Investors Bet on Venezuelan 'Regime Change' While Starving Its People
The Financial Times breathlessly reports that investors are piling into Venezuelan debt, touting bonds at their highest level since 2019. The article frames this as a shrewd move, banking on a U.S.-backed overthrow of the Maduro government, complete with hints that 'the Trump administration increases pressure.' This isn't finance; it's a financialized proxy war. These aren't investors; they are
vultures circling a nation crippled by U.S. sanctions, designed to create the very instability these vultures profit from. What the FT conveniently omits is the historical context: the U.S. has funded Venezuelan opposition groups for decades (remember Guaidó, anyone?), imposed crippling economic sanctions since 2017, and even attempted coups—all in an effort to control Venezuela's oil reserves.
This isn't a 'regime change bet'; it's a confirmation of ongoing, publicly funded economic warfare, with Wall Street now literally capitalizing on the suffering it creates. How many nations must be economically strangled before we call it what it is: deliberate destabilization for profit?