Rubio Rages for Regime Change, Rewriting History on Venezuela
📰 THE STORY: Deutsche Welle reports on Senator Marco Rubio defending the Trump administration's aggressive Venezuela policy during a Senate hearing, which included recognizing Juan Guaidó as the legitimate leader and imposing severe sanctions on the Maduro government. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 2002, the US backed a failed coup attempt against Hugo Chavez, the
democratically elected predecessor to Maduro. The US has a long history of meddling in Latin American politics, including the 1973 CIA coup against Salvador Allende in Chile and the 1954 overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala for the United Fruit Company. This isn't about 'democracy' but control over resources and political alignment. Double Standard: Western media widely celebrated the US-backed
'opposition' in Venezuela, yet often ignores or downplays legitimate popular uprisings against US-aligned regimes elsewhere, like the 2019 protests in Chile against neoliberal policies or the suppression of dissent in US-allied Gulf monarchies. The 'democracy promotion' narrative is selectively applied. Follow the Money: The Trump administration's Venezuela policy, heavily influenced by figures
like Elliott Abrams (convicted in Iran-Contra), froze billions in Venezuelan state assets, including those of its state-owned oil company, PDVSA. This economic strangulation, far from helping the Venezuelan people, caused a humanitarian crisis, leading to over $130 billion in lost revenue between 2015 and 2020, directly impacting access to food and medicine. 💡 THE PATTERN: This mirrors the