U nedjelju, bivši frontman grupe Pink Floyd Roger Waters otišao je na Twitter kako bi kritizirao Trumpovu administraciju zbog njezinih postupaka u vezi Venezuele te je optužio administraciju da “pokušava uništiti” venezuelansku demokraciju “kako bi 1% [najbogatijih] moglo opljačkati njihovu naftu”.
A note from Roger:
THIS IS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STOP THIS LATEST USG INSANITY, LEAVE THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE ALONE. THEY HAVE A REAL DEMOCRACY, STOP TRYING TO DESTROY IT SO THE 1% CAN PLUNDER THEIR OIL.
US HANDS OFF #VENEZUELA! #NICOLASMADURO #STOPTRUMPSCOUPINVENEZUELA pic.twitter.com/AFi89IGcgV
— Roger Waters (@rogerwaters) February 3, 2019
Trumpova administracija zauzela je čvrsti stav prema Venezueli; kao što je Military Times izvijestio, predsjednik Trump je u nedjelju izjavio da se američka vojna intervencija u Venezueli još uvijek razmatra, budući da je predsjednik Venezuele Nicolas Maduro odbio ustupiti svoj položaj čelniku opozicije Juanu Guaidu, predsjedniku Nacionalne skupštine, koji se proglasio privremenim predsjednikom zemlje i kojeg su SAD priznale kao legitimnog vođu Venezuele.
Maduro je zadržao potporu velikog dijela vojske, ali počinju se pojavljivati prvi prebjezi; CBC je izvijestio:
General zrakoplovnih snaga Franciso Yanez, koji je u petak prisegnuo vjernost Guaidu i pozvao svoje kolege časnike da mu se pridruže … Jedan umirovljeni general zrakoplovnih snaga slijedio je Yanezovo vodstvo u subotu. Jorge Oropeza Pernalete odjenuo je svoje staro letačko odijelo kako bi pozvao svoje drugove da okrenu leđa režimu. Oropeza je bio vrhovni zapovjednik zrakoplovnih snaga pod predsjednikom Hugom Chavezom sve do 2012. … Bojnik zrakoplovnih snaga Raynell Martinez Mujica objavio je svoj vlastiti pro-Guaidov video u subotu u kojem ponavlja Yanezovu izjavu da je “90 posto pripadnika oružanih snaga protiv Madura. Samo nekoliko sati poslije, još jedan bojnik zrakoplovstva, Victor Romero Melendez, slijedio je primjer, držeći sablju u ruci.
CBC News izvijestio je u ponedjeljak o Maduru: “Optužio je Sjedinjene Države za planiranje državnog udara u južnoameričkoj zemlji i u intervjuu koji je emitiran na španjolskoj televiziji upozorio predsjednika Trumpa da ‘radi greške koje će umrljati tvoje ruke s krvlju!”
Waters je stavljen na stup srama zbog svojih komentara na Twitteru:
That's not a concert, Roger. That's opposition demonstrations this week, without Photoshop.
The vast majority of Venezuelans just want their Constitution to be respected, and free and fair elections to be held. Nothing else.
Be more respectful and at least inform yourself. pic.twitter.com/LW6e6E8gMb
— Raul S. Urribarri (@rasurri) February 4, 2019
The only 1% here is the 1% of intelligence you have. Stop your speech and see it yourself, go to Venezuela and see what’s happening there. It is easy to be a communist lover with the pockets full of money.
— Albi De Abreu (@AlbiDeAbreu) February 4, 2019
When you parrot Venezuelan regime propaganda, you become an ally of Venezuela's dictatorship.
That's true whether or not that's what you intend to do.
It's true whether or not you realize it's what you're doing.
— Caracas Chronicles (@CaracasChron) February 4, 2019
I’m crying. My biggest music idol just defended the government who ruined my country and my family, who forced me to run away to aspire to a decent quality of life. Roger, you have no clue about what’s happening in Venezuela, you don’t know our laws, you don’t know how miserable
— Danna🐁 (@raticorns) February 4, 2019
the situation is. This is not a left vs. right issue. People are dying of hunger, we have the biggest inflation of the world, lack of medicines, the highest crime rates in Latin America. According to our constitution (article 223 and 333) Guaidó is the president in charge until
— Danna🐁 (@raticorns) February 4, 2019
we can have elections. Most of the opposition is not even right-wing, even the Venezuelan democratic left doesn’t support Maduro, he lead us to our worst crisis in history. Maduro tried to dissolve the assembly we voted for, which was an opposition majority, with fraudulent
— Danna🐁 (@raticorns) February 4, 2019
Elections for a new constituent assembly, he skipped parts of the legal process to do it and also didn’t let the opposition participate. Those are not democratic elections. Venezuela is not a democracy. I’m not a Trump supporter by any means, i don’t agree with most of his
— Danna🐁 (@raticorns) February 4, 2019
policies. But right now, we need all the possible help, Maduro doesn’t want to leave the power and he sent the military to suppress the protests against him, hundreds of students were murdered, arrested and tortured. We need all the possible international help.
— Danna🐁 (@raticorns) February 4, 2019
