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SARose

(1,831 posts)
5. Well done!
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 11:05 AM
Oct 2025

I’m not sure how South American countries will react should Trump bomb Venezuela or for that matter assassinate Maduro.

If Milei loses

Yet for all the international praise, this is just one side of the story. On the streets there have been heated protests over Milei's reforms, with police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and a water cannon during clashes.

"He said in his campaign that this adjustment would be paid for by 'la casta' – the wealthy, the politicians, the evil businessmen," says Mercedes D'Alessandro, a left-wing economist and senate candidate.
But, she argues, the result was less money for pensioners and hospitals. "The adjustment in the end was directed at the working classes, not the caste."


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Chavez won by promising land reform for the masses. He did that. He also brought in Cuban doctors for regional clinics. Maduro, on the other hand, has literally starved his people.

Trump is transactional in his dealings with people. Giving away the farm to energy CEOs and hedge fund managers just might get his companies out of their credit squeeze. Dunno but I believe Trump never does anything that doesn’t benefit him.

Thanks for your insight!

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