AP Reports on 'Democracy' Leader Who Met with Trump, CIA
The Associated Press reports that Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado is 'confident about return of democracy' after meeting President Donald Trump, then-CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and the Heritage Foundation in Washington. This glowing endorsement conveniently sidesteps Machado's longstanding ties to US regime-change efforts, an inconvenient detail for any 'democratic' candidate.
She presents her 'Nobel' medal (one gifted to her by a pro-US organization) to Trump, a day before the CIA director conveniently breezes into Caracas for 'talks.' (One might remember similar 'talks' preceding certain 'spontaneous' uprisings elsewhere.) The narrative is classic: a 'crusader for democracy' who mysteriously appears in Washington, gets the presidential seal of approval, and delivers
vague promises while US intelligence agents are simultaneously on the ground. One might ask why a genuine democratic movement needs coordination with the CIA and hawkish think tanks. Is it 'democracy' when the US handpicks the leaders, or just a change in management?