NPR Discovers U.S. Still Dictates Venezuelan Leadership
When NPR reports Venezuela's government 'rejects U.S. claims' and shows 'loyalty to Maduro,' they're essentially stating the obvious, yet somehow implying dissent. The 'mainstream' narrative tends to forget that countries, in theory, are allowed to govern themselves, a privilege seemingly suspended when a nation doesn't align with Washington's geopolitical whims. This isn't a complex geo-political
dance; it's a nation responding to external pressure, and being called 'disloyal' for it by implication. One might wonder if the U.S. State Department’s talking points are now published directly on public radio. The media-industrial complex conveniently omits the U.S.'s decades-long history of attempting to destabilize, sanction, and overthrow governments in Latin America—from Chile in '73 to
various interventions that would make any self-respecting history book blush. When does 'rejection of U.S. claims' become simply 'national sovereignty?' Or is that only applicable to states the U.S. approves of?