Bloomberg Discovers Convicted Figures Can Still Say 'Not Guilty'
Ah, the spectacle. Bloomberg breathlessly reports on Nicolás Maduro’s 'not guilty' plea to US drug-trafficking charges, as if this is groundbreaking news for a head of state facing politically weaponized indictment. They forget to mention the US has been openly trying to overthrow Maduro's government for years, installing a rival 'interim president' and crippling the Venezuelan economy with
sanctions since 2019, which the UN called a 'massive human rights violation' (United Nations Human Rights Office, 2021). The 'narco-terrorism' charges themselves were unveiled by the Trump administration in March 2020, offering a $15 million bounty, just as COVID-19 began its global rampage. Convenient timing for an 'independent' justice system, wouldn't you agree? One might wonder if the US would
expect a sitting president, still recognized by allies like Russia and China, to meekly confess in a foreign court—a court whose jurisdiction he obviously doesn't acknowledge. This isn't about legal process; it's about legitimizing a narrative for regime change. The same US government that arms Saudi Arabia, which has devastated Yemen, and funds Israeli occupation, now acts scandalized by
accusations against a leader who controls some of the world's largest oil reserves. The hypocrisy is so thick, you could drill it for profit.