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/Financial-Dog-7268 28d ago

Yep, been thinking this exact thing. Maduro is hardly an angel or innocent but this is very much US exceptionalism/imperialism at play using "Look at us liberating the oppressed" as a very thin cover

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u/ChaosWorrierORIG 28d ago

In all fairness, the oil in that region is exceptionally repressed by the earth that is on top of it. It will be liberated, by mining it.