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Zohran Mamdani calls Cuba and Venezuela dictatorships (lemmy.ml)

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https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809

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[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Jorge Ramos, you're not a journalist you know this. It's funny that he basically admits this, gusanos are single issue voters you either denounce and support military intervention on Cuba/Venezuela or you're literally a commie.

Jorge, who pressured him for a concrete answer, explained that for him the question is what he calls "el bautizo de Miami," (The Miami Baptism).

"When whoever arrives in Miami immediately, you ask, 'So, before, was Fidel a dictator?' 'Is Raúl a dictator? Is Díaz-Canel a dictator? And then, in the case of Venezuela, it is exactly the same. Do you think so? Hugo Chávez was a dictator. Do you think that? Nicolás Maduro is a dictator, and then by asking that question, the communities immediately can position you and say you are with us or you are not with us. So for me. It's been a very natural immediately to ask everyone about that. And I think it says a lot about what you think about democracy," he added.