Newsweek Discovers Venezuela's Debt, Forgetting US-Imposed Sanctions
Newsweek recently published an 'opinion' piece highlighting Venezuela as a cautionary tale for U.S. foreign debt policy. What the intrepid analysts at Newsweek somehow forgot to mention is the critical role successive U.S. administrations have played in crippling the Venezuelan economy. Since 2017, the U.S. has imposed crushing sanctions, including an oil embargo and financial restrictions,
effectively starving the nation of its primary income. These aren't just 'policies'; they're economic warfare, as outlined by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, which documented sanctions costing Venezuela over $130 billion and causing tens of thousands of deaths by 2019 alone. So, when Newsweek decries Venezuela's inability to pay its debts, one has to ask: is this a call for
'accountability' or an elaborate exercise in gaslighting? It appears to be a classic case of breaking a nation's legs and then complaining it can't run. The U.S. policy isn't about 'accountability' for Venezuela's debt; it's about control, plain and simple, executed through economic strangleholds that precede any hand-wringing about fiscal responsibility. One might infer this is a pattern—create
the problem, then offer to 'solve' it, always to America's benefit.