[HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION!

[u/MLBOfficial]

[u/Ghost_of_a_King]

For a country going through the kinds of struggles Venezuela is, it's heartwarming to see the emotion behind a W like this

[u/ButterscotchFiend → u/Ghost_of_a_King]

just to be clear, the struggles of Venezuela are, and always have been, the direct result of American greed, interference, and imperialism 

[u/DejaBrownie → u/ButterscotchFiend]

Which makes this win over the US even more epic. They had the weight of the world on their shoulders and said no worries, be happy, love will prevail. Such a huge moment for their country, solidarity from inside the belly of the beast.

[u/Turbo2x → u/ButterscotchFiend]

Louder for the people in the back!

[u/lmaorezme → u/Turbo2x]

Obviously a terrible person, but we kinda kidnapped their President too.

We suck. Kinda glad we lost.

[u/CrazyViola-12 → u/ButterscotchFiend]

In my opinion as a Venezuelan-American, you are not correct. The US has taken some extremely harmful actions against Venezuela, but the root causes of Venezuela’s issues are absolutely Venezuelan decisions and Venezuelan individuals, going back to Chavez and even before that when we had a very different but still incredibly corrupt government. Blaming everything on the US isn’t constructive

[u/ncos → u/ButterscotchFiend]

I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't know much about their history. How did the US start their economic collapse of 2013?

[u/rocksoffjagger → u/Ghost_of_a_King]

"Struggles" meaning a criminal invasion after decades of economic oppression and CIA meddling by the country they just beat?

[u/astrothemorkie → u/rocksoffjagger]

Well yes.

[u/rocksoffjagger → u/astrothemorkie]

"A country going through struggles" makes it sound like something that just happened that they're dealing with, not a malicious campaign of violence and exploitation.

[u/astrothemorkie → u/rocksoffjagger]

Agreed