Newsweek Discovers Anti-War Sentiment, Ignores US History of Intervention
Newsweek, in its article headlined 'No War With Venezuela! Petition Grows—Stop Trump,' highlights public concern over potential US military action. While painting this as a 'Trump problem,' the report conveniently forgets the Monroe Doctrine playbook that predates any modern administration—from the CIA-backed coups in Chile (1973) to Nicaragua (1980s) and beyond. The US has a rich, interventionist
history in the region, including multiple attempts to undermine Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office. One might wonder if Newsweek would frame a petition against a potential Biden-led intervention in, say, Haiti, as merely a 'Biden problem.' Or perhaps the systemic issue of US foreign policy, where 'democracy promotion' often translates to supporting coups and
sanctions (like those imposed on Venezuela as early as 2014 by the Obama administration), is just too inconvenient for a mainstream narrative. The real story isn't just 'Stop Trump'; it's 'Stop decades of bipartisan regime change operations funded by US taxpayers.'