The Guardian's Venezuela Scoop: Another 'Regime Change' PR Stunt?
📰 THE STORY: The Guardian reports, citing unnamed 'sources involved at high levels,' that Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge secretly assured US and Qatari officials they would cooperate with the Trump administration if President Nicolás Maduro was removed, conveniently after the US 'snatched' him. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 2002, the US-backed a coup
attempt against then-President Hugo Chávez, which temporarily removed him from power before he was reinstated by popular pressure. This followed decades of US interference in Latin American democracies, most notably the 1973 CIA-backed coup in Chile against Salvador Allende, installing Pinochet, and the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala for the United Fruit Company. The 'snatching' of a leader and
subsequent 'cooperation' hints at a long-standing modus operandi. Double Standard: Imagine a headline reading, 'US Vice President Harris pledged cooperation to China after Biden's capture.' It would be rightly called out as absurd, an act of war, and an illegal seizure. Yet, when the US 'snatches' a leader from a sovereign nation, the messaging shifts to 'cooperation' from within the government,
sanitizing a blatant act of state-sponsored kidnapping and regime change. Western media would decry foreign interference as an affront to democracy if it were happening to one of their own, but when it's Venezuela, it's just 'sources say.' Follow the Money: The US has imposed crushing sanctions on Venezuela since 2017, designed to cripple its economy and create public unrest, often leading to