Celebrating Covert Coups as 'Economic Policy'
President Trump's visit to Fort Bragg, ostensibly to champion special forces for 'whisking away' Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, presents a façade of direct action resolving foreign policy challenges. This narrative, amplified by mainstream outlets, conveniently omits the systemic implications and legal ambiguities of such operations on sovereign nations. Connect these dots: The declaration of
Maduro's removal is presented as an isolated victory, yet it echoes a notorious 2002 attempted coup against Hugo Chávez, also in Venezuela, where US complicity was widely reported. Such interventions, like the 1954 CIA-orchestrated coup in Guatemala for the United Fruit Company, consistently prioritize geopolitical control and resource extraction over democratic principles, costing an estimated
200,000 lives in Latin America alone between 1945-1990 due to US-backed regimes. The media's uncritically accepting stance on 'successes' like Maduro's 'ousting' ignores the double standard. No Western power would tolerate a foreign military force 'whisking away' its elected head of state, regardless of domestic controversies. This selective application of sovereignty underscores a persistent
pattern where 'democracy promotion' often serves as a euphemism for geopolitical imposition, benefiting specific corporate and strategic interests rather than the global population. This episode is not an isolated event but a continuation of America's long history of intervention in Latin America. The pattern repeats because we let it. Share this before it disappears from your feed. 🧵 The