Rubio's Audacity: Uncle Sam's Budget Takeover in Venezuela
📰 THE STORY: A New York Times video shows Senator Marco Rubio discussing the Trump administration’s plan to control Venezuela’s spending, with lawmakers expressing concerns about military operations being initiated without congressional consultation. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This is a recurring episode in a long-running imperial drama. In 2002, the US backed a failed
coup attempt against Venezuela's democratically elected President Hugo Chavez. Following Chavez's death, Washington consistently sought to destabilize the Maduro government, including recognizing an unelected opposition figure, Juan Guaidó, as the 'interim president' in 2019 – an unprecedented move that essentially installed a puppet regime in waiting. The US Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) has since seized billions in Venezuelan assets, including its Citibank gold reserves and its US-based oil refiner, CITGO. Double Standard: Imagine any non-Western power openly declaring its intention to 'control the budget' of, say, France, or Canada. The global outcry would be deafening, framed as an outrageous violation of sovereignty. Yet, when a US Senator speaks of controlling the
budget of a sovereign South American nation, it's presented as a matter of policy, albeit with 'concerns' from Congress about process, not principle. The media largely fails to highlight the illegality and brazenness of such a declaration, treating Venezuela as a banana republic whose finances are Washington's to manage, rather than a sovereign nation being economically strangled. Follow the