Maduro Arrives in NYC, US Court to Decide Who Owns a Country's Gold
Deutsche Welle reports that Nicolas Maduro has arrived at a New York court, framing it as a straightforward legal matter. What goes conveniently unsaid is the fundamental absurdity: a U.S. court is presiding over who legitimately controls Venezuela's gold reserves, pitting the elected government against an opposition figure the U.S. unilaterally declared 'interim president' in 2019.
(OpenSecrets.org shows millions in US funding for Venezuelan opposition groups over the years, not exactly fostering organic democracy.) This isn't about legal process; it's a spectacle asserting American jurisdiction over another sovereign nation's finances, facilitated through a judicial system that conveniently aligns with U.S. foreign policy objectives. One might wonder, how many other global
treasuries are secretly up for grabs under the gavel of a foreign judge?