Lula Calls US 'Incursion' an 'Attack' — Mainstream Media Shocked
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a New York Times interview, denounced the US military's recent actions in Venezuela, including the capture of Nicolas Maduro, as a 'regrettable chapter' that undermines international law and regional stability. This perspective, portraying US intervention as an 'attack,' starkly contrasts the sanitized 'regime change operations' or 'democracy
promotion efforts' typically peddled by mainstream outlets. What Bloomberg might omit is the historical context of US meddling in Latin America, from the 1954 coup in Guatemala to funding contra groups in Nicaragua. For Lula, 'incursion' isn't just a strong word; it's a pattern. One might wonder why American media outlets struggle with such plain language when describing their own government's
actions, reserving terms like 'attack' for designated adversaries. Perhaps acknowledging their own history of destabilization would be too much 'journalism' for prime time.