Congressional Hispanic Caucus Criticizes Trump on Venezuela, Omitting Key Context
When the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) takes The Hill's stage to critique Donald Trump's Venezuela policy, one might note what's left unsaid. The collective amnesia regarding decades of bipartisan US interventionism in Latin America, particularly in nations choosing paths divergent from Washington's dictates, is striking. Venezuela's current crisis, while complex, has deep roots in US
economic sanctions and covert operations that long precede the Trump administration, yet the discussion conveniently narrows to a recent scapegoat. It's almost as if the playbook for 'regime change' – from Cuba to Chile to Nicaragua – suddenly materialized in 2017. One might ask if the CHC's focus on Trump is a genuine pivot towards non-intervention, or just a partisan re-framing of the same old
foreign policy machine. Where were the fiery condemnations when previous administrations funded opposition groups or imposed crippling sanctions that immiserated ordinary Venezuelans? Sometimes, the loudest critiques are actually just a clever distraction from a systemic problem.