Newsweek Discovers Why 'Destabilizing' Nations Benefits US Presidents
According to Newsweek, achieving 'freedom'—read: regime change—in Venezuela would be a geopolitical boon for a US president. This framing conveniently sidesteps decades of US foreign policy in Latin America, where 'freedom' often translates to installing US-friendly regimes, propping up corporations, and securing resource access, as documented by countless historical accounts from Nicaragua to
Chile. The article, published in 2018, fails to scrutinize the moral implications of leveraging another nation's turmoil for domestic political gain or the historical context of US interventions. One might wonder if a similar 'win' for a US president could be found in, say, Libya, Afghanistan, or Iraq. It appears the blueprint for 'great news' often involves collapsing economies and installing
pliable leadership, not genuine democratic self-determination. The 'win' isn't for Venezuelans, but for US geopolitical chess pieces—and the domestic approval ratings of whichever president is playing.