Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
Holding a “referendum” (95% voting as the ruler wants), mobilizing army, … I don’t know. Doesn’t look good. Yeah, USA should be able to wipe them out pretty easily, unless they have some sort of a deeper plan there.
From what I read, the results of that referendum weren’t completely above the board. Some ridiculous percentage of the total population cast votes, which isn’t typical of a country where voting isn’t compulsory.
Holding a “referendum” (95% voting as the ruler wants), mobilizing army, … I don’t know. Doesn’t look good. Yeah, USA should be able to wipe them out pretty easily, unless they have some sort of a deeper plan there.
From what I read, the results of that referendum weren’t completely above the board. Some ridiculous percentage of the total population cast votes, which isn’t typical of a country where voting isn’t compulsory.
Not to mention, many sources I’ve seen indicate this “referendum” had comically poor turnout, despite the statistics they reported.