Since the US operation in Venezuela, I haven’t seen a whole lot of media about what’s happening in the absence of Maduro. Every once in a while, an article pops up, which I have to assume is the one we are meant to see here in the US. I’d be very interested to know what is actually going on there now.

Are there any reliable news sources for the current state of Venezuela?

  • NONE@lemmy.world
    502·
    1 day ago

    I am in Venezuela. From what i see and my mother, who is more aware of these things, has explained me, in short:

    • The hydrocarbons law was reformed to basically give foreign companies that want to invest in our oil almost all the power they need. They are practically the owners of the land where they will drill.
    • An amnesty law has freed almost all political prisoners.
      • In relation to this, many of the prisoners who were in the Helicoide, Chavismo’s so-called “torture center,” denied having suffered any torture. Not on TV, but on their personal TikToks.
    • It is said that the CIA conducted an investigation to corroborate the claims that the disgraced opposition leader, Marina Corina Machado, and the opposition were making about the Chavista regime and the state of Venezuela in general. All or the vast majority of these claims turned out to be lies or exaggerations.
    • Attorney General Tarek William Saab resigned. But in reality, he was only moved to a different position, becoming Ombudsman. The new Attorney General is a man named Larry Devoe. It is not yet known where the former Ombudsman, Alfredo Ruiz, has been reassigned.

    That’s pretty much it. As for sources, I can’t recommend any in English, as the vast majority exaggerate or distort the narrative according to an agenda (whether for or against the United States). All mine are regional and in Spanish. The closest would be RT, but it has a very bad reputation (and rightly so).

    In reality, everything remains the same at the citizen level. The same people are still in charge, and the dollar continues to rise. The only difference is that Venezuelan oil may be sold to Israel by the US, while we will continue to eat shit with the Chavistas.

    Change so that nothing changes.

  • Gork@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    2 days ago

    I haven’t heard much, but I’m also in a similar position as you are here in the US.

    The media has the attention span of a guppy, so right now it’s all about Iran.

    • Pherenike@lemmy.ml
      12·
      2 days ago

      That thing you call attention span is actually absolutely intentional propaganda dosing.