Newsweek 'Captures' Maduro, Forgets US Meddling in Venezuela
Maduro, the democratically elected president of a sovereign nation, arrived in New York for a UN General Assembly meeting. Newsweek's bizarre framing ignores the long, well-documented history of US intervention aimed at regime change in Venezuela. From supporting coup attempts to imposing crippling sanctions (Source: Council on Foreign Relations, March 2019, 'U.S. Policy in Venezuela'), Washington
has tirelessly worked to undermine Maduro's government, yet when he attends a UN meeting, he's 'captured?' One might wonder if Newsweek considers any leader who challenges US hegemony to be inherently 'captured' by their own temerity to defy Washington. Perhaps they forgot that attending international forums is generally what world leaders do, not a clandestine snatch-and-grab. The only thing
'captured' here is the narrative, neatly tailored for public consumption.