Roger Waters, the far-left British musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd, has called on Venezuelans to vote for socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro in a sham presidential election scheduled for Sunday.
Waters said, Anti-Semitism and support The jihadist terrorist organization Hamas has openly voiced support for Venezuela’s authoritarian socialist regime for many years. devote The song is dedicated to President Maduro and the ruling socialist party.
Most notably, Waters Opposed In 2019, the Maduro regime continued to block humanitarian aid to Venezuela, be criticized Foreign aid.
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Waters’ show of support for Venezuelan socialists came in the form of a video posted to social media on Thursday. Future plans In the sham presidential election on July 28, President Maduro will “compete” against a few handpicked “rivals,” including the only legitimate opposition candidate allowed to appear on the ballot, 74-year-old former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez.
In the nearly two-minute video, Waters calls Gonzalez “an old man” and a “puppet” of Maria Corina Machado, a former member of Congress and leader of Venezuela’s only mainstream center-right political party, Vente Venezuela. Despite being the leading opposition candidate, candidateThe socialist government banned Machado from voting or running for any public office in 1999. Waters also accused Gonzalez of being “a representative of the United States government.”
Waters said the socialist Maduro regime and the Bolivarian Revolution have led to the collapse of Venezuela, before calling on Venezuelans to “vote” for Maduro. worst He called the migration crisis in Latin America’s recent history “difficult” but “successful.”
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Bolivar, Chavez, Nicolas Maduromoving forward✊🏼🇻 pic.twitter.com/uFgKebM3ht— Roger Waters ✊ (@rogerwaters) July 25, 2024
“Now, the reason I’m sending this message today is to get you to vote for President Maduro in the elections on July 28th. Why? Because Venezuela belongs to you, the Venezuelan people, not to Chevron. Machado is making a deal with Chevron to take your country away,” Waters said.
“Yes, the needs of the people transcend borders, so I speak to you from a little further north: As a citizen, make sure you go out and vote on July 28,” he continued. “Do not sell Venezuela to the United States because of the Monroe Doctrine. For your sake, for the sake of the Venezuelan people, for the sake of my brothers and sisters, leave power for the people.”
In 2020, Waters publicly It is called Venezuelans will vote in this year’s fake elections Legislative Elections As a result, the Maduro regime has seized control of the National Assembly, the country’s last remaining democratically elected institution.
In 2019, Maduro presented Waters with a signed Quattro guitar to thank him for his profound and ongoing support.
I was very touched when I received a signed Venezuelan cuatro instrument from Mr. Nicolas Maduro at Pinewood Studios the other day. Thank you, President Maduro, for your kind gift and message. We will continue to support the people of Venezuela…
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— Roger Waters ✊ (@rogerwaters) June 15, 2019
Waters has met with senior officials in the Maduro administration in the past. encounter In 2019, he met with Jorge Arreaza, a senior official in the Maduro government, in New York.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan author documenting life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter. here.
