Bloomberg Discovers Repression Exists, in Venezuela Only

Bloomberg's latest bulletin warns of Venezuela's 'new wave of repression' following the alleged capture of Nicolás Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez's ascension. The piece gravely notes military counterintelligence patrolling Caracas streets and seven journalists detained. What it omits, like most mainstream coverage of 'unfriendly' nations, is the US playbook of 600+ sanctions ravaging Venezuela's

economy since 2017, explicitly designed to create popular unrest, per former Trump administration officials like John Bolton—a tactic rarely labeled 'repression' when orchestrated from Washington. One might wonder if the same breathless concern for journalists would apply if, say, Israeli forces detained reporters in Gaza, or if the 'reassertion' of government power was by a US-backed coup. But

then, 'repression' seems to be a term reserved for nations not playing ball with the Washington consensus, much like 'humanitarian crisis' only happens where it suits US interventionist narratives. How many journalists can be detained or killed by US-allied forces before it’s called repression by Bloomberg's metrics?

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