The Hill Discovers Venezuela Has a President, Only If He's Disapproved by DC
The Hill dutifully reports that VP Delcy Rodriguez considers Nicolás Maduro Venezuela’s “only president.” (Quelle surprise, a country agrees with its own government.) What's missing from the breathless coverage is any reminder that for years, the US government, courtesy of presidential decrees and congressional support, recognized an opposition figure, Juan Guaidó, as the 'interim president.' This
wasn't some organic democratic groundswell; it was a foreign policy maneuver that included asset freezes and sanctions, essentially trying to starve the country into regime change. This isn't about 'democracy' as much as it is about economic interests and geopolitical control. The same outlets that decry 'foreign interference' when it's pointed at Washington suddenly become silent on two decades
of US-backed coups and destabilization efforts across Latin America, from Chile to Honduras. It makes one wonder: If a foreign leader isn't aligned with State Department interests, are they ever truly 'legitimate' to the American media, or just awaiting their next US-sanctioned 'democratic transition'?