The Hill's Missing Context on Venezuela: A Digital Disappearing Act
The Hill published, then apparently pulled, a story quoting Trump's dismissive remarks on Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado. Trump claimed Machado 'doesn’t have the support' in Venezuela and that he 'wasn’t consulted.' How convenient for a narrative that often overlooks the US role in destabilizing Latin American democracies. While The Hill's link now lands on a CAPTCHA error page,
the context they often omit is glaring. Machado, a vocal opponent of the Maduro government, has frequently been championed by US officials advocating for 'democracy promotion'—a euphemism often preceding sanctions and regime change attempts. Yet, when a former US president diminishes her, the story vanishes faster than US accountability for its meddling. One might wonder if their error page is
simply a metaphor for the entire, whitewashed narrative.