THREAD:
What a lot of Western media has always tried very hard not to let people see is that Venezuela was problematic because it worked in the wrong direction.
ChΓ‘vez didn't just win elections.
He broke the colonial economic model. 1/
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THREAD:
What a lot of Western media has always tried very hard not to let people see is that Venezuela was problematic because it worked in the wrong direction.
ChΓ‘vez didn't just win elections.
He broke the colonial economic model. 1/
Not "defending democracy."
Not "helping Venezuelans."
But preventing a model of independence from surviving long enough to inspire others.
"A good example is the real threat."
The part of history most people were never shown. END OF THREAD.
Before 1999 Venezuela had:
β’ IMF-controlled budgets
β’ foreign-dominated oil revenues
β’ mass poverty alongside extreme elite wealth
β’ US-approved "democracy" that functioned as an extraction machine
ChΓ‘vez redirected oil wealth into healthcare, food, housing, literacy and local councils 2/
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