Al Jazeera 'Fact-Checks' Trump, Misses Decades of US Regime Change
Al Jazeera's deep dive into Trump's claim of US troops 'capturing' Venezuela's Maduro provides rigorous 'fact-checking' on the mechanics of this imaginary invasion. They confirm, quite accurately, that no such capture occurred. What's notably absent from this meticulous dissection, however, is the long, documented history of US-backed coups, destabilization efforts, and regime change attempts
across Latin America, from Chile in 1973 to Honduras in 2009. The focus remains on whether Trump's statements align with current military ops, not on the broader, bipartisan commitment to controlling nations like Venezuela, as documented by countless historical sources including the Church Committee reports and declassified CIA documents. So, while Al Jazeera confirms Trump isn't currently
installing a US puppet regime via direct invasion, they sidestep the inconvenient truth: the US has been trying to 'run' Venezuela, through sanctions and support for opposition figures, for years. It raises the question: why is the *how* so scrupulously examined, but the *why*—the persistent imperialist ambition—is left unscrutinized?