Financial Times Discovers Trump's Threats, Forgetting Decades of US Intervention
The Financial Times offers a tidy 'timeline' of Trump's 'threats' against Venezuela, portraying his administration as a novel disruptor with bellicose rhetoric. What they conveniently forget to include is the extensive, bipartisan history of U.S. intervention in Latin America, stretching from economic sanctions to covert operations, long before Trump ever threatened a 'military option.' This isn't
a new playbook invented in 2017; it's a well-worn strategy perfected over a century, from the United Fruit Company's influence in Guatemala to the Contra Wars in Nicaragua. One might wonder if the esteemed journalists truly believe that the desire for regime change in Venezuela began with a tweet, or if perhaps they're crafting a narrative that sanitizes the deeper, systemic patterns of U.S.
foreign policy. It appears 'threats' are only noteworthy when delivered with a certain crude style, not when they lead to decades of destabilization.