"How is Trump better than Maduro?"

You tell us, since you voted for him.

"They love beating up on the little guy where there's little chance of a loss or embarrassment."

The idea that Venezuela, with the backing of Russia and China, is a "little guy" is laughable.

"Machado is a Fascist Traitor, why did she get a Nobel Peace Prize of all things, for Advocating a Military Attack on her Own Country?"

In late 2025, Mara Corina Machado expressed openness to increased international military pressure and escalation to force Nicols Maduro to step down. While she has not explicitly called for a ground invasion, her support for "escalation" and "strength" is based on the following arguments:

1. . Enforcement of Electoral Will
   Machado argues that the 2024 presidential election gave a clear mandate for regime change, with over 70% of the population voting for opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzlez. She contends that since Maduro has refused to recognize these results, external "strength" and "pressure" are the only remaining ways to enforce the will of the Venezuelan people.
   
2. . View of the Government as a "Criminal Structure"
   She has stated that the Maduro administration is not a "conventional" dictatorship but a "criminal narco-terrorist structure" that cannot be removed through purely diplomatic means. By framing the government as a criminal enterprise rather than a political one, she justifies the use of "law enforcement" and military-style operations to dismantle its funding and control.
   
3. . Claim of Pre-existing Foreign "Invasion"
   When questioned about supporting a U.S. invasion, Machado has countered that Venezuela is already "invaded" by foreign actors including:
   Adversarial states: Russian and Iranian agents and Cuban intelligence.
   Non-state actors: Colombian drug cartels, and alleged presences of Hamas and Hezbollah.
   She argues that Venezuela has become a "criminal hub" for these groups, making external intervention a matter of hemispheric security.
   
4. . Failure of Previous Diplomatic Efforts
   Machado and her allies have expressed that 26 years of diplomatic negotiations and internal protests have failed to move the government. She maintains that only by significantly "raising the cost of staying in power" through military escalation will Maduro understand that his time is over.
   
5. . Alignment with U.S. Strategy
   In 2025, Machado aligned closely with the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign, which included military strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels. She has called these U.S. actions "decisive" in weakening the regime and necessary to stop what she describes as Maduro's "war" against his own people.
   

"Machado is a ... Traitor"

If your country hadn't had a legitimate election since 1998, where the opposition candidate had over 70% of vote in the most recent one but the dictator was still in power, I suspect you'd become a "traitor" to your country too. Especially if they were actively persecuting and trying to imprison you for criticizing it.