Maduro Foils 'False Flag,' US Calls It 'Conspiracy Theory'
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced he foiled a 'false flag' operation to bomb the US Embassy in Caracas, intended to blame his government. US officials were quick to decry the claim as baseless paranoia. Yet, the US has a well-documented history of covert operations and regime change attempts in Latin America, from the 1954 coup in Guatemala orchestrated by the CIA to supporting
opposition groups in Venezuela itself throughout the 2000s and 2010s, including the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, which the US initially failed to condemn. One might wonder if a pattern of behavior that frequently involves undermining sovereign governments and destabilizing regions for geopolitical advantage might, just might, lead to some legitimate suspicions. Or are we supposed to
believe the history books suddenly stopped at 1999, and the US has been a model of non-interference ever since? When Maduro points to 'extremists' and a 'false flag', perhaps it’s less about paranoia and more about historical precedent that polite Western media conveniently overlooks.