Selective Blindness by SALEM NASSER

Selective Blindness by SALEM NASSER

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Selective Blindness by SALEM NASSER
Selective Blindness by SALEM NASSER
The Venezuela Fetish

The Venezuela Fetish

Before any accusation is thrown at me, let me say I am a democrat (nothing to do with US politics…), both in my relationship with the world and in my political preferences.

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The Venezuela Fetish
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During the period in which we were living the electoral climate here in Brazil, the presidential race between Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro, I was amazed by the fact that, whenever I constructed a criticism of the latter of the candidates, someone would answer: “and what about Venezuela?!"

The ideia of a “Venezuela Fetish” occurred to me then.

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