Maduro Hires Assange's Lawyer; US Maintains Sanctions
Maduro, whom the US 'doesn't recognize' as Venezuela's legitimate leader, is hiring a US lawyer to defend him against US charges. Bloomberg's piece frames this as a legal maneuver, sidestepping the fact that the US government, which issued the indictment, has simultaneously imposed crippling sanctions, pursued regime change policies, and recognized an opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, as Venezuela's
interim president (Bloomberg, 2026). One might wonder if due process is truly the priority when the accuser also controls the defendant's economy. Instead of probing the geopolitical chess match, Bloomberg focuses on the legal particulars, implying a normal judicial process for a leader the US has tried for years to unseat. It's almost as if the 'rule of law' is less about justice and more about
maintaining leverage against an inconvenient sovereign nation. How many layers of irony can we stack before the propaganda becomes too heavy?