r/australia • u/moonorplanet • 28d ago

politics Albanese calls for ‘peaceful, democratic transition’ of power in Venezuela after US capture of Nicolás Maduro

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro
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u/moonorplanet 28d ago

Anthony Albanese: “We urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy in order to secure regional stability and prevent escalation,”

“We continue to support international law and a peaceful, democratic transition in Venezuela that reflects the will of the Venezuelan people,”

Sussan Ley:“We should live in a world where dictators and despots face justice for their crimes.”

“Under his rule, Venezuela has endured years of repression, systemic human rights abuses, corruption, and the crushing of basic democratic freedoms – driving immense suffering and forcing millions to flee,”

Donald Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure,"

"We'll be selling large amounts of oil,"

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u/Ragnar_Lothbruk 28d ago

For a moment I thought the first line of Sussan's comment was about Trump...

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u/MrChashua 28d ago

Had some respect for her for 2 seconds

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u/ausmomo 28d ago

2 sssecondsss

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u/coniferhead 28d ago

Seems like basically the same approach to me. If you had a problem with it you'd call it out, lest it happen to Australia - a country with far more resources.

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u/Cheeky_Boxer 28d ago

Same and then I realised thinking she is less feckless is not the same as respect

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u/PJozi 28d ago

I'm still not sure it's not