantees it would better, not the gender.
Haha you got a point there. :)
That sounds like a non sequitur.
I am Italian and we got a fascist as first female premier, so I really could have agreed with you, but sorry you missed the point.
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While I wholeheartly agree with OP and believe Harris would have taken a different course than the self proclaimed zionist Biden and would’ve given voices like Mamdani, Omar, Sanders and AOC much more weight and I’m convinced that women have a much better potential to fundamentally change the world for good (there are micro loan programs only catered to women because they are so much more trustworthy), it’s still a women named Marina Corina Machado who cheers for this and wants to sell out Venezuela to the US. And other women who I deeply trusted to do the right thing fail miserably all the sudden:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5ba3zjugf4kis434frdolgr3/post/3mbjb57n5uc2y
My favorite poster on Mastodon regarding the “Both Sides Bad” discussion always has excellent takes on topic of non- and protest-voting.
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/115830646002048908
Multiple people in his vicinity including me tried to convince US citizens on Mastodon to vote for Harris to no avail. Some of them didn’t even know about the Heritage Foundation and their plans and if they knew they said it wasn’t in line with Trumps agenda.
Yeah, it’s really hard to talk up our candidate’s anti-war bonafides after throwing anti-war protesters out of our convention and having her hit the campaign trail with the Cheneys