BBC Discovers 'Right Time' for US-Backed Regime Change
Machado, banned from holding public office by Venezuela's Supreme Court, is now promising to lead 'when the right time comes.' (Perhaps when the US State Department gives the go-ahead?). The BBC frames this as a brave stand, overlooking decades of US efforts to destabilize Venezuela, from backing coup attempts against Hugo Chávez to economically strangling the nation with sanctions, all while
propping up various opposition figures like Machado. For context, the US has seized billions in Venezuelan assets, impacting the very economy Machado claims she wants to fix. One might wonder if the 'right time' is less about democratic legitimacy and more about when Washington deems its sanctions-induced suffering sufficient to usher in a more compliant government. The BBC's report conveniently
omits any mention of the crushing sanctions, which have crippled the Venezuelan economy and deepened humanitarian crises, making Machado's promises sound rather hollow.