Mainstream Media 'Discovers' Cuba, Venezuelan Sovereignty
The drumbeat around Russia's naval visit to Cuba and Venezuela, breathlessly dubbed 'Caribbean Crisis 2.0' by some, conveniently forgets the original 'Caribbean Crisis' (1962 Cuban Missile Crisis) wasn't about Russia threatening the U.S. homeland, but the U.S. placing nuclear missiles in Turkey aimed at the USSR. Now, the media frames it as if Russia's presence in sovereign nations—nations that
have publicly reiterated their right to engage in bilateral defense cooperation—is an unprecedented escalation. This narrative ignores the 60+ years of U.S. economic blockades against Cuba and interventions in Venezuela's sovereign affairs, suggesting these countries exist only in relation to perceived threats to American hegemony. One might wonder if 'crisis' is simply the polite term for 'when
brown or communist nations exercise sovereignty without U.S. approval.' Rather than a crisis 2.0, this is 'neocolonialism's predictable blowback' 1.0, continued. The same outlets that decry Russian 'provocation' rarely question the provocations of ongoing sanctions and attempted regime change by the U.S. in these very regions. Strange, that.