Newsweek Discovers 'Peace' Initiatives — For US Foes
While Newsweek frames Nicolás Maduro's prisoner release as a genuine pursuit of peace, the media's memory often conveniently resets when discussing nations that defy U.S. foreign policy objectives. This 2018 report arrived just as the Trump administration was tightening sanctions on Venezuela, ramping up rhetoric about 'authoritarianism' and 'human rights abuses.' Funny how 'historic bids for
peace' from nations on Washington's naughty list get airtime only when convenient, and often as a precursor to even more pressure. One might wonder if a similar prisoner release in, say, Israel, would be met with such a neutral, potentially even sympathetic, headline, or if the decades of UN resolutions would suddenly become a priority. The double standards are so transparent, they're practically
a state secret. (Not really, just ignored.)