Bloomberg Discovers Venezuela's 'New Leader,' Forgets US Coup Attempts
Bloomberg's latest dispatch from Venezuela highlights the nation's new leader — who 'isn't backing down from her assertion that the US orchestrated an illegal kidnapping' of Maduro — yet is also 'seeking more diplomatic engagement with Donald Trump.' (Because nothing screams stability like negotiating with the architect of your predecessor's 'illegal kidnapping,' according to your own government).
This isn't just about a new leader; it's the cyclical dance of US foreign policy in Latin America, where 'diplomacy' often follows 'regime change efforts' and the media conveniently forgets who started the music. One might recall 2002, when the George W. Bush administration was widely accused of supporting a coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, Maduro's predecessor – a historical detail often lost in
the current narrative of 'Venezuelan instability.' Or the parade of US-backed opposition figures declared 'interim presidents' over the past decade. So, when Caracas now 'seeks closer US ties,' perhaps it's less about a sudden change of heart and more about a desperate attempt to normalize a relationship consistently destabilized by Washington’s interventions. How many cycles of 'US-backed
destabilization' followed by 'Venezuela’s desperate outreach' must we endure before the media connects the dots?