So an addendum, I wasn't in Ecuador during the incident of the TV station being taken, I was there during the preamble that happened in summer 2023 when the gangs became angry because Noboa took away their weapons in prison. That was when my mom was in Guayaquil and me and my dad in a village.

Unfortunately due to the guarantee of doing so will kill your entire family as well as my own (and frankly end the world)

No.

Most that can be done is support the people and let them keep their memories and knowledge that there is better.

It wasn't for the people but so what? This still topled a dictatorship that everyone in the world agreed he was a dictator. The means are not good but the end result is, albeit to early to call. This not only helped the people but also surrounding countries who are ailed by Maduros corruption.

Sure thing, for all we know from Canadians themselves, Canada is fine country so Trump going after y'all will be abhorrent.

We can't all we know is that this is the lesser of 2 evils. All we can do is just wait and see what happens years down the road.

Anyway even though this is my first posts here after lurking, this is likely the only thing political I will mention since I don't want this to be like X. I just had to say something since I am Ecuadorian and LATAM is quite important to me.

Yeah, Trump usefulness in Venezuela has expired and we have to make sure he doesn't try to do some bullshit that will harm them.

Best way I can see this is if the US just backs off now, job is done.

To quote Takeo when telling Weaver to at least not murder the literal Nazi.
"Even evil people have their uses."

Now we just have to make sure the Venezuelans choose their own path with minimal or much more preferably without intervention, especially by Trump.

What about Trump now being emboldened, I am well aware of the problems in that sense and the Trump is not really good, but again what he did was good for Venezuela and for the LATAM.
But I do see issues method and futire action are a concern.

Well at least I am not drowning now. Right now the situation is a lot better and there is potential for a positive future, even with Trump being how he is. You should see how Venezuelans are reacting. Right now there are countless videos of them around the world celebrating.

Venezuelans have tried to overthrow him, but they were massacred. They even elected a new leader with Edmundo but he stayed in power. Also currently the bombing while too close to civilian territory seem to only be Military targets and the grave of Maduro. And as of now they are not under US Control

Please tell me how it's propaganda, this is based of personal experience. I will admit weapons being linked to Venezuela may be far but the gangs are not, They are very real in Ecuador especially in recent years.

Right now Venezuela is chill. They are celebrating his capture as they have tried to take him down but we're massacred.

Right now the concern is if another dictatorship will be installed or if they will be allowed to become democratic again.

attack the village I was in during that same time.

But it will never compare to the decades of suffering Venezuelans have endured.

At least with him gone and depending on what Trump does, there may be a bright future for Venezuela.

Que dios bendiga el pueblo Venezolano.

I have been somewhat personally affected by actions he took and his collaboration with the cartel an gangs, fearing if my mom would be killed while she was in Guayaquil during the gangs uprising where they took control of a TV station, weapons likely linking back to Venezuela, and if they would