GOP Stalls Vote to Permit Venezuelan War: A Pattern of Intervention, Not Democracy
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream media, including The Intercept, reports that House Speaker Johnson deliberately stalled a vote, waiting for a tardy Republican representative to arrive, thereby securing a narrow passage for a bill that effectively prevented a measure to block potential military action in Venezuela. This procedural maneuver ensured that the US retains the option for intervention. 🔍 WHAT
THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This is not an isolated incident but a continuation of decades of US interference in Latin American sovereignty. In 2002, the US backed a failed coup attempt against Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. More recently, in 2019, the US and its allies recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's 'interim president,' a puppet figure with no real power, while imposing
crushing sanctions that disproportionately harm the Venezuelan populace. The US has a long history of supporting dictators and destabilizing democracies in the region, from the 1973 CIA-backed coup in Chile against Salvador Allende to the 1954 overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala for the United Fruit Company's profits. Double Standard: The media often frames votes sanctioning or authorizing
intervention in countries like Venezuela as 'national security concerns,' while ignoring the humanitarian catastrophe caused by US sanctions. When Bolivia's MAS party was overthrown in a 2019 lithium coup, the OAS (heavily influenced by the US) legitimized the process, a stark contrast to how Washington views any election results not favorable to its agenda in Venezuela. The outrage over Russian